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Biography
Paperback. Edward of Caernarfon is best known for his disastrous military defeat in 1314 at Bannockburn. This work examines Edward II's eventful life and the more salient periods of his reign, situating the monarch in the context of the "empire" he inherited and the aftermath of his unregretted death. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Number of pages
- 624
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773531574
- ISBN
- 9780773531574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.45
€ 44.45
These memoirs cover all these facets of his remarkable career, as well as his law practice, his work on various commissions of inquiry, and his reflections on family, sport, and art. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 640 pages, 56. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648302
- ISBN
- 9781442648302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.47
€ 63.47
Hardcover. Unintimidated by Old World sophistication or travel to undeveloped parts of the globe, Mark Twain spent a surprising amount of time outside the continental United States. Roy Morris, Jr. focuses on the dozen years he lived overseas and the books he wrote encouraging middle-class Americans to follow him around the world, at the dawn of mass tourism. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416697
- ISBN
- 9780674416697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Hardcover. This is the story of a man, a team, and their life and times, as well as a complete record of all their achievements and failures. It logs the financial and personal cost of racing in the prewar and postwar periods. It tells of how the mighty car company Renault became involved with them in the late 1950s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 410. BIC Classification: BGS; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 258 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1382.
- Publisher
- Veloce Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845843175
- ISBN
- 9781845843175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.32€ 44.47
€ 64.32
€ 44.47
Hardcover. The life story of one of Wall Street's greatest legends. Ninety-three year old Roy Neuberger started trading just seven months before the 1929 crash, where he made a killing. He's never had a losing year and still trades every day while at the helm of his revered money management firm, Neuberger and Berman. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BGBA; KFFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471171867
- ISBN
- 9780471171867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 261 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; CBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557289889
- ISBN
- 9781557289889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.65
€ 40.99
€ 34.65
Paperback. Colin Turnbull made a name for himself with "The Forest People", his study of African Pygmies. His second book ignited a swirl of controversy within anthropology and tainted his reputation. This biography charts the rise and fall of Colin Turnbull, from his Scottish family to his travels in Africa. Num Pages: 360 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; BG; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309040
- ISBN
- 9780226309040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.59
€ 42.59
Hardback. Never Too Late is one man's views of the pleasures and potentials of old age based on a long life of adventure as a correspondent for the world's leading magazines-and the lessons learned along the way from diverse groups of people, from the world's most powerful leaders to some of the world's most hapless individuals. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VFJG; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 25.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762763764
- ISBN
- 9780762763764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.94
€ 19.99
€ 16.94
Paperback. Roy Shaw is the ultimate hardman. He has cult status and commands a respect that few, even in the violent world he moves in, can equal. To him, violence is simply an accepted part of his profession. He doesn't exaggerate it, he can't excuse it and he refuses to apologize for it. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194. 224 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. Roy Shaw is the ultimate hardman. He has cult status and commands a respect that few, even in the violent world he moves in, can equal. To him, violence is simply an accepted part of his profession. He doesn't exaggerate it, he can't excuse it and he refuses to apologize for it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight: 196.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857825510
- ISBN
- 9781857825510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Hardcover. For nearly half a century, Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. In this book, richly illustrated with drawings, letters, photographs and other archival material, he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins and the roots of his life-long passion for the culture and history of England. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242825
- ISBN
- 9781851242825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Paperback. Reveals the horrific tale as seen through the eyes of the killer, Denis Radar, his victims, the investigators, and the reporters who covered it all. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 22. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harper
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780061373954
- ISBN
- 9780061373954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.01
€ 10.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 half tone. BIC Classification: BG; HRQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902636283
- ISBN
- 9781902636283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.16
€ 16.99
€ 15.16
hardcover. One thing the author hardly ever wrote or talked about was his private life, especially the time he shared with his first wife, Carol. She was the love of his life. His public tribute to Carol was a heart-wrenching column written on what would have been her forty-fifth birthday, "November Farewell." This book tells their story. Num Pages: 254 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226730783
- ISBN
- 9780226730783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.10
€ 35.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tomahawk Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956683472
- ISBN
- 9780956683472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.89
€ 18.99
€ 13.89
Paperback. Now in paperback, the #1 New York Times bestselling award-winning graphic memoir by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast about her parents final years." Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: BM; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632861016
- ISBN
- 9781632861016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.06
€ 21.99
€ 16.06
paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; BGA; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- NB Publishers South Africa
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780795701238
- ISBN
- 9780795701238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.94
€ 18.99
€ 16.94
Paperback. A 'gripping, succinct and lethal' (Matthew Parris, THE TIMES) reappraisal of the life of Benjamin Disraeli, the most celebrated and colourful politician of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828328
- ISBN
- 9780753828328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Mike: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume Three: 195...
Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson
Paperback. This volume of Mike covers Pearson's election as leader of the Liberal Party, his years in opposition to the Diefenbaker government, and his achievements as prime minister. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615663
- ISBN
- 9781442615663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.75
€ 48.75
Paperback. Mike captures Pearson's intellect, his sense of humour, and his humanity, offering a charming look at the youth of a great statesman. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615649
- ISBN
- 9781442615649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
Hardback. 8vo. Very good copy.. First edition. . Irish Politics and Politicans.. 20th Century Ireland.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0310295
- ISBN
- 9780340832967
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Part of the 16Lives series, this biography examines the life of Patrick Pearse, a major figure in the 1916 Rising. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130. .
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847172624
- ISBN
- 9781847172624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 339 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Lawrence Hill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569765678
- ISBN
- 9781569765678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.88
€ 19.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. Autobiography of champion jockey and much-loved sports personality Ruby Walsh. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409121121
- ISBN
- 9781409121121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. From ancient times to the present day, Iranian social, political, and economic life has been dramatically influenced by psychoactive agents. This book looks at the stimulants that, as put by a longtime resident of seventeenth-century Iran, Raphael du Mans, provided Iranians with damagh, gave them a 'kick', got them into a good mood. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. 6 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: BGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144443
- ISBN
- 9780691144443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07