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Hardback. After a career playing for Hampshire, cut short by injury, John Holder, an immigrant from Barbados, turned his hand to umpiring. In 27 years, he officiated in 11 Tests and 23 one-day internationals. A Test of Character throws an interesting light on the job of an international umpire, with all its pressures, controversies and prejudices. Num Pages: 352 pages, separate colour picture section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Pitch Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785311772
- ISBN
- 9781785311772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.61
€ 25.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. Clears a devastating path from the bygone Glasgow of the 1970s to the grim secrets of Gloucester in the mid 1990s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571215607
- ISBN
- 9780571215607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.40
€ 14.99
€ 11.40
Paperback. The slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in between. We no longer question the reality of online experiences but the reality of selfhood in the digital age. This book features three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and the 'real world'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571335855
- ISBN
- 9780571335855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 6.23
€ 17.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. A tribute to Billy Conn, one of the greatest light-heavyweight boxing champions of all time Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 Black and White photograph. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252077456
- ISBN
- 9780252077456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.98
€ 27.98
paperback. A biography about the controversial Supreme Court Justice, Andrew Peyton Thomas. It explores Clarence Thomas' remarkable rise from a childhood of poverty in segregated Georgia to the nation's highest court. Num Pages: 672 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Encounter Books United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9781893554597
- ISBN
- 9781893554597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Paperback. These memoirs of a senior civil servant based in Dublin, London and Belfast provide an insight into the conflicts associated with Home Rule, revolution and partition in Ireland. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183441
- ISBN
- 9781859183441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786496235
- ISBN
- 9780786496235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 27.65
€ 46.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. Based on ten years of research-including extensive interviews with Major Taylor's 91-year old daughter-this is the dramatic story of a young black man who, against prodigious odds, rose to fame and stardom in the tempestuous world of international professional bicycle racing a century ago. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSL3; WSQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780801853036
- ISBN
- 9780801853036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.34
€ 35.34
paperback. A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; HBWQ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Phoenix London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0023898
- ISBN
- 9781857992137
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 710. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear to covers, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039191
- ISBN
- 9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Reveals the mysterious and little-known world of the male escort. This title also reveals what type of woman is willing to part with her money in search of sex, and what type of man is willing to provide it. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0003822
- ISBN
- 9780091928148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 95 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868197883
- ISBN
- 9780868197883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJ; BGH; HBWS2; JFFD; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881376435
- ISBN
- 9789881376435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. The author narrates his own agonising experience of depression. In this book, he also portrays the pain of others, in different cultures and societies whose lives have been shattered by depression and uncovers the historical, social, biological, chemical and medical implications of this crippling disease. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702670
- ISBN
- 9781784702670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.27
€ 25.99
€ 17.27
Paperback. Great escapes meet greater escapism: how the life of a displaced Jewish actor illuminates the 1963 Hollywood blockbuster. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Biblioasis
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927428337
- ISBN
- 9781927428337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.62
€ 16.62
Paperback. England cricket captain Andrew Strauss gives a candid account of the highs and lows of his remarkable career. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x colour plate sections. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340897898
- ISBN
- 9780340897898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Part of the Prime Ministers Series, Law was a Conservative who opposed Home rule for Ireland Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950592
- ISBN
- 9781904950592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Aiming to be brutal and moving in equal measure, this book explores pressing global issues, while not losing a sense of the personal. Critical of the West's indifference to developing countries, and the UN's repeated failure to intervene decisively, it provokes controversy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- and Other Desperate Measures
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091908867
- ISBN
- 9780091908867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.31
€ 19.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Christian Focus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857923797
- ISBN
- 9781857923797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.85
€ 10.99
€ 9.85
Paperback. Andrew White's perspective on faith and hope. How does he keep going, and what does he say to God? Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGXA; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854249623
- ISBN
- 9781854249623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.49
€ 13.99
€ 11.49
Hardcover. A memoir from Andrew White, the 'Vicar of Baghdad', whose personal and professional life has been filled with tumult. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745970226
- ISBN
- 9780745970226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.49
€ 20.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. A memoir from Andrew White, the 'Vicar of Baghdad', including additional new photographs, and bonus chapter, now in paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745970172
- ISBN
- 9780745970172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. A biography of the celebrated author of classics such as "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr Ripley". Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408. A Life of Patricia Highsmith. Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. 544 pages, Illustrations. A biography of the celebrated author of classics such as "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr Ripley". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight: 402.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408811191
- ISBN
- 9781408811191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.15
€ 21.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. The definitive biography of Alexander McQueen which reveals the source of his genius and the links between his dark work and even darker life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8pp Colour Plates. BIC Classification: AKB; AKT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471131806
- ISBN
- 9781471131806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. A compelling and dramatic account of the sinking of the Titanic as seen through the eyes of those who survived Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847398826
- ISBN
- 9781847398826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. True stories from Millwall, Britain's most notorious football hooligans. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BT; JFFE; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202. 288 pages, Illustrations. True stories from Millwall, Britain's most notorious football hooligans. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BT; JFFE; WSJA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight: 204.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843583301
- ISBN
- 9781843583301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.79
€ 13.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002008
- ISBN
- 9780747401070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
hardcover. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631846
- ISBN
- 9781566631846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.01
€ 32.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBT; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HARPERCOLLINS WORLD
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062136480
- ISBN
- 9780062136480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.43
€ 15.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195343328
- ISBN
- 9780195343328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.56
€ 38.56
Paperback. Going beyond the headlines, this title gives an insight into what it's like to live through - and try to make sense of - times of intense political unrest. Translator(s): Taylor, Sam. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BJ; HBW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846559471
- ISBN
- 9781846559471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBWQ. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 139
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789461535511
- ISBN
- 9789461535511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- W&N lo
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0008173
- ISBN
- 9780297643586
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Andrzej Franaszek's award-winning biography of Czeslaw Milosz winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature recounts the poet's odyssey through WWI, the Bolshevik revolution, the Nazi invasion of Poland, and the USSR's postwar dominance of Eastern Europe. This edition contains a new introduction by the translators, along with maps and a chronology. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 16. .
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674495043
- ISBN
- 9780674495043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.12
€ 41.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. In the 1930s, as the world hurtled towards terrible global conflict, speed was all the rage. It was described by Aldous Huxley as 'the one genuinely modern pleasure', and one of the fastest and most thrilling ways to attain it was through the new sport of bobsledding. This book tells stories of the fastest men on ice. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BGS; WSBB; WSBX; WSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857502650
- ISBN
- 9780857502650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. At the age of sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and became a miner - one of the last recruits into a dying world. Every day he would descend 3,000 feet into Grimethorpe pit. But at weekends Andy escaped from the pithead to a very different world - testing his nerve on the cliffs and mountains around Britain. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472667
- ISBN
- 9780099472667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857210258
- ISBN
- 9780857210258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.11
€ 17.11
Paperback. From fearsome striker to the most respected football commentator in the country, this is the story of a footballing legend Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 166. A good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KLJ0020039
- ISBN
- 9780330431996
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley - known to locals as Denali, 'The High One' - one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. This book reveals the full story of this expedition. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Corgi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171298
- ISBN
- 9780552171298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.12
€ 21.99
€ 19.12
Paperback. The preeminent altoist associated with the "cool" school of jazz, Lee Konitz was one of the few saxophonists of his generation to forge a unique sound independent of the influence of Charlie Parker. Based on numerous interviews, this book offers a look at the story of Lee Konitz's life and music. Series: Jazz Perspectives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 musical examples, 8 pages photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472032174
- ISBN
- 9780472032174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.27
€ 40.27