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Biography
Paperback. Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919 to 1926, Jack Dempsey began his boxing career as a skinny boy of sixteen, riding the rails and participating in hastily staged saloon bouts against miners and lumberjacks. This biography charts the life and career of a man widely regarded as one of the toughest ever to enter the ring. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071485
- ISBN
- 9780252071485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.90
€ 23.99
€ 21.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFME; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0100583
- ISBN
- 9781444791228
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the centuries, Alexander himself remains an enigma. Translator(s): Yardley, John C. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254. Clean copy with slight shelf wear and sunning to cover and spine but remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000396
- ISBN
- 9780140444124
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Explores the man behind the legend, revealing his development as a ruler of an empire that was shaken to the core by religious and social revolt. This book presents a tale of war, culture and political intrigue during the reign of the legendary Harun al-Rashid from "The Thousand and One Nights". Translator(s): Howe, John. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288. Clean copy with slight shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000360
- ISBN
- 9780863565502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear and tear to edges but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000274
- ISBN
- 9780719556739
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. New biography of the great polar explorer reveals a new side to Sir Ernest Shackleton Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QMP; BGH; DSC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781909930100
- ISBN
- 9781909930100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.82
€ 16.82
Paperback. A biography of Edward Hay Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250. 19th Century Ireland. 165pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845889920
- ISBN
- 9781845889920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.76
€ 17.76
Paperback. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KIN0007788
- ISBN
- 9780861211241
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0201943
- ISBN
- 9781841313887
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. * The international bestseller: 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other .. a compelling read' Christina Lamb, SUNDAY TIMES Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222. Used paperback in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Virago London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0036131
- ISBN
- 9781844080472
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Multiple-component retail product. Over 9,000 entries outline the lives and careers of prominent Irish men and women, including writers, scientists, politicians and musicians. Editor(s): McGuire, James; Quinn, James. Num Pages: 9672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; GBCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 272 x 209 x 190. Weight in Grams: 7072. 9 vol plus 2 supplement vols = 11 vols complete. Clothbound covers showing very light shelfwear, else as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press Dublin / Cambridge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KTJ8038937
- ISBN
- 9780521633314
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 895.00
€ 895.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: AFKV; APB; BGF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691296
- ISBN
- 9780816691296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807071335
- ISBN
- 9780807071335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.48
€ 17.99
€ 15.48
hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Random House Uk
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017342
- ISBN
- 9780091791964
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017341
- ISBN
- 9781851588053
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Round Hall Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017153
- ISBN
- 9780947686673
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. Num Pages: 238 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080110
- ISBN
- 9781847080110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Presents a history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics such as Galileo, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. This title also offers portraits of their great moments of discovery, their bitter feuds, their relations with family and friends, their religious beliefs, and education. Num Pages: 512 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195173246
- ISBN
- 9780195173246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.27
€ 28.27
hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has some wear and tear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Random House Inc New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000109
- ISBN
- 9780679444893
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. In 1966, the young Aude Yung-de Prevaux discovered that she was the daughter of the Resistance heroes Jacques and Lotka de Prevaux, of whom she had never heard. This title pieces together her parents' story. Translator(s): Wright, Barbara. Num Pages: 224 pages, Facsimiles, Portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747553052
- ISBN
- 9780747553052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. The life and poignant death of one of Britain's bravest women. Eileen Nearne, or Agent Rose, was one of forty women sent into France by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Churchill's top secret wartime 'spooks' organisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; BT; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016814
- ISBN
- 9781445641454
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sammon Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016811
- ISBN
- 9780954003104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light nicks and shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- The Catholic Book Club
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016511
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016490
- ISBN
- 9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99