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Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 80 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 286 x 13. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Belle Media Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992746209
ISBN
9780992746209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.99

hardcover. This volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for all of Melville's works and characters, and for his family members, friends and acquaintances. It gives special attention to the 19th-century women who influenced Melville. An chronology overviews the main events in Melville's life. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 985.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313290114
ISBN
9780313290114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.36

Paperback. Robert Kee's vivid account of his years in a German prisoner-of-war camp - and his flight across Europe when he escaped. A classis survival story. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BTM; BTP; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
W&N
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826744
ISBN
9780753826744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

paperback. The tragic, compelling story of the last Tsar and his family Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; BGR; HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTG; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 41. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575400061
ISBN
9780575400061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.82

Hardback. Presents a literary history and a portrait of a major figure. Num Pages: 546 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893554955
ISBN
9781893554955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.76

Hardcover. Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. This book presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. It explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226202686
ISBN
9780226202686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.52

Hardcover. Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright operated on both sides of the law and became a legend in his lifetime and after his death. Robert K. DeArment deconstructs the myth of Longhair Jim and reconstructs the gunfighter as a real human being, complex, flawed, often courageous, usually both honorable and dishonorable. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 b&w photgraphs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652924
ISBN
9780875652924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.38

Paperback. Robert K. Brown, former Green Beret, after a bizarre military career that succeeded in getting him kicked out of Special Forces not once but twice, and completing the Command and General Staff College without a security clearance, while meantime being wounded in Nam, finally found his true calling as a publisher. Num Pages: 408 pages, 32pp photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JW; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003931
ISBN
9781612003931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.14

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 2ADS; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197421
ISBN
9781845197421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.23

Hardcover. Providing a comprehensive portrayal of Wade Hampton III, this biography explores the abilities and failings of the planter-statesman who would come to personify the Civil War and Reconstruction in South Carolina. It traces Hampton's lineage and his preparation for life as a Southern aristocrat. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570036675
ISBN
9781570036675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.48

Paperback. First discovered by Western audiences through his Hong Kong films "The Killer" and "Hard Bolled", John Woo introduced the world to a new brand of psychologically frenzied action film. Unprecedented access to the director helped editor, Robert Elder create this book, which is an English-language chronicle of Woo's career. Editor(s): Elder, Robert K. Num Pages: 277 pages, chronology & filmography. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578067763
ISBN
9781578067763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper sunned with some minor nicks and scuffing. Inscribed by previous owner on FFEP, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Writers and Readers Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0012756
ISBN
9780906495353
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Tells the story of the infamous Peterhead Prison in Scotland's far north-east. Built in the 1880s as part of an ambitious humanitarian plan to use convict labour to construct a 'harbour of refuge' on the town's wild, storm-battered coast, it became what some call Scotland's gulag. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp. colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845025380
ISBN
9781845025380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. A tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than 40 years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of Scotland's grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times - three times in one year! A likeable rogue, he was a gentle man who in peacetime shrank from violence. Num Pages: 212 pages, 8 pp. plate section. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226. The Extraordinary True Story of the Safe Blower Who Became a War Hero. 212 pages, 8 pp. plate section. A tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than 40 years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of Scotland's grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times - three times in one year! A likeable rogue, he was a gentle man who in peacetime shrank from violence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight: 234.
Publisher
Black & White Publishing
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845023461
ISBN
9781845023461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

Paperback. Detectives work the streets - an arena of action, vice, lust, greed, aggression, and violence - to gather shards of information about who did what to whom. This work examines the moral ambiguities of the detectives' world as they shuttle between the streets and a bureaucratic behemoth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032323
ISBN
9780674032323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.37

Paperback. With detractors ranging from paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to modern-day creationists and advocates of intelligent design, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) is better known as a divisive figure than as a pioneering biologist. This biography rehabilitates Haeckel - focusing on his science and art. It also gives an account of Haeckel's eventful life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 colour plates, 122 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGT; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226712161
ISBN
9780226712161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Hardback. Though Robert Malthus has never disappeared, he has been perpetually misunderstood. Robert Mayhew offers at once a major reassessment of Malthus's ideas and an intellectual history of the origins of modern debates about demography, resources, and the environment, giving historical depth to our current planetary concerns. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728714
ISBN
9780674728714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554887392
ISBN
9781554887392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.20

