Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. A celebrated study of Elizabeth Bishop's genius, as revealed through her literary friendships Editor(s): Hemenway, R. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472087204
- ISBN
- 9780472087204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.22
€ 31.99
€ 28.22
paperback. George Washington's long career began with defeat in the bloody frontier skirmishes of the French and Indian War and culminated in the role of commanding general of the Continental army in victory over the British army. Among his achievements was the establishment of a professional army. Series: George Washington Bookshelf. Num Pages: 76 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Mount Vernon Ladies' Association United States
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780931917332
- ISBN
- 9780931917332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.90
€ 11.90
paperback. Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence. Num Pages: 594 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 40. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Regnery United States
- Number of pages
- 594
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780895260048
- ISBN
- 9780895260048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.20
€ 26.99
€ 26.20
Hardcover. A scrupulous and unprecedented investigation into the life of Anna Leonowenswho taught the king of Siam s children in the 1860sthat also ponders the perfect fit between Leonowens s mythic self-invention and the New World s innocent dream of peacefully spreading democracy." Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299298302
- ISBN
- 9780299298302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Living at the Edge: A Biography of D. H. Lawrence and Frieda von Richt...
Lynn K. Talbot Michael Squires
Hardcover. This double biography explores Lawrence and von Richthofen's collision with an industrial world they hated and chronicles their stormy marriage. The strong sexual vitality that inspired Lawrence's art brought both joy and anguish to his marriage. Num Pages: 496 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299177508
- ISBN
- 9780299177508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.60
€ 39.60
Hardcover. Few American artists in any medium have enjoyed the international and lasting cultural impact of Duke Ellington. This title paints a portrait of the life and times of this towering figure, taking him from his youth in the black middle-class enclave of Washington, DC, to the heights of worldwide acclaim. Num Pages: 720 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112633
- ISBN
- 9780226112633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.21
€ 48.99
€ 38.21
Hardback. In the history of post-colonial Latin America no person has held power so firmly and for so long as did Pedro II as emperor of Brazil. This is the first full-length biography in 60 years, and the first in any language to make close use of Pedro II's diaries and family papers. Num Pages: 576 pages, 60 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 40. Weight in Grams: 965.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735100
- ISBN
- 9780804735100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 266.24
€ 266.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; 3JMG; BGS; WSD; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298927
- ISBN
- 9780803298927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.12
€ 27.12
hardcover. Urban Shocker was a fiercely competitive and colourful pitcher, a spitballer who had many famous battles with Babe Ruth before returning to the Yankees. Delving into Shocker's baseball career, his love of the game, and his battle with heart disease, Steve Steinberg shows the dominant and courageous force that he was. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803295995
- ISBN
- 9780803295995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.92
€ 35.99
€ 32.92
paperback. Demythologizing Sutter while giving him a more secure place in western history, this collective portrait exemplifies revisionist scholarship at its best. Editor(s): Owens, Kenneth N. Num Pages: 138 pages, 1 photograph, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803286184
- ISBN
- 9780803286184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.32
€ 32.99
€ 29.32
Hardback. Just weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, Larry Doby joined Robinson in breaking the colour barrier in the Major Leagues. Why is Doby largely forgotten as a central figure in baseball's integration? Greatness in the Shadows brings Doby's story to life and shares his achievements and firsts with a new generation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 photographs, 3 tables. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285521
- ISBN
- 9780803285521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.28
€ 37.99
€ 34.28
paperback. Covers the first year following the author's rise to fame. This title recounts her struggles with celebrity, middle-class expectations, and the racial and social tensions her success had exacerbated. It tells that the fall back into poverty is as easy as the struggle to escape it is difficult. Translator(s): Arrington, Melvin S.; Levine, Robert M. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bison United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803275997
- ISBN
- 9780803275997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.96
€ 21.99
€ 20.96
paperback. The legendary mountain men - the fur traders and trappers who penetrated the Rocky Mountains and explored the Far West in the first half on the nineteenth century - formed the vanguard of the American empire and became the heroes of American adventure. This volume presents brief biographies of eighteen representative mountain men. Editor(s): Hafen, LeRoy R. Num Pages: 401 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272101
- ISBN
- 9780803272101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.34
€ 23.99
€ 23.34
Paperback. Offers a rare look into the heart of the average socialist trying to survive the Nazis and rebuild a broken world Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 380 pages, 7 photographs, 1 genealogy, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243620
- ISBN
- 9780803243620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.77
€ 20.99
€ 20.77
hardcover. Takes us back to the world of pogroms and mass emigrations at the turn of the twentieth century Num Pages: 248 pages, 25 illustrations, 1 genealogy. BIC Classification: BGHA; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803230019
- ISBN
- 9780803230019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. A collection of excerpts from the "American Lives" series. Editor(s): Christensen, Alicia. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bison Original United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228054
- ISBN
- 9780803228054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.73
€ 18.99
€ 18.73
paperback. In 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780803217126
- ISBN
- 9780803217126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.63
€ 21.99
€ 20.63
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 31, 31 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ILR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801478017
- ISBN
- 9780801478017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.70
€ 24.99
€ 23.70
hardcover. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 maps, 10 halftones, chronology, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780801438677
- ISBN
- 9780801438677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Hardback. This analysis of Coolidge's presidency seeks to show how he represented the essence of 1920s Republicanism. Examining his domestic and foreign policy, the author illuminates the pre-Depression administration and reveals a president who was dedicated to public service. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700608928
- ISBN
- 9780700608928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.66
€ 71.66
hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 49. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bravo Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061721502
- ISBN
- 9780061721502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.93
€ 40.99
€ 33.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 199 x 3. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kar-Ben Copies Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580131308
- ISBN
- 9781580131308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.29
€ 10.29
Paperback. Deals with the desire of Guanya, an African princess, to escape a repulsive fate: betrothal to a wealthy man twenty years older than she. Worse, he is a polygamist, compensating for his own ugliness with the beauty of many wives. Guanya must combat his eagerness, her mother's wish, and a tribal tradition that is as entrenched as it is oppressive. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297555
- ISBN
- 9780803297555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
hardcover. This book traces the lives of two people who rejected British colonialism and hailed a new nation on the world's stage, examining the intersections of gender, nationality, and literary expression at a significant juncture in Canada's history. Series: Studies in Gender and History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802009326
- ISBN
- 9780802009326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.61
€ 85.61