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Paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Some light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2232752
- ISBN
- 9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Translator(s): Malsbary, Gerald. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- St Bede's Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781879007482
- ISBN
- 9781879007482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.07
€ 21.99
€ 21.07
Hardback. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Sandy Koufax was one of the most talented pitchers in US baseball, wowing fans as a hard-throwing left-hander. This biography includes interviews with childhood friends, Brooklyn Dodger teammates, opponents and journalists of the period. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGR; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878331574
- ISBN
- 9780878331574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.45
€ 26.99
€ 24.45
Hardback. In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana s determination to keep that vow." Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674088191
- ISBN
- 9780674088191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.37
€ 46.99
€ 38.37
Paperback. Everybody in the unlicensed fight game knows that only one man has the honour of being titled 'Guv'nor' - and that man is Lew 'Wild Thing' Yates. This book documents how Yates rose to the top of his bloody profession. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845963521
- ISBN
- 9781845963521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.26
€ 20.99
€ 16.26
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807033807
- ISBN
- 9780807033807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.02
€ 16.99
€ 15.02
Hardcover. The internment diary of Austrian composer Hans Gal (1890-1987) with a biographical study of his life and career. Includes a CD of first recordings of three of his works from the period. Translator(s): Fox, Anthony; Fox-Gal, Eva. Num Pages: 244 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Toccata Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907689751
- ISBN
- 9780907689751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.49
€ 38.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; JFCV; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759953
- ISBN
- 9781894759953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.75
€ 22.75
Paperback. Provides up-to-date assessment of one of the key figures in modern European history. Includes new chapters on Bismarck and militarism, and on Bismarck as chancellor. Substantially expanded throughout to take account of recent historiography. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203278
- ISBN
- 9780631203278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.99
€ 44.99
€ 42.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Day, Francis Martin; et al. Num Pages: 382 pages, Illustrations, facsims., 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ronsdale Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780921870616
- ISBN
- 9780921870616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.95
€ 21.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. * Film star Ewan McGregor travels around the world by motorcycle with his best friend, actor Charley Boorman - a unique and fascinating travel/adventure book Num Pages: 400 pages, Section: 32, colour + b/w int. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751536805
- ISBN
- 9780751536805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Num Pages: 245 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Titletown Publishing, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982000991
- ISBN
- 9780982000991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.02
€ 27.99
€ 25.02
Hardback. Series: Bunin. Num Pages: 347 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630832
- ISBN
- 9781566630832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.34
€ 46.34
Paperback. Geoffrey Bennington sets out here to write an account of the thought of Jacques Derrida. Responding to Bennington's text at every turn is Derrida's own, excerpts from his life and thought that resist circumscription. These texts, as a dialogue and a contest, are a critical introduction to Derrida. Translator(s): Bennington, Geoffrey. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 428 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; CFA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042626
- ISBN
- 9780226042626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.98
€ 42.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. Alongside Nelson Mandela, his comrade in the struggle, Denis Goldberg is one of those sentenced to four life sentences at the Rivonia Trial. He then spent twenty--two years (from 1963-1985) in an Apartheid South Africa political prison. Num Pages: 428 pages, full colour & black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- STE Publishers South Africa
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920222437
- ISBN
- 9781920222437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.81
€ 20.99
€ 18.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: BM; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Anchor Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385671453
- ISBN
- 9780385671453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.38
€ 18.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. A wonderfully romantic memoir from a young shepherdess. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; BM; WND; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780751547399
- ISBN
- 9780751547399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.15
€ 11.99
€ 9.15
In The Man Who Had Been King, Patricia Tyson Stroud provides a rich account of the life of Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte in the United States, detailing how his palatial estate, gardens, and art collection made him a key figure in the importation of European taste to America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 color, 48 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238723
- ISBN
- 9780812238723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
hardcover. The definitive biography of "The Father of Electric Traction" Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 336 pages, 111 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 185 x 28. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253353832
- ISBN
- 9780253353832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.26
€ 49.26
Paperback. Winner of the Autism Society of America's Literary Achievement Award, this book provides insight into the world of autism. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Future Horizons
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885477118
- ISBN
- 9781885477118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.02
€ 20.99
€ 19.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566636636
- ISBN
- 9781566636636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.76
€ 29.99
€ 26.76
Hardcover. "Reprint of the 1888 ed. Bibliography, by J. P. Anderson: p. [i]-[xxiv]. 214, xxiii, [1] p. 20 cm. Original cloth. A good clean copy. Firm binding."
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Kennikat Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0041027
- ISBN
- 9780804615709
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Biography of, at the time, the undisputed best player in Great Britain Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780752434605
- ISBN
- 9780752434605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.37
€ 18.37
Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141187921
- ISBN
- 9780141187921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.93
€ 13.99
€ 9.93