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Paperback. Are you happy? Does it matter? Increasingly, governments seem to think so. As the UK government conducts its first happiness survey, the author looks at happiness as a political as well as a personal issue; what it should mean to us, what it means to him. He writes too of what he has learned from the recent death of his best friend. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099579823
- ISBN
- 9780099579823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Aldridge, Alan. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: AKC; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Spellbinding Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909964068
- ISBN
- 9781909964068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.98
€ 11.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamor and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? This book talks about widow Clicquot. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGB; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061288586
- ISBN
- 9780061288586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.31
€ 20.99
€ 17.31
Paperback. This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge, his gruelling trip round the globe, his intimate family life, worries about persecution and thoughts about God. Num Pages: 864 pages, 32pp b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 856
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140131925
- ISBN
- 9780140131925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Hardback. The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edition shows how he exaggerated to create his compelling narrative, and includes other writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199675289
- ISBN
- 9780199675289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.86
€ 32.99
€ 31.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; BTM; HBJD1; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 303 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785370854
- ISBN
- 9781785370854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.18
€ 14.99
€ 14.18
Paperback. 8vo. Very good clean copy in original cloth with dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ulster Historical Foundation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KEX0283830
- ISBN
- 9781903688212
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. A celebration of George Eliot's life, work and greatest novel, exploring through a mixture of literary biography, deep reading and personal memoir how Middlemarch answers fundamental questions about life and love Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085160
- ISBN
- 9781847085160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Beginning in 1970, with the transformative effects of the Kent State University shootings - which the band-members witness firsthand - and ending a decade later with Devo on the cusp of superstardom (with "Whip It"), this title traces the sounds and ideas that the group absorbed and in turn brought to prominence as unlikely rock stars. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 colour and black and white in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 775.
- Publisher
- Outline Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908279392
- ISBN
- 9781908279392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.68
€ 19.99
€ 14.68
Paperback. In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore, a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 384 pages, with b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115670
- ISBN
- 9781782115670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Peter Falk came to prominence as an actor in 1956 in the successful off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards. But in 1958, Twentieth Century Fox came to New York to make a movie and Falk landed a juicy role for which he received reviews and was nominated for an Academy Award. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509554
- ISBN
- 9780099509554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77
Hardcover. Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871403773
- ISBN
- 9780871403773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.68
€ 23.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Experience an amazing, gripping journey of spirit communication and instruction through which Jenny Tyson contacted several guides, including famed Elizabethan magicians John Dee and Edward Kelley. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: BM; VXFT; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738749761
- ISBN
- 9780738749761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.70
€ 26.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; DSK; HPCD; HPS; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- William Godwin: Philosopher, Novelist, Revolutionary
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629633862
- ISBN
- 9781629633862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.14
€ 32.99
€ 28.14
Paperback. Had the pacifist International Solidarity Movement not been in Gaza at the time, the world would have been deprived of a detailed account from the inside, having instead to rely on the generalised accounts of news agencies reporting from outside the Strip. This volume contains a direct eye-witness account of Gaza's last bloodbath. Translator(s): Filippin, Daniela. Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Stay Human. 178 pages, Illustrations. Had the pacifist International Solidarity Movement not been in Gaza at the time, the world would have been deprived of a detailed account from the inside, having instead to rely on the generalised accounts of news agencies reporting from outside the Strip. This volume contains a direct eye-witness account of Gaza's last bloodbath. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight: 170. Translator(s): Filippin, Daniela.
- Publisher
- Kube Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 178
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847740199
- ISBN
- 9781847740199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.47
€ 14.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553039
- ISBN
- 9781781553039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.80
€ 25.99
€ 18.80
Paperback. Hanna Greally spent the best part of the 1940s and 1950s incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital in the Irish Midlands. In her first book "Birds Nest Soup" she recounted the terrible suffering she endured there. This title gives an account of her life in Coolamber Manor Rehabilitation Centre in County Longford. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Attic Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855942127
- ISBN
- 9781855942127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.88
€ 11.88
Hardcover. Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the hidden hand of God that changed history Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGS; HRCV9; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718088804
- ISBN
- 9780718088804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.17
€ 26.99
€ 24.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJN; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143108290
- ISBN
- 9780143108290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. *A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the #1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119779
- ISBN
- 9780349119779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. An insider's account of day-to-day life inside a Tibetan monastery, this text reveals to Western audiences the details of monastic education. Georges B.J. Dreyfus weaves together autobiographical reflections with a historical overview of Tibetan Buddhism and insights into its teachings. Num Pages: 460 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HREX; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232600
- ISBN
- 9780520232600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.34
€ 38.99
€ 28.34
Hardcover. This is the story of Elizabeth of Bohemia, James I's captivating but unfortunate daughter who was driven from the throne of Bohemia in 1620. Among the many men who championed her sorrowful fortunes, Lord Craven was the most faithful. Brave, wealthy and supremely generous, this latter-day knight-errant fought for her and supported her unstintingly. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DBKESB; 3JD; AMKH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553244
- ISBN
- 9781781553244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.64
€ 26.99
€ 19.64
Paperback. The final word on music's greatest legend, in which Philip Norman reveals a John Lennon the world has never seen. With ground-breaking insight into the pain, beauty and frustration that shaped the genius of modern music, John Lennon: The Definitive Biography redefines a legend. Num Pages: 864 pages, 30 b/w, 20 col plates (16pp). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 49. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007197422
- ISBN
- 9780007197422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.44
€ 19.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. The fall of Enron was much more than a business scandal. Not only did the events of October 2001 have a more damaging effect on the markets than 9/11 but, like Watergate, it was an event that sent shivers throughout the whole world. This is an in-depth investigation of the fall of Enron. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; KJ; KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141011455
- ISBN
- 9780141011455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39