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Biography: general
Hardback. This volume of correspondence between Freud and Ferenczi opens in 1908 and closes on the eve of World War I. In their wealth of personal and scientific detail, the letters give us an intimate picture of psychoanalytic theory being made in the midst of an extraordinary friendship. Editor(s): Falzeder, Ernst; Giampieri-Deutsch, Patrizia. Translator(s): Hoffer, Peter T. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; JFCX; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 944.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674174184
- ISBN
- 9780674174184
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Condition: New
€ 112.67€ 100.72
€ 112.67
€ 100.72
Hardback. Henry Friendly is frequently grouped with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and Learned Hand as the best American jurists of the twentieth century. In this first, comprehensive biography of Friendly, Dorsen opens a unique window onto how a judge of this caliber thinks and decides cases, and how Friendly lived his life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 866.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064393
- ISBN
- 9780674064393
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.93
€ 40.99
€ 33.93
Paperback. Kitasono Katue was a leading avant-garde literary figure, first in Japan and then throughout the world, from the 1920s to the 1970s. This biography of Kitasono examines the life, poetry, and poetics of this controversial and flamboyant figure, including his wartime support of the Japanese state. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 412 pages, 33 halftones, 8 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060746
- ISBN
- 9780674060746
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.69
€ 27.99
€ 24.69
Hardback. Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy. Her diaries reveal a reluctant but increasingly canny political wife. Her husband emerges in a fullness seldom seen--ambitious and exacting, yet passionate, generous, and gallant. Editor(s): Graham, Judith S.; Luey, Beth; Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 960 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 960
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674058682
- ISBN
- 9780674058682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.37€ 170.88
€ 193.37
€ 170.88
Paperback. In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to 'Miss Adorable', Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. This collection invites readers to experience the founding of a nation and the partnership of two strong individuals. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 color illustrations, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057050
- ISBN
- 9780674057050
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.59
€ 32.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. As Japan's pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo (1877-1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese-US relations. This biography casts light on the life and career of this important figure. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 332 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055995
- ISBN
- 9780674055995
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.93
€ 45.99
€ 37.93
Hardback. Fritzsche traces twentieth-century history through the remarkable diaries of an ordinary Berliner. Franz Goll wrote of hungry winters during WWI, the Berlin bombing, rapes by Russian soldiers, shockwaves cast by Darwin, Freud, and Einstein, the flexing of U.S. superpower, and the strange lifestyles that marked Germany's transition to modernity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055315
- ISBN
- 9780674055315
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.96
€ 47.99
€ 39.96
Hardback. None of the founding fathers of America equals the candor of John Adams' observations of his eighteenth-century world. This title features Adams' letters that reveal his positions on the personalities and issues of his times. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 592 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1479.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051232
- ISBN
- 9780674051232
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Condition: New
€ 129.29€ 114.30
€ 129.29
€ 114.30
Hardback. Published here for the first time is a crucial document in the history of American radicalism--the "Prison Blossoms," a series of essays, narratives, poems, and fables composed by three activist anarchists imprisoned for the 1892 assault on anti-union steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick. Editor(s): Brody, Miriam; Buettner, Bonnie. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPFB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050563
- ISBN
- 9780674050563
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.11
€ 47.99
€ 40.11
Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046986
- ISBN
- 9780674046986
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.66
€ 35.99
€ 30.66
Hardback. Heinz Rutha, pioneer of a youth movement that emphasized male bonding in its quest to reassert German dominance over Czechoslovakia, was arrested in 1937 for corrupting male adolescents. This led to an international scandal. Cornwall's biography is the first to tackle the long-taboo intersection of youth, homosexuality, and fascist nationalism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046160
- ISBN
- 9780674046160
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Hardback. On the 150th anniversary of the death of the English historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay, this title offers a portrait of a Victorian life that probes the cost of power, the practice of empire, and the impact of ideas. Num Pages: 624 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036246
- ISBN
- 9780674036246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.27€ 54.12
€ 59.27
€ 54.12
