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Biography

Hardcover. New York, May, 1950. A warm Spring day and a thirty-five year old Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, pushes through the revolving doors of Harper's Bazaar. There, he meets Miss Pearl Kazin, Fiction Editor, highly-educated and out to make her own mark on New York. One side of their correspondence has survived: six love letters, never before published. Editor(s): Towns, Jeff. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844681
ISBN
9781909844681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Tony Long was the best 'shot' the Met ever had. Under the codename 'Echo 7', he was 'licenced to kill' bringing down scores of targets. From life or death cases and botched operations to political fallouts, this book charts his controversial career from rookie seventies beat cop to Long's command of SO19 - the Met's elite specialist firearms unit. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGA; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785033957
ISBN
9781785033957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Exploding myths that every serial killer is a 'monster', the author draws attention to Mary Ann Cotton's charms, allure, capability, skill and ambition - all of which she used to remain undetected while committing up to 21 murders. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC; JKV; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904380917
ISBN
9781904380917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.40

Paperback. A memoir that evokes with deep feeling the sense of uprootendess and exile created by this disruption, something which has been the experience of tens of thousands of people this century. It tells the story of Jewish post-war experience and the tragedies and discoveries born of cultural displacement. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428664
ISBN
9780099428664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 122 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780007580422
ISBN
9780007580422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 122 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTK0100664
ISBN
9780007580422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The first part of the Nobel Prize winner's classic autobiography, reissued by Granta in a stunning new paperback edition. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083562
ISBN
9781847083562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. What happened in Helmand's Sangin Valley in the spring of 2007 was nothing short of extraordinary. After the last gasp defence of the platoon houses by the Paras, the soldiers of the Royal Anglian Regiment arrived in Afghanistan charged with taking the battle to the enemy. This title tells the story of the Royal Anglian's deployment. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16pp colour photographic inset. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041636
ISBN
9780141041636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Describes Mao Zedong s life and thought in relation to the Chinese revolution and twentieth-century history. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347958
ISBN
9780822347958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. From her turbulent marriage, her difficult pregnancy and birth to her beautiful baby Bunny, to her time in the Big Brother House, and the continued challenges of looking after her disabled son, the author finally lifts the lid on the trails and tribulations of the past few years. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099598930
ISBN
9780099598930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1x 8pp colour plate. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 1DBKSH; 1DFHA; BGSA; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906148690
ISBN
9781906148690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007367870
ISBN
9780007367870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.54

Paperback. A fascinating insight into the secret of football manager Jose Mourinho's incredible success - now fully updated to include his spectacular return to Chelsea. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409161288
ISBN
9781409161288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) was Elizabeth I's closest adviser. This revealing biography shows, the driving force behind the Queen's reign for four decades. It helps us redefine our understanding of the Elizabethan period. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170887
ISBN
9780300170887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. * du Maurier uses a novelist's skill to portray this 'unknown' Bronte Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080755
ISBN
9781844080755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The gripping true story of Klaus Fuchs: the spy who sold the nuclear secrets to the Russians. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755365661
ISBN
9780755365661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. From the publishers of the number 1 bestseller GYPSY BOY, here is the incredible true story of a young Irish traveller. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KIN0033078
ISBN
9781444708264
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Very good copies in dustwrapper.. First uk edition's . Signed by the author on Volume 1
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KEX0303066
ISBN
9780002555456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 495.00

Paperback. What it takes to be a 21st century woman. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; ASZB; BM; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473650633
ISBN
9781473650633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, the author tells life as she has lived it. She acknowledges the passing years, from the generational shrinking of underwear to facing the fact that her knees make 'this noise like Rice Krispies' when she exercises. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559030
ISBN
9780099559030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

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