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Paperback. Henry Stratford Persse was a customs official and distiller in the town of Galway whose sons emigrated to Boston then New York. His letters provide a striking account of Galway life, Irish misgovernment and American democracy by a lively, unconventional observer. Editor(s): Roy, J.C. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181416
ISBN
9781859181416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Paperback. A charming evocation of life in Umbria from the author of the bestselling memoir, A Thousand Days in Venice. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082735
ISBN
9781844082735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Reclusive, difficult and enigmatic, Van Morrison is a gifted singer-songwriter and an endlessly complicated man. This biography of the musician analyses the sense of place in Van Morrison work and the tortuous journey that took him from local fame in Belfast to international success. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 461.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099431831
ISBN
9780099431831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Shares some of the author's first recipes so readers can make the Dry-Fried Shrimp she first tasted in China, or the Dacquoise served at the end of a magical visit to a Paris bistro. This title also shares the intimacies of her personal life and makes readers feel that they are enjoying a cosy dining-table conversation with a friend. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Gardners Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099435952
ISBN
9780099435952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. For as long as he can remember, Ben Fogle has been surrounded by creatures great and small. As a young boy his best friends were Liberty and Lexington, the family dogs. This title tells the true stories of his amazing encounters with animals and how they changed his life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165808
ISBN
9780552165808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, Approx 50 colour and b/w images, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473881983
ISBN
9781473881983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Now a major TV series for E4. Volume two of the bestselling diaries see Rae move into her all-important A-Level year. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444754285
ISBN
9781444754285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. 8vo. Nice copy. Ireland in the 20th century
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
W.H. Allen / Virgin Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
SKU
KEX0292076
ISBN
9780491030885
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 261.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062386977
ISBN
9780062386977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Promoted to the Football League in 1977, Wimbledon FC was a small team from south London that against the odds went all the way to the top of the First Division, then to win the FA Cup, in only just over a decade. With no money, scant resources and a blend of youth players and offcuts from other clubs, they were christened 'Rag-Arse Rovers'. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857503251
ISBN
9780857503251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The second title in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to coincide with the publication of her new book Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085026
ISBN
9781844085026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardback. Inspirational memoir from one of the most admired CEOs of today, rich in stories about how to get a job, how to excel and to lead in the 21st century Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471139406
ISBN
9781471139406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 906.
Publisher
Health Communications United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780757306341
ISBN
9780757306341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0012947
ISBN
9780717140060
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
McFarland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786496235
ISBN
9780786496235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 28.32

Paperback. Describes the social and intellectual life of 17th-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACD; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Longman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
6th printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444056
ISBN
9780140444056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. In the sweltering summer of 1858, the stink of sewage from the polluted Thames was so offensive that it drove Members of Parliament from the chamber of the House of Commons. The engineer entrusted by Parliament with this enormous task was Sir Joseph Bazalgette. This book presents an account of his life and work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 b&w illustrations, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGH; TBX; TQSR1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750925808
ISBN
9780750925808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.56

Hardcover. Charting Ian Poulter's life from when he first picked up a golf club aged seven and hit the ball 140 yards to his triumphant, pumped-up charge in the 2012 Ryder Cup, this title also details his struggle to turn professional in 1994 before his obvious talent saw him join the European Tour in 2000, where he immediately won Rookie of the Year. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 564. Fine clean copy in dustwrapper. DW has some minor edge wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Andre Deutsch Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0011303
ISBN
9780233003870
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The remarkable Battle of Britain experiences of Spitfire pilot Brian Lane, DFC. Num Pages: 192 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848683549
ISBN
9781848683549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Text Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925355413
ISBN
9781925355413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Hardback. Political letters sent to The Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 256 pages, no internal images. BIC Classification: BJ; JP; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472121547
ISBN
9781472121547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200. A Year of Favourite Books. 272 pages. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight: 194.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841958217
ISBN
9781841958217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. The astonishing real story of a daughter's search for her own past and the desperate mother who gave her up. Phyllis Whitsell began the search for her birth mother as a young woman and although it was many years before she finally met her, their lives had crossed paths without their knowledge. When she met her the circumstances were extraordinary. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; BM; VFJ; VFVK; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 337 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Mirror Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910335482
ISBN
9781910335482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Hardcover. In Paris and London, Diaghilev drew together a talented group of artists such as Picasso, Bakst and Fokine, as well as dancers like Nijinsky, Lifar and Karsavina, and the composers Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev. This book examines Diaghilev's destructive and tempestuous affair with his protege Nijinsky and his friendship with Jean Cocteau. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 B&W and colour. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791910
ISBN
9781905791910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

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