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Hardcover. Thanks to Soviet secrecy, little was known about former premier Khrushchev during his career or after his ousting. Since the collapse of the USSR, archives have been declassified, allowing access to his memoirs and those of witnesses. A team including his son Sergei present their findings here. Editor(s): Taubman, Prof. William; Khrushchev, Sergei; Gleason, Prof. Abbott. Translator(s): Gehrenbeck, David; Kane, Eileen; Bashenko, Alla. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300076356
- ISBN
- 9780300076356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 43.04
€ 55.24
€ 43.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Peanut Butter Publishing,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897168151
- ISBN
- 9780897168151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.20
€ 20.99
€ 15.20
Hardcover. This biography chronicles the life of the flamboyant showman, respected statesman, and devout Dominican priest Father Hartke. It tells of his experiences and achievements and offers an inside look at major theatrical and political events in Washington DC from the 1930s through the 1980s. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JJ; AN; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813210827
- ISBN
- 9780813210827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.67
€ 56.67
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781680780
- ISBN
- 9781781680780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.94
€ 16.99
€ 15.94
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Barry Long Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899324163
- ISBN
- 9781899324163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.70
€ 24.99
€ 21.70
mass_market. A biography which describes an independent young woman who rejected society's traditional female role and overcame that stigma. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BG; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970952
- ISBN
- 9781597970952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.68
€ 12.68
Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000166
- ISBN
- 9780719556746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 37. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889772861
- ISBN
- 9780889772861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.84
€ 19.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786478361
- ISBN
- 9780786478361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Change...
Montgomery, Sy, Grandin, Temple
Paperback. Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism. Today, Dr Temple Grandin, a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University, is an autism advocate and her world-changing career revolutionized the livestock industry. This biography take us inside her extraordinary mind and opens the door to a broader understanding of autism. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; MJNA; PSV. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HMH Books for Young Readers
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780544339095
- ISBN
- 9780544339095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.29
€ 13.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033811
- ISBN
- 9781906033811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.99
€ 21.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0005003
- ISBN
- 9780853426370
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Based on newly unearthed source material, this book follows the career of clergyman William Richardsona and assesses his impact on politics, science and agriculture nationally and internationally. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085185
- ISBN
- 9780719085185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.07
€ 150.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816667093
- ISBN
- 9780816667093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.01
€ 20.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. Mary Livermore (1829-1905) left her family, volunteered for the US Sanitary Commission and achieved national prominence with the Commission. This text presents her war experiences, including personal reminiscences of Grant and Lincoln, and chronicles the wartime activities of women. Num Pages: 710 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 44. Weight in Grams: 942. Good copy 8vo. .Illustrated.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304439
- ISBN
- 9780306806582
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day. Num Pages: 310 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239504
- ISBN
- 9780823239504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.02
€ 117.02
Paperback. Discussing the work of Durkheim, the author of this book discounts the theory that there is anything "essentially" Jewish in his work. He aims to show that Durkheim's sociology, especially his sociology of religion, was formed in relation to 19th and 20th century Jewish intellectual life in France. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226777245
- ISBN
- 9780226777245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.73
€ 33.99
€ 26.73
Hardcover. The untold story of an eccentric, scientific visionary whose death-defying research has saved millions of lives. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406774
- ISBN
- 9780871406774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.76
€ 29.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. Joyner pens a brutally honest memoir of life as an obese woman. She didn't know what to fear more: dying, or knowing that she was causing her own death. In the end, it is also a story of recovery and survival. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762759620
- ISBN
- 9780762759620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.42
€ 17.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477942
- ISBN
- 9780801477942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. A memoir of a woman's experience with spinal tuberculosis in the 1930s. As well as describing her treatment and time in hospital, it recounts her later family life, her work both as a microbiologist, and as an advocate for minority groups. Num Pages: 200 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786459391
- ISBN
- 9780786459391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.33
€ 30.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BM; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628737974
- ISBN
- 9781628737974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.66
€ 10.99
€ 10.66
Hardcover.
An intimate look at the founding father of the modern leadership movement Warren Bennis is an acclaimed American scholar, successful organizational consultant and author, and an expert in the field of leadership. His much awaited memoir is filled with insights about the successes and failures from his long and storied life and career. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; BM; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470432389
- ISBN
- 9780470432389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.09
€ 29.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Quagmire Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978340919
- ISBN
- 9780978340919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46