Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardcover. The first colonial cartographer of New Mexico, he helped create the culturally unique santero tradition that still thrives today. Editor(s): Diaz, Josef. Num Pages: 156 pages, 61 colour & 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AGB; BGF; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135853
- ISBN
- 9780890135853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 33.99
€ 47.99
€ 33.99
In this study, John T. Shawcross uses extensive new archival research to scrutinize several misunderstood elements of Milton's life, including his first marriage and his relationship with his brother, brother-in-law and nephews. He also examines Milton's numerous royalist connections. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122915
- ISBN
- 9780813122915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.34
€ 52.34
Paperback. This volume explores the confrontation between cultures and environments which are seen to limit and censure natural behaviour whilst at the same time imposing upon humankind unnecessary notions of sin and guilt. Num Pages: 196 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1HFGK; 2ACSD; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900338
- ISBN
- 9781903900338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.15
€ 40.99
€ 36.15
Paperback. Presents a study of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, beginning with his work in Oak Park in the late 1880s and culminating in the construction of the Guggenheim museum in New York and the Marin County Civic Center in the 1950s. This book provides an introduction to Wright's remarkable accomplishments. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 color plates. 392 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AM; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691027456
- ISBN
- 9780691027456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.55€ 56.35
€ 68.55
€ 56.35
Paperback. Outlandish alchemist and magician, political intelligencer, apocalyptic prophet, and converser with angels, John Dee (1527 - 1609) was one of the most colourful and controversial figures of the Tudor world. In this book, the author explores Dee's vast array of political, magical, and scientific writings. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300194098
- ISBN
- 9780300194098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. Presents the backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history. This is a tale of genius and greed, of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty, of the best and worst of which man is capable. It also presents the story of the invention of European porcelain. Num Pages: 288 pages, map, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553506921
- ISBN
- 9780553506921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.63
€ 20.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, highly illus. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BGH; HBJF1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198046
- ISBN
- 9781845198046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.19
€ 121.19
Paperback. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally reveals the human suffering in North Korean concentration camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions, and near-starvation rations. Translator(s): Reiner, Yair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262. Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag. 256 pages. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally reveals the human suffering in North Korean concentration camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions, and near-starvation rations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVR. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight: 266. Translator(s): Reiner, Yair.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843544999
- ISBN
- 9781843544999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.40
€ 12.99
€ 11.40
Hardcover. A testimony of a period of the history of 20th century mathematics. It includes recollections on the author's participation in the formation of the Bourbaki Group, tells of his meetings and conversations with mathematicians, and reflects his views on mathematics. It describes an extraordinary career of an exceptional man and mathematicians. Translator(s): Gage, Jennifer Curtiss. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764326500
- ISBN
- 9783764326500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.09
€ 133.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 197
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034897075
- ISBN
- 9783034897075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.83
€ 138.83
Paperback. Debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. This work reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 1QSP; BGH; HBJM; HBTQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780691057521
- ISBN
- 9780691057521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.04
€ 54.99
€ 39.04
Hardcover. No U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted, nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks explore his writings on slavery, emancipation, racial equality, the legality of secession, civil liberties in wartime, and the meaning of the terrible suffering caused by the Civil War. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504837
- ISBN
- 9780674504837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.43
€ 45.99
€ 37.43
Paperback. The complete letters, dispatches and chronicles that tell the real story of Anne Boleyn. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445612881
- ISBN
- 9781445612881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.83
€ 19.99
€ 15.83
Paperback. Offers documented accounts of Disney's childhood and young adulthood in rural Missouri and Kansas City. This book sheds light on such episodes in Disney's life as the devastating 1941 strike at his studio, when his ambitions as artist and entrepreneur first came into serious conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256194
- ISBN
- 9780520256194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447283522
- ISBN
- 9781447283522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.66
€ 12.99
€ 11.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195618
- ISBN
- 9781845195618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.00
€ 40.99
€ 36.00
paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551641843
- ISBN
- 9781551641843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.32
€ 25.99
€ 22.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 b/w and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 1DBKESK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 278 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Lasse Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993306907
- ISBN
- 9780993306907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.35
€ 25.99
€ 22.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780837163079
- ISBN
- 9780837163079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.64€ 67.76
€ 75.64
€ 67.76
Paperback. The truly remarkable life of the notorious Manchester-born Ethel Livesey, a serial fraudster and confidence trickster who became a media sensation after she ran out on her society wedding in 1945 and was later arrested for obtained goods by false pretences. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 311 x 28. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760290146
- ISBN
- 9781760290146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.12
€ 20.12