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Paperback. As the Swinging Sixties come to a close, the author leaves behind her adventures as a student midwife and fulfills her dream of becoming a district nurse in the Highlands. With a brand new job to do, she faces up to fresh challenges with her usual positive outlook. In this book, she offers insight into the world of the district nurse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JJPK; BM; MQCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0002309
- ISBN
- 9781845027384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Hasan al-Banna (1906-1949) was an Egyptian political reformer, best known for establishing the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization which has millions of members and spans the Arab world. This book offers an account of al-Banna's life and work. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851684304
- ISBN
- 9781851684304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Paperback. Takes you down the thin cobblestoned streets of the Belgian border town of Bouillon. This book offers exquisite meditation on place, time and memory is an illicit peek into other people's countries, into the spaces they have populated with their memories, and might just make you revisit your own in a new and surprising way. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587033
- ISBN
- 9780099587033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BTH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007542727
- ISBN
- 9780007542727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. How Mair Thomas found herself at Bletchley Park trying to break the German Enigma Code. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745956640
- ISBN
- 9780745956640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.50
€ 15.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55), one of the original thinkers of the nineteenth century, wrote on religious, psychological, and literary themes. This book shows how Kierkegaard developed his views in emphatic opposition to prevailing opinions. It provides an introduction by showing how Kiekegaard has influenced contemporary thought. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Numerous halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 109 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802569
- ISBN
- 9780192802569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.79
€ 11.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. Horatio Nelson was a shrewd political operator who charmed and impressed political leaders. He was a difficult subordinate, only happy when completely in command, and capable of great ruthlessness. This biography takes a look at Nelson's status as a hero, explaining how Nelson achieved such extraordinary success. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BG; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141007618
- ISBN
- 9780141007618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. This new book on the Brontes concentrates on the way in which the literary interests and expressions of Charlotte and Emily were built up. It makes use of recent research into background and reading matter to investigate the development of the authors' poetry and novels. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 152 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1989th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333421987
- ISBN
- 9780333421987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.63
€ 122.63
Paperback. Life of one of the greatest British Prime Ministers - by an author who knows the scene from his years as a senior Minister in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet. Num Pages: 448 pages, 43. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823842
- ISBN
- 9780753823842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. The key missing piece of Jon Krakauer's multi million, multi territory bestseller and widely acclaimed Sean Penn film Into the Wild is finally revealed by his best friend and sister, Carine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFE1; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Harper Element
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007585137
- ISBN
- 9780007585137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.63
€ 13.99
€ 10.63
Paperback. Historian Tracy Borman tells the story of the real Wolf Hall in this definitive biography of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's most trusted servant. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pg colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444782882
- ISBN
- 9781444782882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. The poems have been rendered into vigorous contemporary English. A selection of Michelangelo's letters, many of them to important contemporaries such as Vasari and Duke Cosimo, is accompanied by the 'Life' of the great artist written by his pupil Ascanio Condivi. Translator(s): Bull, George; Porter, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537365
- ISBN
- 9780199537365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.84
€ 15.99
€ 12.84
Paperback. A heartwarming new story of the way one animal can change a man's life Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; BM; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472111753
- ISBN
- 9781472111753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. A book on Virginia Woolf that contends psychobiography has much to gain from a closer engagement with science. It demonstrates how Woolf used her illness intelligently and creatively in her theories of fiction, of mental functioning, and of self structure. Num Pages: 362 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520072800
- ISBN
- 9780520072800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98€ 49.23
€ 62.98
€ 49.23
Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185361
- ISBN
- 9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Winston Churchill is probably the best-known Prime Minster of Great Britain. Born at Blenheim Palace, he joined the army after Harrow, but in 1899 resigned his commission to report on the Boer War. Elected to Parliament in 1900, he served in both Conservative and Liberal governments, and became Chancellor of the Exechequer under Baldwin. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752453866
- ISBN
- 9780752453866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Hardback. From rap superstar Lil Wayne comes the long-awaited GONE 'TIL NOVEMBER, a deeply personal and revealing account of his time spent incarcerated on Rikers Island for eight months in 2010. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AVGR; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911274698
- ISBN
- 9781911274698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.82
€ 25.99
€ 17.82
Hardback. James Ellroy, the bestselling author and master of LA noir, takes a look at a notable year of crime and perversity in Los Angeles alongside compelling vintage photos from the LAPD archives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 85 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: AJC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419715853
- ISBN
- 9781419715853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.54
€ 26.99
€ 23.54
Paperback. Pete Burns became a star with the band Dead Or Alive, who had a huge hit with "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" in the mid-80s. This title tells his story which includes details of his affairs with major rock stars, his long-time marriage, and how he had to sell his GBP 2m house to pay for the plastic surgery that went wrong. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2x16pp illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844544387
- ISBN
- 9781844544387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.68
€ 15.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Open Championship hero Darren Clarke tells the gripping and moving story of his life as Britain's best-loved golfer. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 x 8pp plate sections. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444758016
- ISBN
- 9781444758016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39