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Memoirs
Paperback. In 1938, the author was fresh out of school and bound for his first job in Africa, hoping to find adventure far from home. However, he got far more excitement than he bargained for when the outbreak of the Second World War led him to join the RAF. In this title, he gives an account of his experiences in Africa. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BM; DSBH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955796
- ISBN
- 9780241955796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, the author finds himself on unfamiliar territory, disoriented, hemmed in by winter and yearning for the nearest open space. So one night, he sets out to find it and ventures deeper into its many layers and lives, documenting its changes through time and season and unearthing histories. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Windmill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592037
- ISBN
- 9780099592037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; BM; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408855829
- ISBN
- 9781408855829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.13
€ 18.99
€ 16.13
Hardback. The inspirational story of Rob Young, who has set numerous endurance records, including running 370 marathons in a year Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: BGSA; BM; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471152870
- ISBN
- 9781471152870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.54
€ 21.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBA; HBG; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474274227
- ISBN
- 9781474274227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.53
€ 30.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062238801
- ISBN
- 9780062238801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.63
€ 17.99
€ 15.63
Hardcover. "One of our great essayists and journalists--the Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau--takes us on a heady tour through his life and times in this vividly atmospheric and visceral memoir that is both a love letter to a New York long past and a tribute to the transformative power of art."--Front jacket flap. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dey Street Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062238795
- ISBN
- 9780062238795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.18
€ 30.99
€ 25.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps; 16-page black and white photo insert. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJP; BM; HBJD; HBW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 274 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812986624
- ISBN
- 9780812986624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.25
€ 19.99
€ 14.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Random House Australia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857985767
- ISBN
- 9780857985767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.44
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€ 25.44
Paperback. A memoir of American, Jewish military doctor fighting on the frontlines and caring for the injured in WWII. It documents the almost unbearable drama of ground gained and lives lost as well as the terrible human toll of battle on the author, his comrades, and civilians quite literally caught in the crossfire. Num Pages: 192 pages, 33 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803218833
- ISBN
- 9780803218833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.85
€ 16.99
€ 16.85
hardcover. A poignant, candid chronicle of a beloved nature writer's fifty-year relationship with an iconic American landscape. Num Pages: 352 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; BM; RGBP; WNC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393081305
- ISBN
- 9780393081305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.74
€ 27.99
€ 25.74
Paperback. Robert Gates was US Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011 serving under both George Bush and Barack Obama. Before that he was Director of the CIA. This is his candid and revealing account of US military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan, where Gates oversaw the controversial 'surge' of US troops in both countries. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; BM; JPSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- W H Allen
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753555552
- ISBN
- 9780753555552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.05
€ 29.99
€ 21.05
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
€ 25.99€ 22.70
€ 25.99
€ 22.70
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848845442
- ISBN
- 9781848845442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 19.49
€ 23.00
€ 19.49
Paperback. Presents author's journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. This title provides details of the horrors and sacrifice of war, painting a portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defence of their country. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1M; 3JJH; BM; HBJM; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091937515
- ISBN
- 9780091937515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 10.99
€ 16.99
€ 10.99
Paperback. A heart-warming, compassionate book about sudden illness and love under pressure. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447289265
- ISBN
- 9781447289265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.89
€ 10.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BM; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408843406
- ISBN
- 9781408843406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.11
€ 14.99
€ 13.11
Hardback. Robert W. Duemling offers "sketches" of notable figures whom he has befriended over the course of his thirty-year career in the U.S. State Department and service as director of the National Building Museum, luminaries in the arts, architecture, politics, and diplomacy. Num Pages: 128 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442220133
- ISBN
- 9781442220133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.64
€ 38.64
Hardback. In the spring of 2001, Robert Jordan was a Dallas attorney whom George Bush wanted for the ambassadorship in Saudi Arabia. Not yet confirmed on 9/11, Jordan's nomination sped through Congress for approval and he found himself on the ground in the Kingdom by early October. Jordan had no prior diplomatic experience-Saudi Arabia mandates that the U.S. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1KBB; 3JMC; BM; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346700
- ISBN
- 9781612346700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Paperback. Offers a graphic account of the author's experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany. This book shows how the author, his fellow officers and the men of his company lived through one of the most bitter campaigns in history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSB; 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JWL; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- B & W Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027810
- ISBN
- 9781845027810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.91
€ 10.99
€ 8.91
Paperback. One man's obsession with running Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HPX; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848541771
- ISBN
- 9781848541771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. During a career spanning more than forty years, the award-winning journalist and broadcaster Robin Lustig has lived in, worked in and reported from more than eighty countries. Now, in Is Anything Happening?, he tells the inside story of the triumphs and disasters he experienced along the way. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785901034
- ISBN
- 9781785901034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.51
€ 26.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. One woman's vicarious sexual and emotional adventure told in a no holds barred, unapologetic and compelling way. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFVC; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444754483
- ISBN
- 9781444754483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781553656326
- ISBN
- 9781553656326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46