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Paperback. Everyone has heard of Ramesses the Great - but what is the truth behind the legend? This book explores the life and times of Egypt's greatest king. Ramesses II was the archetypal Egyptian pharoah: a mighty warrior, an extravagant builder and the father of scores of children. His monuments and image were to be found in every corner of the empire. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDAE; BGH; HBJF; HBJH; HBLA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140280975
- ISBN
- 9780140280975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
paperback. The final piece of work from one of the world's most visionary authors Editor(s): Lethem, Jonathan; Jackson, Pamela. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Number of pages
- 976
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780575132443
- ISBN
- 9780575132443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. When Stephanie Klein thought she had everything she could possibly have wanted from life: a good job, a successful husband, a Manhattan apartment and a baby on the way. By the time she hit thirty it was all gone, and she was left to start again. This book features the weblog she kept of her new found freedom and sexual adventures. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- SKU
- KNW0008563
- ISBN
- 9780091908997
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The very best highlights from Gerald Scarfe's remarkable career as one of Britain's foremost artists and political cartoonists, whose work has been published all over the world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGA; KNTJ; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 330 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2712.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408707319
- ISBN
- 9781408707319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.65€ 45.42
€ 53.65
€ 45.42
Hardcover. A memoir of Claire King's life - from behind-the-scenes gossip from the nation's favourite TV shows, to her string of romances with high-profile names from all walks of life. This book also tells about her heartbreak when her husband and "Emmerdale" co-star left her for another cast member. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4x8pp 2 colour sections, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KNW0007838
- ISBN
- 9781844542536
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. The quick-witted boy from a poor and struggling family, who overcame disadvantages and shouldered many burdens to make a go of his life; who found happiness, had it snatched away from him, and in the end, after many difficulties, perhaps found it again. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270590
- ISBN
- 9780571270590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. John Ashdown-Hill, whose research was instrumental in the discovery of Richard III's remains, explores and unravels the web of myths around Richard III. Num Pages: 248 pages, 44. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660103
- ISBN
- 9781445660103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. John Constable and Maria Bicknell might have been in love but their marriage was a most unlikely prospect. For seven long years the couple were forced to correspond and meet clandestinely. But it was during this period of longing that Constable developed as a painter. Num Pages: 384 pages, b&w integrated. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141031965
- ISBN
- 9780141031965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, map. BIC Classification: BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 592. A Life of Sir Richard Burton. 480 pages, map. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; RGR. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 33. Weight: 592.
- Publisher
- Eland
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871231
- ISBN
- 9780907871231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Tells the story of the author who at just five years old learned that there was no one she could trust. This book tells how even her own mother betrayed her and in the most unimaginable way. It also reveals how for years, she and her younger sister suffered at the hands of one of Britain's largest ever-known paedophile rings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KAK0001262
- ISBN
- 9780099522256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Inspired by the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone? is an intimate and vivid portrait of the twentieth-century icon Nina Simone. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp b&w inset. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVGQ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782118749
- ISBN
- 9781782118749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. This is the inside story of how Rob Heffernan's dream led him from the council flats of his tough Cork city upbringing to the winners' podium of the Olympic Games. It is also a frank chronicle of the sometimes nightmare-ridden journey it takes to make a dream come true. Num Pages: 210 pages, Colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Gill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892880
- ISBN
- 9781848892880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Tells a story about Christian Longo, a man accused of the multiple murder of his own wife and three children. After the deaths, Longo fled to Mexico, where he passed himself off as Michael Finkel, New York Times journalist. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099464570
- ISBN
- 9780099464570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007489640
- ISBN
- 9780007489640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. After more than her fair share of heartbreak, Katie Price has at last found true love and this time she knows it's for keeps. Physically and emotionally, she has met her match and there have been some dramatic changes in her life as a result. This book presents her story. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 364. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRF0037854
- ISBN
- 9780099497851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical writing is to be found in this collection of five pieces. Despite Quentin Bell's biography and other studies of her, the author's own account of her early life should hold fascination for its unexpected detail and clear-sighted judgement of Victorian values. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712646185
- ISBN
- 9780712646185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. On 21 July, 1942, the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug bunker. Living in the house above and protecting them were the Becks. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091924416
- ISBN
- 9780091924416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Aims to recreate the turbulent times through which William Shakespeare lived: the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas. Drawing on a range of sources, this work takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563521419
- ISBN
- 9780563521419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black and white illustrations in the text. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472944627
- ISBN
- 9781472944627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.71
€ 13.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- AuthorHouse United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452013565
- ISBN
- 9781452013565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98