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Paperback. Once upon a time, opium was easily available over chemist's counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have disputed for so many ages, could be bought for a penny, and carried in waistcoat pocket. Paradise! So thought, the author, but he soon discovered that 'nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium'. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528593
ISBN
9780099528593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375756788
ISBN
9780375756788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BJ; HRAX; HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 2. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231180528
ISBN
9780231180528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.97
€ 61.00

Paperback. Describes the author's experience of living on the West Bank since the early eighties. The author tells about the life and gossip of her neighbourhood in Ramallah, her moving family history, and the struggle to live a normal life in an insane situation, based on her diary, which she kept during the Israeli invasion of Ramallah in March 2002. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNW0008648
ISBN
9781862078116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 10.32

Paperback. The biography of Henry VII's queen, and mother of Henry VIII, the true story of the 'White Princess' Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445633145
ISBN
9781445633145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.38

Paperback. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322776
ISBN
9780940322776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.53

Paperback. Jami Yeats-Kastner's story is both a personal account of a mother's ultimate loss and a universal message of growth and hope. It is centred on the loss of their young son, Sam, and the deeply spiritual path that this sets her on. It is a very sad book but not a depressing one. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Number of pages
150
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431420230
ISBN
9781431420230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. A fantastic reissue of Richard Holmes' epic biography of this most enigmatic and intriguing of the Romantic poets. This is simply one of the greatest biographical achievements of recent years. Num Pages: 848 pages, 24 b/w plates (24pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 54. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007204588
ISBN
9780007204588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 202 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752493190
ISBN
9780752493190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.21

Paperback. Series: Lil Shawnee. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCV9; VFJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Christian Focus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845507732
ISBN
9781845507732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.04

Paperback. Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and STRICTLY COME DANCING star, Ann Widdecombe. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220925
ISBN
9781780220925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 1100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVGC4; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 124. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
The Library of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598534672
ISBN
9781598534672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 40.73

Paperback. Surprising Matron as well as herself, Evelyn Prentis managed to pass her Finals and become a staff-nurse. Encouraged, she took the brave leap of moving from Nottingham to London. This title offers an account of a nurse in action, that shows a nurse's life would always revolve around the comforting discomfort of porridge and rissoles, and bandages. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 192 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KOC0016554
ISBN
9780091941376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AVGW; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Route
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901927450
ISBN
9781901927450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447285809
ISBN
9781447285809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. In 1939, John Wright, a four-year-old boy from a deprived but loving Middlesbrough home, was uprooted from his family and evacuated to a large house in North Yorkshire, requisitioned as a nursery school. This title tells his story of love, loss and life with the delight and fear of a wartime child. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJH; BM; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752452296
ISBN
9780752452296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 119 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSJ1; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493024858
ISBN
9781493024858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGR; HBJH; HBLW; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 280 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141985701
ISBN
9780141985701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. A Yorkshire Dales Copper on the Beat. 272 pages. Yorkshireman Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the capital's streets and drug gangs in Battersea, and found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JKSW1. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Constable
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845298111
ISBN
9781845298111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Strange Attractor Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907222337
ISBN
9781907222337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.74

Hardcover.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
9781844674374
ISBN
9781844674374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Despite the mass of books written on Waterloo, this is a genuinely unique contribution to this most famous campaign. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526700674
ISBN
9781526700674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 39.02

Paperback. The story of the woman who rose to be Director-General of Britain's Security Service, MI5, in a career that lasted from 1969 to 1996. Stella Rimington worked to Director level in all main fields of the Service's responsibilities, counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism, Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGA; JPSH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KAK0012808
ISBN
9780099436720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Two spectacular dead bodies-Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, found dumped and posed in a vacant lot in January 1947, and Marilyn Monroe, found dead in her home in August 1962-bookend this new history of Hollywood's postwar transition. Num Pages: 248 pages, 41 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; APF; BTC; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284326
ISBN
9780520284326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.57

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