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Biography
Paperback. The journals and diaries of John M. Roberts provide an intimate view of the life and dthoughts of a young schoolmaster, miller, itenerant bookseller, and farmer in centreal Ohio in a time of rising sectional crisis and Civil War. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879726966
- ISBN
- 9780879726966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction. Suspecting that it might be a long-lost Velazquez, he bought the picture and set out to discover its strange history - a quest that led from fame to ruin and exile. This book pays homage to the Spanish master Velazquez. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099587040
- ISBN
- 9780099587040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.28
€ 13.99
€ 10.28
Paperback. Mentor of the Cuban Revolution. BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 12. Weight: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- V9781552664667
- ISBN
- 9781552664667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.35
€ 26.99
€ 23.35
paperback. Editor(s): Baldauf, Anette. Translator(s): Baldauf, Anette. Num Pages: 328 pages, 71. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 38. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517902100
- ISBN
- 9781517902100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Hardcover. Anshel Brusilow played with or conducted many top-tier classical musicians, and he has opinions about each and every one. This memoir offers a fascinating and unique view of American classical music during an important era, as well as an inspiring story of a working-class immigrant child making good in a tough arena. Series: Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC4; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574416138
- ISBN
- 9781574416138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.57
€ 45.99
€ 38.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608193424
- ISBN
- 9781608193424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.80
€ 19.99
€ 17.80
Hardback. This extensive index continues the editors' policy of indexing all concepts to provide intellectual access. Editor(s): United States Congress; Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; Veit, Helen E.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 10, 8 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 64. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416069
- ISBN
- 9781421416069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.54€ 109.36
€ 123.54
€ 109.36
Paperback. A first-hand account from a prison guard's perspective years spent in the infamous US Penitentiary at Alcatraz. George Gregory began his career as a guard for the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1940. He was transferred to Alcatraz in 1947 and for the next 15 years worked on "The Rock". Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213969
- ISBN
- 9780826213969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.56
€ 36.99
€ 31.56
Paperback. The incomplete autobiography of the writer and poet Louis MacNeice, contemporary and friend of Auden, Spender and Day Lewis. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy with some minor shelf wear, minor edge wear to cover and spine, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KKD0012350
- ISBN
- 9780571118328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
hardcover. Fifty favorite columns from Atlanta's journalistic giants. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Longstreet Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563524608
- ISBN
- 9781563524608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.53
€ 20.99
€ 20.53
Hardcover. Luminous and revealing, a daughter's memoir of the art world and a larger-than-life father. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 illlustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; BGFA; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780393239171
- ISBN
- 9780393239171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.39
€ 27.99
€ 24.39
Paperback. An anthology of writings by one of the most influential black women in America Editor(s): McCluskey, Audrey Thomas; Smith, Elaine M. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; JFSJ; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253215031
- ISBN
- 9780253215031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.92
€ 27.99
€ 25.92
In 1536, De Soto became rich when he helped lead the Spanish conquest of the Inca empire in South America. He continued his explorations through what is today the southern United States. Ages 8+ years. Series: Explorers of New Lands S. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 246 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791086100
- ISBN
- 9780791086100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: BG; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811713665
- ISBN
- 9780811713665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.49
€ 20.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816642632
- ISBN
- 9780816642632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.11
€ 17.99
€ 17.11
Hardcover. Editor(s): Towne, Stephen E. Series: Voices of the Civil War. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572335998
- ISBN
- 9781572335998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.65
€ 52.99
€ 44.65
Hardcover. A testimony of a period of the history of 20th century mathematics. It includes recollections on the author's participation in the formation of the Bourbaki Group, tells of his meetings and conversations with mathematicians, and reflects his views on mathematics. It describes an extraordinary career of an exceptional man and mathematicians. Translator(s): Gage, Jennifer Curtiss. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764326500
- ISBN
- 9783764326500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.87
€ 136.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BTP; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 216. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Canterbury University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927145296
- ISBN
- 9781927145296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.33
€ 18.99
€ 17.33
Hardcover. Widely regarded as one of the leading environmentalists in American history, Gaylord Nelson is best known as the founder of Earth Day. This political biography tells the rest of the story - how a small town boy from Wisconsin became a national champion of a progressive agenda. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299196400
- ISBN
- 9780299196400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.51
€ 40.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. A fascinating retelling of Oskar Schindler's extraordinary story and how it came to the world's attention through Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel and the subsequent multiple Oscar-winning film, Schindler's List Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTJ8038607
- ISBN
- 9780340963265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.63
€ 12.99
€ 10.63
Hardcover. Martin Luther King, Jr's ideas - his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, his insistence on the power of nonviolence to bring about a major transformation of American society - are as vital and timely as ever. This book chronicles the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Burns, Stewart; Carson, Susan; Holloran, Peter. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 598 pages, 49 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BG; DNF; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079526
- ISBN
- 9780520079526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.77€ 56.75
€ 73.77
€ 56.75
Paperback. Ellsworth Bunker: Global Troubleshooter, Vietnam Hawk Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469615127
- ISBN
- 9781469615127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
€ 48.83
Paperback. An intimate look at the writing life, the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, the fickle publishing world, and an extraordinary friendship with Frank Conroy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Tin House Books United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982504895
- ISBN
- 9780982504895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVH; AVRL; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Troy Book Makers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614683391
- ISBN
- 9781614683391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46