Biography
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Biography
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; ASZH; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040658
- ISBN
- 9780252040658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.83
€ 125.83
Paperback. This biography of Fred Shuttlesworth details the life of the controversial preacher who led integration efforts in Birmingham, Alabama with the courage and fervour of a religious crusader. From his 1956 founding of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, he made civil rights his mission. Num Pages: 576 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817311568
- ISBN
- 9780817311568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.51
€ 40.99
€ 33.51
Hardcover. A startling re-evaluation of Lady Byron's marriage and the untold story of her complex life as a single mother and progressive force. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393082685
- ISBN
- 9780393082685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.31
€ 30.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Rodolphe Topffer (1799-1846) invented a wholly new art form - the comic strip, or "picture story." This work examines how Topffer developed his unique graphic style - the "doodle" - due to his poor eyesight, as well as looking at how his ironic, satirical, and sometimes surreal storylines became an instant success all over Europe. Series: Great Comics Artists Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 115|115 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578069484
- ISBN
- 9781578069484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522870251
- ISBN
- 9780522870251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Parallax Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888375039
- ISBN
- 9781888375039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.66
€ 10.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, 33 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259775
- ISBN
- 9780803259775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.30
€ 25.99
€ 22.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750960342
- ISBN
- 9780750960342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.45
€ 36.99
€ 31.45
Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Larson Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936012572
- ISBN
- 9781936012572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 21.74
€ 32.99
€ 21.74
Hardcover. "Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a more deeply researched and convincing account. " --Evan Connell, author Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn "The book to end all Earp books--the most complete, and most meticulously researched. Num Pages: 416 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471189671
- ISBN
- 9780471189671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.63
€ 45.99
€ 35.63
Paperback. Early in the 20th century, Hohannes Gillhoff created the composite character of Juernjakob Swehn: the archetype of the upright, honest mensch who personified the German immigrant, on his way to a better life through ambition and hard work. This is an English translation of that book. Translator(s): Trost, Richard Lorenz August. Series: Bur Oak Original S. Num Pages: 186 pages, 11 drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1KBBNF; 2ACG; 3JJ; BJ; FA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877457060
- ISBN
- 9780877457060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.35
€ 24.99
€ 21.35
Paperback. Bill Edrich was regarded as one of the exciting cricket discoveries of his generation. Playing for Middlesex at county level, Edrich surged onto the England scene in 1938 when he scored 1,000 runs. This book relates the story behind this achievement and distils the measure of Edrich's courage as a cricketer. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752444345
- ISBN
- 9780752444345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.22
€ 19.99
€ 18.22
Top critics and scholars reconsider the cinematic legacy of Elia Kazan Editor(s): Dombrowski, Lisa. Num Pages: 244 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819570840
- ISBN
- 9780819570840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
hardcover. Jeffrey Record has specialised in investigating the causes of war. In "The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler" (Potomac Books, Inc., 2006), he contended that Hitler could not have been deterred from going to war by any action the Allies could plausibly have taken. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975346
- ISBN
- 9781597975346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.28
€ 40.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. Paints a picture of the author's idyllic life before her internment and the shock and the horrors of Auschwitz. This book is of interest to readers interested in human nature under the most trying circumstances, to historians of World War II or Jewish history, to veterans and their families who lived through World War II, and more. Series: Life Writing. Num Pages: 205 pages, 12ill.1M. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889202924
- ISBN
- 9780889202924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Miles Davis was one of the crucial influences in the development of modern jazz. This book tells the story of Miles' childhood, his depressions and his relationship with heroin as well as the more familiar public career. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099281832
- ISBN
- 9780099281832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.35
€ 21.99
€ 17.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 641 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 983.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 641
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333294413
- ISBN
- 9780333294413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Paperback. In the 1930s, as the world hurtled towards terrible global conflict, speed was all the rage. It was described by Aldous Huxley as 'the one genuinely modern pleasure', and one of the fastest and most thrilling ways to attain it was through the new sport of bobsledding. This book tells stories of the fastest men on ice. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BGS; WSBB; WSBX; WSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857502650
- ISBN
- 9780857502650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.15
€ 10.99
€ 9.15
Paperback. During his time as manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1949 to 1951, Red Rolfe recorded daily accounts of each game, including observations about his team's performance, strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of opposing players and managers. His journals offer an opportunity to find out what a manager is thinking when no one is around to hear. Editor(s): Anderson, William M. Num Pages: 360 pages, 36 tables, 16 pages photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031481
- ISBN
- 9780472031481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
€ 29.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. When your children lose their mother can you even try to take her place? Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 195 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pan
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0010669
- ISBN
- 9780330543927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Collection with new contributions to the debate from New Politics concerning the legacy of Rosa Luxemburg. Publishing Stephen Eric Bronner's essay 'Red Dreams and the New Millennium' along with the numerous responses to the piece, a new introduction, and an interview with Bronner stimulates the discussion around Luxemburg's legacy. Editor(s): Schulman, Jason. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349811
- ISBN
- 9781137349811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.19
€ 122.19
Hardcover. Recounts World War II veteran Gene Abney's illustrious aviation career, documenting a span in our own nation's history from the vantage of the skies. This work introduces readers to hangar flying - exciting end-of-day flight tales told in the hangar - with sixty stories provided by military and civilian airmen from across the country. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BTM; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327683
- ISBN
- 9780809327683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
hardcover. A memoir by L.W. "Bill" Lane, Jr., about Sunset, the extraordinarily influential western magazine he guided for several decades until 1990, and about the American West that the magazine helped shape in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785112
- ISBN
- 9780804785112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.83
€ 36.99
€ 30.83
Hardcover. Num Pages: 351 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652295637
- ISBN
- 9789652295637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.28
€ 41.99
€ 27.28