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Paperback. The Tailor never travelled further than Scotland, yet the breadth of the world could not contains the wealth of his humour and fantasy. All human life is here - marriages, inquests, matchmaking, wakes - and always the Tailor, his wife and their black cow. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214 224pp. Introduction by Frank O'Connor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780853420507
ISBN
9780853420507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.21

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570620508
ISBN
9781570620508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, figures. BIC Classification: AGB; BGFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816528196
ISBN
9780816528196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.58

Paperback. The fascinating story of a famous Victorian murder case - and the notorious detective who solved it Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; 3JH; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0006743
ISBN
9780747596486
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From igloo house calls to bandaging animal bites to performing surgeries they are ill equipped to do, the accounts in "The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors" show the many rewards of practicing medicine in isolated communities. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MB; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774315
ISBN
9780889774315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.45

Paperback. A riveting new biography - the first for thirty years - of the influential floral artist and founder of the Cordon Bleu cookery school Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; WB; WFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Macmillan UK
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330544221
ISBN
9780330544221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the "OED's" editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780140271287
ISBN
9780140271287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. The bookies always win. But one man has been proving them wrong for four decades. In the summer of 1975 Barney Curley, a fearless and renowned gambler, masterminded one of the most spectacular gambles of all time with a racehorse called Yellow Sam. It cost the bookmakers millions of pounds. They said that it could never happen again. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGS; WDP; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099576587
ISBN
9780099576587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Hardcover. The SUPERMEN "After a rare speech at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, in 1976, programmers in the audience had suddenly fallen silent when Cray offered to answer questions. He stood there for several minutes, waiting for their queries, but none came. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; TBX; UKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471048855
ISBN
9780471048855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. William Hutchison Murray (1913 - 1996) was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. He became a writer of non-fiction, novelist, distinguished conservationist. Num Pages: 386 pages, 50. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Sandstone Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910124185
ISBN
9781910124185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Hardcover. This critical biography of Charles A. Dana, the 19th-century editor of the "New York Sun", blends the democratic ideal of the man with social and media history. Focusing on Dana's early years and political emergence, it analyses the "Sun" as the conscience and advocate for the working class. Num Pages: 300 pages, 18 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGB; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815625797
ISBN
9780815625797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.57

hardcover. A memoir by L.W. "Bill" Lane, Jr., about Sunset, the extraordinarily influential western magazine he guided for several decades until 1990, and about the American West that the magazine helped shape in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804785112
ISBN
9780804785112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

paperback. During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528883
ISBN
9780099528883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Hardback. Presents a personal account of courage and survival in the face of tragedy. This book features a tale of ordinary men and women placed in an extraordinary real-life nightmare. It involves a life-and-death decision, a long-shot development of the world's first artificial skin, and a horribly burned victim restored to life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGTA; MNQ; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637008
ISBN
9781566637008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.68

Paperback. A panoramic, stylish narrative history of the Rolling Stones, viewed through the impassioned and opinionated lens of Vanity Fair contributor Rich Cohen, who traveled with the band in the 1990s as a reporter for Rolling Stone Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472218049
ISBN
9781472218049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Presents an avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literature, art, drama and philosophy, and also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286899
ISBN
9780099286899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. A collection of personal narratives - essays, letters, and poems - from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, it includes stories that tell of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage. Num Pages: 267 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYC; BG; HBW; JFFD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206342
ISBN
9780520206342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.78

Paperback. Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007448470
ISBN
9780007448470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.20

Paperback. When middle age gets mucky: the true and funny story of one man's age-related angsts among the animals on a Devonshire smallholding. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; BM; TVM; VSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409154679
ISBN
9781409154679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. The journal of Prussian Major General Benno von Studnitz was originally published in 1891 in a very limited German language edition. Now, translated and edited by his great-grandson, the General's journal appears for the first time in English. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294406
ISBN
9781910294406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages, 16 page photo section. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; BM; JFF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 55. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431423187
ISBN
9781431423187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.69

Paperback. The incomplete autobiography of the writer and poet Louis MacNeice, contemporary and friend of Auden, Spender and Day Lewis. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy with some minor shelf wear, minor edge wear to cover and spine, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0012350
ISBN
9780571118328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910162217
ISBN
9781910162217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Paperbooks Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909593633
ISBN
9781909593633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.11

paperback. Offers a biography of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, this book celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a portrait of his life and work. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 36. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222865
ISBN
9780571222865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.39

Paperback. An intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer. Num Pages: 704 pages, 25 b/w, 25 col plates (24pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 46. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007165209
ISBN
9780007165209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.01

Paperback. The classic bestseller, the great sailing adventure story of Donald Crowhurst. Now a major motion picture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 268 x 2. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473635364
ISBN
9781473635364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Paterson, Anna. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJPR; 3JM; BTC; JKVC; JKVQ1; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 35. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846275760
ISBN
9781846275760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.25

Hardcover. A prize-winning historian tells a new story of the black experience in America through the life of a mysterious entrepreneur. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map; 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239256
ISBN
9780393239256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.59

Paperback. Albie Sachs gives an intimate account of his extraordinary life and work as a judge in South Africa. Mixing autobiography with reflections on his major cases and the role of law in achieving social justice, Sachs offers a rare glimpse into the workings of the judicial mind and a unique perspective on modern South African history. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; LAQ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199605774
ISBN
9780199605774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Interlink Books United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566569255
ISBN
9781566569255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.50

Paperback. Maria Trapp recalls the events that brought her talented family from Austria to the hills of New England. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, photos. BIC Classification: AVG; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060005771
ISBN
9780060005771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. The extraordinary and enduring memoir of Axel Munthe, a travel bestseller since first published in 1929, captures the spirit and feel of an era Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; MB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566998
ISBN
9780719566998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 80 photographs. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Elysee Associates
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993453007
ISBN
9780993453007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.12

Paperback. When the author was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story. This book is suitable for everyone who's faced cancer personally, or watched a loved one fight that battle. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; FXL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 204 x 30. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603090544
ISBN
9781603090544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.98

Paperback. Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a notorious lover of the Western world. This title contains the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and escape; and his amorous conquests. Editor(s): Pizzamiglio, Gilberto. Translator(s): Sartarelli, Stephen; Hawkes, Sophie. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439151
ISBN
9780140439151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 74. 80 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 6. Weight: 74.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486292496
ISBN
9780486292496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

hardcover. Num Pages: 319 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780875804415
ISBN
9780875804415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

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

€ 35.70

hardcover. The story of Ireland's first female steeplejack - a hugely successful businesswoman, who is also a wife, mother and cancer survivor. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; JFSJ1; KJH; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAM0001444
ISBN
9781781174463
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.14