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Biography
Paperback. "The Red Virgin: Memoirs of Louise Michel "will be useful to both scholars and students of 19th-century French history and women s studies." Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817300630
- ISBN
- 9780817300630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.49
€ 37.99
€ 32.49
Hardcover. Randolph Caldecott established a new standard of taste in children's picture books. Colour plates from the author's personal collection. Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551952093
- ISBN
- 9781551952093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.54
€ 50.99
€ 36.54
Hardback. The second part of a four volume collection of more than 6000 of Kipling's public and private letters. This volume presents his life until the end of the 19th century, showing his transformation from an journalist in India into the biggest literary success of the 1890s. Editor(s): Kipling, Rudyard. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 787.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333360866
- ISBN
- 9780333360866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.96
€ 123.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890963487
- ISBN
- 9780890963487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.44€ 48.83
€ 52.44
€ 48.83
Paperback. Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099518013
- ISBN
- 9780099518013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 11.40
€ 18.99
€ 11.40
Paperback. Jenni Calder was born Jennifer Rachel Daiches to a Scottish-born mother and English-born Jewish father in Chicago, one of America's great melting-pot cities. Not Nebuchadnezzar traces her journey from then to now. Through this book, Calder discovers that her true sense of identity can only develop from finding out who she is not. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842820605
- ISBN
- 9781842820605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BT; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Currach Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KIN0008267
- ISBN
- 9781856079747
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313265259
- ISBN
- 9780313265259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.00€ 57.47
€ 63.00
€ 57.47
paperback. In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PNN; TDCJ1; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099460237
- ISBN
- 9780099460237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.17
€ 15.99
€ 10.17
Since his military school days, Robert E Lee excelled as a soldier. He was the first cadet to receive the rank of sergeant while at West Point, where he graduated at the head of his class in artillery and tactics. He became known as the great Southern hero of the war, and his popularity grew in the North as well after his death in 1870. Series: Leaders of the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 152 pages, full-colour & black-&-white photographs, bibliography, glossary, sidebars, chronology & t. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604133042
- ISBN
- 9781604133042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. When a life ends tragically whether by violence or accident, pathologists perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. It is a methodical, morbid, and necessary task. This title includes autopsy files or transcriptions from dozens of famous people. Num Pages: 528 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF1; MMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 255 x 21. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620877197
- ISBN
- 9781620877197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.63
€ 16.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563681226
- ISBN
- 9781563681226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 25.28
€ 28.00
€ 25.28
Hardcover. In 1947 John Hope Franklin, then a professor of history at North Caroline College for Negroes, wrote "From Slavery to Freedom". This volume focuses on this esteemed scholar's academic achievements, his humanitarian contributions and his extraordinary legacy Editor(s): Jarrett, Beverly (Director and Editor-in-Chief, University of Missouri Press, USA). Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBAH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826215048
- ISBN
- 9780826215048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
Hardcover. Ex-libris with usual markings. Clean copy showing some shelf wear, slight foxing to ffep with minor nicks and tears on dustwrapper but remains a good copy. Dustwrapper is price-clipped
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1935
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0011723
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
hardcover. In this charming and affecting book, Victoria Radford has collected the best of the many impressions and recollections of real people who met President Abraham Lincoln. 15 photos & engravings. Editor(s): Radford, Victoria. Num Pages: 128 pages, photographs, engravings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631990
- ISBN
- 9781566631990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.81
€ 25.81
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kildanore Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- SKU
- KSS0000368
- ISBN
- 9781872455037
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Maurice Rosenblatt was one of the behind-the-scenes engineers of the 1954 overthrow of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the anti-Communist chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. This book tells the story of the rise of McCarthy's power and Rosenblatt's role in effecting McCarthy's eventual censure by the Senate. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295985947
- ISBN
- 9780295985947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Helped the American colonies win many important battles during the American Revolution and is reknowned for his victories over British warships off the east coast of England. Series: Leaders of the American Revolution S. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (JC) Children's (6-12); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 239 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Pub (Library)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791086216
- ISBN
- 9780791086216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle is remembered as the controversial leader of the Archdiocese of Washington. This biography seeks to explain O'Boyle's apparent contradictions by placing emphasis on his formative years and his training as a seminarian and curator in the rigidly traditional Church of his adopted New York. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813214290
- ISBN
- 9780813214290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.37
€ 34.37
Paperback. The life story of the outstanding jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin sheds light on South African jazz history, women in jazz, and American music as a transnational art form. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. South African Women Thinking in Jazz. Series: Refiguring American Music. 376 pages, 32 illustrations. The life story of the outstanding jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin sheds light on South African jazz history, women in jazz, and American music as a transnational art form. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349143
- ISBN
- 9780822349143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.38
€ 35.99
€ 32.38
Hardback. Documents how American experimental music and its practitioners came to prominence in the West German cultural landscape between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990. This work chronicles German views on American music, and American composers' pursuit of professional opportunities abroad. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 359 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPN; AVGC6; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247550
- ISBN
- 9780520247550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.83€ 63.54
€ 82.83
€ 63.54
Hardcover. Editor(s): Reid, Jane Cabot. Num Pages: 624 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783856306014
- ISBN
- 9783856306014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.65€ 57.61
€ 74.65
€ 57.61
Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935106067
- ISBN
- 9781935106067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.42
€ 25.99
€ 22.42
A Quiet Corner of the War: The Civil War Letters of Gilbert and Esther...
Claflin, Gilbert, Claflin, Esther
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cook, Judy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299294809
- ISBN
- 9780299294809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54