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Biography
Paperback. Winner of the Medical Journalists' Open Book Award 2005, this book is about John Hunter. Revered and feared in equal measure, Hunter was the most famous surgeon of eighteenth-century London. An inspiration for Dr Jekyll and Dr Dolittle, he was a maverick medical pioneer, and even anticipated the evolutionary theories of Darwin. Editor(s): Kimber, Brenda. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553816181
- ISBN
- 9780553816181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Manuel Cortes was a Socialist Party member, an activist in the peasant reform movement and an organizer in the farm workers' unionization struggles. He also became mayor of Malaga, where he was caught up in the ferment of revolutionary Spain in the late 1930s. This title supplements Cortes' ordeal. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844675968
- ISBN
- 9781844675968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. Three decades after his death, Nick Drake is recognized as one of the true geniuses of English acoustic music. This groundbreaking biography reconstructs a vanished life while perfectly capturing the bohemian scenes surrounding the music business in London in the late '60s and early '70s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749951337
- ISBN
- 9780749951337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. Almodovar came from an austere background in rural Spain. It was the 1950s, the age of the Cold War, of mambo, of Balenciaga, of the Korean War, of the Hungarian Revolution, of the death of Stalin. But none of these events bore any impact on his village. Editor(s): Strauss, Frederic. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571231928
- ISBN
- 9780571231928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.09
€ 23.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. An autobiographical account of the early years of James McBey, the self-taught boy from a humble north-east village who became one of Scotland's most successful and celebrated artists. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; AFH; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Canongate UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862414450
- ISBN
- 9780862414450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 3D; BGX; HBJF1; HBLA; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961240
- ISBN
- 9780750961240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771640633
- ISBN
- 9781771640633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.65
€ 25.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Evans, Rhiannon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBWQ; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962308
- ISBN
- 9780750962308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFCA; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473608061
- ISBN
- 9781473608061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873631379
- ISBN
- 9781873631379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19
Paperback. An account of an ordinary young man, a GAA star, who found a way to move past the dark thoughts that beset his mind during his worst days, and who discovered that the only way out of the darkness is to ask for help. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; BM; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473648296
- ISBN
- 9781473648296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 4.99
€ 16.99
€ 4.99
Hardback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KLN0015123
- ISBN
- 9780747589440
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KMR0005267
- ISBN
- 9780747589440
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A memoir of a very unconventional childhood, this work tells a tale of the fading innocence of childhood that is miles ahead of the competition. In the early Seventies, Dave Bennun's family transplanted themselves from Swindon to the wilds of Kenya. For Dave, Kenya was bemusingly new. In Kenya, the childhood memoir takes on a surreal tone. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Keywords: Africa/Memoir. 245pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNW0007019
- ISBN
- 9780091897437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 page black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- BLACK & WHITE PUBLIS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Updated ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845020552
- ISBN
- 9781845020552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. A follow-up to "Bristol Murders" that brings together true-life historical murders that shocked not only the city but made headline news throughout the nation. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456171
- ISBN
- 9780752456171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Hardcover. The author gives an account of his two years experience of the 'simple life' in the woods. In this book, he tells how he sought and found material and spiritual sustenance in the solitude of the cabin which he built for himself on the shore of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; RNA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151367
- ISBN
- 9781857151367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. The author's early childhood in Stanford in the Vale was idyllic in many ways, and typical of that experienced by a great swathe of children born in rural areas in the immediate post-war years. Though her parents' generation was harrowed by war, better times were coming. This title deals with her early years. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 plates + integrated b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: APB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091940492
- ISBN
- 9780091940492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752488172
- ISBN
- 9780752488172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. The last three years of author's life that have been as dramatic as ever. From the highly publicised divorce from Alex Reid to the romance and split from Leandro Penna, and a whirlwind marriage and surprise pregnancy with Kieran Hayler, she has been through a lot of changes. And that's just her love life. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 646. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KOC0023871
- ISBN
- 9781780891385
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99