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Biography: general

Hardcover. Explores the lives of heralded Holocaust rescuers Andre and Magda Trocme, and the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon France who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609704
ISBN
9780815609704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.38

Paperback. Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbours. Num Pages: 232 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610793
ISBN
9780815610793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.45

Hardcover. John Burroughs combined scientific observation with poetic spirit in his nature writing. This collection of essays explores Burrough's life and character, as well as his role as a writer and his relationships with contemporaries including Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson and Muir. Editor(s): Walker, Charlotte Zoe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628422
ISBN
9780815628422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48

Hardcover. This work tells the story of how George Mantello - First Secretary of the El Salvador Consulate in Geneva from 1942 to 1945 - defied censorship to launch a press campaign against the daily deportation of 12,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628736
ISBN
9780815628736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.32

Hardcover. Stephen Crane was a prodigious American author whose bohemian ways seemed to contradict his conscientious upbringing. Drawing on documents by Crane's father, mother and sister, this text shows how their vitality and versatility galvanized Crane's imagination and spurred his literary career. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629016
ISBN
9780815629016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Paperback. The winner of three gold medals in track at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Wilma Rudolph has been portrayed and remembered across a wide range of settings and sites over the past half-century. (Re)Presenting Wilma Rudolph explores the major episodes and sites of memory across the track legend's life and death. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633846
ISBN
9780815633846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.04

paperback. This memoir presents a self-portrait of Esrkine Caldwell's first 30 years as a writer, with special emphasis on his long and hard apprenticeship before he emerged as one of the most widely read and controversial writers of his time. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; CBW; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780820318493
ISBN
9780820318493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.35

Hardcover. A collection of articulate and perceptive letters and diary entries written by reporter William H. McDougall Jr. that offer an intimate, personal narrative of conditions in wartime East Asia. Editor(s): Topping, Gary. Num Pages: 318 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874808919
ISBN
9780874808919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.32

Paperback. A look into the life and passion of David D. Rust (1874 1963), a pioneer in adventurous backcountry guided tours of the Colorado Plateau province of Utah and Arizona, who led month-long pack trips through a mind-boggling variety of cliffs, mesas, mountaintop overlooks, and hidden desert canyons. Num Pages: 354 pages, frontispiece, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874809442
ISBN
9780874809442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Clemmer, Richard O; Myers, L Daniel; Rudden, Mary Elizabeth. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: BG; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874809497
ISBN
9780874809497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875651538
ISBN
9780875651538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.80

Hardcover. Raised in poverty in Tyler, Texas, Helen Harris Green became the first black woman admitted into a Dallas school of professional nursing and went on to become the first black chair of board of directors of TSHE. In this personal account, she details the battles fought and the insults endured. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652764
ISBN
9780875652764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.15

Hardcover. A story of survival within an impersonal child-care system, a story filled with vivid characters, pathos, surprising humor, and the tenacity of a young boy who longs for a normal home and can't understand why his mother abandoned him or who his father is. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w photos, 14 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653556
ISBN
9780875653556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.05

Paperback. Raul H Castro was the first Hispanic governor of Arizona, ambassador to El Salvador, Bolivia, and Argentina, lawyer, judge, and teacher. Born in Mexico in 1916, he moved with his family to a small mining community in Arizona in 1926. This book presents his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653785
ISBN
9780875653785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.35

Hardcover. Eva Jean Wrather (1908-2001) spent most of her adult lifetime writing a biography of Alexander Campbell, the only Protestant denomination to spring from American soil. Shortly before Wrather's death, the manuscript totaled 800,000 words or 3,254 pages. This title includes Campbell's lifetime of theological doctrine and literary writing. Editor(s): Cummins, D. Duane. Num Pages: 308 pages, 48 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; HRCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654003
ISBN
9780875654003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.64

Paperback. When Roger Bechan was six, his mother packed his suitcase and took him to the Oklahoma Society for the Friendless. He never saw her again. This book offers an unsentimental look at Bechan's life in the child welfare system of Depression-era Oklahoma. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; BGA; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654034
ISBN
9780875654034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654256
ISBN
9780875654256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGB; KJB; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 2000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654881
ISBN
9780875654881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.86

Hardcover. A Joint Project of the Center for Texas Studies at TCU and TCU Press. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGA; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655673
ISBN
9780875655673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.16

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655963
ISBN
9780875655963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 247 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Texas State Historical Assn
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876111611
ISBN
9780876111611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Hardcover. A biography of a highly unconventional woman. Jane McManus Storm Cazneau was often at the centre of a controversy, whether it was as Aaron Burr's mistress, behind enemy lines in the Mexican War, filibustering for Cuba or Nicaragua, or urging free blacks to emigrate to the Dominican Republic. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Texas State Historical Assn
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876111796
ISBN
9780876111796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. This biography brings William Pitt Ballinger to life as one of the most compleat men of his time: lawyer, soldier, public servant, civic leader, author, editorialist, naturalist, educational reformer, and bibliophile. Series: Barker Texas History Series. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Texas State Historical Assn
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876111994
ISBN
9780876111994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.89

hardcover. Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era. This new study, the first book-length appreciation, identifies her place in the comedy hierarchy alongside the best-known of silent comediennes, Mabel Normand. Series: Hollywood Legends Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 43 b&w illustrations, filmography. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781496806321
ISBN
9781496806321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.54

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