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Hardcover. The SUPERMEN "After a rare speech at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, in 1976, programmers in the audience had suddenly fallen silent when Cray offered to answer questions. He stood there for several minutes, waiting for their queries, but none came. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; TBX; UKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471048855
ISBN
9780471048855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

Paperback. These journals offer insight into the quiet, intimate side of Father Alexander Schmemann. The abridged journals reveal his recollections and experiences, and record much of his formative creative thought on all manner of subjects between January 1973 and June 1983. Translator(s): Schemann, Juliana. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. United States
Edition
abridged ed
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881412000
ISBN
9780881412000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.16

paperback. Suetonius has often been used as if he were an historian, and at the same time criticised for not being one. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685385
ISBN
9780856685385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.58

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639635
ISBN
9780691639635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.08

Paperback. A seminal biography of Thomas Jefferson and a fascinating exploration of his relationship with Sally Hemings. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393338331
ISBN
9780393338331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628438
ISBN
9780816628438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.49

Paperback. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
2nd Touchstone ed.
SKU
KRF0021144
ISBN
9780684872179
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

This text provides a first-hand account of Ronald Neame, who began his career as assistant cameraman on Hitchcock's first talkie, "Blackmail", and went on to direct Maggie Smith, Judy Garland, and Walter Matthau, amongst others. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844902
ISBN
9780810844902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, minor edge wear to dustwrapper. Signed and inscribed by author to previous owner
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0007697
ISBN
9780297646013
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Nina Auerbach brilliantly reveals the Ellen Terry whose roles, on stage and off, embodied everything that a rapidly changing world exhorted women to be.

Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 86 illus. BIC Classification: ANB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780812216134
ISBN
9780812216134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.87

Hardcover. This volume presents the first-hand account of World War I through the eyes of a 17-year old enlisted American soldier, William Triplet. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: BG; DN; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826212900
ISBN
9780826212900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829768848
ISBN
9780829768848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.21

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311324
ISBN
9780822311324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.57

Paperback. From the Revolution to the Age of Jackson, John Marshall played a crucial role in defining the "province of the judiciary" and the constitutional limits of legislative action. This book clarifies the coherence of Marshall's jurisprudence, while keeping in sight the man as well as the jurist. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; LAB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700610310
ISBN
9780700610310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.60

Paperback. African American artist Faith Ringgold narrates the events of her life from her childhood in 1930s Harlem to her stellar careers as both a best-selling children's writer and well-respected artist whose "story quilts" are displayed in museums worldwide. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 color illus., 101 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822335641
ISBN
9780822335641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762770458
ISBN
9780762770458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.48

Hardback. Philippines is Helene Cixous's reverie or 'truedreaming' which intertwines Freud's uneasy views on telepathy,autobiographical memories conflating Algeria and Paris, childhoodand adult life, shared with her brother 'Pete', and literaryevocations from Proust and George du Maurier's forgotten novelPeter Ibbetson. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648156
ISBN
9780745648156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634846486
ISBN
9781634846486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.09
€ 146.05

Paperback. 28th April 1870. Fanny and Stella, the flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton, are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their oglings of the gentlemen in the stalls. Moments later they are led away by the police. What followed was a scandal that shocked Victorian England in equal measure. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BT; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571231911
ISBN
9780571231911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

paperback. Good clean copy. Cover showing a little shelf wear. Ownership details on title page, text is crisp and clear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ashfield Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030717
ISBN
9781901658781
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632203199
ISBN
9781632203199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.17

Hardback. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) invented the key forms of American fiction - the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary War romance. This work is the treatment of Cooper's life. It is the story of how, in literature and other endeavours, Americans in his period sought to solidify their political and cultural economic independence from Britain. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300108057
ISBN
9780300108057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.06

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
€ 10.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quest Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780835609005
ISBN
9780835609005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.70

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