Biography
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Biography
Hardback. For historians of science, social science, and technology, and for scholars of twentieth-century American intellectual and cultural history, this account of Herbert Simon's life and work provides a rich and valuable perspective. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5, 1 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; JF; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801880254
- ISBN
- 9780801880254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.07€ 53.93
€ 58.07
€ 53.93
The broader social context in which scientists work is just as important to the project of naming, describing, classifying, and, ultimately, explaining life. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGTA; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406008
- ISBN
- 9781421406008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 28.22
€ 46.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BM; JPVH2; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062322852
- ISBN
- 9780062322852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.09
€ 18.99
€ 17.09
Paperback. Blends the brilliance of the scientific genius with the compassion, playfulness, and wit of the private figure "A fascinating read with more interesting material about Einstein as a human being than I have ever seen before. Num Pages: 528 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: BG; PD; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471193623
- ISBN
- 9780471193623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.01
€ 29.99
€ 24.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTC; JFFE; JFSL9; JKVM; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Signal
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780771030246
- ISBN
- 9780771030246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.55
€ 18.99
€ 13.55
Paperback. An extraordinary true story of combat in the Battle of Britain. Includes some of the most graphic and atmospheric accounts of air combat between Spitfire and Nazi Messerschmitt fighters ever published. Num Pages: 192 pages, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445616841
- ISBN
- 9781445616841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.22
€ 18.22
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 6th
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061924712
- ISBN
- 9780061924712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.29
€ 19.99
€ 11.29
Hardcover. "Persepolis" ended in a cliffhanger in 1984, just as 14 year old Marjane was leaving behind her home in Tehran, escaping fundamentalism and the war in Iraq to begin a new life in the West. Here we follow her through the next eight years of her life - four years in Vienna, and four years back in Iran. Num Pages: 192 pages, b&w drawings throught. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224074407
- ISBN
- 9780224074407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.52
€ 17.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. An excellent introduction to Franco's rise to power and his four decades as autocratic head of state in Spain. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582437531
- ISBN
- 9780582437531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.31
€ 55.31
Paperback. Reveals why it is that: too much science is bad for our health '70s rock music is nothing to be ashamed of Hunting foxes while drunk and wearing night-sights is neither big nor clever; we must work harder to get rid of cricket; and the author likes the Germans (well, sometimes). Series: The World According to Clarkson. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WGCB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250. Good, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0005467
- ISBN
- 9780141017891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Contains the letters of Konstancija Bra eniene written in Lithuania, East Germany, and Siberia between 1944 and 1946. This work reveals a remarkable portrait of survival during the Cold War and post-Cold War period and adaptation to changing political conditions in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Lithuania. Translator(s): Sruoginis, Laima. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGA; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336086
- ISBN
- 9780880336086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.36
€ 44.99
€ 32.36
Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings, in dustwrapper. Good copy with some shelf wear, dustwrapper with edge wear, remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- William Blackwood
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0010892
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. A thorough analysis of Julian Steward's life and work and the history of the discipline of anthropology during his lifetime Num Pages: 448 pages, 26 black & white photographs; 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: BG; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252076350
- ISBN
- 9780252076350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. The inside story of the largest digital piracy sting to date. Num Pages: 320 pages, ---. BIC Classification: BTC; UR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393249545
- ISBN
- 9780393249545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.77
€ 26.99
€ 23.77
Hardcover. A survivor of concentration camps and the Death March, Eli Pfefferkorn looks back on his Holocaust and post-Holocaust experiences to compare patterns of human behavior in extremis with those of ordinary life. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235667
- ISBN
- 9781936235667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.78€ 66.64
€ 100.78
€ 66.64
Paperback. This book, which features the autobiographical narrative of Mistress Mary Hampson, a 17th-century woman in an abusive and violent marriage, reconstructs the events in and around this harrowing tale and rescues a compelling and complicated voice from the past. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804790550
- ISBN
- 9780804790550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.41
€ 27.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550227338
- ISBN
- 9781550227338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Miles Davis was one of the crucial influences in the development of modern jazz. This book tells the story of Miles' childhood, his depressions and his relationship with heroin as well as the more familiar public career. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099281832
- ISBN
- 9780099281832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.07
€ 21.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550229936
- ISBN
- 9781550229936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.89
€ 19.99
€ 14.89
Paperback. Lucrecia de Leon lived on the fringes of the 16th-century Spanish royal court. As a teenager, Lucrecia had hundreds of dreams about Spain's future that became the stuff of political controversy. This book is based upon surviving transcripts of her dreams and on the records of her Inquisition trial. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201583
- ISBN
- 9780520201583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.01
€ 32.99
€ 24.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811216654
- ISBN
- 9780811216654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.09
€ 17.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Acclaimed on first publication, 'Groovy Bob' is the cult biography of hedonistic gallery owner Robert Fraser and a dazzling evocation of 1960s culture and counter-culture. Taste-maker, heroin addict and promiscuous homosexual, Fraser astonished London with the artists he introduced, including Warhol, Blake, Haring, Oldenburg and Basquiat. Num Pages: 350 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; ABQ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Heni Publishing
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993010392
- ISBN
- 9780993010392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.89
€ 16.99
€ 12.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Dey Street Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062456779
- ISBN
- 9780062456779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 17.13
€ 30.99
€ 17.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360. Biography..John Henry Newman. 224pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847302427
- ISBN
- 9781847302427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 7.60
€ 11.99
€ 7.60