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"Fair Game"My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal By the White House
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The former CIA operations officer who was outed by the Bush administration tells her astonishing story for the first time. Hardback, 432 pages. Size: 234 x 153 mm. Weight: 634g.
Author: Wilson, Valerie Plame
ISBN: 1847372333
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) True Stories
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"Blue Sky July"A True Tale of Love, Light and 'Impossible Odds'
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Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 196 x 128 mm. Weight: 192g.
Author: Wyn, Nia
ISBN: 1854114549
Publisher: Poetry Wales Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General True Stories
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"Women and Children Last"The Burning of the Emigrant Ship Cospatrick
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A sea voyage in the nineteenth century was not for the faint-hearted. The hazards were many and accidents commonplace. This book, based on research carried out in Britain, New Zealand and Australia, relates the story of the Cospatrick and the nightmare survival of only three people, and also looks at the larger picture of safety at sea. With b&w illus. Paperback, 174 pages. Size: 240 x 170 mm. Weight: 481g.
Author: Clark, Charles
ISBN: 1877372145
Publisher: Otago University Press
Date: 2006 (New Zealand)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) True Stories: Discovery / Historical / Scientific
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"The Book Nobody Read"Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
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Part biography of a book and a man, part bibliographic and bibliophilic quest, this book is a captivating piece of writing, a testament to the power both of books and the love of books. Logging thousands of hours and thousands of miles, the author uncovers a treasure trove of material on the life of a book and the evolution of an idea. With illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 229g.
Author: Gingerich, Owen
ISBN: 0099476444
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
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"The Book Nobody Read"In Pursuit of the Revolutions of Nicholas Copernicus
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Part biography, part bibliographic quest, this is the story of the author's obsession with the book On the Revolutions by Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus altered the composition of the cosmos by placing the sun, and not the earth at the centre of the universe. With illustrations. Hardback, 360 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 446g.
Author: Gingerich, Owen
ISBN: 0434013153
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) True Stories: Discovery / Historical / Scientific
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"The Rattlesnake"A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea
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HMS Rattlesnake, an aging British warship, was commissioned in 1846 to survey Australia's Great Barrier Reef and to produce the first detailed chart of the New Guinea coast. At stake was the pre-eminence of British sea power - and the ambitions of those on board. This book presents the story of a great voyage of exploration. With illustrations (some col.), maps. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 282g.
Author: Goodman, Jordan
ISBN: 0571210783
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
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"Rough Passage"The Adventure of the Faeroe Islands
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With 8 b&w photographs, 8 colour photographs, maps. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Graham, R.D. Graham, Helen
ISBN: 0954706242
Publisher: Seafarer Books
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
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"Compass"A Story of Exploration and Innovation
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The fascinating and disaster-strewn history of the search to perfect the essential navigational device. With illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 203 x 168 mm. Weight: 275g.
Author: Gurney, Alan
ISBN: 0393327132
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
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"The Devil and Maria D'Avalos"
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An extraordinary true story of overheated love, desire, frenzied madness and flagellation in 16th century Naples, The Devil and Maria D'Avalos tells the story of the mysterious Maria, reputedly one of the most beautiful women of her time, and the violent death she came to at the hands of her third husband. Paperback, 344 pages. Size: 229 x 153 mm. Weight: 447g.
Author: Hammond, Victoria
ISBN: 1741146852
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Date: 2007 (Australia)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) True Stories: Discovery / Historical / Scientific
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"Hidden Dublin"Deadbeats, Dossers and Decent Skins
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Criminal incidents, accidents, whippings, beatings, jail escapes and hangings were all part of Dublin's 'brilliant parade' in the 18th and 19th century, including actors, clergymen, scientists, politicians and rogues and rascals of every hue. This title describes the poverty, street beggars and workhouses that were all a feature of Dublin life. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 215 x 135 mm. Weight: 269g.
Author: Hopkins, Frank
ISBN: 1856355918
Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd
Date: 2008 (Ireland)
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"A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador"
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Features an introduction that situates the author's writing in the context of her life and times. In 1903 her husband, Leonidas, starved to death on his expedition to Labrador. Determined to complete her husband's work, she set out in July 1905 with the help of George Elson, a Metis guide from the original trip, and three others. With b&w photographs. New ed. Paperback, 324 pages. Size: 235 x 162 mm. Weight: 617g.
Author: Hubbard, Mina Benson (Grace, Sherrill E., ed.)
ISBN: 0773527400
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Date: 2008 (Canada)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) True Stories: Discovery / Historical / Scientific
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"The Wreck of the Batavia"
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In 1629, the ship Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company, was wrecked on the edge of a coral archipelago, some fifty miles from the Australian continent. The tragedy of the Batavia seized the European imagination even more than the sinking of the Titanic would do in the twentieth century. With black & white maps & integrated images. Hardback, 128 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 300g.
Author: Leys, Simon
ISBN: 1843545810
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
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"A Slow Death"83 Days of Radiation Sickness
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83 Days of Radiation Sickness. With the current renewed interest in nuclear energy, this candid account of an irradiated victim's suffering is a sobering reminder of its dangers and man's relative ingnorance in harnessing the power of the atom. Hardback, 160 pages. Size: 215 x 140 mm. Weight: 316g.
Author: Nhk Tv Crew
ISBN: 1934287407
Publisher: Vertical Inc.
Date: 2008 (United States)
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"The Lost Ark of the Covenant"The Remarkable Quest for the Legendary Ark
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Professor Tudor Parfitt, a real-life British Indiana Jones, has made the biggest discovery of the last 3,000 years -- the secret location of the fabled Ark of the Covenant. In 2006, he made an incredible journey to its final resting place and in February 2008 he will reveal this to the world. This is the amazing story of his quest. With (2x8pp colour plates). Hardback, 400 pages. Size: 240 x 159 mm. Weight: 506g.
Author: Parfitt, Tudor
ISBN: 0007262663
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
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"Haunted Liverpool Anthology"A Selection From Haunted Liverpool 1 to Haunted Liverpool 12
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Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 320g.
Author: Slemen, Thomas
ISBN: 1904438415
Publisher: The Bluecoat Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) True Stories: Discovery / Historical / Scientific
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