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Paperback. The 'Greatest Black Briton in History' triumphed over the Crimea and Victorian England. She became an independent 'doctress' combining the herbal remedies of her African ancestry with sound surgical techniques. This biography of a Victorian celebrity, voted the greatest black Briton in history, brings Mary Seacole centre stage. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; MQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310. The Charismatic Black Nurse Who Became a Heroine of the Crimea. 268 pages, black & white illustrations. The 'Greatest Black Briton in History' triumphed over the Crimea and Victorian England. She became an independent 'doctress' combining the herbal remedies of her African ancestry with sound surgical techniques. This biography of a Victorian celebrity, voted the greatest black Briton in history, brings Mary Seacole centre stage. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; MQ. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845294977
- ISBN
- 9781845294977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.68
€ 15.68
Paperback. Confederate John Sirigleton Mosby forged his reputation on the most exhilarating of military activities: the overnight raid. This biography of Mosby reveals information on various aspects of his life and provides an analysis of his impact on the Civil War from the Union viewpoint. Num Pages: 432 pages, 22 photos, 7 maps, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192536
- ISBN
- 9780813192536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.62
€ 30.62
Paperback. In POW camp the dying Olympic runner, Eric Liddell, gave Steve his running shoes and challenged him to pray for the Japanese. But how could he? Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BM; HRCV9; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854249708
- ISBN
- 9781854249708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. In his New York Times bestseller Bonhoeffer,author Eric Metaxas presents the fullest account of Bonhoeffer's heart-wrenching 1939 decision to leave the safe haven of America for Hitler's Germany. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Edition
- Student
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718021641
- ISBN
- 9780718021641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.51
€ 15.99
€ 15.51
Hardback. Art Pepper (1925-1982) is generally considered the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. Editor(s): Selbert, Todd. Series: Writings on a jazz original. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410676
- ISBN
- 9780815410676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.52
€ 31.99
€ 27.52
Hardcover. Presents a document from the last months of the Holocaust. This book tells the story of the Terezin camp and how the author and her family fared while imprisoned there. Editor(s): Dwork, Deborah. Num Pages: 280 pages, 124 colour plates. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 273 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Facsimile ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226511863
- ISBN
- 9780226511863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.34
€ 41.99
€ 32.34
Hardback. Gun ownership has long been a hot-button topic in the United States, and the National Rifle Association has the reputation of being an organisation of primarily politically conservative members. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 b notes; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976909
- ISBN
- 9781597976909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.85
€ 27.99
€ 26.85
Hardback. Editor(s): Boyd, Julian P. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 760 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691045337
- ISBN
- 9780691045337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.80€ 126.72
€ 166.80
€ 126.72
Paperback. "Moonface" is a hilarious, incredibly moving memoir about how one woman foundromance and laughter in the most unlikely way: by having a kidney transplant.256 pp. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061537318
- ISBN
- 9780061537318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.45
€ 14.99
€ 13.45
Paperback. This biography follows Heuston's life, from his birth in Dublin, to his time as a railway clerk in Limerick. Finally it outlines his move back to Dublin, his joining The Volunteers, the Easter Rising, his imprisonment and execution. Series Editor(s): Collins, Lorcan. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847172686
- ISBN
- 9781847172686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 9.99
€ 16.99
€ 9.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 205 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 344 x 244 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652295866
- ISBN
- 9789652295866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.25
€ 41.99
€ 27.25
Major Taylor: The Inspiring Story of a Black Cyclist and the Men Who H...
Kerber, Conrad, Kerber, Terry
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 34 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; JFSL3; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510704169
- ISBN
- 9781510704169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.50
€ 17.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. Going beyond the headlines, this title gives an insight into what it's like to live through - and try to make sense of - times of intense political unrest. Translator(s): Taylor, Sam. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BJ; HBW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846559471
- ISBN
- 9781846559471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.95
€ 16.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; BT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Horsdal & Schubart Publishers Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780920663790
- ISBN
- 9780920663790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.37
€ 21.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. An insightful new biography of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of the 'Third Reich' and one of the most important and troubling figures of the twentieth century. The first account to use all of Goebbels' surviving diaries, it sheds new light on his personality, private life and political convictions, as well as his relationship with Hitler. Num Pages: 424 pages, 46, 41 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278660
- ISBN
- 9780230278660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.72€ 58.52
€ 58.72
€ 58.52
Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ0041666
- ISBN
- 9780812930993
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The memoir of the man who "has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country."--Alice Munro Series: Biblioasis Renditions Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927428955
- ISBN
- 9781927428955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.38
€ 18.99
€ 18.38
hardcover. Editor(s): Syrett, David. Series Editor(s): Jones, Dr. Ben. Series: Navy Records Society Publications. Num Pages: 554 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 148. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754651796
- ISBN
- 9780754651796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.49
€ 128.49
Hardcover. Very good copy with some shelf wear, dustwrapper with edge wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0012343
- ISBN
- 9780224026543
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Archetype United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901383324
- ISBN
- 9781901383324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.72
€ 35.99
€ 31.72
Hardback. This work tells the tale of the prolific architect, inventor, farmer, writer and engineer, Gaetano Ciocca, whose career took him from the battlefronts of World War I to Stalin's Russia, Mussolini's Italy, FDR's America and finally to postwar liberal-democratic Italy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; AMB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748773
- ISBN
- 9780804748773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.54
€ 85.54
Paperback. From an "imaginatively twisted and fearless" writer (Los Angeles Times), a hilarious memoir of middle age. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351095
- ISBN
- 9780393351095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.78
€ 16.99
€ 15.78
Hardcover. Irish Literary Studies Series No. 26. Series: Irish Literacy Studies Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004306
- ISBN
- 9780389207146
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199532063
- ISBN
- 9780199532063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.42
€ 29.42