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Paperback. Consists of journals, primarily by Clark, which cover the expedition's route up the Missouri River to Fort Mandan in present-day North Dakota and its frigid winter encampment there. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- new edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280106
- ISBN
- 9780803280106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.28
€ 34.99
€ 29.28
paperback. Aims to catch the imagination of a public besieged by hack journalism. This title includes writings that are a blend of public and private, news and recollection, reality and description. It traces the development of the author's career as a journalist and examines his fusion of real events with flights of fancy. Editor(s): Pascoe, David. Num Pages: 688 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140435801
- ISBN
- 9780140435801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 14.67
€ 22.99
€ 14.67
Hardback. The second part of a four volume collection of more than 6000 of Kipling's public and private letters. This volume presents his life until the end of the 19th century, showing his transformation from an journalist in India into the biggest literary success of the 1890s. Editor(s): Kipling, Rudyard. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 787.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333360866
- ISBN
- 9780333360866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.96
€ 123.96
Hardback. Collected by the Ronald Reagan Foundation, this book includes both Reagan's own original writing that honors a lifetime of work in the arts and politics, and includes his favorite quotations, proverbs, and excerpts from speeches, poetry, and literature. It encapsulates a lifetime of reflections on work, marriage, and family in classic one liners. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062065131
- ISBN
- 9780062065131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.41
€ 30.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. A group of US soldiers emailed their observations and experiences from Iraq and their candid opinions on fighting an insurgency. This collection of emails from American soldiers carries the reader from the alleys and city streets to the homes of long-suffering Iraqis, and from the soldiers' concrete bunkers to the 'majestic' army base. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616086176
- ISBN
- 9781616086176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.68
€ 18.68
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BJ; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034857314
- ISBN
- 9783034857314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.51
€ 74.51
Hardcover. Part of a series which covers the eight precedent-setting years of Washington's presidency and his brief retirement. Volume three covers most of the summer of 1789 and focuses on the problems facing the new administration. Series: Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 625
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813912103
- ISBN
- 9780813912103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19
Hardback. Motorcycle Diaries for a new generation, this long-awaited volume provides a panoramic portrait of art and life across the twentieth century. Editor(s): Diano, Giada; Gleeson, Matthew. Num Pages: 496 pages, 50 drawings, 30 facsimile pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 244 x 43. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490019
- ISBN
- 9781631490019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.33
€ 36.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. The existentialist philosopher chronicles his time in the Resistance in the Second World War. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677849
- ISBN
- 9781844677849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.84
€ 32.84
Hardcover. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the finest and most delightful of letter writers. This is one of a set of eight volumes containing his collected letters. The edition contains nearly 2800 letters. Volumes III and IV cover the period from August 1879 to June 1884. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, illustrations port. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300061888
- ISBN
- 9780300061888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.84
€ 48.99
€ 34.84
Hardback. 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; JKVP; JPVH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644257
- ISBN
- 9780745644257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Paperback. Explores the theme of friendship in the lives and works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. This title offers a comprehensive view of how Emerson's and Thoreau's friendships took root and bolstered their individual political, social, and ethical projects. Editor(s): Lysaker, John T.; Rossi, William. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221438
- ISBN
- 9780253221438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.82
€ 26.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. Series: War and Society in North America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBWS2; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821422229
- ISBN
- 9780821422229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.87
€ 91.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777305
- ISBN
- 9781910777305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.22
€ 21.99
€ 17.22
This work reveals the intimate story of a British-American's role in the American Civil War. William Bradbury's letters home provide a window on the unique relationships among husband, wife, and children while a father was away at war. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122595
- ISBN
- 9780813122595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.24
€ 60.24
The Diary of Kosa Pan. Thai Ambassador to France, June-July 1686.
Pan, Kosa. Ed(S): Cruysse, Dirk Van Der; Smit...
Paperback. This account of Kosa Pan's journal describes in great detail the arrival in Brest in 1686 of the first full Siamese embassy to reach France. This fragment is apparently all that survives of a massive report of the activities of the embassy written for King Narai. Editor(s): Cruysse, Dirk van der; Smithies, Michael. Translator(s): Busayakul, Visudh. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747551587
- ISBN
- 9789747551587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.32
€ 25.32
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851248103
- ISBN
- 9780851248103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.26
€ 20.99
€ 19.26
Hardcover. Volume 12 of this series documents Washington's unsuccessful efforts to capitalize on the American victory at Saratoga and his decision to encamp the Continental army for the winter at Valley Forge. Series: Revolutionary War series: October-December 1777. Num Pages: 768 pages, 1 map, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920771
- ISBN
- 9780813920771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.81
€ 125.81
Paperback. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This title documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives. Editor(s): Reid, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571221394
- ISBN
- 9780571221394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 4.99
€ 18.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. This authorised edition with full scholarly apparatus will be welcomed by all scholars of modern literature and drama. Editor(s): Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow; Overbeck, Lois More. Series: The Letters of Samuel Beckett. Num Pages: 865 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1564. Series: The Letters of Samuel Beckett. 865 pages, 18 b/w illus. Editor(s): Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow; Overbeck, Lois More. This authorised edition with full scholarly apparatus will be welcomed by all scholars of modern literature and drama. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BJ. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 50. Weight: 1140.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521867931
- ISBN
- 9780521867931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.67
€ 49.99
€ 41.67
Hardcover. Perhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the 20th century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) once said of himself, "I have no biography, only a bibliography." Yet, in thousands of letters written over his lifetime, many of which are included in this volume, Scholem's biography does unfold. Num Pages: 560 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 42. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006423
- ISBN
- 9780674006423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.90€ 57.41
€ 62.90
€ 57.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 554 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884020783
- ISBN
- 9780884020783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.26
€ 37.99
€ 32.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 606 pages, 86 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 245 x 35. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780691602721
- ISBN
- 9780691602721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.60€ 72.92
€ 95.60
€ 72.92
Hardback. Covers a year of Pavel Weiner's life in the Theresienstadt transit camp in the Czech town of Terezin from April 1944 until liberation in April 1945. A Boy in Terezin registers the young boy's insights, hopes, and fears and recounts a passage into maturity during the most horrifying of times. Translator(s): Weiner, Paul; Weiner, Karen. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810127791
- ISBN
- 9780810127791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.81
€ 45.81