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Biography: general
The Spinelli of Florence. Fortunes of a Renaissance Merchant Family.
Jacks, Philip; Caferro, William
hardcover. Using the Spinelli family archive, this text paints a picture of the Florentine merchant family's ascent to prominence in the 14th and 15th centuries. Focusing on Tommaso Spinelli, arts patronage, papal finance and silk and wool manufacturing is glimpsed through letters and financial ledgers. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10 colour & 130 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; AB; ACK; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271019246
- ISBN
- 9780271019246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.81€ 105.41
€ 126.81
€ 105.41
paperback. A biography of James Murray, the first editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary". It provides an account of his life, along with how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGH; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300089196
- ISBN
- 9780300089196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.89
€ 43.99
€ 31.89
Paperback. A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly). Num Pages: 384 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330298
- ISBN
- 9780393330298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.66
€ 19.99
€ 18.66
Hardcover. This title aims to show a new side to Lyndon Johnson and demonstrates that Johnson's diplomacy toward Europe deserves recognition as one of the most important achievements of his presidency. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010741
- ISBN
- 9780674010741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
€ 47.99
€ 40.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780731407316
- ISBN
- 9780731407316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.35
€ 24.99
€ 20.35
paperback. "Buffalo Bill" Cody describes his Wild West exhibition, the show that offered audiences a mythic experience of the American frontier Editor(s): Christianson, Frank. Series: The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 photographs, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JH; ASZ; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803240544
- ISBN
- 9780803240544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.07
€ 22.07
paperback. Illustrator(s): Smith, E. Boyd. Num Pages: 397 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803250000
- ISBN
- 9780803250000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.50
€ 16.99
€ 16.50
Hardcover. This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750684
- ISBN
- 9780804750684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.60
€ 115.60
paperback. A biography of Mexican guerilla leader (in Chiapas) Subcommander Marcos that synthesizes his life, his career, and his influence. The first such study in English. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGH; HBTV; JPWQ; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339953
- ISBN
- 9780822339953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.78
€ 41.99
€ 37.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859917940
- ISBN
- 9780859917940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.94
€ 163.94
paperback. Editor(s): Baldauf, Anette. Translator(s): Baldauf, Anette. Num Pages: 328 pages, 71. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 38. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517902100
- ISBN
- 9781517902100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in southern Ukraine, Trotsky was an effective military strategist and an adept diplomat, who staked the fate of the Bolshevik revolution on the meagre foundation of a Europe-wide Communist upheaval. In this book, Trotsky emerges as a brilliant yet flawed man. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198324
- ISBN
- 9780300198324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.50
€ 17.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Based on decades of research, this title presents a portrait of the English cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-90), whose conversion to the Roman Catholic Church in 1845 significantly boosted the presence of the Catholic Church in England and caused many Anglicans to follow his example. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589662100
- ISBN
- 9781589662100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.47
€ 35.99
€ 28.47
Hardcover. One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages colour photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; BG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316232913
- ISBN
- 9780316232913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.43
€ 42.99
€ 30.43
Hardcover. Experiences of twentieth century history and major literary trends are reflected in the excellent but little-known writings of the Austrian-Czech physician and novelist Ernst Weiss (1882-1940). This book assesses the life and legacy of this important voice from mid twentieth century Central Europe. Num Pages: 284 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academica Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933146720
- ISBN
- 9781933146720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
hardcover. A memoir by L.W. "Bill" Lane, Jr., about Sunset, the extraordinarily influential western magazine he guided for several decades until 1990, and about the American West that the magazine helped shape in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804785112
- ISBN
- 9780804785112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.32
€ 33.99
€ 32.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 632 pages, Includes 24 b&w illustrations and 196 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859678094
- ISBN
- 9780859678094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.38
€ 187.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tyndale Momentum
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414333083
- ISBN
- 9781414333083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.80
€ 18.99
€ 18.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557506634
- ISBN
- 9781557506634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.17
€ 27.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916) from Dublin was one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, the designer of the military plan and the youngest signatory of the Proclamation. A recognised poet, he was already dying of TB when, aged 28, he married Grace Gifford in Kilmainham Gaol, just hours before he was exectuted on May 4th, 1916. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847172693
- ISBN
- 9781847172693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 6.02
€ 7.99
€ 6.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671024796
- ISBN
- 9780671024796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.54
€ 26.99
€ 25.54
Paperback. Biography...Paul Durkan. 199pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781904301400
- ISBN
- 9781904301400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
paperback. Autobiography of a sporting legend - John 'You cannot be serious!' McEnroe, a tennis player of genius. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 16, col, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780751534214
- ISBN
- 9780751534214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.29
€ 13.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Fifty fixtures that defined the most successful British manager ever. Series: Fifty Defining Fixtures. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445621470
- ISBN
- 9781445621470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27