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Paperback. 'Into Africa' traces the journeys of Livingstone and Stanley - Livingstone's search for the Nile's source, leaving him alone, far from civilization; and Stanley's search for Livingstone, which sees his awakening to the beauty of Africa. This book is a fascinating window on the golden age of exploration. Num Pages: 416 pages, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1HF; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553814477
- ISBN
- 9780553814477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Bernie Nolan's heartbreaking story of her battle against incurable cancer. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pg colour insets. BIC Classification: APB; APT; AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444776805
- ISBN
- 9781444776805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.54
€ 11.99
€ 10.54
Paperback. Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as 'Purple Rain', 'Sign o' the Times' and 'Parade' regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he ever was, an enigma. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571232482
- ISBN
- 9780571232482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.70
€ 16.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. 'Charles R Cross has got as close to the truth as anyone yet in his exhaustive and ground-breaking account of the life of the greatest guitarist in the history of rock.' Observer Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340826843
- ISBN
- 9780340826843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. A book recalling what it was like to be a child in the 1950s, including home life, school days, music and fashions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445609775
- ISBN
- 9781445609775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Brought up as female for fifteen years, Jon can remember feeling different from other girls since he was only five years old. But it will take years of depression, incessant bullying, self-harm and isolation before he discovers why. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KTG0004830
- ISBN
- 9780099558248
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1977 'Julia' became one of the 30,000 victims of Argentina's military dictatorship. Julia was a young physician and mother-to-be kidnapped from a medical clinic and found years later in a clandestine grave along with 334 other corpses. By covering the life of one victim, this book gives voice to the thousands of citizens who were 'disappeared'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394376
- ISBN
- 9781566394376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. On 22 July 2012 the author made history as the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Ten days later at the London Olympic Games he won gold in the time trial to become his country's most decorated Olympian. In an instant 'Wiggo', the kid from Kilburn, was a national hero. This title tells the story of his remarkable journey. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KTG0000009
- ISBN
- 9780224092142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For over a year everyone assumed missing Dublin woman Elaine O'Hara had ended her own life. But after her remains were found gardai discovered that Elaine was in thrall to a man who had spent years grooming her to let him kill her. That man was Graham Dwyer, a married father of three and partner in a Dublin architecture practice. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241973783
- ISBN
- 9780241973783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. A dual biography of the greatest opposing generals of their age who ultimately became fixated on one another, by a bestselling historian. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842127407
- ISBN
- 9781842127407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. A magical memoir about childhood in India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten; a glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the 20th century's leading figures. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780222844
- ISBN
- 9781780222844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. This book shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy and offered exciting opportunities for political action. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16-page section of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205251
- ISBN
- 9780300205251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
€ 19.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. Explores the lives and stories of Aidan, Bede and Cuthbert. After an introduction which tells appropriately of David Adam's ordination in Durham Cathedral, this work contains four chapters on each of them. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281057733
- ISBN
- 9780281057733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. The unvarnished, human story behind the infamous Burke and Hare murders. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780272177
- ISBN
- 9781780272177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.55
€ 19.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Agatha Christie's widower's recollections of his archaeological triumphs and life with Agatha. Num Pages: 320 pages, 31 b/w plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: BGLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007331246
- ISBN
- 9780007331246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.38
€ 15.99
€ 11.38
paperback. Tells the story of Kiss' reign as the biggest, most fiercely adulated band in the world. This work talks about the author's early beginnings in Israel, of his arrival in New York at the age of eight, his first taste of 1950s pop culture and his thirst for fame, fun and girls. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099436140
- ISBN
- 9780099436140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Sally Morgan is an ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift: she can communicate with the dead. Her first psychic experience was when she heard voices when she was just nine months old. She saw her first ghost when she was five. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038490
- ISBN
- 9780141038490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0015852
- ISBN
- 9781786062642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. This title paints a portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224064408
- ISBN
- 9780224064408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Hardcover. In slightly shelf worn dustjacket, remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- B&H Books
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0000039
- ISBN
- 9780805431445
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A fascinating biography of the visionary behind the shareholder activist movement "Bob Monks is a truly rare creature, not only a businessman turned political activist, which is rare enough, but an activist in and on behalf of business, which makes him virtually unique. " -Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JP; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471174486
- ISBN
- 9780471174486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.39€ 43.65
€ 50.39
€ 43.65
Paperback. Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story is the last great untold rock-and-roll story, in the legend's own words. Num Pages: 512 pages, Two 16pp b&w insets. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857861597
- ISBN
- 9780857861597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.59
€ 19.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362388
- ISBN
- 9780822362388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.37
€ 27.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Apress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781484223635
- ISBN
- 9781484223635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80