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Paperback. A fishing trip honoring a dying man's wish becomes a meditation on life, nature and friendship, a literary biography and a celebration of the beauty of the Highlands of Scotland. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381361
ISBN
9780857381361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. This biography (first published in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of J.S. Bach's death) presents a picture of the composer that demonstrates the intimate connection between Bach's life and his music, showing how the composer's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as a musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher. Num Pages: 640 pages, frontispiece; numerous halftones; 1 map, numerous music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
620
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199248841
ISBN
9780199248841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.83

Paperback. * A brilliantly funny and nostalgic look at 1960s and 70s childhood as well as a more serious examination of boys' (and some men's) obsession with war Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGA; JWG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115689
ISBN
9780349115689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. On the 16th of August 1628, five battle-scarred English ships sailed into the harbour of the Greek island of Milos. Dropping anchor, the 25-year-old captain banqueted with the local lord before sitting down to write an account of his journey. This is the story of an extraordinary life, and of a journey that helped to shape a nation. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVG; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591764
ISBN
9780099591764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The next installment in a powerful and extraordinary life story by one of Britain's best-loved television stars Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KAK0007152
ISBN
9781447222484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The next installment in a powerful and extraordinary life story by one of Britain's best-loved television stars Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 270. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTG0007773
ISBN
9781447222484
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The story of the six extraordinary hostesses who shaped British society in the inter-war years: Lady Astor, Lady Colefax, Lady Londonderry, Lady Cunard, Laura Corrigan and Mrs Ronnie Greville. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473618053
ISBN
9781473618053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A biography of Ewan McGregor. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153. . 224pp. Keywords: Actors & Actresses, Entertainers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Chameleon London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KHS0068658
ISBN
9780233994109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The son of a shepherd from the Scottish borders, Thomas Telford rose to be the greatest engineer in Victorian Britain. His life spanned one of the most dynamic periods in British history, the decades of the industrial revolution, and no one contributed more to making Britain the 'workshop of the world'. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGT; TN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750945769
ISBN
9780750945769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785901904
ISBN
9781785901904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. If you assume an average life expectancy of 85 years, and deduct the hours we spend daily on sleeping, shopping, eating, working, tending to our relationships and on everything else that is obligatory, then how much time is left for the average person to enjoy those activities that are the sweetness of life? This book deals with this questions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; HP; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 183 x 6. Weight in Grams: 62.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718198831
ISBN
9780718198831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. A memoir by American jounalist Emily Prager about the search for her adopted daughter's roots in today's China. In 1994, Prager adopted seven month old Lulu in China. Five years later she returned to spend three months in Wuhu city, where Lulu had been found on the street. Num Pages: 256 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284161
ISBN
9780099284161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. The Yellow Jersey Club contains just twenty-six living members. To become one of this exclusive number requires complete dedication, brutal self-sacrifice and the most extraordinary physical attributes. This book offers insights into the minds of cycling's best ever riders of the past forty years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552171052
ISBN
9780552171052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Hardcover. Who was the greatest of all American guitarists? Bob Dylan called Davis "one of the wizards of modern music." This book takes readers through Davis' difficult beginning as the blind son of sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South to his decision to become an ordained Baptist minister and his move to New York in the early 1940s, and more. Num Pages: 344 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; AVRL1; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226234106
ISBN
9780226234106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Drawing on dozens of new interviews with his Yorkshire colleagues, family and friends, this life of Fred Trueman will surprise and even shock, but also confirm the status of an English folk hero. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262. The Authorised Biography. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Drawing on dozens of new interviews with his Yorkshire colleagues, family and friends, this life of Fred Trueman will surprise and even shock, but also confirm the status of an English folk hero. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight: 260.
Publisher
Aurum Press
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845137465
ISBN
9781845137465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; BM; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007436019
ISBN
9780007436019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJND; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880610
ISBN
9781589880610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. This book moves from the birth of Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. Dalton concluded with a comparison of Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159593
ISBN
9780231159593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Could a mother shoot her own children? This title is a reissue of a true crime classic. Num Pages: 624 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJPN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 40. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751535563
ISBN
9780751535563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JM; BG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007219391
ISBN
9780007219391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.85

Paperback. For eight years, during Bill Clinton's two presidential terms, Madeleine Albright was an active participant in some of the most dramatic events of our time-from the pursuit of peace in the Middle East to NATO's humanitarian intervention in Kosovo. This title tells the story of former Secretary of State. Num Pages: 592 pages, Four Eight-Page Colour Inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062265463
ISBN
9780062265463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright, Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house officially in a quarrel over the bill. Tracing Marlowe's shadowy political and intelligence dealings, the author uncovers critical new evidence about that fatal day. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; BG; HBJD1; HBLH; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437475
ISBN
9780099437475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. An account of incredible bravery, telling what it is like to have 200 Paras depending on you constantly, to make decisions which can and do cost lives, to see men under your command killed and injured and being under the most intense pressure imaginable every minute of every day for six long months. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753540312
ISBN
9780753540312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: A; AV; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509859436
ISBN
9781509859436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.80

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