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Biography
hardcover. In Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer, Norman Harris tells how he became the world's leading seller of vintage guitars. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4-colour photo insert. BIC Classification: AVRL1; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 214 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495035111
- ISBN
- 9781495035111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.73
€ 46.99
€ 44.73
Paperback. Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She published A Vindication of the Rights of Women; travelled to revolutionary France and lived through the Terror and the destruction of the incipient French feminist movement; and produced an illegitimate daughter. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp inset. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241963319
- ISBN
- 9780241963319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.85
€ 17.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Winston Churchill was one of Britain's greatest leaders and an iconic figure. Churchill as a young army officer had taken part in the last great cavalry charge in British history; wrote a novel, a great deal of journalism and many works of history (winning the Nobel Prize for Literature). This title presents his story. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 4. Weight in Grams: 112. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747810452
- ISBN
- 9780747810452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Offers an account of the pleasures and pains of worshipping at the 'Church of Opium'. This autobiography of addiction hauntingly describes the author's surreal visions and hallucinatory nocturnal wanderings through London, along with the nightmares, despair and paranoia to which he became prey. Editor(s): Milligan, Barry. Num Pages: 352 pages, chronology, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439014
- ISBN
- 9780140439014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.21
€ 11.99
€ 10.21
Paperback. A searingly honest and moving memoir of a young woman's political awakening and disillusionment, and a gripping first-person account of life in Communist Czechoslovakia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847083388
- ISBN
- 9781847083388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. A voice for change, for equality, for people who have no voice. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DNJ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 28 x 135 x 216. Weight in Grams: 416. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KAK0007209
- ISBN
- 9780340993156
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An explosive and shocking biography of Jose Mourinho - revealing the dark side of 'the special one'. Translator(s): Jensen, Pete. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007553037
- ISBN
- 9780007553037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.59
€ 16.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. The amusing and tremendously endearing memoir of 1970s TV star Ian Ogilvy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp. B/W and colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JJPL; APB; APT; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472122025
- ISBN
- 9781472122025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1400. The Extraordinary Life of Maria Cosway, Celebrity Artist and Thomas Jefferson's Impossible Love. 584 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 39. Weight: 1400.
- Publisher
- Column House
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782839901536
- ISBN
- 9782839901536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.57
€ 38.99
€ 30.57
Paperback. The next piece of thrilling WW2 history from acclaimed author Robert Lyman Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784296742
- ISBN
- 9781784296742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Hardback. Biography...Conor Cruise O'Brien. 356pp. Essays and two early poems adress topics from African politics, to Yeats, to modern American culture
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- 9780801430879
- ISBN
- 9780801430879
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 19.95
€ 19.95
Paperback. Final volume in acclaimed biography of Wilhelm II exploring his role in the origins of the First World War. Translator(s): De Bellaigue, Sheila; Bridge, Roy. Num Pages: 1570 pages, 71 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2470.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107544192
- ISBN
- 9781107544192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.77
€ 76.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 141 x 47. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953478088
- ISBN
- 9780953478088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.22
€ 19.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. A.N. Wilson's biography looks back through the indifference which has surrounded Walter Scott in recent times, and the distortions of his Victorian idolaters, to recapture the freshness of Scott as he appeared to his contemporaries. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712697545
- ISBN
- 9780712697545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.61
€ 21.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is both an arresting travel book and a personal memoir. In it Wollstonecraft describes the sublime landscape and the events and people she encounters. This edition includes reviews, additional letters, and documents on the background to the journey. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, one map. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DNN; 1DNS; 3JF; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230631
- ISBN
- 9780199230631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. One of the first women to hold office in Europe, her memoir offers a rare glimpse into the life of a strong and outspoken public figure who was recognized in her own time but who died in isolation and has largely been forgotten Editor(s): FitzLyon, Kyril. Translator(s): FitzLyon, Kyril. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGHA; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316213
- ISBN
- 9780822316213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.59
€ 31.99
€ 28.59
Paperback. Presents an expose of the CIA in which the author accuses the organization of using brutal tactics to maintain security during the Cold War, including sabotaging the Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks and assassinating President Kennedy to keep the United States in Vietnam. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BTC; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616082840
- ISBN
- 9781616082840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.69
€ 18.69
Paperback. Drawn from journals, this book offers an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183282
- ISBN
- 9780141183282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KRF0004949
- ISBN
- 9780192820952
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Robert Louis Stevenson loved to conjure up a dashing, romantic lineage for himself, dreaming that he was descended from the colourful outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. This work gives a concise account of his life - his family background, childhood and adolescence in a Calvinist, hard-working household in Scotland, and his final years in the South Seas. Num Pages: 114 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 114
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905267217
- ISBN
- 9781905267217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.28
€ 8.28
Paperback. This biography of Edward the Confessor, first published in 1970, aims to rescue the image of the King from what the author sees as myth and bogus scholarship. Disentangling fact from legend, the text recreates the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and examines England before the Normans. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300071566
- ISBN
- 9780300071566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.67
€ 46.99
€ 33.67
Paperback. Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781254004
- ISBN
- 9781781254004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.69
€ 14.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. 'This could be the first existential book about cricket I've ever read. It's certainly the most ambitious, and by turns the most beautiful..It's both sweeping and meticulous all at once..I can only say, truly, that my connection to the game feels deeper for having read it.' All Out Cricket Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSBX; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473618602
- ISBN
- 9781473618602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. The classic and much-loved memoir by Hannah Hauxwell about life in remote Yorkshire in the 1970s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 x 8. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409136231
- ISBN
- 9781409136231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23