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Paperback. In September 2008 Navi Pillay was appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413453
ISBN
9781906413453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.55

Paperback. Sam's Millar's story, from his childhood in Belfast, membership of the IRA, time spent in Long Kesh internment camps and the Brinks heist,one of the biggest robberies in U.S. history, and aftermath. Unputdownable. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847176400
ISBN
9781847176400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 163 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Horsdal & Schubart Publishers Canada
Edition
First Canadian
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9780920663707
ISBN
9780920663707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.95

Hardback. Short, fun, and thoroughly-researched profiles of amazing women who followed their passions in science, medicine, engineering, espionage, and exploration Num Pages: 240 pages, Spot black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Quirk Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594749254
ISBN
9781594749254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

Paperback. Each volume in this series features approximately fifteen short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of a given state. The villainous, the misguided, and the misunderstood all get their due in these entertaining yet informing books. Series: Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 19.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762728152
ISBN
9780762728152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Tidewater Publishing
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870335129
ISBN
9780870335129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. A rollicking football memoir from one of the best-known figures in British football, who is now manager of England. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 252 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472232687
ISBN
9781472232687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. El ritmo is a collection of letters from Salvador Rueda to the Catalonian critic Jose Yxart, first published in Madrid in 1894. El ritmo sets out, in a sometimes ironical tone, a panorama of the state of poetry in Spanish at the end of the nineteenth century. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 66 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
66
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894012
ISBN
9780859894012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.73

Hardcover. Salvador Novo (1904-1974) was a provocative and prolific cultural presence in Mexico City through much of the twentieth century. This book portrays the codes, intrigues, and dynamics of what, decades later, would be called "a gay ghetto." Translator(s): Feitlowitz, Marguerite. Series: Texas Pan American Literature in Translation Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; BGLA; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705418
ISBN
9780292705418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

Paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563440
ISBN
9780099563440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Celebrated as queen, politician, and lover, Cleopatra remains an object of fascination more than 2,000 years after her death. In this beautifully illustrated new study, Sally-Ann Ashton deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405113908
ISBN
9781405113908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.58

Hardback. This is the first biography of Abel-Smith. It takes a historical perspective to analyse the development of health and social welfare systems since the 1950s, exposing the critical impact of long-running debates on poverty and state responsibility, especially in Britain. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BG; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447314844
ISBN
9781447314844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.01

Hardcover. This title revisits the years Sally Russell spent living in a remote farmhouse along the Mulberry River in Barrow County, Georgia. It contains essays about day-to-day living, the seasons and cycles of nature, the love of land and family, and one woman's ambition to make her home a place of refuge. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; BGA; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322988
ISBN
9780820322988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.67

hardcover. A wonderfully honest and deeply accomplished tribute to a complicated, talented mother and writer - 'An Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen' (Bookseller) - by her daughter. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16ppblack-and-white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 362 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAM0001452
ISBN
9780349007526
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

hardcover. A wonderfully honest and deeply accomplished tribute to a complicated, talented mother and writer - 'An Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen' (Bookseller) - by her daughter. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16ppblack-and-white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 362 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780349007526
ISBN
9780349007526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 5.44

Paperback. Sally Morgan is an ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift: she can communicate with the dead. Her first psychic experience was when she heard voices when she was just nine months old. She saw her first ghost when she was five. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038490
ISBN
9780141038490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. A three-generation biography of an Australian family. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860681489
ISBN
9780860681489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) was one of the most important 19th century British writers and activists. She worked to improve conditions for delinquent girls and for the sick poor, promoted university degrees for women and roused support for the Union during the American Civil War. This is her biography. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922713
ISBN
9780813922713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.84

paperback. Eric Liddell was Scotland's finest athlete. At the height of his fame he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780752443522
ISBN
9780752443522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. The inside story of the Bechtel family and the empire they've controlled since the construction of the Hoover Dam. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2x8pg 4-c inserts;. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KJZ; KNJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476706474
ISBN
9781476706474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.08

Hardback. Dashiell Hammett changed the face of crime fiction. A controversial political activist who stood for civil liberty, he was also a very private man. In this biography, the author uses fresh research, including interviews with Hammett's family and Hellman's heir, to reexamine his life and works. Num Pages: 264 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 8 x 5 x 140. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611457841
ISBN
9781611457841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628726107
ISBN
9781628726107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. Offers an interpretation of the life and theology of Margaret Fell, one of the central figures of the seventeenth-century Quaker movement. Taking Fell as a prophetic and practical theologian, this title analyses Fell's writings on both Quaker and orthodox Christian subjects, ranging from the Inward Light to eschatology to the Trinity. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC97; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602580626
ISBN
9781602580626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 49. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition Uk Pbk.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405932165
ISBN
9781405932165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. This book commemorates a unique era of flying with all the adventure, glamour and glitz that it entailed. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750963770
ISBN
9780750963770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 30.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780762792870
ISBN
9780762792870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.90

Hardback. Translator(s): Knodel, Arthur J. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 756 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
756
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642642
ISBN
9780691642642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 353.47

Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1HBM; BGH; HBJD; HBJH; HRAX; HRH; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035393
ISBN
9780674035393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.65

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888399762
ISBN
9780888399762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473605176
ISBN
9781473605176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. On May 28th, 1996, Sabine Dardenne, twelve years old, was kidnapped by Marc Dutroux, a paedophile and multiple offender who had already raped other young girls in Belgium. I Choose to Live is her testimony - both courageous and uplifting. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Translation
SKU
KSS0016684
ISBN
9781844082681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Using conversations with long-standing companies, the concept of "heritage" from a corporate perspective is examined. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100 colour. BIC Classification: BGB; KJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 385 x 280. .
Publisher
Roli Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789351941781
ISBN
9789351941781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.53
€ 102.24

Paperback. This series aims to bridge the gap between the standard textbook and specialized monograph. It provides A level and undergraduate students with coverage of major themes in British and European history, from the medieval period to the 20th century. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Longman Pub Group
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780582209114
ISBN
9780582209114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271064222
ISBN
9780271064222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.81

Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271064215
ISBN
9780271064215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.91

Paperback. Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JWMN; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127859
ISBN
9780691127859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.10

paperback. Illustrator(s): Steinberg, Saul. Num Pages: 188 pages, black and white throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
DAUNT BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970573
ISBN
9781907970573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Paperback.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177068
ISBN
9781590177068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.59

paperback. A study of the life and reign of Henry VII. S.B. Chrimes explores the circumstances surrounding Henry's acquisition of the throne, examines the personnel and machinery of government, and surveys the king's social, political and economic policies, law enforcement and foreign strategy. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 390 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300078831
ISBN
9780300078831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.21

Hardcover. Examines the impact of Harry Partch's hobo years from a variety of perspectives, exploring how the composer both engaged and frustrated popular conceptions of the hobo. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464956
ISBN
9781580464956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.21