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Paperback. This definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, the revered and controversial Indian nationalist who struggled to liberate his country from British rule before and during World War II, moves beyond the legend to reveal the impassioned life and times of the private and public man. Num Pages: 448 pages, 68 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBTR; JPFN; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 319. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065963
- ISBN
- 9780674065963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; BGB; KJSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411524
- ISBN
- 9781572411524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.52
€ 34.99
€ 25.52
Hardcover. Flinders Petrie began his long association with ancient Egypt and the Near East when he went to Giza to survey the pyramids in 1880. Until his death in 1942, he dug almost continuously. During his long career Petrie revolutionised Egyptian archaeology but this book is not about his scientific work or finds, which are published elsewhere. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w and col illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGHA; BJ; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780856687488
- ISBN
- 9780856687488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Paperback. The first of John Master's evocative memoirs about life in the Gurkhas in India on the cusp of WWII Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BGA; JWLF; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304361564
- ISBN
- 9780304361564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; BGX; HBJF; HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 246 x 33. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465025510
- ISBN
- 9780465025510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.90
€ 31.99
€ 25.90
Hardback. A pioneer in international conservation and wildlife ecology, Raymond Dasmann published his first book "Environmental Conservation", when the term 'environment' was little known and 'conservation' to most people simply meant keeping or storing. This work gives an account of how Dasmann's thinking developed around issues that are important today. Num Pages: 269 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; RNB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229785
- ISBN
- 9780520229785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.36
€ 44.99
€ 32.36
Hardback. A highly entertaining account of a middle-aged man's love affair with sailing, an elegant and introspective meditation on the nature of obsession, and an insightful reflection on the years of learning and practice that molded author Tom Froncek into an expert sailor. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574091793
- ISBN
- 9781574091793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.21
€ 25.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. This book brings together Kumin, Julia Alvarez, Jane Smiley, Erica Jong, and fifteen other accomplished women of this generation to reflect on their writing lives. Editor(s): Burroway, Janet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014104
- ISBN
- 9780226014104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.53
€ 23.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. A candid account by a 1950s political operative and shrewd lobbyist Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992327
- ISBN
- 9780295992327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.50
€ 37.50
Paperback. Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JWMN; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127859
- ISBN
- 9780691127859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.36
€ 44.99
€ 32.36
Hardback. This book is an appreciation of and a close analysis of the films of Stuart Erwin, a versatile, complex actor whose work has for many years been unfairly neglected. Additionally, this study places Erwin's career within a social, cultural, literary, and historical context. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840225
- ISBN
- 9780810840225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.46
€ 109.46
Paperback. By relating biography to the cultural and musical contours of contemporary American life, Ronald M. Radano observes jazz practice as part of the complex interweaving of postmodern culture. Radano accomplishes this by analyzing the creative life of Anthony Braxton. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AVGJ; AVGK; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226701967
- ISBN
- 9780226701967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Akron Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781884836831
- ISBN
- 9781884836831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.14
€ 32.99
€ 28.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Clarksdale
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905959419
- ISBN
- 9781905959419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.90
€ 18.99
€ 17.90
Series: Association of the United States Army Foreign Military Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 1HFMS; 3JJP; BGH; JPSH; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813146959
- ISBN
- 9780813146959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.16
€ 33.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0004426
- ISBN
- 9781583226148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1954, in Orlando, Florida, nine-year-old Pat Conroy discovered the game of basketball. Here, Conroy takes the reader through his last year playing basketball, as point guard and captain of The Citadel Bulldogs, flashing back constantly to the drama of his coming of age, presenting the conflict and love that have been at the core of his novels. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 32. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099468325
- ISBN
- 9780099468325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.02
€ 21.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 107 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804170482
- ISBN
- 9780804170482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.90
€ 17.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. Chester Ronning's life story offers a candid view of Canada's post-WWII diplomacy and China relations. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646637
- ISBN
- 9780888646637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.00
€ 37.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Having panhandled as a "deaf" man for 11 years, the author has written a book exposing all the ins and outs of his life exploiting a "disability" to earn hundreds of dollars a day and sheds light on the cultural phenomenon of deaf peddling that thrives today. Illustrations. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563680960
- ISBN
- 9781563680960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.33
€ 18.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. New updated edition of the biography of a remarkable man - motor neurone disease victim and awesome intellect Stephen (A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME) Hawking Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117287
- ISBN
- 9780349117287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.46
€ 18.99
€ 14.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 692 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 692
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640693
- ISBN
- 9780691640693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 320.67
€ 320.67
Hardback. Editor(s): Wilson, Edward. Num Pages: 350 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018484
- ISBN
- 9781903018484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.05
€ 53.05
Paperback. "Published by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252012969
- ISBN
- 9780252012969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.23
€ 25.99
€ 24.23