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Paperback. Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history. In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward's instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, maps, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444350180
ISBN
9781444350180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.72

Hardback. Michel Winock situates Flaubert in France's century of great democratic transition. Wary of the masses, Flaubert rejected universal suffrage, but above all he hated the vulgar, ignorant bourgeoisie, a class that embodied every vice of the democratic age. His loathing became a fixation and a source of literary inspiration. Translator(s): Elliot, Nicholas. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737952
ISBN
9780674737952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Survive and thrive memoir from blogger and social media influencer Laura Jane Williams. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Underlining
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473635609
ISBN
9781473635609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KRF0025395
ISBN
9780330391979
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Keywords: Family Memoir, Reynolds. 352pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KNW0010034
ISBN
9780330391979
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the tradition of In Cold Blood, the account of a massacre and a gripping portrait of evil, by the author of The Bookseller of Kabul Translator(s): Death, Sarah. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089185
ISBN
9781844089185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive Beat America to the Moon. "Fascinating.. packed with technical and historical detail for the space expert and enthusiast alike.. Great stuff!"-New Scientist "In this exceptional book, James Harford pieces together a most compelling and well-written tale.. Must reading. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471327219
ISBN
9780471327219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.22

Paperback. A powerful and gripping human story of the 2012 London Olympics hero Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444779585
ISBN
9781444779585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Presents an account of how organized crime exploded in Limerick from the 1990s and in the noughties. This book describes the depravity and decadence of the gangs, their deadly rivaliries, and their reigns of terror over the community in which they lived. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970461
ISBN
9780241970461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. In A Twisted Root, Patricia Craig traces the remarkable story of her ancestry, weaving the threads of her forebears' stories into the sweeping panorama of Irish history. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, geneal. tables, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856409042
ISBN
9780856409042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.96

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752455389
ISBN
9780752455389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback.

This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.

Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629629
ISBN
9780745629629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Paperback. Orphaned at the age of nine, Mikey Cuddihy left the US to board at the experimental Summerhill School. Like Hideous Kinky, this memoir describes coming of age in the strange and dangerous world of the unravelling social experiment of the late 1960s. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393146
ISBN
9781782393146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. First published in 1993, this book brings together Muriel Spark's writings on the Bronte sisters, including a selection of their letters and a selection of Emily Bronte's poems. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772466
ISBN
9781847772466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Tim Winton's homage to the ocean and his childhood is a magnificent celebration of life at its limits Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447203094
ISBN
9781447203094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. Together with another young Slovak Jew, both of them deported in 1942, the author succeeded in escaping from the notorious death camp in the spring of 1944. This work offers an account of Nazi genocide and of the inhuman conditions in the camp. Editor(s): Varnai, Peter. Translator(s): Ewald, Osers. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451837
ISBN
9781845451837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.19

Paperback. Originally published in 1979, this book is a standard work on the evolution of rigging, mast-making and sali-making. It is a comprehensive study on the subject. It was compiled over some ten years, from information obtained from contemporary manuscripts, books and models. Num Pages: 544 pages, 22 pages of pictures. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 141 x 38. Weight in Grams: 544. His Life and Times. 544 pages, 22 pages of pictures. Originally published in 1979, this book is a standard work on the evolution of rigging, mast-making and sali-making. It is a comprehensive study on the subject. It was compiled over some ten years, from information obtained from contemporary manuscripts, books and models. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Dimension: 199 x 141 x 38. Weight: 544.
Publisher
Anova Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907554803
ISBN
9781907554803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

CD-Audio. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ASZB; BGA; BGFA; BM; DN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2017
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405932455
ISBN
9781405932455
CD
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Monday Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906308667
ISBN
9781906308667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. Konrad Morgen: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge is a moral biography of Georg Konrad Morgen, who prosecuted crimes committed by members of the SS in Nazi concentration camps and eventually came face-to-face with the system of industrialized murder at Auschwitz. His wartime papers and postwar testimonies yield a study in moral complexity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 black & white halftones, 1 colour illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; JPFF; JWXK; LATC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137496942
ISBN
9781137496942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.51

Paperback. The first serious collection of Lenin's writings for decades. Editor Paul Le Blanc argues that Lenin was committed to democracy. Editor(s): Le Blanc, Paul. Series: Get Political. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327600
ISBN
9780745327600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.46

Paperback. Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BM; CF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846680403
ISBN
9781846680403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. When the Ayatollah Khomeini burst onto the international scene in the late 1970s, radical Islam became a factor of political life that would change the world. And with the Iranian Revolution that Khomeini led in 1978/79, religion once more moved centre stage in world politics. This is a biography of the Iranian leader. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845117900
ISBN
9781845117900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.25

Paperback. She is a glamorous model, actress, filmmaker and investigative journalist who has spent years visiting high security prisons, getting to know sadistic killers like Gary Ray Bowles and Keith Hunter Jesperson, 'The Happy Faced Killer'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198. My Death Row Interviews with the Most Dangerous Men on the Planet. 288 pages. She is a glamorous model, actress, filmmaker and investigative journalist who has spent years visiting high security prisons, getting to know sadistic killers like Gary Ray Bowles and Keith Hunter Jesperson, 'The Happy Faced Killer'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 196 x 137 x 18. Weight: 198.
Publisher
John Blake
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843583998
ISBN
9781843583998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.13

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