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Biography: general
Paperback. A story of a young Jewish girl's coming-of-age during the tragic years of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195035001
- ISBN
- 9780195035001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.72
€ 20.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. The Preacher King investigates Martin Luther King Jr.'s religious development from a precocious "PK" ("preacher's kid") in segregated Atlanta to the most influential American preacher and orator of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HRCX4; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195111323
- ISBN
- 9780195111323
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Condition: New
€ 35.99
€ 35.99
Paperback. A comprehensive chronological study of The Beatles as innovators in music. The book includes full examinations of composition, performance practice, recording and historical context from 1966 to 1970, and the author explores the fresh ideas on harmony, rhythm, form and texture. Num Pages: 416 pages, music examples, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195129410
- ISBN
- 9780195129410
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Condition: New
€ 49.95
€ 49.95
Paperback. This study consists of an examination of the presidency, the personalities who defined it, and the strategies that led to their triumphs or defeats. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195145823
- ISBN
- 9780195145823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.34
€ 23.99
€ 21.34
Paperback. Explores the life of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): first Secretary of State, second Vice President, fifth President of the United States, and a renaissance man of early America. This biography sets him in context, as a member of the Virginia gentry, an able and skilled lawyer, a talented politician, and the finest writer of his era. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195181302
- ISBN
- 9780195181302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.55
€ 24.99
€ 21.55
Known as the 'Great Dissenter,' Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr wrote some of the most eloquent opinions in the history of the United States Supreme Court. Holmes was responsible for some of the most important judicial opinions of the twentieth century. This biography offers readers a portrait of this singular individual. Series: Lives and Legacies Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195305364
- ISBN
- 9780195305364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.03
€ 54.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195343328
- ISBN
- 9780195343328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.58
€ 39.58
Paperback. John Ferling's masterful John Adams: A Life is a singular biography of the man who succeeded George Washington in the presidency and shepherded the fragile new nation through the most dangerous of times. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195398663
- ISBN
- 9780195398663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.31
€ 26.99
€ 26.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199068241
- ISBN
- 9780199068241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.32
€ 47.32
Hardcover. The latest from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography-authoritative and accessible biographies of more than 800 people who shaped national life and who died from 2001 onwards, with over 250 portrait images. This volume extends the coverage of the Oxford DNB, first published as a 60-volume print set in 2004. Editor(s): Goldman, Lawrence. Num Pages: 1280 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; GBCB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 196 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2022.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199562442
- ISBN
- 9780199562442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.97
€ 241.97
Hardback. The first volume (1778-1797) of The Letters of William Godwin includes scores of texts newly transcribed from the original manuscripts and given scholarly annotation for the first time. They record the personal and professional interactions of an original thinker who had a lasting influence on progressive movements in Britain and Europe. Editor(s): Clemit, Pamela. Num Pages: 368 pages, Frontispiece and 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; HBJD1; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 184 x 36. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199562619
- ISBN
- 9780199562619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 292.63
€ 292.63
An authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine Num Pages: 368 pages, 55 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199755868
- ISBN
- 9780199755868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.59
€ 42.99
€ 36.59
The first modern biography of one of the nineteenth century's most prominent radical activists, written by an acclaimed senior feminist historian. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JFFK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199756247
- ISBN
- 9780199756247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.87
€ 46.99
€ 44.87
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199898350
- ISBN
- 9780199898350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.22
€ 52.22
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393324143
- ISBN
- 9780393324143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.63
€ 23.99
€ 22.63
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340570
- ISBN
- 9780393340570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.05
€ 17.99
€ 17.05
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, A.M. Sheridan. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks for the Study of Russian and Soviet History & Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030521
- ISBN
- 9780472030521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.35
€ 41.35
Paperback. Shares the life accounts of the growing-up years of a woman from Michigan of mixed blood, both Indian and white. These stories shed light on the living conditions of Native Americans in Michigan in the early 1900s. The stories are gathered from journals, papers for college, transcribed materials, and oral chronicles collected over decades. Editor(s): Lee, Boisvert. Num Pages: 168 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; BGA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069200
- ISBN
- 9780472069200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.74
€ 24.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486424668
- ISBN
- 9780486424668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.57
€ 13.99
€ 13.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JH; BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486800455
- ISBN
- 9780486800455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
Paperback. Offers a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life - from her childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, 24 color illustrations, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261686
- ISBN
- 9780520261686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Mixed media pr. Although millions of African American women were held in bondage over the 250 years that slavery was legal in the United States, Harriet Jacobs (1813-97) is the only one known to have left papers testifying to her life. This collection includes papers of an African American woman held in slavery. Editor(s): Yellin, Jean Fagan. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 36 illustrations, 5 maps, family tree, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 81. Weight in Grams: 1996.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807831311
- ISBN
- 9780807831311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 238.22
€ 238.22
Paperback. This volume contains an introduction to the thought and spirituality of Jacob Boehme (1575-1624), a German Lutheran and one of the greatest Christian mystics. The Way to Christ is a collection of nine treatises intended to serve as a meditation guide. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCM; HRQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809121021
- ISBN
- 9780809121021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.04
€ 29.99
€ 26.04
Paperback. Legendary for a combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity. This book explores social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGH; HRKT; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032146
- ISBN
- 9780813032146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.60
€ 27.99
€ 25.60