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paperback. Forty years after his death, Elvis Presley remains one of the world's most beloved and iconic figures. With personal documents and previously unseen family photographs, this book also features interviews with family and friends. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099497974
ISBN
9780099497974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.83

paperback. Explores the author's relationship with his father. This title also reflects on the life and legacy of the author's cousin, Lucy Partington, who disappeared without trace in 1973 and was exhumed twenty years later from the basement of Frederick West, one of Britain's prolific serial murderers. Num Pages: 416 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099285823
ISBN
9780099285823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of composing his own suicide note and his eventual, hard-won recovery. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSK; VSP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099285571
ISBN
9780099285571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

hardcover. Letters by the 18th century blue-stocking grande dame, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. She was a duke's daughter, who married the English ambassador in Constantinople, and the friend of Swift and Pope, whom she numbered among her correspondents. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151312
ISBN
9781857151312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Naison's odyssey begins as Brooklyn public schools respond to a new wave of Black migrants and Caribbean immigrants, and established residents flee to virtually all-white parts of the city or suburbs. This memoir offers a participant's account of the New Left's racial dynamics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399425
ISBN
9781566399425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.04

paperback. A memoir of Scott O'Hara, a key contemporary figure in the pornographic industry. The author reveals the full truth behind this trade and discusses his life, how he became involved in the sex trade, and how ultimately he had to get out. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560238980
ISBN
9781560238980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.37

leather_bound. Chronicles Bewick's life through the medium of photography with interconnected text. Limited edition hardback in blue cloth slipcase. Quarter leather over blue cloth boards, with cloth and gilt title inlay to spine. Slipcase showing the slighest of shelwear, otherwise as new
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arlen House Dublin
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031289
ISBN
9781851320103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 250.00

paperback. This is an absorbing account of the life and work of one of Russia's most inventive and exuberant novelists and playwrights. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781780237411
ISBN
9781780237411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.19

paperback. This biography of George IV, king between 1820 and 1830, provides a reassessment of the monarch's character, reputation and achievement. E.A. Smith does not minimize the king's faults but focuses on the positive qualities of his achievement in politics and in the patronage of the arts. Series: The English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300088021
ISBN
9780300088021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 30.68

paperback. Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate? This book distills the fruits of a lifetime's immersion as one of Bach's greatest living interpreters. Num Pages: 672 pages, 24pp colour. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGD; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141977591
ISBN
9780141977591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.75

Hardcover. Chronicles the life of a young American Catholic priest, Father Leopold Braun, who, as pastor of a small Catholic church near the Lubianka political prison in the heart of Moscow, witnessed Stalin's purges, the Soviet government's campaign against organized religion, and the destruction of World War II. Editor(s): Hamburg, G. M. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16-page gallery. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGX; HBJD; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021993
ISBN
9780268021993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.52

hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; VFVX; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Running Press Adult
Condition
New
SKU
9780762452484
ISBN
9780762452484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.76

paperback. Howard Hughes was America's most famous playboy and rogue operator, an outlaw eccentric millionaire and hellraiser, 'I can buy any man' he once bragged, 'and have any woman'. And it was almost true. He stormed from bedroom to boardroom, from corporate bribery to Capitol Hill. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 34. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virgin Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753522875
ISBN
9780753522875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

paperback. Takes us on a seductive journey through author's childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s, and into the infernal marriage of two kind, well-meaning people: his fussy, logical father, and his dreamy, romantic mother. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099450030
ISBN
9780099450030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A beautifully written and finely observed memoir by a psychotherapist that reveals as much about her as her patients. With a foreword by Hilary Mantel. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398. 352 pages. A memoir that demonstrates the resilience and life force of human nature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; MMJT. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Constable
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845299729
ISBN
9781845299729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134236
ISBN
9781592134236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.90

paperback. In a re-evaluation of Mao Zedong's leadership, Feigon seeks a more informed perspective on one of the most important political leaders of our time. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781566635226
ISBN
9781566635226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.33

paperback. The theories of Albert O. Hirschman have had a major influence on modern political economics. In this work, Hirschman casts an analytical eye on his own ideas, questioning and qualifying some of his propositions on social change and economic development. A brief autobiography is also included. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BGB; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674715585
ISBN
9780674715585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.99

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0003492
ISBN
9781874597766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp-section of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300194166
ISBN
9780300194166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 19.30

paperback. A landmark biography of the charismatic king beloved of fourteenth-century England Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 752 pages, 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300194081
ISBN
9780300194081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.21

paperback. Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his abilities misunderstood. This biography paints a richly detailed portrait of the many-faceted monarch in his public as well as his private life. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300187779
ISBN
9780300187779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.08

paperback. Edward II (1284-1327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since it. This biography does not present Edward II as a heroic or successful king: his deposition after a turbulent reign of nearly twenty years is proof enough that it went terribly wrong. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 704 pages, 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300178029
ISBN
9780300178029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.21

paperback. In this biography of Henry VI, Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent and saintly monarch and offers instead a critical portrait of an ineffectual ruler. Drawing on contemporary evidence, he discusses the failures of Henry's long reign. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 48 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300089264
ISBN
9780300089264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.21

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