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Biography
Hardback. A sparklingly witty memoir, which takes us on a seductive journey from wartime Jerusalem to the heart of Fleet Street, providing a riveting outsider's view of English cultural life. Num Pages: ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720999
- ISBN
- 9781780720999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. An accessible biography of C S Lewis, his life and the friendships that shaped him Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Lion UK
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745955872
- ISBN
- 9780745955872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. Silent screen goddess Clara Bow was the embodiment of the Roaring Twenties, Hollywood's first sex symbol and a natural talent with an independent heart. Num Pages: 400 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Number of pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410256
- ISBN
- 9780815410256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.49
€ 26.99
€ 24.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584200888
- ISBN
- 9781584200888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Hardback. This study of Eleftherios Venizelos, a towering figure in European diplomacy and Greece's greatest statesman in the twentieth century, brings together a narrative of the drama of high politics with critical political analysis and judgement. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624782
- ISBN
- 9780748624782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.41€ 114.08
€ 118.41
€ 114.08
Paperback. 'All the hard-living, the drinking, the drugging, the sex, the money, all the bullshit, it was never hard. It was easy. The hard part was not dying from it.' Lemmy, as told to Mick Wall Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409160274
- ISBN
- 9781409160274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Explores the author's Oxford youth, his unexpected conversion, his literary enthusiasms (from P G Wodehouse to Graham Greene) and the perils of basing fictional characters on real people. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182933
- ISBN
- 9780141182933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. This magisterial dual biography illuminates two complex lives that began alike but were on opposite sides of the Second World War. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley. Num Pages: 624 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631492280
- ISBN
- 9781631492280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Hardcover. In 124 epistles Seneca (c. 4 65 CE) writes to Lucilius, occasionally about technical problems of philosophy, but more often in a relaxed style about moral and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences. He thus presents a Stoic philosopher s thoughts about the good life in a contemporary context. Translator(s): Gummere, R.M. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 469 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 117 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1925
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674990869
- ISBN
- 9780674990869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Hardback. Gangs are expanding, evolving, and posing an increasing threat to communities nationwide. This could be due in part to the increased number of gang members with military training. This book explores how military veterans are becoming increasingly involved in street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and domestic extremist groups. Num Pages: 292 pages, 19 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442275164
- ISBN
- 9781442275164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 49.24
€ 51.99
€ 49.24
Paperback. Born in a prison and removed from his drug-dependent mother, rejection is all that 7-year-old Alex knows. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008187569
- ISBN
- 9780008187569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
paperback. When the author wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. This title offers an account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 146 x 38. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Alexander Nehamas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160269
- ISBN
- 9780691160269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Scottish murders Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752450087
- ISBN
- 9780752450087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, which recount the chilling murder of her husband by his father, is one of the best known and most popular classics of Korean literature. From 1795 until 1805 Lady Hyegyong composed this masterpiece, which depicts a court life whose drama and pathos is of Shakespearean proportions. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Translator(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 400 pages, Previous edition art. No new art. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; 3JF; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280489
- ISBN
- 9780520280489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Hardback. The story of how Nathan Mayer Rothschild financed Wellington's victory over Napoleon at Waterloo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751650
- ISBN
- 9780804751650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardcover. Ken Barnes was widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation never to have won an England cap. During a distinguished playing career with Manchester City, Ken appeared in the FA Cup finals of 1955 and 1956 and later captained the club before retiring in the early 60s. Num Pages: 252 pages. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901746495
- ISBN
- 9781901746495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.35
€ 24.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. With an anthology edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330243155
- ISBN
- 9780330243155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.94
€ 19.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear. VAN DER POST
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- PENGUIN
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- SKU
- KRF0025024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The bestselling autobiography of the Prince of F***ing Darkness! Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 32, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group London
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Paper Back - 2nd Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751543407
- ISBN
- 9780751543407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.39
€ 13.39
Hardback. "2Kg. Original cloth. Very good, clean copy, in a worn and torn dw. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 499-518. The man upstairs -- Cradle marks -- Breaking out -- Trio abroad -- Foster father -- Mixed marriage -- Enter wild Bill -- Pontificating American -- Swiss role -- Dumbarton acorns -- Frustration -- Sunrise -- Lucky rear -- Thwarted -- Call to battle -- The gospel according to Luke -- Beetle juice -- All aboard -- Bread and circuses -- Double deals -- Double agents -- Spy in the sky -- Nile boil -- Not worth a dam -- A very slopy performance -- Spies in the stratosphere -- Final call -- Nose in the trough -- Siempre Fidel -- Such other functions. Commissioning organisation: by Leonard Mosley. xii, 530 p., [16] leaves of plates ill 24 cm. ".
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Dial Press New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- 1st edition
- SKU
- KEX0072150
- ISBN
- 9780803717442
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Somerville Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992736453
- ISBN
- 9780992736453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Surprising, fearless and laugh out loud funny, this is the world according to Danny Dyer Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784297435
- ISBN
- 9781784297435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. From 1935, the author and her second husband, Heinz Neumann, were political refugees in Moscow. In April 1937, Neumann was arrested by the secret police. She was arrested in 1938. This book describes the two years of suffering she endured in the Soviet prisons and in the Central-Asian concentration and slave labour camp of Karaganda. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951030
- ISBN
- 9781845951030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
€ 25.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 half tone. BIC Classification: BG; HRQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902636283
- ISBN
- 9781902636283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44