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Paperback. In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. December 2011 marks the centenary of the conclusion to the last great race of terrestrial discovery. This title presents each man's full account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BJ; HBJQ; HBLW; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526. The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen. 352 pages, 25 bw illustrations. In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. December 2011 marks the centenary of the conclusion to the last great race of terrestrial discovery. This title presents each man's full account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BJ; HBJQ; HBLW; WTLP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441126672
- ISBN
- 9781441126672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.29
€ 20.29
Paperback. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 back & white illustrations, 2 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLH; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938707
- ISBN
- 9780813938707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.88
€ 33.88
Paperback. Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807842300
- ISBN
- 9780807842300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.34
€ 44.99
€ 36.34
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cave, Kathryn. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 941 pages, illustrations, plans. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AC; AGB; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 244 x 76. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Paul Mellon Centre BA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300024180
- ISBN
- 9780300024180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.41€ 79.36
€ 98.41
€ 79.36
Hardcover. Volume 12 opens with John Adams's inauguration as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair become public in America. Through private correspondence, and with the candor and perception expected from the Adamses, family members reveal their concerns for the well-being of the nation and the sustaining force of domestic life. Editor(s): Martin, Editor in Chief Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society); Taylor, Former Editor in Chief Adams Papers C James (Massachusetts Historical Society); Millikan, Assistant Editor Neal E (Massachusetts Historical Society); Norton, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Amanda Mathews (Massachusetts Historical Society); Woodward, Associate Editor Adams Papers Hobson (Massachusetts Historical Society); Sikes, Assistant Editor for Digital Projects Adams Papers Sara B (Massachusetts Historical Society); Lint, Series Editor of the Papers of John Adams Gregg L; Georgini, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society). Num Pages: 677 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504660
- ISBN
- 9780674504660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.67€ 89.98
€ 100.67
€ 89.98
Hardcover. The volume gathers together, and allows the reader to explore, the diverse experiences of a group of quite unconnected young, wealthy travellers as they made their way through eighteenth-century Europe towards Rome and conveyed their views by letters to friends and family at home. Editor(s): Boulton, James T.; McLoughlin, T. O. Series: Eighteenth Century Worlds. Num Pages: 293 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318504
- ISBN
- 9781846318504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.71
€ 137.71
Paperback. Details how the two men and several recruits camped near the mouth of the Missouri River for five months of training, acquiring supplies and equipment, and gaining information from travellers about the trip upriver. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 612 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- new edition
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280090
- ISBN
- 9780803280090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.18
€ 31.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842-1909) was the nineteenth century's greatest military historian and author of biographies of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus and Napoleon. Editor(s): Sears, Stephen W. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410300
- ISBN
- 9780815410300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 840 pages, 14 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1203.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1954
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014787
- ISBN
- 9780674014787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.51€ 183.80
€ 209.51
€ 183.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPL; BJ; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294963
- ISBN
- 9781910294963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.22
€ 21.99
€ 17.22
Hardcover. Translator(s): Gershator, D. Num Pages: 192 pages, facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714528120
- ISBN
- 9780714528120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.19
€ 16.19
Paperback. In this, her bestselling journal, May Sarton writes with keen observation and emotional courage of both inner and outer worlds: a garden, the seasons, daily life in New Hampshire, books, people, ideas-and throughout everything, her spiritual and artistic journey. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co. London
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393309287
- ISBN
- 9780393309287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Hardback. Provides unprecedented insight into early nineteenth-century Ojibwe life and Ojibwe-missionary relations Editor(s): Schenck, Theresa M. Num Pages: 520 pages, 17 illustrations, 7 appendixes, 5 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271401
- ISBN
- 9780803271401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.41
€ 88.41
Hardcover. Covers the period between 4 March 1817, when Madison left the presidency, and 31 January 1820, years when he and Dolley Payne Madison settled once again into the rhythms of rural life at their beloved home, Montpelier. Editor(s): Mattern, David B.; Stagg, J. C. A.; Johnson, Mary Parke; Colony, Anne Mandeville. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928494
- ISBN
- 9780813928494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.31
€ 121.31
Hardcover. Beginning with Madison's return to Washington from Montpelier, this fourth volume in the "Secretary of State" series ends with the acquisition of Louisiana by the United States. The letters show Madison's response to the "Louisiana Crisis" as it happened and annotation aids understanding of events. Editor(s): Stagg, J. C. A.; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Perdue, Susan Holbrook; Barber, Ellen J. Num Pages: 720 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917474
- ISBN
- 9780813917474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.63
€ 121.63
hardcover. Covering the first half of 1790, this volume focuses upon Washington's continued concentration on the problems facing the new government. The president's near-fatal illness in May 1790 is described along with a diverse range of matters covered by his incoming correspondence. Series: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916729
- ISBN
- 9780813916729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.66
€ 120.66
Paperback. A journal dictated from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. It reveals the thoughts and actions of this key figure in British history. Editor(s): West, Nigel. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415550116
- ISBN
- 9780415550116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.19
€ 50.19
Hardcover. Sarah Emily Davies (1830-1921) lived and crusaded during a time of profound change for education and women's rights in England. Much of the social change that Davies witnessed was discussed, encouraged and elicited through her personal correspondence. Her letters are collected here. Editor(s): Murphy, Ann B. (Associate Professor of English, Assumption College, USA); Raftery, Deirdre (Lecturer in Education, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland). Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922324
- ISBN
- 9780813922324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.49
€ 132.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Zapruder, Ms. Alexandra. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205992
- ISBN
- 9780300205992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. At the time of his death in 1998, Alfred Kazin was considered one of the most influential intellectuals of postwar America. This title includes journals that collectively tell the story of Kazin's journey from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighbourhood to his position as a dominant figure in twentieth-century cultural life. Editor(s): Cook, Richard M. Num Pages: 512 pages, 9 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300142037
- ISBN
- 9780300142037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.73
€ 45.99
€ 32.73
Paperback. n Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller.
Much less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova. Translator(s): Emery, Ed. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BJ; BM; HPS; JPVH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644264
- ISBN
- 9780745644264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Paperback. Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Michigan, 2009) under title: Becoming faithful: Christianity, literacy, and female consciousness in Northeast China, 1830-1930. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 5 recorded music items, 2 maps, 11 photos, 2 maps, 5 char. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; BGX; BJ; HRCC7; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780295741758
- ISBN
- 9780295741758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
€ 36.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters. Editor(s): Miller, Edwin Haviland. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 995 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 159. Weight in Grams: 4377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794272
- ISBN
- 9780814794272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.52€ 149.05
€ 150.52
€ 149.05
Hardback. Sanders has reconstructed and annotated this correspondence. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Maryland Historical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938420545
- ISBN
- 9780938420545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.98
€ 29.98