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Biography: general
Paperback. Irish people have left their mark on virtually every corner of the globe. This fascinating book tells the stories of the Irish who are justly celebrated in their adopted homelands, but virtually unknown in Ireland. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847171634
- ISBN
- 9781847171634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
paperback. On the morning of April 27, 1935, Louis N Hammerling fell to his death from the nineteenth floor of an apartment in New York City, where he lived alone. Hammerling was one of the most influential Polish immigrants in America and the leading voice and advocate of the Eastern Europeans who had come to the country seeking a better life. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807218
- ISBN
- 9780875807218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.86
€ 41.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625341549
- ISBN
- 9781625341549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
Hardback. "Reading this book is a bit like stumbling across a new Pepys, or discovering the journals of James Boswell."-Roy Porter, author of London: A Social History Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; M. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812234862
- ISBN
- 9780812234862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.73
€ 60.73
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646923
- ISBN
- 9780691646923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.77
€ 112.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485978
- ISBN
- 9780801485978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.47
€ 34.47
Paperback. Takes readers back to the author's childhood days, his humiliating expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. This book shows how after the war he returned to America and there came his Hollywood success in films such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Around the World in 80 Days". Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp photographs. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140239249
- ISBN
- 9780140239249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Narrated by the eldest daughter of Sao Shwe Thaike, the Prince of Yawnghwe, this work recounts both the story of her early life and at the same time provides a memoir of her father who, in 1948, became first President of the Union of Burma after the country gained its independence. Num Pages: 310 pages, 162 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 726. Memories of the Shan States. 310 pages, 162 b/w. Narrated by the eldest daughter of Sao Shwe Thaike, the Prince of Yawnghwe, this work recounts both the story of her early life and at the same time provides a memoir of her father who, in 1948, became first President of the Union of Burma after the country gained its independence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 19. Weight: 726.
- Publisher
- River Books
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749863374
- ISBN
- 9789749863374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation 1783-1784. With...
Charles Coulston Gillispie
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGT; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641157
- ISBN
- 9780691641157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.16
€ 141.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W art throughout. BIC Classification: BGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608199655
- ISBN
- 9781608199655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.77
€ 19.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Political strategist Lance Price reveals the amazing story behind Narendra Modi's 2014 Indian election vistory Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 x 8 pg colour insets. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JMG; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473610910
- ISBN
- 9781473610910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. The scandalous love triangle at the heart of the Victorian art world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 black and white, 10 colour. BIC Classification: ACV; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishing
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715641446
- ISBN
- 9780715641446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.01
€ 14.99
€ 12.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 214 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143127666
- ISBN
- 9780143127666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.59
€ 16.99
€ 15.59
paperback. * A revealing - amusing and sad - biography of a unique family Num Pages: 624 pages, Section: 24, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039112
- ISBN
- 9780349115054
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. Num Pages: 238 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080110
- ISBN
- 9781847080110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.42
€ 14.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. From its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden played host to a dynasty of powerful women. Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; BGH; BK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594727
- ISBN
- 9780099594727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.26
€ 14.99
€ 11.26
paperback. Translator(s): Harss, Marina. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590174449
- ISBN
- 9781590174449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.29
€ 15.99
€ 14.29
hardcover. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925783
- ISBN
- 9780813925783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.99
€ 81.99
paperback. Born in Trinidad in 1901, Oliver C. Cox immigrated to the US in 1919, establishing himself as a controversial sociologist. McAuley's approach to Cox's life and work is shaped by his belief that Cox's Caribbean upbringing and background gave him an unorthodox perspective on race and social change. Series: The African-American Intellectual Heritage S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445. Very good clean copy. Old price sticker on front cover, otherwise as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031552
- ISBN
- 9780268034733
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Anne McEntegart wanted to support the War Effort so she left London, and her life as the wife of an officer, to work on the land and deliver milk in the New Forest. In doing so, she kept a Wartime diary full of evocative descriptions of her work alongside the Land Girls. Illustrator(s): Cocker, Paul. Editor(s): Robson, Emma; Edwards, Martin. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 195 x 12. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Regional Magazine Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907998065
- ISBN
- 9781907998065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.54
€ 13.99
€ 12.54
paperback. Easily accessible to readers new to the Victorian era, and to the history of medicine Num Pages: 215 pages, 20 integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGT; JKSN1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword History
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473855670
- ISBN
- 9781473855670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 7.79
€ 16.99
€ 7.79
Paperback. Deals with the friendship between two men looking to change the world - a repentant jihadist and a journalist. This title takes us from their first meeting in a Spartan flat in the rough suburbs of Manchester, through a dramatic arrest, a bombing, a stabbing and a reporting career on the brink of ruin. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Guardian Faber Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783350452
- ISBN
- 9781783350452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
€ 17.99
€ 13.99
Paperback. Interspersed with spiritual and philosophical meditations, this book shows how Muhammad's message can be used to address controversial issues - from the treatment of the poor and the role of women to the interpretation of jihad and relations with other religions. It introduces non-Muslims to the story of the Prophet and to the riches of Islam. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRH; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141028552
- ISBN
- 9780141028552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804011679
- ISBN
- 9780804011679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.34
€ 80.34