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Biography
Hardcover. Al-Khalil was distinguished in his own time as a lexicographer, phonologist, grammarian, educator and musicologist. This is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the contributions to Arabic intellectual history of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, (d AH 175/AD 791). Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BG; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406630
- ISBN
- 9780878406630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.71
€ 47.71
Paperback. InWomen: Models of Liberation, Marie Anne Mayeski presents women of spirit, intelligence and accomplishment from the Christian heritage. With this anthology of selected writings of well-known women, Mayeski recaptures the importance and relevance of these Christian heroines. Editor(s): Mayeski, Marie Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556120862
- ISBN
- 9781556120862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.76
€ 28.76
Paperback. When Chabani Manganyi published the first edition of selected letters twenty-five years ago as a companion volume to "Exiles and Homecomings: A Biography of Es'kia Mphahlele", the idea of Mphahlele's death was remote and poetic. That death has now come and we mourn it. This volume offers an account of Mphahlele's rich and varied life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144891
- ISBN
- 9781868144891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.23
€ 48.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Parr, Alison. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JJH; BTM; HBTD; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869403652
- ISBN
- 9781869403652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.08
€ 35.08
Paperback. On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, friends and colleagues of Michael Novak assembled at Ave Maria University for a conference honouring his life's work. The essays in this collection are the fruits of that event, and together they demonstrate the unity of Novak's career. Editor(s): Shaw, Elizabeth C. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: B; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932589719
- ISBN
- 9781932589719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.91
€ 42.91
Paperback. Seven of the 20th century's greatest thinkers describe how they arrived at the ideas for which they are now known. The seven great thinkers are: A.J. Ayer, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Bertrand Russell, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Editor(s): Steele, David Ramsay; Mommer, Kerri. Num Pages: 464 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695045
- ISBN
- 9780812695045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.70
€ 24.70
Paperback. Comrade Jack sketches the life of the late Jack Simons, an intellectual, distinguished academic, Marxist and archetypal revolutionary. The title is a social commentary that details the ideologies of this hero of the liberation struggle in South Africa. Editor(s): Sparg, Marion; Schreiner, Jenny. Num Pages: 257 pages, 31 photographs, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HB; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Real African Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919855028
- ISBN
- 9781919855028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.10
€ 20.99
€ 19.10
mass_market. As the government of South Vietnam was collapsing and communist troops were closing in, American diplomat Francis Terry McNamara led more than 300 Americans, Vietnamese, and Filipinos down a tributary of the Mekong River to safety. This is his dramatic true account of leadership, courage, and commitment. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886931
- ISBN
- 9781574886931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.32
€ 19.32
Paperback. From 1964 till his retirement in 1993, Harry Wardlaw was professor first of systematic then of philosophical theology at the Ormond College Theological Hall in Melbourne. This collection of articles, by appreciative friends, former students and colleagues both in Australia and overseas, is presented to Harry on his 77th birthday. Editor(s): Weeks, Ian; Reid, Duncan. Num Pages: 405 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- ATF Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920691653
- ISBN
- 9781920691653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.98
€ 35.99
€ 25.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Fleming, Lee. Num Pages: 244 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559480
- ISBN
- 9781875559480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Hardback. When newly elected Virginia governor Linwood Holton escorted his children into an integrated Richmond public school in 1970, he delivered the coup-de-grace to the Byrd machine. This memoir offers a behind-the-scenes account of his private and public life at a critical juncture in the political history of Virginia and the nation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927206
- ISBN
- 9780813927206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.49
€ 31.99
€ 27.49
Hardcover. The memoir of Roi Ottley, an African American soldier in World War II. Editor(s): Huddle, Mark A. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617692
- ISBN
- 9780700617692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
Paperback. This personal account of the American Civil War by General Edward Porter Alexander, provides an assessment of people and events. Alexander was involved in nearly all of the great battles of the East and had frequent contact with the high command of the Army of Northern Virginia. Num Pages: 692 pages, 75 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847220
- ISBN
- 9780807847220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.73
€ 37.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. Moving testaments to the struggle for freedom. Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 halftones, 1 map, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856581
- ISBN
- 9780807856581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.44
€ 45.44
Paperback. Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume I: Volume I Editor(s): Barbour, Philip L. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807896136
- ISBN
- 9780807896136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.69
€ 73.69
Paperback. Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume II: Volume II Editor(s): Barbour, Philip L. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807899106
- ISBN
- 9780807899106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.44
€ 73.44
Paperback. Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume III: Volume III Editor(s): Barbour, Philip L. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807899113
- ISBN
- 9780807899113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. Brings together contributors to examine the responses of various segments of American and European society to the Harpers Ferry Raid and John Brown's execution. The incidents were widely publicised, and their meanings were hotly debated. The debates contributed to Northern antipathy to slavery. Editor(s): Finkelman, Paul. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915371
- ISBN
- 9780813915371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.16
€ 45.16
Hardcover. Sarah Emily Davies (1830-1921) lived and crusaded during a time of profound change for education and women's rights in England. Much of the social change that Davies witnessed was discussed, encouraged and elicited through her personal correspondence. Her letters are collected here. Editor(s): Murphy, Ann B. (Associate Professor of English, Assumption College, USA); Raftery, Deirdre (Lecturer in Education, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland). Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922324
- ISBN
- 9780813922324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.49
€ 132.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lackey, Professor Michael. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934860
- ISBN
- 9780813934860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.80
€ 46.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Leche, Christine Dumaine. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMG; BTM; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936611
- ISBN
- 9780813936611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.31
€ 17.99
€ 15.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 315 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826327833
- ISBN
- 9780826327833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.13
€ 23.13
Based on a series of interviews conducted by Mesoamericanists, this work is the biography of Mexico's award-winning archaeologist, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. It demonstrates Eduardo's determination to recover Mexico's cultural past. Num Pages: 196 pages, 53 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BG; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826338310
- ISBN
- 9780826338310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.45
€ 46.45
Paperback. Radicalized in a brutal era of repeated violence against hard-working men and women, Mother Jones criss-crossed the country to demand higher wages and safer working conditions. This work recounts her story explaining the dramatic times through which she lived and to which she contributed so much. Series: Women's Biography Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826348104
- ISBN
- 9780826348104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.97
€ 23.99
€ 20.97