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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

€ 18.99
€ 18.14

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
€ 11.78

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
€ 12.32

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

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

Paperback. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage. But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author and his subject. This is a biography that beautifully unravels the magic of Alice. It is a history of love and loss, innocence and ambiguity. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594031
ISBN
9780099594031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. This is the story of James Mullin, born in poverty in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, left school at 11 and became a labourer. He later studied medicine and emigrated to Wales where he set up a medical practice in Cardiff. He was a Fenian and lifelong Republican and activist. Editor(s): Mullin, James. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621403
ISBN
9781900621403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Describes the unprecedented social opportunities, as well as the many political and personal challenges, that young Jewish women and men experienced in the Russia of the 1870s and 1880s. This autobiography, originally published in 1938, is an historical account of Jewish childhood and young adult life in tsarist Russia. Translator(s): Avrutin, Eugene M.; Greene, Robert H. Num Pages: 150 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGHA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806716
ISBN
9780875806716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Paperback. The story of a successful professional woman and a reflection on the meaning of existentialism, this autobiography is an account of a woman's psychological liberation and the development of a personal philosophy. A translator of Sartre, Barnes recounts her battles with publishers and critics. Num Pages: 350 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226037332
ISBN
9780226037332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.61

paperback. The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989, and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made "The Stone Roses" such a special album. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9780826417428
ISBN
9780826417428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Reni. Mani. Ian Brown. John Squire. These are the names that will forever be remembered for creating their defining album "The Stone Roses". The author was with them every step of the way documenting their story. In this edition of his biography, he brings the ultimate rock 'n' roll tale fully up-to-date. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 37. Weight in Grams: 698.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091948580
ISBN
9780091948580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.76

Paperback. .
Publisher
Clairview Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905570836
ISBN
9781905570836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.99

Hardback. The autobiography of noted fund manager and stock picker Paul Mumford. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGBA; KFFM2; KJMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 246 x 31. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Harriman House Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857195548
ISBN
9780857195548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.58

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780575582
ISBN
9781780575582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.84

Paperback. A New York Times bestseller, The Still Point of the Turning World is Emily Rapp's arresting eulogy for her late son Ronan: a mother's experience raising a terminally ill child, and what it teaches her about family, grief and parenting. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB; VFJX; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444775976
ISBN
9781444775976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardback. The fisrt comprehensive biography of one of football's most volatile personalities. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878333165
ISBN
9780878333165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555973063
ISBN
9781555973063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.78

paperback. John Killen brings together the legends, folklore, traditions and stories that have been associated with St Patrick across the centuries. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3D; BGX; HBJD1; HRLP1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 122. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780856409585
ISBN
9780856409585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 6.93

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764344794
ISBN
9780764344794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750960533
ISBN
9780750960533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.29

paperback. The remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, George Medal, OBE and Croix de Guerre. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447201182
ISBN
9781447201182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. The gripping true story of Klaus Fuchs: the spy who sold the nuclear secrets to the Russians. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755365661
ISBN
9780755365661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. A story of wartime intelligence, super-power relations and spies and their handlers - seen through the experience of Melita Norwood. Series: History of British Intelligence. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations, 16 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838876
ISBN
9781843838876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Kenny, David. Num Pages: 299 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; ANB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848405097
ISBN
9781848405097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Kellner, Bruce. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGA; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252074622
ISBN
9780252074622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.16