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

€ 50.06

Hardcover. This collection of over 350 letters written by William Beckford to his bookseller George Clarke constitutes the most complete documentary record of his collecting habits and literary pursuits in existence. The letters are also significant as historical documents that guide the reader into the golden age of the London book trade in the 1830s. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553268
ISBN
9781781553268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 31.66

Hardcover. In this memoir, Robert J. Donovan shares many events that highlighted his stellar journalistic career. As an investigative reporter during five presidential elections, Donovan has had many insider experiences. This memoir humanizes each of the five presidents he reported on. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826212818
ISBN
9780826212818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.50

Paperback. Born to an immigrant Philadelphia family in 1779, Stephen Decatur became at age twenty-five the youngest man ever to serve as a captain in the US Navy. Although he died prematurely, Decatur played a significant role in the shaping of the nation's identity at a time when the American people were deciding what kind of nation they would become. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558495838
ISBN
9781558495838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.01

Hardback. A Leadership for Peace is about Edwin Ginn's personal attempt to change world attitudes regarding the dangers of arming for war by appealing to logic, reason, and common sense. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; GTJ; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754552
ISBN
9780804754552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.48

Paperback. Conspiracies, treason and heresy at the court of the dying tyrant Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819364
ISBN
9780753819364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0012863
ISBN
9780838776650
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: AFKV; APB; BGF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816691296
ISBN
9780816691296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press United States
Edition
Expanded and Updated
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865752
ISBN
9781604865752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.24

Paperback. The definitive, intimate, no-holds-barred biography of Johnny Cash. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220956
ISBN
9781780220956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.27

Hardback. Robert Hart was the Ch'ing government's Inspector General of the Maritime Customs Service. These journals follow on from "Entering China's Service" and cover the years when Hart was setting up Customs procedures, establishing a modus operandi with the Ch'ing bureaucracy and inspecting treaty ports. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 600 pages, 10 half-tones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; BGA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 936.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
600
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674775305
ISBN
9780674775305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.31

hardcover. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing some light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0005977
ISBN
9780571161089
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Paperback. History has known no monarch like her. She has travelled farther than all her predecessors put together and lived longer than any of them - Queen Elizabeth II. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099551157
ISBN
9780099551157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Hardcover. This is the story of Elizabeth of Bohemia, James I's captivating but unfortunate daughter who was driven from the throne of Bohemia in 1620. Among the many men who championed her sorrowful fortunes, Lord Craven was the most faithful. Brave, wealthy and supremely generous, this latter-day knight-errant fought for her and supported her unstintingly. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DBKESB; 3JD; AMKH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553244
ISBN
9781781553244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.45

Hardback. A collection of letters describing the day-to-day work and experiences of a doctor at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during the mid-1950s. Editor(s): Collins, Cary C.; Mutschler, Charles V. Num Pages: 448 pages, 13 b&w photos, 5 maps, 4 figures, appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJP; BJ; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803226258
ISBN
9780803226258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.11

Hardcover. When Grace Anna Goodhue wed Calvin Coolidge in 1905, she thought then that marriage "has seldom united two people of more vastly different temperaments and tastes." Warm to her husband's dour and taciturn, Grace was to be a contrast to Calvin for years to come. This work shows how their marriage ensured her husband's rise to high office. Num Pages: 184 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615636
ISBN
9780700615636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.46

Hardback. This analysis of Coolidge's presidency seeks to show how he represented the essence of 1920s Republicanism. Examining his domestic and foreign policy, the author illuminates the pre-Depression administration and reveals a president who was dedicated to public service. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700608928
ISBN
9780700608928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.70

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594036811
ISBN
9781594036811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.79

Paperback. The shocking, decadent, true story behind the making of the Rolling Stones' beloved double album Exile on Main Street Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280. A Season in Hell with the "Rolling Stones". 272 pages, illustrations. "Exile on Main Street" freezes forever in time a moment when the Stones and their counterculture audience found themselves at a crossroads. This is the true story behind the making of the Rolling Stones' celebrated double album "Exile on Main Street.". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306815638
ISBN
9780306815638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
317
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843869177
ISBN
9781843869177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.53

Paperback.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848567368
ISBN
9781848567368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. A sexual sadist, the Zodiac's pleasure was torture and murder. He taunted the authorities with mocking notes telling where he would strike next. The official tally of his victims was six. He claimed 37 dead. He was never caught. This book tells the inside story of the hunt for the hooded killer, and finally reveals his possible true identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 25. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845765316
ISBN
9781845765316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.83