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Biography
Hardback. Robert W. Duemling offers "sketches" of notable figures whom he has befriended over the course of his thirty-year career in the U.S. State Department and service as director of the National Building Museum, luminaries in the arts, architecture, politics, and diplomacy. Num Pages: 128 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442220133
- ISBN
- 9781442220133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.16
€ 39.16
paperback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215294
- ISBN
- 9780823215294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.09
€ 50.99
€ 45.09
Paperback. The explosive Sunday Times bestseller that dishes the dirt on life in the Square Mile Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755346189
- ISBN
- 9780755346189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911403
- ISBN
- 9781575911403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.62
€ 70.62
Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-...
Yochelson, Bonnie, Czitrom, Daniel
Paperback. Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York. Num Pages: 296 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; AJB; AJCR; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 80 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226182865
- ISBN
- 9780226182865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.84
€ 21.99
€ 18.84
A biography that situates Lady Mary Wroth in her family and court context, emphasizing the growth of the writer's mind in the sections on her childhood and youth, with a focus on her learned aunt, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, as literary mentor, and on her Continental connections, Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange. Num Pages: 430 pages, Includes 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754660538
- ISBN
- 9780754660538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 170.43
€ 170.43
hardcover. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British merchant in British India for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. This book presents an account of both of Palmer's business and personal life, showing how his personal relations and circumstances shaped his commercial strategies. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black and white,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; BGB; HBJF; HBLL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Boydell Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781843833031
- ISBN
- 9781843833031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.68
€ 123.68
Paperback. Gives an account of the polarizing transformation of talk radio, from the author's early days at KGO commercial radio, through to his role at NPR, where he manages to keep the flow of talk in his San Francisco based show animated and politically balanced. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763370
- ISBN
- 9780804763370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.93
€ 29.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. A memoir of home, nature, and change in the American West, Light in the Trees makes cultural and environmental topics personal through a narrator's travels between past and present, rural and urban. Growing up on a mountain foothill in western Washington, Gail Folkins offers a small-town viewpoint of the Pacific Northwest. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BM; RN; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729520
- ISBN
- 9780896729520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.22
€ 23.22
paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0006254
- ISBN
- 9780340530399
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A biographical account of the insights, memories and professional knowledge of Paul Landres. Director of many 1950s television series, Paul Landres reminiscences are mixed with the authors own narration. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 photographs, index. BIC Classification: APFB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838161
- ISBN
- 9780810838161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.26
€ 143.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Moody Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802430793
- ISBN
- 9780802430793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
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
€ 45.99€ 32.76
€ 45.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. A selection of the writings of Louis Brandeis. Known as the "People's Attorney", Brandeis crusaded constantly on behalf of the public, speaking before citizens' groups and legislative bodies and writing articles for popular magazines. He also advised Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606795
- ISBN
- 9780700606795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.30
€ 37.30
Paperback / so. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; PD; TGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783834808592
- ISBN
- 9783834808592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.44
€ 31.99
€ 26.44
Hardback. We must see to it that we put the best of ourselves in our letters; for there is nothing to suggest that we shall see each other again soon. So wrote Walter Benjamin to Gretel Adorno in spring 1940 from the south of France, shortly before he took his own life. Num Pages: 336 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636696
- ISBN
- 9780745636696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.88
€ 76.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGS; HBT; WSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 168 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- Har/DVD
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898278
- ISBN
- 9788772898278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.08€ 51.43
€ 66.08
€ 51.43
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781401341985
- ISBN
- 9781401341985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.88
€ 18.99
€ 13.88
Hardcover. The much-anticipated memoir from the former Vice President of the United States Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 16-page b-w inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Threshold Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439176191
- ISBN
- 9781439176191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.13
€ 36.99
€ 32.13
hardcover. Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813143798
- ISBN
- 9780813143798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.38
€ 71.38
Paperback. A biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'. Num Pages: 384 pages, 85, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co London
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823811
- ISBN
- 9780753823811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Hardcover. Editor(s): Garlick, Kenneth; Macintyre, Angus. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 664 pages, Illustrations, 2plans. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AC; AGB; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 244 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Paul Mellon Centre BA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300028591
- ISBN
- 9780300028591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.53€ 74.96
€ 98.53
€ 74.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 283 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; HRCC92; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- August House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874832976
- ISBN
- 9780874832976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.17
€ 34.99
€ 25.17