Biography: general
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Biography: general
Elizabeth Carter, 1717-1806: An Edition Of Some Unpublished Letters
Hampshire, Gwen, Carter, Elizabeth
Hardcover. Includes 111 letters and a note written by Miss Carter, dating from 1737 to 1804. They provide an understanding of the person whom her nephew Montagu Pennington wishes to portray in his memoirs. They show how generous and dependable a friend she was; how faithful in keeping contact; how witty she could be; and how serious. Num Pages: 227 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139129
- ISBN
- 9780874139129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.90
€ 122.90
Nelson Glueck: Biblical Archaeologist And President of the Hebrew Unio...
Brown, Jonathan M., Kutler, Laurence
Hardcover. Traces the life of Nelson Glueck, who played a central role in shaping the American Reform Jewry in the third quarter of the twentieth century and, with his mentor William Albright, was a trailblazer in biblical archaeology. This biography presents the achievements and adventures of a man whose life straddled two distinct Jewish worlds. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HDDH; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878201198
- ISBN
- 9780878201198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.67
€ 35.67
Paperback. In the hope of shedding light on questions that continue to spark debate among historians and students of Lincoln, Brooks Simpson presents Think Anew, Act Anew, a concise and inventively annotated collection of documents written by Abraham Lincoln that focus on the interrelated themes of slavery, union, emancipation, and reconstruction. Editor(s): Simpson, Brooks D. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882959757
- ISBN
- 9780882959757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.61
€ 32.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Frederick Fell United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883910269
- ISBN
- 9780883910269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.89
€ 17.99
€ 17.89
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc Washington
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895264312
- ISBN
- 9780895264312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.53
€ 20.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. A story of the Bailey family's escape from the gruelling Corbin Glow mines in 1930 to find a better life in Letcher, Kentucky. This account recounts the lives of the mining people whose religion and 'family values' buttressed and sustained them. It is three dimensional account containing humour, but lacking sentimentality. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335362
- ISBN
- 9780897335362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.01
€ 18.99
€ 17.01
Paperback. Continues: A ship in the harbor. Chicago, Ill.: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2009. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897336161
- ISBN
- 9780897336161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.34
€ 19.99
€ 18.34
"Women of Privilege" traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family whose neighbors were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Based on diaries and journals, and written by a family descendant, it combines biography and memoir with social history. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; JFSC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897337243
- ISBN
- 9780897337243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.74
€ 25.99
€ 22.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897337458
- ISBN
- 9780897337458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897337533
- ISBN
- 9780897337533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.30
€ 30.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897339193
- ISBN
- 9780897339193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.54
€ 18.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 219 x 8. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727468
- ISBN
- 9780916727468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.43
€ 26.43
Hardcover. Written in tightly constructed rhymed quatrains, this is the first biography of internationally acclaimed Texas jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Beginning in 1963 with Dorham's recordings in Denmark, this book-length poem traces the story of the Texan's career performing with the greatest musicians of the bop and hard bop eras in jazz history. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727956
- ISBN
- 9780916727956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.07
€ 21.99
€ 21.07
Hardcover. This is the story of William Preston, a leading representative of Kentucky's slaveholding, landed gentry, the group who dominated economic, political and social life in the commonwealth before the Civil War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916968335
- ISBN
- 9780916968335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.64
€ 56.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BG; HBJK; HBLW; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780920576816
- ISBN
- 9780920576816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.05
€ 20.99
€ 20.05
Paperback. Emerging from the South American wilderness after adventures related in The Incredible Voyage, Tristan Jones finally makes it home to Britain to find his vessel, the tiny, nearly indestructible Sea Dart, impounded by customs officials because he cannot pay the tax. In his quest for the means to liberate his boat, he takes any work he can get. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Sheridan House
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780924486302
- ISBN
- 9780924486302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.31
€ 17.31
Paperback. The is the story of lifetime adventure between man and boat, capturing some of the best elements of traditional sail. The narrative moves through a backcloth of change from the area of Liverpool Docks to Felixstowe and the forging of strong links with Holland in joint classic boat events. Illustrator(s): Kemsley, Walter; Wainwright, Jon. Num Pages: 336 pages, line drawings, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953818037
- ISBN
- 9780953818037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.70
€ 17.99
€ 17.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Nova, Lily; Lourie, Iven. Num Pages: 128 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Artemis Books United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780964518193
- ISBN
- 9780964518193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Num Pages: 245 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Titletown Publishing, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982000991
- ISBN
- 9780982000991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.97
€ 27.99
€ 25.97
Paperback. Betsy's failed quest to win royal status for her son and grandsons consumed the remainder of her seventy-four years, decades that transformed her from the glamorous "belle of Baltimoreinto a shrewd and successful businesswoman determined to protect her family. Num Pages: 244 pages, 24, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Maryland Historical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984213504
- ISBN
- 9780984213504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.06
€ 39.06
Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- LibertyTree Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780988655614
- ISBN
- 9780988655614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.43
€ 29.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. The extraordinary story of a child prodigy and his remarkable entrepreneurial accomplishments If anyone has "been there, done that" in starting and managing businesses, it's William Saito. Saito is a truly unique personality, and his remarkable story, An Unprogrammed Life, is the compelling tale of a young entrepreneur. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118077030
- ISBN
- 9781118077030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.84
€ 32.84
Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Gratefu...
Kreutzmann, Bill; Eisen, Benjy
Paperback. The Grateful Dead are perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. For thirty years, beginning in the hippie scene of San Francisco in 1965, they were a musical institution, the original jam band that broke new ground in so many ways. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 black and white photograph, 16 page colour photograph insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 43. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250034007
- ISBN
- 9781250034007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.48
€ 21.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. The amazing and forgotten story of Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; BGB; HBJK; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 286 x 35. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250099815
- ISBN
- 9781250099815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.33
€ 21.99
€ 19.33