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Biography
Paperback. This biography brings William Pitt Ballinger to life as one of the most compleat men of his time: lawyer, soldier, public servant, civic leader, author, editorialist, naturalist, educational reformer, and bibliophile. Series: Barker Texas History Series. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas State Historical Assn
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876111994
- ISBN
- 9780876111994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. An autobiography of John Moriarty's life in Connemara during the 1980s and the return to his native Kerry. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843511243
- ISBN
- 9781843511243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 20.49
€ 25.00
€ 20.49
Hardcover. Based on the author's letters and writings during a career that spanned World War II and the end of empire, and included service in Nigeria, Eritrea, Singapore, Malaya and the Gold Coast, this book describes the life and work of a colonial officer. Illustrator(s): Morley, Patricia. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGA; HBG; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850435266
- ISBN
- 9781850435266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.55€ 53.44
€ 58.55
€ 53.44
paperback. First published in 1903, this authorised biography of the Liberal Prime Minister Gladstone provides valuable insights into Victorian political life. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 2034 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 155. Weight in Grams: 2920.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 2034
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108026802
- ISBN
- 9781108026802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.21
€ 177.21
Profiles Cornel West, a scholar in African-American Studies who has taught at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, and written many books including "Race Matters.". Series: African-American Leaders S. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791076866
- ISBN
- 9780791076866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Series: Great Hispanic Heritage. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791088456
- ISBN
- 9780791088456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Recounting his solitary childhood in the English countryside, the author presents affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- SKU
- KSS0000121
- ISBN
- 9780140063837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Recounting his solitary childhood in the English countryside, the author presents affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOC0022155
- ISBN
- 9780140063837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. John Morton Blum provides a behind-the-scenes look at Ivy League education and political power from the 1940s to the 1980s recounting a long and distinguished journey Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613380
- ISBN
- 9780700613380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 58.02
€ 63.23
€ 58.02
Paperback. From Ronnie Radford to Wayne Rooney, the author's knowledge and passion for football are unrivalled. In this book, the author shares his story and guides us through a career which has spanned forty years and over 2,000 matches. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2x8 pp colour sections. BIC Classification: APT; BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753518137
- ISBN
- 9780753518137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJCR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816640485
- ISBN
- 9780816640485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.32
€ 32.99
€ 29.32
Paperback. John Muir's journals provide a unique marriage of natural history with lyrical prose and often amusing anecdotes, retaining a freshness, intensity and brutal honesty which will amaze the modern reader. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BG; DNF; RNK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 42. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862415860
- ISBN
- 9780862415860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.67
€ 21.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Muir recounts in vivid detail the three worlds of his early life: his first eleven years in Scotland; the years 1849 1860 in the central Wisconsin wilderness; and two-and-a-half most inventive years at the University of Wisconsin during that institution s infancy." Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299036546
- ISBN
- 9780299036546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Presents the legend of a man who survived under impossible conditions: robbed and left to die by his comrades, he struggled alone, unarmed, and almost mortally wounded through two thousand miles of wilderness. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803258341
- ISBN
- 9780803258341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.82
€ 19.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. "John Myers Myers has written Doc's story with a skill that matches the sureness of a bullet from Doc's gun."-Dallas Times Herald. "As for the general reader, he'll eat this up and beg for more."-San Francisco Chronicle. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803257818
- ISBN
- 9780803257818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.67
€ 19.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. RAF Flight lieutenants John Peters and John Nichol were shot down over enemy territory on their first airborne mission of the Gulf War. This book tells the story of their part in the war against Saddam Hussien's regime. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BTM; BTP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140270815
- ISBN
- 9780140270815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.87
€ 13.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. Insightful, opinionated, but always thoughtful, Niddrie of the North-West reveals the lively social dynamics of Canada's formative years. Num Pages: 244 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGA; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643414
- ISBN
- 9780888643414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.99
€ 29.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; BG; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143109815
- ISBN
- 9780143109815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.99
€ 18.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. 8vo.Illustrated. Very good copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0308828
- ISBN
- 9780861219230
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. John Casler's actions during the Civil War made him as much a rogue as a Rebel. His postwar narrative recalls in vivid detail, the realities of warfare for the private soldier. This edition features an introduction by Robert K Krick chronicling Casler's origins and his career after the war as a writer and organizer of Confederate veterans groups. Num Pages: 408 pages, 83 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; BTM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- 0002-
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035951
- ISBN
- 9781570035951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Hardcover. Keyword: John Osborne 283pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- SKU
- KNW0011795
- ISBN
- 9780571162611
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 27.99€ 14.00
€ 27.99
€ 14.00
Paperback. e single-volume edition of Osborne's two autobiographical works, "A Better Class of Person: 1929-1956" and "Almost a Gentleman: 1955-1966". The book also contains a review of the former by Alan Bennett entitled "Bad John", and David Hare's eulogy delivered at Osborne's memorial service in 1995. Num Pages: 624 pages, 32pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 50. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571196494
- ISBN
- 9780571196494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.01
€ 26.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. A biography of Con Colbert, member of Na Fianna Eireann, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Colbert commanded forces at Watkins' brewery and Jameson's distillery during the Easter Rising. He faced the firing squad at Kilmainham Gaol on 8 May 1916, aged twenty-seven. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 biography, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847173348
- ISBN
- 9781847173348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 10.09
€ 16.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. A personal account of a Labour supporter's miserable eighteen years under a Tory government. A literary debut which combines wit with barbed insight from the author who has been a full time comedy writer since the voters of Battersea sacked him from his previous job as an MP's researcher for the House of Commons. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. 8vo.Good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0297052
- ISBN
- 9780552998031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99