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Biography
Paperback. This is the diary of the late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya who was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record his story daily. Editor(s): Wells, Warner. Translator(s): Wells, Warner. Num Pages: 350 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BG; HBJF; HBWQ; JWMN; MMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807845479
- ISBN
- 9780807845479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardcover. Translator(s): Klots, Yasha; Ufberg, Ross. Num Pages: 495 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; AN; APB; BGFA; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804286
- ISBN
- 9780875804286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Hardback. Presents in a critical and scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language Editor(s): Zacharias, Greg W.; Walker, Pierre A. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 photographs, 1 figure, 6 family trees, biographical register, symbol and abbreviations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234574
- ISBN
- 9780803234574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.84
€ 101.84
Paperback. This definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, the revered and controversial Indian nationalist who struggled to liberate his country from British rule before and during World War II, moves beyond the legend to reveal the impassioned life and times of the private and public man. Num Pages: 448 pages, 68 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBTR; JPFN; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 319. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065963
- ISBN
- 9780674065963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.73
€ 36.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. A psychological portrait of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, a man whose personal obsession with masculinity profoundly influenced the fate of a nation. This book argues that Theodore Roosevelt struggled, like many of his contemporaries, with what it meant to be a man in the modern era. Num Pages: 299 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226876092
- ISBN
- 9780226876092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Hardcover. This text on Bernardino considers the preacher's inflammatory role in Renaissance social issues. It takes the reader into the social underworld of early Renaissance Italy to discover how one influential figure helped to dramatically increase fear, hatred and intolerance for society's margins. Num Pages: 378 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226538549
- ISBN
- 9780226538549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.61€ 46.10
€ 53.61
€ 46.10
Hardcover. Alain L Locke, in his famous 1925 anthology "The New Negro", declared that 'the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem'. This biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, narrates the untold story of Locke's profound impact on twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HPCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317762
- ISBN
- 9780226317762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.31€ 78.69
€ 95.31
€ 78.69
Paperback. The remarkable life story of the first Jewish superstar athlete, by New York Times best-selling author Mark Kurlansky Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300192469
- ISBN
- 9780300192469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
paperback. A memoir written by a performer and manager of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West tour in Europe Editor(s): Dixon, Chris. Series: The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Num Pages: 200 pages, 34 illustrations, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJC; ASZX; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803234659
- ISBN
- 9780803234659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.47
€ 16.99
€ 16.47
paperback. On October 26, 1881, Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday shot it out with a gang of cattle rustlers near the O K Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. It was over in half a minute, but those thirty violent seconds turned the thirty-three-year-old Wyatt Earp into the stuff of legend. This biography tells Wyatt Earp's story. Num Pages: 39 images. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803220584
- ISBN
- 9780803220584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
hardcover. The definitive biography of "The Father of Electric Traction" Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 336 pages, 111 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 185 x 28. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253353832
- ISBN
- 9780253353832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.83
€ 44.99
€ 44.83
Boris Becker´s Wimbledon: My Life and Career at the All England Club
Foreword By Novak Djokovic Boris Becker
hardcover. Of all the many illustrious champions in tennis, there are few whose name is as synonymous with Wimbledon as Boris Becker, who, in 2015, celebrates the 30th anniversary of his remarkable entry into the sport's pantheon of greats. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 259 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Blink Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910536087
- ISBN
- 9781910536087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.34
€ 29.99
€ 20.34
paperback. This is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother, and an eloquent exploration of what family and the colour of your skin really means Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AVH; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747538325
- ISBN
- 9780747538325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
paperback. Hell-raiser Shane MacGowan's acclaimed and surprisingly lucid memoir. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780283072048
- ISBN
- 9780283072048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.29
€ 23.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. A few years after his release from a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp in 1973 Colonel Joseph Kittinger retired from the Air Force. Restless and unchallenged, he turned to ballooning, a life-long passion as well as a constant diversion for his imagination during his imprisonment. This autobiography documents his astonishing career. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JWG; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826348043
- ISBN
- 9780826348043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
paperback. Adam Walker is not your everyday record-breaking sportsman. He took on arguably the toughest extreme sport on the planet - to swim non-stop across seven of the world's deadliest oceans wearing only swim trunks, cap and goggles. It is not a test for the faint-hearted. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSE; WSSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786062529
- ISBN
- 9781786062529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 9.35
€ 29.99
€ 9.35
Hardcover. Clean copy in clean dustwrapper.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Collins, Harvill Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0207815
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. From the winner of the 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, this is Andy Murray's Sunday Times bestselling account of his road to Wimbledon glory. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Headline
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780755365975
- ISBN
- 9780755365975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
paperback. Robert Plant is one of the few genuine living rock legends. Frontman of Led Zeppelin, musical innovator and seller of millions of records, Plant has had a profound influence on music for over four decades. But the full account of his life has barely been told .. until now. Num Pages: 400 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007514892
- ISBN
- 9780007514892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.50
€ 12.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. This will be of huge interest and a gripping read for all cave divers and cave diving enthusiasts, anyone interested in the outdoors, exploration and the natural world. Num Pages: 224 pages, inc. 16pp colour section illustrated with maps and photographs. BIC Classification: BM; WSZN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849951586
- ISBN
- 9781849951586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.52
€ 25.99
€ 22.52
Paperback. Felicia Pearson, star of the acclaimed TV series The Wire, reveals her incredible, hard-knock life story, one that dramatically parallels her tv character Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446195195
- ISBN
- 9780446195195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.49
€ 23.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" is about a son's search to discover the truth about the remarkable Kerry girl who qualified as a doctor in Dublin in 1942, worked in British hospitals during the war, and then reinvented herself to adapt to a quieter post-war family life. This title is a anatomy of family conflict, love, war and marriage. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099440727
- ISBN
- 9780099440727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.75
€ 21.99
€ 16.75
Hardcover. Good copy in dustwrapper. DW has some edge wear. Previous owner's name inscribed
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Pall Mall Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRA0007917
- ISBN
- 9780269027659
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardcover. Botsford. Fine cop, with fine D.J
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0004868
- ISBN
- 9781862078178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.44
€ 6.44