Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Previously published in paperback as October Sky. Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BGT; TBX; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008166083
- ISBN
- 9780008166083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
€ 16.99
€ 12.62
Paperback. Letters of the Dragon: Correspondence, 1958-1973 is a fascinating glimpse of the private Bruce Lee behind the public image. BIC Classification: BJ; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804847094
- ISBN
- 9780804847094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. A fantastic collection of stories from the dynamic 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 105 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JWG; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384224
- ISBN
- 9781909384224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.63
€ 38.99
€ 27.63
Hardback. A humorous, motivational memoir in the vein of Tyler Oakley's Binge and Marcus Butler's Hello Life, from high-energy comedic social media phenomenon Jake Paul. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AP; BM; JFCA; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471161513
- ISBN
- 9781471161513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.16
€ 9.16
Paperback. In March 1985, Mal Duff led a new expedition to conquer Everest by the unclimbed north-east ridge. The last attempt by a Chris Bonington team had ended in failure and tragedy - with the deaths of two great climbers, Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPN; BTP; WSZG; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953762
- ISBN
- 9781841953762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.48
€ 21.99
€ 15.48
Hardcover. Brum Henderson. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Appletree Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KAK0008969
- ISBN
- 9780862818647
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500. 720 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ; BM. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 48. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408822937
- ISBN
- 9781408822937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.18
€ 18.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Describes the author's shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love affairs and marriages, his nervous breakdown and the beginning of a relationship with an extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought Her. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099537854
- ISBN
- 9780099537854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Tells of the author's midlife return to the world of exercise, play, and competition, in which he found "a world beyond sweat" that proved to be a source of great revelation and personal growth. This book provides an outline for a lifetime program of fitness and joy, showing how the body helps determine our mental and spiritual energies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Rodale Press Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623362539
- ISBN
- 9781623362539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.76
€ 16.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. Shortly before his 44th birthday, John Diamond received a call from the doctor who had removed a lump from his neck. Having been assured for the previous 2 years that this was a benign cyst, Diamond was told that it was cancerous. This is the story of Diamond's life with, and without, a lump. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Vermilion London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091816650
- ISBN
- 9780091816650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.21
€ 20.99
€ 16.21
Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: with a postscript by Mr. Shaw. 408 p. 23 cm. Publishers cloth. Good copy with generally clean black cloth but slight rub wear to surface, bright gilt title on the spine, well defined edges and tight binding, light foxing to title page, very minor shelf wear to spine bands." Keywords: "Shaw, Bernard,"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Gollancz London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1931
- SKU
- KEX0069731
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Bestselling author and BBC reporter Kate Adie writes vividly, inspiringly and from many fascinating perspectives about what it means to be an abandoned child. Num Pages: 336 pages, up 20 120 colour and b/w. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340838013
- ISBN
- 9780340838013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099568827
- ISBN
- 9780099568827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Criminologist Jane Carter Woodrow has spent many years working with both offenders and victims of violent crime, but it wasn't until she met Neil, whose mother was one of the Yorkshire Ripper's first victims, that she realised quite how devastating the aftermath of a murder can be.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340992456
- ISBN
- 9780340992456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.95
€ 16.99
€ 12.95
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
€ 21.99€ 16.21
€ 21.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Old Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRA0009107
- ISBN
- 9781905847211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555977054
- ISBN
- 9781555977054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.30
€ 16.30
Paperback. A trainee nurse in the 1950s had a lot to bear. This title introduces these warm-hearted yet naive young girls as they get to grips with strict discipline, long hours and bodily fluids. It shows the camaraderie that develops in evening study sessions, sneaked trips to the cinema and mischievous escapades with the young trainee doctors. Num Pages: 352 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJPG; BM; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091937959
- ISBN
- 9780091937959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1D; AJB; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375753961
- ISBN
- 9780375753961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.27
€ 19.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. 'Rocket' Ron Haslam started racing on the professional circuit in 1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. His son, Leon, the 'Pocket Rocket', followed in his father's extremely speedy footsteps. This title presents the story of a father and a son who are addicted to motorbikes. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553819366
- ISBN
- 9780553819366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.48
€ 19.99
€ 14.48