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Biography

Paperback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487583
ISBN
9780801487583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Stott, Richard B. Series: Documents in American Social History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499616
ISBN
9780801499616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.83

Hardback. In March 1881, he moved to the Edison Electric Light Company's headquarters on Fifth Avenue and began the hard work of introducing the new electric light and power technology. Editor(s): Israel, Paul B. Series: The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. Num Pages: 1152 pages, 398, 15 black & white illustrations, 383 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; TBY; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 55. Weight in Grams: 2270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801831041
ISBN
9780801831041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.22
€ 94.37

Paperback. , and his flight from the State Inquisitor's prison-each in its own way a feat of singular dash and daring. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 728 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856631
ISBN
9780801856631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.45

Paperback. Exiled from Venice, he goes to Munich and Paris, where he establishes himself as a cabalist, makes a fortune in Holland, helps start the French State Lottery, goes on to Switzerland where he meets Voltaire. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 688 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856648
ISBN
9780801856648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.40

Paperback. In Rome he charms the Pope; in Naples, he nearly marries a young woman as licentious as he is himself, but she turns out to be his daughter. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856655
ISBN
9780801856655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.00

Paperback. Though beginning to age, and ruing it, Casanova still manages to exert a powerful attraction on women. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 856 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 129 x 52. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
856
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856662
ISBN
9780801856662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.40

Paperback. This double volume is the final part of Venetian Casanova's memoirs, translated from the French between 1966 and 1971. His rich and varied life is recalled in an unabridged work which also includes notes on the social, biographical and geographical background of its genesis. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 858 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
864
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856679
ISBN
9780801856679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.00

Hardback. Romano's detailed portrayal reveals a fascinating figure who embodied the untidy nature of the Victorian age's shift from an intellectual system rooted in religion to one based on science. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 9 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801868979
ISBN
9780801868979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.98

Hardback. For historians of science, social science, and technology, and for scholars of twentieth-century American intellectual and cultural history, this account of Herbert Simon's life and work provides a rich and valuable perspective. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5, 1 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; JF; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801880254
ISBN
9780801880254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.07
€ 53.83

Paperback. Now, exploring the psychological narrative implicit in that mass of documents, Parker recreates episode after episode that will prove stunningly new, even to Melvilleans. Num Pages: 998 pages, 40, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 248 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881855
ISBN
9780801881855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.53

Paperback. The concluding volume of Herman Melville: A Biography confirms Hershel Parker's position as the world's leading Melville scholar, demonstrating his unrivaled biographical, literary, and historical imagination and providing a rich new portrait of a great-and profoundly American-artist. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 63, 63 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881862
ISBN
9780801881862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.48

Paperback. At once a sweeping view of two continents, three faiths, and five nation-states and an intimate story of one man's remarkable life, A Man of Three Worlds is history at its most compelling. Translator(s): Beagles, Martin. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886232
ISBN
9780801886232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.66

Hardback. The first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890017
ISBN
9780801890017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and professionals in preservation, conservation, recreation, planning, and American studies, as well as general readers interested in these subjects. Num Pages: 468 pages, 56, 26 maps, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890949
ISBN
9780801890949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.17

Hardback. Revisiting the story of the South's "most perfect scalawag," Ginsberg contributes to a broader understanding of the essential role southern Jews played during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894640
ISBN
9780801894640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.19
€ 48.63

Hardback. Taking issue with history's harsh treatment of a woman who ruled under difficult circumstances, Adams convincingly recasts Isabeau as a respected and competent queen. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896255
ISBN
9780801896255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.35
€ 52.26

Hardback. Few books explore in such a comprehensive fashion the political, economic, ideological, diplomatic, and technological dimensions of this defining moment in world history. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897696
ISBN
9780801897696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.14

Paperback. It was at Wounded Knee, that Vietnam vet Woody Kipp realized that he, as an American Indian, had become the enemy, the Viet Cong, to a country that he had defended with his life. This memoir tells the story of the long trail that led Kipp from the Blackfeet Reservation of his birth to a terrible moment of reckoning on the plains of South Dakota. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3633 x 10. Weight in Grams: 205.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803216419
ISBN
9780803216419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Series: American Lives. 168 pages, 2 illustrations. Blending narrative and quizzes, memory and numerology, and imagined interviews and conversations with dead presidents on TV, the book dizzily documents the disorienting experience of growing up in a postmodern world. It shows how the major events in the author's early life shaped the way he sees events both global and personal today. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; BM. Dimension: 214 x 144 x 10. Weight: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803229822
ISBN
9780803229822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232679
ISBN
9780803232679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. Reveals both the William F. Cody of personal history and the Buffalo Bill of American mythology - and, finally, the curious reality that partakes of both Editor(s): Christianson, Frank. Series: The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Num Pages: 584 pages, 114 illustrations, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232914
ISBN
9780803232914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234925
ISBN
9780803234925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.12

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

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