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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€ 20.96
€ 27.99
€ 20.96
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€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Admiral Sir Reginald 'Blinker' Hall, the Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) for most of the First World War - described as 'a genius in his own sphere and brilliantly successful' - was one of the outstanding if largely unrecognized naval leaders of the conflict. This title examines this man and his legacy. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752453989
- ISBN
- 9780752453989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.87
€ 40.99
€ 33.87
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€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
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
€ 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€ 23.57
€ 26.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. Lucca K458 is a decorated and highly skilled military working dog who belonged to an elite group trained to work off-leash to sniff out deadly explosives. Her extraordinary skill and bond with dog handlers Chris Willingham and Juan Rodriguez resulted in a legendary 400-mission career. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785035173
- ISBN
- 9781785035173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
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
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
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€ 14.48
€ 19.99
€ 14.48
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
€ 26.99€ 24.62
€ 26.99
€ 24.62
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€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
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
€ 155.72
€ 155.72
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€ 12.88
€ 17.99
€ 12.88
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€ 19.28
€ 27.99
€ 19.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; VXA; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062343604
- ISBN
- 9780062343604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.92
€ 15.99
€ 12.92
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€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
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
€ 54.56
€ 54.56
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€ 24.47
€ 37.99
€ 24.47
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€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
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
€ 37.95
€ 37.95
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€ 13.49
€ 14.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 265 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509809684
- ISBN
- 9781509809684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.00
€ 12.99
€ 6.00
Paperback. Every Thursday evening, a group of four rural Italian women gather in an old stone house in the hills above Italy's Orvieto, to cook together, have supper, drink their beloved local wines, and talk. In this book, the author tells their life stories, and of cherished ingredients and recipes whose secrets have been passed down through generations. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; WB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591856
- ISBN
- 9780099591856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 259 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500519318
- ISBN
- 9780500519318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.49
€ 23.99
€ 20.49