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Biography
Paperback. Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies. This book traces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature and his post-Nobel life. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458 524pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571242535
- ISBN
- 9780571242535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.29
€ 19.99
€ 13.29
Hardback. From the renowned chronicler of law-and-order in Gilded Age New York City, the sensational grave robbery of A. T. Stewart, "The Merchant Prince of Manhattan," one of the wealthiest men in American history Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762778126
- ISBN
- 9780762778126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.24
€ 26.99
€ 21.24
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237698
- ISBN
- 9780803237698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.92
€ 38.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. Horrific, horrendous, unspeakable, the Whitechapel murderer, Jack the Ripper, stalked the streets of East London in 1888, slaughtering prostitutes and bewildering the police who were hunting him. This book looks at the evidence left by the murderer. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840220773
- ISBN
- 9781840220773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.24
€ 7.24
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770410718
- ISBN
- 9781770410718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.03
€ 20.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. The meteoric rise of "Killer Diller" Barry Diller has been a major player in the entertainment industry for more than thirty years. Always on the cutting edge, he revolutionized television with such groundbreaking concepts as the movie-of-the-week and the miniseries. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTC; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471299486
- ISBN
- 9780471299486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.26
€ 27.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BG; HRQM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Skoob Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871438420
- ISBN
- 9781871438420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.43
€ 9.99
€ 8.43
Paperback. The inside story of how Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary launched the psychedelic revolution together. Num Pages: 312 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BG; JFSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865358
- ISBN
- 9780872865358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.43
€ 17.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. Perhaps the most important writer to emerge from the death camps, Primo Levi spent sixty-five of his sixty-seven years in Turin, Italy, where he worked as a chemist by day and wrote at night in a study that had been his childhood bedroom. This biography illuminates the design of Levi's interior life. Num Pages: 924 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 924
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571276820
- ISBN
- 9780571276820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.42
€ 39.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593766153
- ISBN
- 9781593766153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.46
€ 16.99
€ 15.46
Paperback. A memoir with a message, this book shares the angst of a boy growing up without a father and how he found his way. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRCV; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444701319
- ISBN
- 9781444701319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Mixed media pr. Tom Talbert is a composer, arranger, bandleader and pianist. He has been a important influence on the jazz scene since the 1940s, when he formed his own band in Los Angeles. Later he moved to New York where he composed for Buddy Rich, Charlie Burnet and other giants of American jazz. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810848122
- ISBN
- 9780810848122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.26
€ 93.26
Hardcover. A collection of lessons and personal anecdotes that have shaped four star-general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell's legendary career in public service. It focuses on Powell's "13 Rules", notes he accumulated on his desk that are the basis for his leadership presentations throughout the world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062135124
- ISBN
- 9780062135124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.58
€ 31.99
€ 25.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGB; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781552663240
- ISBN
- 9781552663240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.71
€ 24.99
€ 21.71
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893132
- ISBN
- 9780718893132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00
Paperback. Appointed editor of "The Lady" - the oldest women's weekly in the world - the author faced the challenge of a lifetime. For a start, how do you become an editor when you've never, well, edited? In this title, the author shows how she takes on the challenge of saving "The Lady", Britain's oldest women's weekly. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fig Tree
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718192327
- ISBN
- 9780718192327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.02
€ 21.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. * First general biography in UK for twenty years of one of the defining writers of the 20th century - Franz Kafka. Num Pages: 448 pages, Integrated: 16, int b/w. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Time Warner Books Uk
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349115931
- ISBN
- 9780349115931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061710230
- ISBN
- 9780061710230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.59
€ 16.99
€ 14.59
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312112134
- ISBN
- 9780312112134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.41
€ 41.41
Hardback. Translator(s): De Jager, Marjolijn. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJG; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896803077
- ISBN
- 9780896803077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.42
€ 79.42
hardcover. Alanson B Houghton was an American industrialist, politician, and diplomat. He was the world's most influential diplomat during the New Era of the 1920s. This text provides an account of Houghton's diplomatic experience and consequently a fresh assessment of US foreign policy during a pivotal decade in world history. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780842050500
- ISBN
- 9780842050500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.86
€ 160.86
paperback. Presents the stories of 48 American and Asian witnesses who participated in the Vietnam War, including POW Dan Pitzer learning of the American build-up from his bamboo cage; Vietnam operative, Nguyen Tuong Lai describing a terrorist run into Saigon; and, Cambodian teacher Kassie Neou charming his executioners with fairy tales learned from the BBC. Series: Vietnam War Era Classics Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213044
- ISBN
- 9780253213044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Lyn Madden worked as a prostitute for 20 years. This is her story of life 'on the game' in Dublin. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0001419
- ISBN
- 9780946211456
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BM; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762788194
- ISBN
- 9780762788194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.42
€ 17.99
€ 15.42