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Biography

Paperback. In his talks to communities throughout the length and breath of Ireland, John Lonergan finds himself coming back to one theme: the importance of kindness. It is an unexpected theme for the former boss of Ireland's biggest and toughest prison, Mountjoy, but then John Lonergan is an unusual man. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718191474
ISBN
9780718191474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Hardback. WHEN JACK THE RIPPER first prowled the streets of London, an evening newspaper commented that his crimes were as ghastly as those committed by Eliza Grimwood's murderer fifty years earlier. Num Pages: 288 pages, 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750967792
ISBN
9780750967792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, was imprisoned in the Tower of London on 2 May 1536, and tried and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men, one her own brother, and plotting the King's death. She was executed on 19 May 1536. This title tells the story of Anne's fall. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712640176
ISBN
9780712640176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

Paperback. Accounts of physical and emotional healing through heavenly intervention. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VXPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRA0010881
ISBN
9781849830102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An examination of some of the Britain's most notorious and shocking cases. It includes such cases as: Hannah Carey, beaten to death by her husband at Warfield in 1851; young Hannah Gould, whose throat was cut by her father in a frenzied attack at Windsor in 1861; and, Minnie Freeman Lee, whose body was discovered in a trunk in 1948. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESB; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 410.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750951296
ISBN
9780750951296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.19

Paperback. The definitive work on Jack the Ripper and the various theories from the time of the murders to the present day Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 238 x 40. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445649610
ISBN
9781445649610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.16

Hardback. The long-lost 1978 diary charting Antonia Fraser and Harold Pinter's only visit to Israel is an enchanting document of a time, a place and two people Num Pages: 176 pages, 8-page colour plate section. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 208 x 2. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786071538
ISBN
9781786071538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two's The Choir, their lives changed forever. Their journey entranced the nation, and their story moved millions. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTG0007671
ISBN
9780007488964
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two's The Choir, their lives changed forever. Their journey entranced the nation, and their story moved millions. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296. Like new.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780007488964
ISBN
9780007488964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Plexus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859653442
ISBN
9780859653442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.24

Paperback. A collection of true stories about flights in civil airliners and smaller aircraft where disaster and massive loss of life seems imminent. Yet each situation is concluded without a single death thanks to the skill of the pilots and their crews. Num Pages: 272 pages, halftones(some colour ). BIC Classification: BT; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500. 272 pages, halftones(some colour ). A collection of true stories about flights in civil airliners and smaller aircraft where disaster and massive loss of life seems imminent. Yet each situation is concluded without a single death thanks to the skill of the pilots and their crews. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BT; TRPS. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 16. Weight: 488.
Publisher
The Crowood Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840373936
ISBN
9781840373936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.11

Paperback. Ivan Klima, 'a writer of enormous power and originality' (The New York Times Book Review), has penned an intimate autobiography that explores his life under Nazi and Communist regimes. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 40. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855708
ISBN
9781611855708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. A humorous and incisive reflection on education - the autobiography of a dunce who became a brilliant teacher and a bestselling author. Translator(s): Ardizzone, Sarah. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Maclehose Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906694876
ISBN
9781906694876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Peter Tunstall's unforgettable memoir of his days in the RAF and as one of the most celebrated of all British POWs. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715650219
ISBN
9780715650219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Tells the story of how a great British business was built - from a blank sheet of paper - and how it came to be one of the nation's favourite consumer brands. Through the course of an exciting narrative, the author shares his experiences of growing a business and his knowledge of what you should and shouldn't do. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Harriman House Publishing United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857192509
ISBN
9780857192509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. Edward II (1284-1327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since it. This biography does not present Edward II as a heroic or successful king: his deposition after a turbulent reign of nearly twenty years is proof enough that it went terribly wrong. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 704 pages, 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300178029
ISBN
9780300178029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. Hanif Kureishi offers an insight into the birth of a writer - himself - through this memoir that conjures up a family story of how he found his own literary calling from the ashes of his father's failed attempts in the past even as the world turned upside down and India split in two along religious lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
FABER AND FABER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571224043
ISBN
9780571224043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. This book is a fast-paced collection of 17 true crime stories from the award-winning The Dallas Observer. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Republic of Texas Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556229770
ISBN
9781556229770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. 'One of the funniest, strangest and most revolting memoirs ever written' Sunday Times Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340934081
ISBN
9780340934081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Limonov is not a fictional character, but he could have been. He's lived a hundred lives. This book tells the story about this charecter. Editor(s): Lambert, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846148217
ISBN
9781846148217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Rosy Edwards is the epitome of a contradictory twenty-something year old. She's frugal when it comes to food shopping, but is willing to splash out on shampoo. She's career minded, she just doesn't know which career to have in mind right now. This book deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFVG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784750374
ISBN
9781784750374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Hardcover. Hardback in good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear. WALKER
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0022617
ISBN
9780007126965
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A biography of Edward VI, drawing a portrait of the boy king as a highly precocious, well educated, intellectually confident and decisive youth, with clear views on the future of the English church. Jennifer Loach also supplies the dramatic context in which Edward's short reign was played out. Editor(s): Bernard, Professor George; Williams, Penry. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094091
ISBN
9780300094091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Wood Green The Animals Charity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992606404
ISBN
9780992606404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

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