Paperback. From his birth in the lowest stratum of the samurai class to his assassination at the hands of right-wing militarists, Takahashi Korekiyo (1854-1936) lived through tumultuous times that shaped the course of modern Japanese history. This biography underscores the profound influence of Korekiyo on the political and economic development of Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 377 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; JPQ; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036208
- ISBN
- 9780674036208
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1HBM; BGH; HBJD; HBJH; HRAX; HRH; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035393
- ISBN
- 9780674035393
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.45
€ 23.99
€ 20.45
Hardback. Mixing idealism with violence, abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before winding up in Virginia, where he led an attack on the US armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. But he was quickly captured and, after a short but stormy trial, hanged on December 2, 1859. This book provides an account of the trial. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035171
- ISBN
- 9780674035171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.16
€ 47.99
€ 40.16
Hardback. Janeway was one of the most prominent paediatricians of the 20th century. This biography describes his illustrious medical family and his remarkable tenure of nearly three decades as Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and head of the department of medicine at Children's Hospital, Boston. Num Pages: 425 pages, 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023802
- ISBN
- 9780674023802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Presents the story of a Caribbean woman who helped inspire the rise of black Christianity in the Atlantic world. Born in 1718, Rebecca Protten embarked on an itinerant mission, preaching to hundreds of the enslaved Africans in the West Indies. Protten and other black preachers created the earliest African Protestant congregation in the Americas. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGX; HRCC9; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022577
- ISBN
- 9780674022577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.82
€ 34.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. A new chapter in John Adam's diplomatic career opened when the Dutch recognized the United States in April 1782. This volume chronicles Adam's efforts to achieve these objectives. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Taylor, C. James; Hogan, Margaret A.; Rodrique, Jessie M.; Claffey, Mary T.; Woodward, Hobson. Num Pages: 536 pages, 12halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 248 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018129
- ISBN
- 9780674018129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.94€ 79.62
€ 88.94
€ 79.62
Paperback. Sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the Cuban Revolution in this compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the roles of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and restores to a central position the leadership of the Cuban urban underground. 20 halftones. 2 maps. Num Pages: 286 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016125
- ISBN
- 9780674016125
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.00
€ 37.99
€ 32.00
Hardcover. Fedor Chizhov built the first railroad owned entirely by Russian stockholders, created Moscow's first bank and mutual credit society, and launched the first profitable steamship line based in Archangel. In this valuable book, Thomas Owen vividly illuminates the life and world of this seminal figure in early Russian capitalism. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 292 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGH; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015494
- ISBN
- 9780674015494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.19€ 75.54
€ 84.19
€ 75.54
Hardcover. Based primarily on personal papers and correspondence that have remained in the possession of Smith's family, this is a biography of Theobald Smith, widely considered to be America's first significant medical scientist and a leading comparative pathologist. Num Pages: 704 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MMFM; PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012202
- ISBN
- 9780674012202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.21
€ 52.99
€ 44.21
Paperback. Girolamo Cardano was a leading astrologer of his day, and his predictions won him access to some of the most powerful people in 16th-century Europe. The author invites readers to follow the astrologer's career and explore the art and discipline of astrology in the hands of a brilliant practitioner. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; BG; HBJD; HBLH; VXFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006706
- ISBN
- 9780674006706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Hardcover. Perhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the 20th century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) once said of himself, "I have no biography, only a bibliography." Yet, in thousands of letters written over his lifetime, many of which are included in this volume, Scholem's biography does unfold. Num Pages: 560 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 42. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006423
- ISBN
- 9780674006423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.02€ 58.39
€ 64.02
€ 58.39
Paperback. Introduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including "Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn", "Connecticut Yankee and Pudd'nhead Wilson". This book investigates the tension between the real-life person, Samuel Clemens, and the fictional person, Mark Twain. It analyzes the significance of Twain's books for American culture. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234746
- ISBN
- 9780631234746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.53
€ 44.99
€ 44.53