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Paperback. A few years ago, Sean Quinn was ranked among the two hundred richest people in the world, with a personal fortune of some $6 billion. Today he is bust, and his businesses have been taken from him. How did it all happen? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241966310
ISBN
9780241966310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Hardcover. Helene's adventuresome life went from an ill-fated romance in Queen Victoria's court to an Italian royal marriage. She fled from boredom to explore and hunt in Africa, but returned to serve Italy in the national crises of earthquake, epidemic and war-heading the Red Cross nurses in the front lines of the Great War-and watched its move into Fascism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; BGR; JKSN1; JPFN; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555927
ISBN
9781781555927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.07

Paperback. The endearing true story of a Type-A mom struggling to care for a daughter who has Type 1 diabetes-and the incredible service dog who changes their lives for the better. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1x8pp colour photo insert. BIC Classification: BM; MJGD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316258753
ISBN
9780316258753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Through his musical taste which defined a culture and his wildly popular Radio 4 show, "Home Truths", John Peel reached out to an audience that was as diverse as his record collection. This book, completed by the woman who knew him best, his wife, Shiela, presents an intimate portrait of his life, marriage and his family. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
CORGI BOOKS
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552551199
ISBN
9780552551199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. Fatima Whitbread had the worst possible start in life. Abandoned as a baby, she spent much of her childhood in and out of children's homes. Athletics was her saviour: local athletics coach took the Fatima under her wing. Fatima competed in three Olympics. In 1986 she set a world record, and she was voted as BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753540961
ISBN
9780753540961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Exploring Eliot's poetry, drama and essays in relation to his life in America and England, and to four quite different women who offer clues to his guarded character, this book sees his life and work as reciprocal parts of one design, the search for faith. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088935
ISBN
9781844088935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752498843
ISBN
9780752498843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

mass_market. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 116 x 27. Weight in Grams: 191.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553562835
ISBN
9780553562835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. From his eccentric South London working class childhood to running one of the biggest cities in the world, Livingstone is one of the very few politicians to have scored a major victory over the Thatcher Government and has championed issues as diverse as the environment, gay rights and anti-racism. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 46. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571280414
ISBN
9780571280414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. This is the extraordinary saga of Countess Evelina van Millingen Pisani, a modern woman who lived in the age of Queen Victoria. A friend of Henry James and Isabella Stewart Gardner, she led a rich but turbulent life that spanned from Rome to Constantinople and Venice. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555934
ISBN
9781781555934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BTC; JFSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Milo Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908479860
ISBN
9781908479860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesman in the history of England. His descendant, Sir Winston Churchill wrote this work as both an act of homage, and as an historical insight into the man behind the statesman. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 1 halftone, 103 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
1080
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226106359
ISBN
9780226106359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69
€ 44.93

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752454566
ISBN
9780752454566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Whitechapel, 1988: a spate of brutal murders becomes the most notorious criminal episode in London's history. The killer, chillingly nicknamed 'The Whitechapel Murderer', 'Leather Apron' and, most famously, 'Jack the Ripper', is never brought to justice for the slaughter and mutilation of at least five women in the slums of East London. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718178246
ISBN
9780718178246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. From the events of his everyday life, Kashua brings forth a series of brilliant, caustic, wry, and earless reflections on social and cultural dynamics as experienced by someone who straddles two societies. Amusing and sincere, Native - a selection of his popular columns - is comprised of unrestrained, profoundly thoughtful personal dispatches. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; BM; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Saqi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863561962
ISBN
9780863561962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. Fearless memoir of a forensic pathologist's "rookie season" as a NYC medical examiner, and the cases that shaped her as both a physician and mother. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476727264
ISBN
9781476727264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.38

Hardback. This lively account uncovers for the first time how great love songs came to be, and explains who the 'Galway Girl' was, or if there was a real-life 'Nancy Spain'. Learn the often surprising, sometimes bittersweet but always absorbing stories of the real women who inspired some of the world's finest love songs. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVG; AVH; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892873
ISBN
9781848892873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. A seven-time Grammy award winner, the author made his first recordings at age 17, has toured and recorded with a who's who of famous jazz names, and is one of only a few openly gay musicians in jazz. Burton is a true innovator, both as a performer and an educator. This title shares his fifty years of experiences at the top of the jazz scene. Num Pages: 388 pages, 16-Page Colour Insert. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRJ; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Berklee Press
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876391402
ISBN
9780876391402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264. Prophet without Honour. 156 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight: 264.
Publisher
Protea Boekhuis
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869194147
ISBN
9781869194147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.35

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBWQ; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Urim Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9789655241624
ISBN
9789655241624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.25

Paperback. The award-winning memoir of a white boy growing up in Rhodesia as it went through a bloody transition to majority rule Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; BGA; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
418
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330450102
ISBN
9780330450102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. Series: Oakwood Library of Railway History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150ill. BIC Classification: BGH; TRF; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
The Oakwood Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853615767
ISBN
9780853615767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.96

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752450049
ISBN
9780752450049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Monday Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KNW0008964
ISBN
9780955285479
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

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