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Biography
Paperback. The gripping story of Britain's most dangerous job - fishing the unforgiving waters of the North Sea. Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, colour photos. BIC Classification: BGA; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751544695
- ISBN
- 9780751544695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.68
€ 16.99
€ 12.68
Paperback. The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBWQ; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825662
- ISBN
- 9780753825662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. With all the emotional power of The Kite Runner, this is the very first true life account of growing up in Afghanistan, by a writer who still lives in Kabul. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; BGA; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447221753
- ISBN
- 9781447221753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Hardback. The incredible story of the Brit-nominated pop star and judge of Strictly Come Dancingand Britain's Got Talent Num Pages: 256 pages, 2x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APT; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471102172
- ISBN
- 9781471102172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.53
€ 19.99
€ 5.53
Paperback. This incisive biography begins withthe spectacularly tragic last day of the militant Japanese novelist, perhaps best known for his monumental four-book masterpiece The Sea of Fertility. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410744
- ISBN
- 9780815410744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.95
€ 20.95
Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571328024
- ISBN
- 9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Who is The Secret Footballer? Only a few people know the true identity of the man inside the game. This book takes readers past the locker-room door and reveals the inner workings of a professional club, the exhilarating highs and crushing lows, and what it's really like to do the job most of us can only dream of doing. Series: The Secret Footballer. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Guardian Faber Publishing
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781783350049
- ISBN
- 9781783350049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. The first biography of the elusive musician who influenced an entire generation of country songwriters as his tragic life became the stuff of legend Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306816048
- ISBN
- 9780306816048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.67
€ 25.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Horrocks, Ingrid. Series: Broadview Edition. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118086
- ISBN
- 9781551118086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.80
€ 30.99
€ 22.80
Paperback. A true-life thriller completely exposes the network behind the illegal trade in ancient artifacts - and features a rich cast of rogues and some of the world's most prestigious art institutions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABK; AC; BTC; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586484385
- ISBN
- 9781586484385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.12
€ 26.99
€ 22.12
Paperback. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I will live my life taking every available chance. I will say Yes to every favour, request, suggestion and invitation. I will swear to say Yes where once I would say No. This title tells the story of what happened when the author decided to say YES, in order to make his life more interesting. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280. Fine, clean copy showing minor shelfwear on covers and page edges
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0006804
- ISBN
- 9780091896744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; 3JMC; BGB; TVF; TVG; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781603585309
- ISBN
- 9781603585309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.07
€ 26.99
€ 18.07
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603427180
- ISBN
- 9781603427180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904301400
- ISBN
- 9781904301400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564784247
- ISBN
- 9781564784247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Hardback. 18 July 1898. World-renowned novelist Emile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter 'J'accuse' and losing. Forced to leave Paris, with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a nightshirt wrapped in newspaper, Zola flees to England with no idea when he will return. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 250 x 34. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571312016
- ISBN
- 9780571312016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. An account of the ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had achieved the summit before the first disaster struck. What happened and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted is the subject of this book. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- SKU
- 9780099771012
- ISBN
- 9780099771012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.64
€ 14.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. This work tells the story of this remarkable woman, and brings a different perspective to the study of modern Chinese history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962210
- ISBN
- 9789629962210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.11
€ 40.11
Paperback. Contains recollections by wealthy individuals about their lives and experiences, demonstrating how financial and religious aspects of their lives unfold and often intertwine. This text develops a sociology of wealth that goes beyond conventional, power-elite, Marxist and status-group theories. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; HPQ; HRC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275950941
- ISBN
- 9780275950941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.21
€ 46.99
€ 39.21
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313291463
- ISBN
- 9780313291463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.54€ 79.38
€ 87.54
€ 79.38
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Papillote Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953222445
- ISBN
- 9780953222445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.53
€ 13.00
€ 12.53
Paperback. In THE NURSES, journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff only door to write a lively, fast paced story. Robbins followed real like nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating book filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humour and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761189251
- ISBN
- 9780761189251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.86
€ 20.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. "Originally published under the title Dziennik 1954 in 1980 by Polonia Book Fund, London." Translator(s): Shelton, Anita K.; Wrobel, A. J. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129511
- ISBN
- 9780810129511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.87
€ 42.87
Hardcover. Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves. Editor(s): Williams, John A.; Williams, Lori. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Edition
- Adapted ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814333556
- ISBN
- 9780814333556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.11
€ 40.11