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Hardback. When the legendary Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne died in 814 he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Johannes Fried paints a compelling portrait of a devout ruler, a violent time, and a unified kingdom that deepens our understanding of the man often called the father of Europe. Translator(s): Lewis, Peter. Num Pages: 630 pages, 8 color illustrations, 62 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 168 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737396
ISBN
9780674737396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. Translator(s): Bachrach, David Stewart. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300107586
ISBN
9780300107586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.66

Paperback. Fifteen introductory but challenging essays on the key aspects of the age of Charlemagne written by many of the top scholars of early medieval Europe. Editor(s): Story, Dr. Joanna. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719070891
ISBN
9780719070891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.77

Hardback. Translator(s): Cameron, Allan. Num Pages: 426 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 786.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
426
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520239432
ISBN
9780520239432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.65

Hardback. Janeway was one of the most prominent paediatricians of the 20th century. This biography describes his illustrious medical family and his remarkable tenure of nearly three decades as Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and head of the department of medicine at Children's Hospital, Boston. Num Pages: 425 pages, 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023802
ISBN
9780674023802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.07

Hardback. It explains the system that Battaille devised from his laryngeal dissections and laryngoscopic observations, and includes translations (from the original French) of Battaille's two books in which he details his discoveries and teaching methods: Nouvelles recherches de la phonation and De la physiologie uppliquee a l'etude du mechanisme vocal. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 figures. BIC Classification: AVG; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810835337
ISBN
9780810835337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.61

Paperback. What are Charles and Camilla really like? What is their heritage? What has made them the way they are? This title offers a portrait of two unusual individuals and a family saga. Num Pages: 416 pages, 40. BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002265
ISBN
9780099490876
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Examines Bukowski's writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle. This book explores the effect the writer's hybrid identity had on the themes and content of his work. It catalogues and dissects the many versions of Bukowski created by the writer and his followers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230238
ISBN
9781780230238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. This updated edition features a new preface by the author as well as an expanded notes section. Num Pages: 320 pages, Two 16pp B&W inset. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847675606
ISBN
9781847675606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.72

hardcover. Gripping first-hand account of Darwin's adventures during the Beagle voyage, illustrated with original watercolours by ship's artist Conrad Martens. Editor(s): Burkhardt, Frederick H. Num Pages: 544 pages, 30 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. BIC Classification: BJ; PDX; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521898386
ISBN
9780521898386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.26

Hardback. The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405149129
ISBN
9781405149129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.18

Paperback. Few lives of great men offer so much interest - and so many mysteries - as the life of Charles Darwin, the greatest figure of nineteenth-century science, whose ideas are still inspiring discoveries and controversies more than a hundred years after his death. This is a biography of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 632 pages, 75 halftones. 4 maps. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026060
ISBN
9780691026060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.53

Paperback. In 1858, Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside. This book covers various aspects of the Darwinian revolution, from an examination of the Victorian publishing scene to a survey of the debates between scientists and churchmen over evolutionary theory. Num Pages: 600 pages, 24 page illustrated insert. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114392
ISBN
9780691114392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 76. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 920. 480 pages, 17 maps, 33halftones, 12line drawings, 8 colour insert. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; RBG. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 36. Weight: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443480
ISBN
9780801443480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Paperback. 651pp. Index
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
SKU
KHS1014922
ISBN
9780140212136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A biography of Dickens that uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled. Drawing on a study of this prodigiously brilliant figure, it explores the personal and emotional life, the high-profile public activities, the relentless travel, the charitable works, the amateur theatricals and the astonishing productivity. Num Pages: 720 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations + 60 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 42. Weight in Grams: 830.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170931
ISBN
9780300170931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.00
€ 18.36

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pelican Biographies
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0014796
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007445318
ISBN
9780007445318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. This study of Dickens's career as a professional writer uses a range of material to describe and analyze the ways in which his work can be seen as a form of literary production. It focuses on the communal nature of his achievement, such as in his struggles with publishers. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333557198
ISBN
9780333557198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.49

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752452265
ISBN
9780752452265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780007445301
ISBN
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 6.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413776440
ISBN
9780413776440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, and a great novelist. This book paints a fresh portrait of Dickens, capturing the complex character of this great genius. Num Pages: 576 pages, 24 pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 200 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036939
ISBN
9780141036939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. The faith of Charles Dickens, the most influential and popular author of the Victorian era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGX; DSK; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Lion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745968513
ISBN
9780745968513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.16

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