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Biography
Paperback. This biography of the logician and philosopher Kurt Godel is an in-depth account to integrate details of his personal life with his work. Based on the author's intensive study of Godel's papers and surviving correspondence, the author examines the life of this driven man. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGT; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568812564
- ISBN
- 9781568812564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846945007
- ISBN
- 9781846945007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.24
€ 23.99
€ 21.24
hardcover. Gib's Odyssey is the heart-rending story of a man who defiantly resisted the encroachments of a fatal degenerative disease. The odyssey of Gib Peters is a story of a man who left a lasting mark on his community by conquering despair and choosing a life of adventure with the precious time he had left. Num Pages: 224 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BM; MJC; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762764167
- ISBN
- 9780762764167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.65
€ 24.99
€ 19.65
Hardback. Covers the early years of Thoreau's intellectual and artistic growth. This title reflects his reading, travels, and contacts with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and other Transcendentalists. Editor(s): Witherell, Elizabeth Hall; Howarth, William L.; Sattelmeyer, Robert; Blanding, Thomas. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 712 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 45. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691063614
- ISBN
- 9780691063614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.99€ 101.11
€ 133.99
€ 101.11
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
€ 82.72€ 63.54
€ 82.72
€ 63.54
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGR; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594772788
- ISBN
- 9781594772788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.32
€ 20.99
€ 20.32
Paperback. The heartbreaking story of a bag lady and her daughter Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0015100
- ISBN
- 9780747585671
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595555748
- ISBN
- 9781595555748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.27
€ 26.99
€ 23.27
paperback. Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665629
- ISBN
- 9780712665629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.39
€ 20.99
€ 16.39
Hardback. In her first biography of a fellow psychoanalyst, the prolific Kristeva considers Klein's life and intellectual development, weaving a narrative that covers the history of psychoanalysis and illuminates Kristeva's own life and work. Translator(s): Guberman, Ross. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122849
- ISBN
- 9780231122849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.51€ 88.33
€ 116.51
€ 88.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PST; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 246 x 17. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235398
- ISBN
- 9781922235398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.02
€ 35.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. The story you thought you knew was only the beginning Num Pages: 336 pages, with photo insert illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Running Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762432288
- ISBN
- 9780762432288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.05
€ 20.99
€ 19.05
Paperback. 8vo.Good clean copy . Standard paperback edition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0291097
- ISBN
- 9781844084098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Born into a free black family in 1766, James Forten served in the Revolutionary War and later went on to become vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and more, taking his place as one of the African Americans who helped to shape America. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; YNH; YQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195163407
- ISBN
- 9780195163407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.42
€ 23.42
Paperback. The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Num Pages: 500 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FP; BTM; HBWQ; JWG; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007378036
- ISBN
- 9780007378036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 9.60
€ 14.99
€ 9.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Barricade Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569805053
- ISBN
- 9781569805053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.49
€ 20.99
€ 20.49
Hardback. This book offers the life story of the actor and musician who is perhaps the most bankable star in Hollywood today. Series: Greenwood Biographies. Num Pages: 133 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313376108
- ISBN
- 9780313376108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.35
€ 44.99
€ 37.35
Paperback. In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown build himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia; a sprawling country estate modelled on the finest homes of England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades and rose gardens. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140268348
- ISBN
- 9780140268348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJT; VFJB; WSTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733523
- ISBN
- 9781613733523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.70
€ 29.99
€ 25.70
Paperback. In this candid and moving memoir, John W. Evans articulates the complicated joys of falling in love again as a young widower. Should I Still Wish chronicles Evans' efforts to leave an intense year of grief behind, to make peace with the natural world again, and to reconnect with a woman who promises a life of abundance and charm. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295223
- ISBN
- 9780803295223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.61
€ 21.99
€ 20.61
Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers. All plates present. Title in gilt to spine, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- HOLLIS
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012030
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Londraville, Janis. Num Pages: 228 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945636960
- ISBN
- 9780945636960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.42
€ 124.42
Paperback. Emissaries of Satan is a gripping and chilling forensic examination of three truly evil men - two American, one British - who between them brutally murdered 29 innocent young women, together with a devoted mother and son. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KOG0000467
- ISBN
- 9781782199007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764360405
- ISBN
- 9783764360405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.96
€ 113.96