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Biography: general
Hardback. In March 1881, he moved to the Edison Electric Light Company's headquarters on Fifth Avenue and began the hard work of introducing the new electric light and power technology. Editor(s): Israel, Paul B. Series: The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. Num Pages: 1152 pages, 398, 15 black & white illustrations, 383 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; TBY; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 55. Weight in Grams: 2270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801831041
- ISBN
- 9780801831041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.61€ 97.44
€ 101.61
€ 97.44
Paperback. Joshua Chamberlain is arguably the most well-known figure in Maine history and this highly accessible biography provides a brief look at his life. Filled with photos, maps, and illustrations, this concise history of a Maine icon is ideal for anyone with even just a passing interest in Maine or the Civil War. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608932894
- ISBN
- 9781608932894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.30
€ 15.99
€ 15.30
Paperback. John Wilkes Booth is known for one thing--assassinating America's sixteenth president, Abe Lincoln. But what don't we know? Who helped him--and who tried to stop him? Thomas A. Bogar reveals a thrilling narrative behind the cast and crew of Ford's Theatre and their relations with the infamous actor in Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination. Num Pages: 377 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Regnery History
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621573203
- ISBN
- 9781621573203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.67
€ 19.99
€ 19.67
Hardback. Editor(s): McLean, Thomas. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; BGL; DSB; DSR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474800
- ISBN
- 9781611474800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.08
€ 154.08
Paperback. Far from a transgender transition tell-all, here is a personal yet universal story of charting one's course to ultimate self-recognition. Series: City Lights/Sister Spit. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK; JMU; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872866249
- ISBN
- 9780872866249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.11
€ 17.99
€ 17.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rider & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712604697
- ISBN
- 9780712604697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. A collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. It includes stories that span his life from his childhood and the traditions of rural Vietnam to his years as a teenage novice, as a young teacher and writer in war torn Vietnam, and of his travels around the world to teach mindfulness. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRAB; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846045325
- ISBN
- 9781846045325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. When the author was 15 she moved to a new school and fell for an older pupil, Daniel. She was thrilled when one afternoon he asked if he could drive her home. But this simple decision would hold her captive as a sex slave for two long years. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099588139
- ISBN
- 9780099588139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.82
€ 14.99
€ 11.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 93 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 184. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 93
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780845348451
- ISBN
- 9780845348451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.30
€ 97.30
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 633.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375751523
- ISBN
- 9780375751523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.53
€ 20.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. Recounts Karl Pearson's extraordinary intellectual adventure and sheds light on the inner life of science. In this book, a leading historian of modern science investigates the interior experience of one man's scientific life while placing it in a tapestry of social, political, and intellectual movements. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126357
- ISBN
- 9780691126357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.96
€ 54.99
€ 39.96
Hardcover. In these memoirs, Father Theodore Hesburgh chronicles the transformation of Notre Dame from a somewhat mediocre midwestern university into a major teaching and research institution. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBT; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010386
- ISBN
- 9780268010386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.77
€ 40.99
€ 38.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Rippey, Theodore F. Series: Brecht Yearbook/Das Brecht-Jahrubuch. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APT; BGL; DD; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985195618
- ISBN
- 9780985195618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.71
€ 80.71
Paperback. An award-winning actor, an activist for civil rights and progressive causes worldwide, and a singer whose voice has won him great applause, Theodore Bikel here tells his own compelling life story. With a new chapter as he turns ninety. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ANB; APB; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1, With reflections upon my ninetieth year
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299300548
- ISBN
- 9780299300548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.09
€ 32.09
Paperback. A life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, who stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and with terror of the white murderers of his family, was found in the corral of a slaughter house near Oroville, California. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black / white photographs, 5 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330. A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America. 288 pages, Illustrations, map. Editor(s): Kroeber, Karl. A life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, who stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and with terror of the white murderers of his family, was found in the corral of a slaughter house near Oroville, California. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JFSL9. Dimension: 139 x 204 x 19. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271470
- ISBN
- 9780520271470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.71
€ 26.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. Beethoven is a classic study of the composer's music, written by one of the most important thinkers of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote extensive notes, essay fragments and aides-memoires on the subject of Beethoven's music. This book brings together all of Beethoven's music in relation to the society in which he lived. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630458
- ISBN
- 9780745630458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.40
€ 27.40
Hardback. * The correspondence of Theodor Adorno and Thomas Mann documents a rare encounter of creative tension between literary tradition and aesthetic modernism spanning the years 1943-1955. * The letters offer the reader a fascinating insight into the lives of two of the most important figures of twentieth-century intellectual life. Editor(s): Lonitz, Henri. Translator(s): Hoban, Wieland. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623351
- ISBN
- 9780745623351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.69
€ 19.69
Hardback. The surviving correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno. * This is the first time all of the surviving correspondence between Adorno and Benjamin has appeared in English. * Provides a key to the personalities and projects of these two major intellectual figures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; BGA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618180
- ISBN
- 9780745618180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.92
€ 85.92
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780593064597
- ISBN
- 9780593064597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.41
€ 34.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Classic rags-to-riches story by entrepreneur and Dragons' Den star Theo Paphitis Num Pages: 288 pages, 30. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Orion
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752894225
- ISBN
- 9780752894225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. A side of military life that has never been written about honestly before - Theodore Knell is searingly frank about his time in - and after - the SAS Num Pages: 352 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444755008
- ISBN
- 9781444755008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. A Muslim girl, imprisoned by her religion and severe disability, is healed and set free by God. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310256885
- ISBN
- 9780310256885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.19
€ 9.99
€ 9.19
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155226
- ISBN
- 9781903155226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.26
€ 21.99
€ 19.26
The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nine...
The Life Of An Unknown The Redi
hardcover. Corbin recreates the life and world of a man about whom nothing is known except for his entries in the civil registries and historical knowledge about the times in which he lived: Louis-Francois Pinagot, a forester and clog maker who lived during the heart of the nineteenth century -- the age of Romanticism, of Hugo and Berlioz -- from the Napoleonic Wars to the Third Republic. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118408
- ISBN
- 9780231118408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.62
€ 85.62