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Biography

Paperback. * A moving memoir by a unique character which delivers a penetrating insight into some of the major events in post-war Britain Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp of b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349122458
ISBN
9780349122458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The incredible story of punk rock legend and Generation X frontman Billy Idol Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857205605
ISBN
9780857205605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Epsom Downs, 3rd May, 1769: a chestnut with a white blaze scorches across the turf towards the finishing post. His four rivals are so far behind him that, in racing terms, they are 'nowhere'. Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; BT; HBJD1; HBLL; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552774420
ISBN
9780552774420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. A memoir from Highland naturalist John Lister- Kaye, founder of the famous Aigas Field Centre. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117614
ISBN
9780349117614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Mary's Meals is born from acts of love. If you put all those many acts of sacrifice together it creates a beautiful thing. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007578313
ISBN
9780007578313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. After his father's early death Jean-Paul Sartre was brought up at his grandfather's home in a world even then eighty years out of date. This work provides background to the philosophy of one of the profoundest thinkers of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Clephane, Irene. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183466
ISBN
9780141183466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A New York Times bestseller with over 5 million copies sold, Professor Randy Pausch's moving and inspirational book is based on his extraordinary Last Lecture. 'We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.' Num Pages: 224 pages, 10-12 B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340978504
ISBN
9780340978504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Offers a virtuoso study of the fragmentary, partial and often contradictory traces that al-Hasan al-Wazzan left behind him, and is a superb interpretation of his extraordinary life and work. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234790
ISBN
9780571234790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Alan Brazil's autobiography was the surprise bestseller of 2006. Here, Alan and his co-writer, Mike 'Porky' Parry, have added fresh stories of japes, pranks and mishaps, aimed at entertaining the football followers as well as the multitude of fans of Alan's "talkSPORT" breakfast show. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 b&w & colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Highdown
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905156368
ISBN
9781905156368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. The shocking, controversial, moving story of Matt Hampson, the rugby player who dislocated his neck and was paralysed in a England training session Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages photographs. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847393142
ISBN
9781847393142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

paperback. In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. This book focuses on this episode in Shakespeare's life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 x 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141023748
ISBN
9780141023748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. 'One of the best half-dozen personal accounts of the Normandy campaign' - Richard Holmes Num Pages: 256 pages, 24, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWD; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304366408
ISBN
9780304366408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 277 photos & images. BIC Classification: AVGT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Jeske, Otger, u. Matthias Mader. I.P. Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783940822079
ISBN
9783940822079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.96

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KLN0018589
ISBN
9781842234181
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.07

Paperback. Presenting an account of one of the strangest episodes in British political history, this work tells of Shirley Porter's wealthy upbringing as the daughter of Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco; her rise to power in Westminster; and about the scandal and its aftermath. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862079229
ISBN
9781862079229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan lived a quite different role off-stage as lover to Prince William, third son of George III. Unmarried, the pair lived in a villa on the Thames and had ten children together until William, under pressure from royal advisers, abandoned her. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16pp inset photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; APB; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241963296
ISBN
9780241963296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.71

Paperback. Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer's formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours, football to family to running away to Iceland - this title explores growing up and being Northern. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141040462
ISBN
9780141040462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. The remarkable memoir of screen legend Katharine Hepburn. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 integrated b-w photos. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471130120
ISBN
9781471130120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. In this biography of Wittgenstein, the author interleaves the philosophical and emotional aspects of his subject's life. Num Pages: 704 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099883708
ISBN
9780099883708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. An autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorant; and ultimately, his fight for his right to freedom. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595847
ISBN
9780099595847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

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