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Paperback. Both a traveler s tale of a 359-mile canoe trip and an exploration of the dramatic environment of the Upper Midwest s Driftless region, following the streams of geologic and human history." Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 maps, 9 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299302948
ISBN
9780299302948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.89

Hardcover. An American baby boomer's searing memoir of the ordeals of her Polish mother and stepsister as slave laborers in Siberia who escaped and survived, leaving a legacy of trauma to the next generation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299308506
ISBN
9780299308506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.77

Hardcover. A loving mother shares her journey of parenting a gender creative child, from toddler to adult. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFSJ; VFVX; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299310608
ISBN
9780299310608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.89

Hardback. Continues: A Kineano remembers: from the King Ranch to the White House. 2006. Series: Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBJK; JNB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729681
ISBN
9780896729681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.12

Paperback. An educational memoir of John M Swales, a scholar in the subfield of Applied Linguistics known as English for Specific Purposes. It traces his gradual transformation from student to English as a Second Language teacher, to one of the leading international figures in his field. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033584
ISBN
9780472033584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.14

Paperback. Should we celebrate the 'serious' educational, social, and cultural value games, as academics and journalists are beginning to do? Or do these high-minded justifications simply perpetuate the stereotype of games as a lesser form of fun? This book offers an insider's view of online games and how they change us. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033973
ISBN
9780472033973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.06

Hardcover. Offers an account of renowned civil-rights lawyer David Kairys' personal quest for achieving social justice during the turbulent 1960s and 70s. This title brings us into Kairys' law career and the struggles of the 60s as his professional and private life navigated the turmoil and promise of the civil rights and antiwar movements. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJPK; BM; JPVH1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472116386
ISBN
9780472116386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.16

Hardcover. The first biography of the man who created the way we look for airmen downed in combat behind enemy lines Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJH; BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472117529
ISBN
9780472117529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.80

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: BM; HRCV9; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414387130
ISBN
9781414387130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.78

Hardcover. A fast-paced and compulsively readable account of the author's experiences as a Marine Corps officer who led "Rough Rider" truck convoys to and through hot zones in the Vietnam War. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618989
ISBN
9780700618989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.06

Paperback. John Lewis Barkley's memoir provides a rare and vivid ground-level look at World War I through the eyes of a soldier whose exploits rivaled those of Sergeant York and won him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620197
ISBN
9780700620197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.56

Paperback. Looks back to the author's career as a film critic in the glamorous - at least superficially - world of 1950s Hollywood, when he traveled in circles that included the talented British actor George Sanders (1906-1972) and his then-wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was talented at, well, being famous. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810126244
ISBN
9780810126244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.96

Paperback. "First published 2006 by PublicAffairs under the title The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich: A Son's Memoir." Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127951
ISBN
9780810127951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.20

Hardcover. "A reflection on family and poetry"--Jacket. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937458
ISBN
9780813937458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938578
ISBN
9780813938578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816520374
ISBN
9780816520374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816529315
ISBN
9780816529315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.76

Hardback. A collection of memoirs of eleven historians who, born around the time of World War II, helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. Editor(s): Banner, James M., Jr.; Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226036564
ISBN
9780226036564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.73

Hardcover. Under Richard Arrington's leadership, Birmingham rebuilt itself from a foundering, steel-driven industrial center to one of the most diversified metropolitan areas in the Southeast, with an economy fueled by health care, biomedical research, engineering, telecommunications, and banking. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817316235
ISBN
9780817316235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.09

Hardcover. "Heart of Palms "is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; BM; RGBL; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817318185
ISBN
9780817318185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Contains the section of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo's work that recounts his experience in the New World during his service in Panama. This work includes an introduction to Oviedo and provides general information on the political background of Spain and on the Spanish colonial system, the printing history of the text, and more. Editor(s): Dille, G.F. Translator(s): Dille, G.F. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817353391
ISBN
9780817353391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 235 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826219701
ISBN
9780826219701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; BM; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 9525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870712968
ISBN
9780870712968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870715914
ISBN
9780870715914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870716034
ISBN
9780870716034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870716294
ISBN
9780870716294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Paperback. In stories about subjects ranging from training herding dogs, constructing a good well, and neighbors who are careless in their target shooting, essayist Barbara Drake ruminates on rural life Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; BM; WND; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870717604
ISBN
9780870717604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. In 1970, Margaret Grundstein abandoned her graduate degree at Yale and followed her husband, an Indonesian prince and community activist, to a commune in the backwoods of Oregon. Together they began to build their vision of utopia. Naked in the Woods chronicles Grundstein's shift from reluctant hippie to committed utopian. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870718076
ISBN
9780870718076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. Original publication and copyright date: 2009. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874178814
ISBN
9780874178814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. A narrative of extraordinary yearning for belonging and love Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874179682
ISBN
9780874179682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. Violent movements opposing existing political orders erupted throughout nineteenth-century Europe, but nowhere was this revolutionary impulse made more dramatically visible than in Russia. This title presents English translations of the memoirs of five Russia's female revolutionaries. Editor(s): Engel, Barbara Alpern; Rosenthal, Clifford N. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BM; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
2, reprint with new introduction and bibliography
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806907
ISBN
9780875806907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.89

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299190545
ISBN
9780299190545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.80

Paperback. The author was for several years a close friend of O Henry (William Sydney Porter). This title describes the horrors of prison life and also tells how he, O Henry, and their friends managed to cope. Series: Double Mountain Books Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896724808
ISBN
9780896724808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.51

Paperback. On September 27, 1939, after the Nazi invasion, Poland ceased to exist as a nation. Ten-year-old Hanna Davidson's father, Simon, and older brother, Kazik, had been drafted to defend Warsaw. Hanna and her mother, Sofia, found themselves subjected to Hitlers efforts to dehumanize Poland's Jewish population. This title tells their story. Num Pages: 218 pages, 31 B/W photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726277
ISBN
9780896726277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BK; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896728790
ISBN
9780896728790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.19

Paperback. "Thirty essays on land and life in the American West; poetic prose describing the author's experiences as a wife, mother, cook, ranch hand, and writer living the cowboy life"--Provided by publisher. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896728875
ISBN
9780896728875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.99

Paperback. A memoir of home, nature, and change in the American West, Light in the Trees makes cultural and environmental topics personal through a narrator's travels between past and present, rural and urban. Growing up on a mountain foothill in western Washington, Gail Folkins offers a small-town viewpoint of the Pacific Northwest. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BM; RN; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729520
ISBN
9780896729520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.35

Paperback. Jim W Corder will be remembered by students and colleagues at Texas Christian University for his writing, teaching, and original thinking. His numerous publications include "Lost in West Texas" (1988), "Chronicle of a Small Town" (1989), and "Yonder: Life on the Far Side of Change" (1992). Editor(s): Baumlin, James S.; Knickerbocker, Eric. Num Pages: 160 pages, 27 photographs & sketches by the author. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BM; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Moon City Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913785065
ISBN
9780913785065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414380452
ISBN
9781414380452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. A memoir of an American-Jewish historian who set out to study Yiddish language and Jewish history at YIVO, the Jewish Scientific Institute in Vilna, Poland, in 1938. It describes her pre-war year in Jewish Eastern Europe, and her role in salvaging what remained of Vilna's scorched Jewish archives and libraries. Editor(s): Sinkoff, Nancy. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813543628
ISBN
9780813543628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63