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hardcover. When Jonathan Taylor was eight he began to find his father puzzling. Doctors diagnosed Parkinson's disease, and Jonathan became one of his father's carers, taking it in turn with his family to look after him. This is the story of a son's struggle for recognition from a father who is being transformed mentally and physically by the disease. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001219
- ISBN
- 9781862079557
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. In the last fifty years, the changing face of British crime has turned the UK into the wild west of Europe. For decades drugs dominated the UK underworld, but in recent years a spate of major robberies - or heists - has grabbed the headlines. This title tells the stories behind the twelve most heinous armed robberies ever staged in these islands. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Welbeck Publishing London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001233
- ISBN
- 9781780973630
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. Failing to get into any of the London-based drama schools, the author accepted a place at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and before graduating had been given his first break as a voice artist on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image. This book deals with authors childhood surrounded by foster kids, his teenage years and more. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 244 x 36. Weight in Grams: 686. Good clean copy, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Century
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001329
- ISBN
- 9781780891712
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. Jamie Dornan is about to become the hottest sex symbol on the planet after landing the leading role in the Fifty Shades of Grey movies. But he remains almost as enigmatic as Mr Grey himself. This book reveals everything fans want to know about the mysterious Mr Dornan, from his tragic childhood to his career as a Calvin Klein model. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001391
- ISBN
- 9780718180126
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Stock market multimillionaire at 26, federal convict at 36, he partied like a rock star, lived like a king, and barely survived his rise and fall as an American entrepreneurial icon. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; JKVK; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Two Roads
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001427
- ISBN
- 9781444778120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardcover. For the first time, more than 15 years after four boys from London were first thrown together to form what would go on to become one of the most successful and infamous groups of the boyband era, Lee, Antony, Duncan and Simon tell their full, no-holds-barred story in their own inimitable words. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 col illus. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0014821
- ISBN
- 9780008222208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 221.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307887948
- ISBN
- 9780307887948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.97
€ 23.99
€ 18.97
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Parragon Book Service Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOC0021761
- ISBN
- 9781407562612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The fascinating story of a famous Victorian murder case - and the notorious detective who solved it Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; 3JH; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0006743
- ISBN
- 9780747596486
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Infused with wit and lyricism, this memoir centres on the 1950's when the author and her friends were teenagers. She describes the past vividly and without complaint as the years of hard labour for herself, parents and siblings, were also filled with fun in the close knit community. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPG; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF0031554
- ISBN
- 9780863221125
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Diane France is a forensic anthropologist, a bone detective. She has the science skills and know-how to examine bones for clues to a mystery: Who was this person and how did he or she die? This book presents the story of this small-town girl who became a world-famous bone detective. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 192 x 8. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Joseph Henry Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309095501
- ISBN
- 9780309095501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. Adriana Ocampo grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, dreaming about exploring planets. She never doubted that all her dreams would come true someday. How did Adriana land a job with NASA while still in her teens? How did a robot parked on Mars make her fall in love with rocks - and instantly decide to become a planetary geologist? Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 254 x 11. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Joseph Henry Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309095556
- ISBN
- 9780309095556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. Mary Tudor is often written off as a twisted queen who tried desperately to pull England back to the Catholic Church that was so dear to her mother, and sent many to burn at the stake in the process. This biography argues that Mary, neither boring nor basically bloody, was a hard-working, 'hands on', and decisive queen than is commonly recognized. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415327213
- ISBN
- 9780415327213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. 8vo.Some minor wear otherwise a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0264505
- ISBN
- 9780316027106
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. This title follows the path of their romance from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation. Translator(s): Radice, Late Betty. Num Pages: 384 pages, further reading, notes, maps, index. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140448993
- ISBN
- 9780140448993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
hardcover. Translator(s): Johnston, David, Governor General of Canada. Num Pages: 450 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd (US)
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780887407185
- ISBN
- 9780887407185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.33
€ 44.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666350
- ISBN
- 9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780940322127
- ISBN
- 9780940322127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Jane Campion: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers (Hardcover))
Virginia Wright . Ed(S): Wexman
paperback. Editor(s): Wexman, Virginia Wright. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578060832
- ISBN
- 9781578060832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
paperback. The intimate chronicle of one of our leading composers and writers. Num Pages: 456 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306809644
- ISBN
- 9780306809644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
paperback. Translator(s): Dror, Olga. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780253021649
- ISBN
- 9780253021649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.68
€ 23.99
€ 16.68
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780593051498
- ISBN
- 9780593051498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1097.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539918
- ISBN
- 9780199539918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.12
€ 61.12
paperback. Memories of my Life, first published in 1908, is an autobiography by the psychologist, anthropologist, geographer, and inventor Sir Francis Galton. This book contains a detailed account of Galton s life, and will be of interest to students of Victorian history. " Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BM; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138911444
- ISBN
- 9781138911444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66