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Paperback. Between 1715 and 1750, a group of politicans and poets, farmers and businessmen, heiresses and landowners began to experiment with the phenomenon that was to become the English landscape garden. This book tells the story of a collection of fascinating characters whose influence changed the landscape of Britain for ever. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780593076019
ISBN
9780593076019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

paperback. Mikhail Gorbachev is the man who changed everything. It was Gorbachev's initiative that raised the Iron Curtain; his actions that resulted in one of the era's most symbolic events, the demolition on the Berlin Wall; his reforms that set in train events leading to the fall of Communism. This book tells the human story. Num Pages: 1056 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 61. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Doubleday
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385613293
ISBN
9780385613293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. * An enchanting and utterly absorbing memoir of a forgotten way of life Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated: 34, Int b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123615
ISBN
9780349123615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Offers a sophisticated political analysis that is based in the essentially peasant values of storytelling, and the purposefully unsystematic supervisions of laughter. Translator(s): Israel, Abigail. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099301837
ISBN
9780099301837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. 8vo..
Good clean former library copy with neat labels inside front cover.North of Ireland.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
White Row Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0294322
ISBN
9781870132558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Sophie Morgan is a submissive. An ordinary, successful young woman who in private surrenders her body and mind to a dominant man. Some of these relationships have been loving, others casual, one just cruel. But what happens when she meets the dominant man of her dreams? When they move in together? When life, love and play collide? Series: Diary of a Submissive. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781405912822
ISBN
9781405912822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Alex Horne is not a birdwatcher. But his dad is, so with the prospect of fatherhood looming on his own horizon, Alex decided there was no better time to really get to know both his father and his father's favourite hobby. So he challenged his dad to a Big Year: from 1 January to 31 December they would each try to spot as many birds as possible. Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated line drawings. BIC Classification: BM; WH; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753515761
ISBN
9780753515761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, celebrated Italian goldsmith (1500-1571), in which Cellini tells the story of his life and art and also depicts the manners and morals of both the rulers and their subjects in 16th Century Italy. This new edition includes new notes on the text and a chronology. Editor(s): Bull, George. Translator(s): Bull, George. Num Pages: 496 pages, facsim. BIC Classification: 1DST; AFKB; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447187
ISBN
9780140447187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Describes a Negro tramp, a drowned child, a lunatic and other casualties of life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437833
ISBN
9780099437833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124 131pp. 2000 reprint. Translated from the Irish by Seamus Ennis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press London
Condition
New
SKU
9780192812391
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389812
ISBN
9781934389812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.09

Paperback. Chronicle of the Celtic Tiger by the founder of The Dubliner Magazine Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843511809
ISBN
9781843511809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.30

Paperback. The most sought-after sports book of all time Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publication date
2008
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headline
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
SKU
V9780755316205
ISBN
9780755316205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Neil Diamond has been responsible for writing some of the most memorable songs in pop music history and he has sold in excess of 120 million albums. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Piatkus Books
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749950767
ISBN
9780749950767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.80

Paperback. This extraordinary story is told from the archive documents in the case of Sister Benedetta Carlini, an Abbess who was imprisoned for thirty-five years after being found guilty of a lesbian relationship with another nun. Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Dimension: 203 x 134. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195042252
ISBN
9780195042252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; HBG; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0003849
ISBN
9781782126966
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Throughout the touring team's history, the heroes of Irish rugby have been at the heart of the Lions' finest hours - on and off the pitch. In this book, these greats tell their stories of life on some of the longest, hardest roads in sport. Those featured include world-class players and characters who have contributed to Lions folklore. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGS; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0022065
ISBN
9781845960711
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A powerful and moving autobiography from a gifted writer who has been compared to Joyce and Yeats. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136. Good clean copy. Showing light shelfwear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0021765
ISBN
9780753807095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Edith Somerville and Violet Martin Ross were cousins who entered a literary partnership that produced the 19th century Irish novel, "The Real Charlotte" and a series of comic stories, "Some Experiences of an Irish RM". This book looks at a selection of their letters. Editor(s): Lewis, Gifford. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KKD0005338
ISBN
9780571153497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Losing a child is a mother's worst nightmare, but when you lose two children - your innocent sons - at the hands of the man they should have trusted the most, it's almost unimaginable. For Denise Williams this was her reality - her very real nightmare. In this memoir, she tells her story of falling under the spell of her control-freak husband. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JMC; BM; JFFE3; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005200
ISBN
9780091958572
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Featureing Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn and Luke Treadaway Utterly original, deeply moving and very funny, this is the story of Raymond Briggs' parents' marriage, lady's maid Ethel and milkman Ernest, from their first chance encounter in 1928, through the birth of their son Raymond in 1934, to their deaths, within months of each other, in 1971. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; AKLC; APFV; BGF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 287 x 9. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781911214601
ISBN
9781911214601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.34

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003458
ISBN
9780717113002
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Sceptre
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New
SKU
KSS0003554
ISBN
9780340751244
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Raven Arts Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Edition.
SKU
KSS0003339
ISBN
9781851860807
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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