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Biography
Paperback. This revised pictorial biography celebrates the life of Tom Crean, a great Irish hero of Antarctic exploration in an age of epics of endurance and survival against the odds. Supported by complementary text, diary extracts and maps plus new information on Tom Crean's life, this is a lasting celebration of a true hero. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Gill
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848891197
- ISBN
- 9781848891197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.37
€ 10.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages, Black and White Photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1038.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307277909
- ISBN
- 9780307277909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.54
€ 25.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. In an intimate and eye-opening story, roundly praised as the best available insight on Queen, Peter Hince recounts twelve years on the road with Freddie Mercury, Brian May and co. This truly is the definitive book on the 20th century's most iconic rock band. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784187712
- ISBN
- 9781784187712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. As part of Scotland Yard's undercover team, it was Peter Bleksley's job to infiltrate some of the capital's most dangerous gangs and bring them down. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; BTC; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 255 x 24. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786062482
- ISBN
- 9781786062482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. The intimate memoirs of one of the most acclaimed and controversial artists of her generation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340769461
- ISBN
- 9780340769461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. The author was forced into exile by Assad's regime. When the uprising in Syria turned to bloodshed, she was determined to take action and secretly returned several times. From the first peaceful protests for democracy to the arrival of ISIS, this is her powerful and courageous testament to what she found inside the borders of her homeland. Translator(s): Gowanlock, Nashwa; Kemp, Ruth Ahmedzai. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JMG; BM; HBJF1; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044885
- ISBN
- 9781846044885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; BTC; JFFE; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Barricade Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569808139
- ISBN
- 9781569808139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.61
€ 18.99
€ 18.61
Hardback. This book follows the lives and careers of two Jewish boxers, Max Baer and Barney Ross. Fighting in the 1920s and 1930s when anti-Semitism was rampant, American Jews found symbols of strength and courage in these two world champions. This book provides a vivid picture of Baer and Ross as they fought opponents in the ring and prejudice outside it. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BGS; HBT; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442269323
- ISBN
- 9781442269323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.03
€ 58.03
Paperback. Barbie is the diminutive yet arrestingly voluptuous doll unveiled at the 1959 Toy Fair. Ruth Handler is Barbie's creator: the tenth child of Polish-Jewish immigrants; a passionately competitive and creative business pioneer. This title presents the story of two women, and how together they indelibly changed American business and culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KND; WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061341328
- ISBN
- 9780061341328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.26
€ 13.99
€ 11.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 748 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 292 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2088.
- Publisher
- New Generation Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785074813
- ISBN
- 9781785074813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.34
€ 56.34
Paperback. A testament of living through the thirties by a young writer. It presents a record of the author's emotional and intellectual experience during those months, the trivia of everyday living set against the events of the world outside, the settlement in Munich and slow defeat in Spain. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234387
- ISBN
- 9780571234387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. In 1815, the young Dublin doctor Barry O'Meara accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to look after Napoleon Bonaparte in his banishment on St Helena. In one of the most isolated places on earth, doctor and patient became intimate friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASH; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155. .
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847178916
- ISBN
- 9781847178916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Between 1963 and 1965 the Moors Murderers - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - kidnapped and murdered five children before they were caught and sentenced to life in prison. The case shook the nation. This title offers new evidence about the Moors murderers' system for hiding their victims' bodies. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857502124
- ISBN
- 9780857502124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Hardcover. Combining through Parker's stories, poems, articles, reviews, correspondence, and even her rare journalism and song lyrics, editor Barry Day has selected and arranged passages that describe her life and its preoccupations-urban living, the theater and cinema, battle of the sexes, and death by dissipation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; G; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Taylor Trade Publishing Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589790711
- ISBN
- 9781589790711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.41
€ 25.99
€ 23.41
Paperback. The bestselling blockbusting story of how American Special Forces hunted down and assassinated the head of the world's biggest cocaine cartel. Now the subject of the hit Netflix series Narcos. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1x8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786490711
- ISBN
- 9781786490711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.40
€ 14.99
€ 11.40
Paperback. 'I'll put you in my diary!' comedian Kenneth Williams was known to threaten on occasion, although tantalisingly he kept the journal to himself during his lifetime. Here at last, in one spellbinding volume, are four million words of it. Num Pages: 864 pages, 24pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APW; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006380900
- ISBN
- 9780006380900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.33
€ 25.99
€ 17.33
Hardback. When he was very young, Simon Garfield lusted after rare stamps but could not afford them. When he was older, the passion reignited with almost ruinous results. This book is an examination of obsession and desire, and the search for fulfilment. It is also a story of wooden legs, and, the man who guards stamps for the Queen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571235261
- ISBN
- 9780571235261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.27
€ 19.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062242198
- ISBN
- 9780062242198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. This is the incredible inside story of Manchester City's first title in 44 years and perhaps the most remarkable football season of all-time, written from the point of view of the man in the eye of the storm - City manager Roberto Mancini. Num Pages: 656 pages. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901746938
- ISBN
- 9781901746938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.68
€ 14.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295112
- ISBN
- 9781935295112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.38
€ 10.99
€ 9.38
paperback. This is a unique record of every RAF Bomber Command raid during WW2. Comprehensive research coupled with graphic commentary make this an invaluable research tool and excellent read. Num Pages: 808 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783463602
- ISBN
- 9781783463602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.68
€ 45.68
Paperback. The inspiring journey of Dean Karnazes, an internationally recognised endurance athlete who has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274. 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss. 262 pages, Illustrations. The inspiring journey of Dean Karnazes, an internationally recognised endurance athlete who has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSKC. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight: 272.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742377933
- ISBN
- 9781742377933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Landscape with Machines: The First Part of his Autobiography Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750970167
- ISBN
- 9780750970167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
€ 19.99
€ 18.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 10. .
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745915
- ISBN
- 9781910745915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75