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paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, plans, index. BIC Classification: BG; WSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494. Good clean copy with a little age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ernest Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039675
ISBN
9780948153280
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky's childhood equipped him to understand - in a way denied to a Tolstoy or a Turgenev - the life of the ordinary Russian. This volume of an autobiographical trilogy, was in part an act of exorcism. It describes a life begun in the raw, remembered with charm and poignancy and without bitterness. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with a little age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039664
ISBN
9780140182859
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. *A book to compare to Primo Levi's classic account of life in a Concentration Camp - IF THIS IS A MAN. THE TENTH CIRCLE OF HELL is about life in a Serbian prison camp in 1992. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039638
ISBN
9780349109343
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. This thought-provoking volume explains Einstein's work in plain language and examines one of the most remarkable figures of all time. Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 144 pages, 149 illustrations, 48 colour. BIC Classification: BG; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039603
ISBN
9780500301173
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039582
ISBN
9780099518013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.47

paperback. A memoir by the master pianist, conductor and internationalist Daniel Barenboim - 'the closest thing that classical music can offer to Nelson Mandela' [THE TIMES] Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039575
ISBN
9780753825945
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Kate Buford's definitive biography offers a full, frank, sensitive and compelling portrait of the star of Atlantic City, From Here to Eternity and Elmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Aurum Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039573
ISBN
9781845133856
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Roman Halter is a schoolboy in 1939 when he and his family gather behind net curtains to watch the Volksdeutsch neighbours of their small town in western Poland greeting the arrival of Hitler's armies with kisses and swastika flags. Within days, the family home has been seized, 12 year-old Roman becomes a slave of the local SS chief. Num Pages: 352 pages, frontispiece and endpiece. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039556
ISBN
9781846270338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. The story of four sisters, Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, great-grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period from 1740 to 1832. Underlying the drama of their aristocratic existence is a story of everyday life. Winner of the 1995 Fawcett Book Prize. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 403. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039552
ISBN
9780099477112
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BTC; HB; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039541
ISBN
9780907871484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. *A fascinating 'dual' biography of Richard and Isabel Burton. Num Pages: 928 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 59. Weight in Grams: 742. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039510
ISBN
9780349110165
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. 'Intellectually thrilling, psychologically acute and very wittily written: a worthy offering to its subject' Observer Num Pages: 521 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 45. Weight in Grams: 468. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039473
ISBN
9780330320153
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Eighty miles off the Libyan coast water is leaking rapidly into the bottom of a dilapidated wooden boat. Twenty-seven men, crammed in side-by-side, desperately attempt to bail it out, but the boat is sinking. In the distance one of their number spots a ship and, forcing the last moments of life from the engine, they move towards it. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1H; BTP; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Preface Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039377
ISBN
9781848091481
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story The Baroness traces Nica's extraordinary, thrilling journey - from England's stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally, to the creative ferment of New York's 1950s jazz scene. Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039376
ISBN
9781844086054
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Ultimately, he was hanged in Pentonville prison on the 3 August-two years to the day after Britain's declaration of war in 1914. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 428. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039373
ISBN
9781847172648
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Tells the story of how a bitter, failed art student from an obscure corner of Austria rose to unparalleled power, destroying the lives of millions and bringing the world to the brink of Armageddon. Num Pages: 1072 pages, 32 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 844. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039357
ISBN
9780141035888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Winner of the PEN Hessel-Tiltman prize for history, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography, The Lunar Men captures the creation of the modern world with lucid intelligence, sympathy and wisdom. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16pp colour and 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 434. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039356
ISBN
9780571216109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperPress
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039344
ISBN
9780007341856
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; ASD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039337
ISBN
9780141040226
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Takes us on a seductive journey through author's childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s, and into the infernal marriage of two kind, well-meaning people: his fussy, logical father, and his dreamy, romantic mother. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039319
ISBN
9780099450030
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardcover. Despite its age, it remains as it did, a very fine copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Watts
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTJ0000407
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Despite its age, it remains as it did, a very fine copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Watts
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTJ0000406
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Despite its age, it remains as it did, a very fine copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Watts
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTJ0000404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531. Very good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
TURTLE POINT PRESS
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0249801
ISBN
9781885586247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99