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Paperback. What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rock'n'roll? How is that he has not only remained the single most successful reggae artist ever, but has also become a shining beacon of radicalism and peace to generation after generation of fans across the globe? Num Pages: 432 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGS; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007255535
ISBN
9780007255535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.60

Paperback. The name of John Wilmot, second earl of Rochester, is synonymous with excess. In this biography, Jeremy Lamb examines time the nature of Rochesters alcoholism and its implications for the man and his poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KLN0018180
ISBN
9780750939133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Where did this book begin? It's hard to say. This is one version: I was back in South Africa for the election in 2009, writing a couple of pieces for The Spectator. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431410866
ISBN
9781431410866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

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

€ 45.99
€ 44.02

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.70

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

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
€ 10.10

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
€ 12.83

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

Hardcover. This book chronicles the fascinating life story of the supermodel turned media mogul who has become one of the most influential African American women in our popular culture. Series: Greenwood Biographies. Num Pages: 180 pages, 10. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Greenwood
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313382741
ISBN
9780313382741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.35

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
€ 11.66

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

€ 37.99
€ 30.37

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
€ 13.21

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

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

€ 20.99
€ 18.10

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
€ 17.51

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

€ 33.99
€ 30.25

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

€ 19.02

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
€ 10.89

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608462247
ISBN
9781608462247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.57

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
€ 11.54

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
€ 11.66

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
€ 10.11

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