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Hardback. One of the Duke of Wellington's officers once remarked, "We would rather see his long nose in the sight than a reinforcement of ten thousand men. Series: Military Profiles. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888928
- ISBN
- 9781574888928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.62
€ 24.62
Although Alzheimer's disease has been well documented throughout the twentieth century, no biography has been written of the man who was its namesake. This biography is the first, and it covers the life of Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), his discovery of the disease that currently afflicts some thirty to forty million people, and his subsequent research. Translator(s): Levi, Neil; Burns, Alastair. Num Pages: 256 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118965
- ISBN
- 9780231118965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.68
€ 94.68
Paperback. Some minor shelf wear, but remains good.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- W&N
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTJ0008160
- ISBN
- 9780297853558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, black & white line drawings, figure. BIC Classification: BGT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814569033
- ISBN
- 9789814569033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.42
€ 89.42
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653808
- ISBN
- 9780691653808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.82
€ 262.82
Paperback. Translator(s): Crockett, John. Num Pages: 271 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGA; HRCC7; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877276118
- ISBN
- 9781877276118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.64
€ 30.99
€ 22.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PSVT7; TVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dexter Haven
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903660171
- ISBN
- 9781903660171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.95
€ 10.95
Paperback. Gives an account of the polarizing transformation of talk radio, from the author's early days at KGO commercial radio, through to his role at NPR, where he manages to keep the flow of talk in his San Francisco based show animated and politically balanced. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763370
- ISBN
- 9780804763370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Hardcover. A powerful and heartbreaking portrait of the bond between two sisters, in life and beyond death Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has some minor shelf wear, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KCG0000906
- ISBN
- 9781782119975
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Based on newly unearthed source material, this book follows the career of clergyman William Richardsona and assesses his impact on politics, science and agriculture nationally and internationally. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085185
- ISBN
- 9780719085185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.94
€ 150.94
Hardcover. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004146
- ISBN
- 9780684191454
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A powerful and exhilarating story of life and loss. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472214317
- ISBN
- 9781472214317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle is remembered as the controversial leader of the Archdiocese of Washington. This biography seeks to explain O'Boyle's apparent contradictions by placing emphasis on his formative years and his training as a seminarian and curator in the rigidly traditional Church of his adopted New York. Num Pages: 426 pages, 25 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813214283
- ISBN
- 9780813214283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.89
€ 78.89
paperback. This book contains the inspiring stories of U.S. health care volunteers who traveled abroad to provide humanitarian aid to patients in Third World and war-torn countries. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fairview Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781577491286
- ISBN
- 9781577491286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.87
€ 16.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Consistently an outsider - a child of the fundamentalist South, a self-taught intellectual, a black man married to a white woman - Richard Wright nonetheless became the unparalleled voice of his time. This title chronicles his journey from a sharecropper's shack in Mississippi to international renown as a writer and outspoken critic of racism. Num Pages: 638 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226730387
- ISBN
- 9780226730387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.10
€ 27.99
€ 23.10
Paperback. A candid and provocative memoir by the Oscar-winning actress and beloved Partridge Familyicon, Shirley Jones. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 page 4-C insert. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476725963
- ISBN
- 9781476725963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.28
€ 19.28
Paperback. About 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. The discovery of this virus and the vaccine against it was one of the triumphs of twentieth-century medicine. This book describes how Baruch Blumberg and a team of researchers found a virus they were not looking for and created a vaccine for a disease they knew little about. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table, 16 halftones, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: BG; MJJ; MMFM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116235
- ISBN
- 9780691116235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.01
€ 42.99
€ 31.01
Hardcover. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This selection documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives. Editor(s): Reid, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1025. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper. First edition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0303688
- ISBN
- 9780571221387
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061450785
- ISBN
- 9780061450785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.04
€ 18.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. The scandalous true story of Mary Boleyn, infamous sister of Anne, and mistress of Henry VIII. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 colour illustrations, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302. The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress. 224 pages, 22 illustrations, 10 in colour. The scandalous true story of Mary Boleyn, infamous sister of Anne, and mistress of Henry VIII. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Amberley
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848685253
- ISBN
- 9781848685253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.47
€ 20.47
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554884582
- ISBN
- 9781554884582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.66
€ 37.99
€ 30.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JJPL; BM; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408841204
- ISBN
- 9781408841204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
Hardcover. A rare and entertaining look at Felicity Ashbee's experiences as a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II Editor(s): Reed, Cleota. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609711
- ISBN
- 9780815609711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Hardcover. Describes Purdue's travels to diverse places where she lived in order to learn about the mysterious relative known in her family as Uncle. This book examines her beginning among illiterate, immigrant, Pennsylvania mountain-hollow folks. It describes the destitute family's journey into Ohio and her ascent from local entrepreneur to national figure. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- Limited Ed (150)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534576
- ISBN
- 9781557534576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.72€ 80.09
€ 94.72
€ 80.09