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Biography
Paperback. Set in Kenya during 1996, this engaging novel tells the story of Griff, who takes a job teaching at a small, struggling school in Nairobi. But how does a naive and privileged mzungu fit in? Throughout his tale, he will endure El Nino floods, bulldozed slums, street justice, and widespread corruption, all while trying to figure out his place. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762330
- ISBN
- 9781905762330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
hardcover. Murder is an effective way to gain power over others. Kill its leaders, and a country can be yours. Kill the people or ruthlessly intimidate them, and you can control their territory. Kill the journalists-or the story-and the truth of what is happening can be buried. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; AJRD; BGBA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971249
- ISBN
- 9781597971249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.33
€ 27.99
€ 26.33
Hardcover. This set of three volumes, written by a famous big game hunter, relates his adventures in India and Africa. Corbett depicts the savage beauty of Kenya's wildlife as well as his encounters with the villages of the Kumaon Hills, and the customs and lifestyles of the people there. Num Pages: 426 pages, line drawings, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1H; BGS; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195629682
- ISBN
- 9780195629682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
€ 14.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. This is the best known of Corbett's books, and contains ten fascinating stories of tracking and shooting man-eaters in the Indian Himalaya during the early years of this century. Series: Oxford India Paperbacks. Num Pages: 228 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGS; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195622553
- ISBN
- 9780195622553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.90
€ 10.99
€ 9.90
Hardback. On 2 January 2013, just a day before Jim Davidson was due to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house, he found himself behind far more serious locked doors when he was arrested by the Yewtree detectives over alleged sex offences. No Further Action pays tribute to those who stood by him and takes a wry look at what life is like under investigation. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: APT; ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784180058
- ISBN
- 9781784180058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.59
€ 25.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Discusses about the author's friendship and working relationship with Aldo Crommelynck, the printer of Matisse and Picasso. This work charts the extent to which his experience of working with a man who was not only a great printer, but also a skilled draughtsman, an aesthete, dandy and bon viveur. Num Pages: 76 pages. BIC Classification: AFH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 375 x 245 x 10. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904634690
- ISBN
- 9781904634690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.03
€ 26.99
€ 23.03
Paperback. Heartwarming real-life stories about giving birth and women's health from a world-leading gynaecologist and obstetrician. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJT; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Pr
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856409097
- ISBN
- 9780856409097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.44
€ 14.44
Paperback. At 8.46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the Twin Towers in New York - reading emails, making calls, eating croissants.. over the next 102 minutes each would become part of a drama for the ages. This title tells the saga of the men and women - the 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished - as they made 102 minutes count. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; BTP; HBJK; HBLX; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099492566
- ISBN
- 9780099492566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926991306
- ISBN
- 9781926991306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.42
€ 20.99
€ 15.42
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550025262
- ISBN
- 9781550025262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.68
€ 15.99
€ 14.68
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Grove Press, Black Cat United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802170132
- ISBN
- 9780802170132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.77
€ 16.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. Jim Harrison traces his upbringing in Michigan amid the austerities of the Depression and the Second World War, and the seemingly greater austerities of his starchy Swedish forebears. He chronicles his coming-of-age, from a boy drunk with books to a young man making his way among fellow writers he deeply admires. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802140302
- ISBN
- 9780802140302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742378411
- ISBN
- 9781742378411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.98
€ 17.99
€ 16.98
Hardback. Known as 'the Girl from Donegal', Bridie Gallagher was Ireland's first truly international pop star. Over a 50-year career she sang at sell-out concerts everywhere from small halls across Ireland to leading venues such as the London Palladium, Royal Albert Hall, the Lincoln Centre in New York and Sydney's Opera House. Num Pages: 271 pages, Colour and b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGN; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848892576
- ISBN
- 9781848892576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
paperback. Jim Lucey has been working with patients suffering from mental health problems for over 25 years. Every day, people at their most vulnerable present to Jim in his room at St Patrick's University Hospital and reveal their fears, their traumas, and very real human predicaments. Most of the assessments described in this book took place in this room Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BT; MMH; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd Dublin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717159512
- ISBN
- 9780717159512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APW; BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742370828
- ISBN
- 9781742370828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.13
€ 25.99
€ 17.13
Paperback. New biography of the great polar explorer reveals a new side to Sir Ernest Shackleton Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QMP; BGH; DSC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930100
- ISBN
- 9781909930100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.22
€ 17.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. Begins when the author announces to his bride of two months that they will build a boat and sail to the South Pacific. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BT; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574090031
- ISBN
- 9781574090031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.11
€ 16.11
Paperback. The most notorious criminals in recent British history, brought together in one book. A darkly fascinating look at the changing face of crime. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445639246
- ISBN
- 9781445639246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.58
€ 23.99
€ 21.58
Paperback. Presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, and world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. This title tells the story of the great man's life from his childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster. Num Pages: 272 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: BGT; FXL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596438279
- ISBN
- 9781596438279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.80
€ 24.99
€ 21.80
Hardback. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BM; KFFH; KJVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164689
- ISBN
- 9780231164689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.22
€ 27.99
€ 26.22
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, plans, index. BIC Classification: BG; WSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494. Good clean copy with a little age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ernest Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039675
- ISBN
- 9780948153280
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Sgt John Basilone is one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart and is arguably the most famous Marine of all time. This biography looks inside the life of Basilone. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 black/white photos, one 8-page b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312611446
- ISBN
- 9780312611446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.18
€ 19.99
€ 19.18
Paperback. Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives. This book tells the true story of life inside America's most notorious prison - from terrifying times in solitary confinement to daily encounters with the Birdman. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784750664
- ISBN
- 9781784750664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.08
€ 16.99
€ 12.08