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Biography: general
Paperback. Presents a personal and provocative look at poverty in America. This book tells the story of growing up in a large Irish Catholic working-class family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and draws together the experiences of living in poverty, the role of the church and music. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; HRCV; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Augsburg Fortress United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780806656243
- ISBN
- 9780806656243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. The only English translation available of the reflections of the son of Peig Sayers, the last of the Great Blasket poets and storytellers. Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192813206
- ISBN
- 9780192813206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.49
€ 18.49
Paperback. Soren Kierkegaard's influence has been felt in many areas of human thought from theology to psychology. Nearly 100 of his prayers are gathered here, illuminating his own life of prayer and speaking to the concerns of Christians today. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470573
- ISBN
- 9780226470573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.36
€ 21.99
€ 18.36
Hardback. This final volume marks the twilight years of this American writer's life. These letters, including many to Henry David Thoreau, William Henry Furness, Margaret Fuller, and Thomas Carlyle among others offer an intimate portrait of Emerson. Num Pages: 515 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Volume 10
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101837
- ISBN
- 9780231101837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.54€ 112.02
€ 148.54
€ 112.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271036250
- ISBN
- 9780271036250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.27
€ 44.99
€ 34.27
paperback. Series: The J. Frank Dobie. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 381. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292707283
- ISBN
- 9780292707283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.55
€ 17.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. An eloquent and provocative autobiography of an activist in the 1960s civil rights movement Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976594
- ISBN
- 9780295976594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.72
€ 43.99
€ 38.72
paperback. In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. This work offers a glimpse into a Japanese boy's life at the time of the Sino-Japanese (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese (1904-5) wars. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077607
- ISBN
- 9780520077607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.80
€ 34.99
€ 25.80
Paperback. This collection of letters between Freud and his future biographer provides an account of the early years of the psychoanalytical movement. While charting the progress of a friendship, the correspondence also touches upon contemporary events, such as the Russian Revolution and rise of Nazism. Num Pages: 894 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 894
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674154247
- ISBN
- 9780674154247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.98€ 52.52
€ 56.98
€ 52.52
hardcover. Presents Albert Einstein's writings from his arrival in Berlin in the spring of 1914 to take up his new position at the Prussian Academy of Sciences through the end of 1917. This book contains papers describing Einstein's experimental investigation, a study of Ampere's molecular currents, which he carried out with the Dutch physicist W J de Haas. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780691010861
- ISBN
- 9780691010861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.63
€ 244.63
Hardback. In Volume 15 Jefferson, a veteran of the councils of his own country's revolution, becomes an eyewitness of the opening events of the great upheaval in France in 1789. Three days later he is among the crowds with Dugald Stewart, the young Scottish philosopher, as Louis XVI is led in triumph by his people thro' the streets of the capital. Editor(s): Boyd, Julian P. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 720 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691045474
- ISBN
- 9780691045474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.75€ 126.82
€ 168.75
€ 126.82
Hardback. Describes Thomas Jefferson grappling with problems arising from the radicalization of the French Revolution in Europe and the polarization of domestic politics in the US. The overthrow of the French monarchy leads the Secretary of State to suspend debt payments and to formulate a diplomatic recognition policy that will guide American diplomacy. Editor(s): Catanzariti, John. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 928 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691047768
- ISBN
- 9780691047768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.75€ 127.16
€ 168.75
€ 127.16
Hardback. Begins with the controversy over ratification of the Versailles Treaty as it enters its climactic stage. Wilson refuses the advice of supporters who beg him to accept Republican reservations in order to put the Treaty through the Senate, and he puts heavy pressure on those Democratic senators who want to consent to reservations. Editor(s): Link, Arthur S.; Little, J. E. Series: The Papers of Woodrow Wilson. Num Pages: 646 pages, 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1171.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691047928
- ISBN
- 9780691047928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.75€ 126.82
€ 168.75
€ 126.82
Hardback. Covers a period of twenty-two months during which Thomas Jefferson spent most of his time at Monticello, where in his short-lived retirement from office he turned in earnest to the renovation of his residence and described himself as a 'monstrous farmer'. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 744 pages, 8 duotones, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; DN; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090436
- ISBN
- 9780691090436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.75€ 126.82
€ 168.75
€ 126.82
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646923
- ISBN
- 9780691646923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.56
€ 117.56
Hardback. The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney is a biography of a man who played a key role in the events which marked the political, social, and economic transformation of western Canada in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774807302
- ISBN
- 9780774807302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.65
€ 113.65
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803211483
- ISBN
- 9780803211483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.14
€ 36.99
€ 32.14
Paperback. Chronicles the author's travels in the rugged mountain forests of Japan's Shiretoko National Park, on a vision quest in Death Valley, and to the sacred waters of the Ganges. This book also features the landscape of his marriage, both its initial sweetness and its eventual failure. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232143
- ISBN
- 9780803232143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- None ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813538068
- ISBN
- 9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.26
€ 159.26
Paperback. Despite her disabilities, Helen Keller worked tirelessly for human rights and other political issues. Series: The Radical Lives of Helen Keller. Num Pages: 193 pages, 15 illustrations halftones over 15 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFG; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758144
- ISBN
- 9780814758144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644568
- ISBN
- 9780816644568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. This is the first biography of Abel-Smith. It takes a historical perspective to analyse the development of health and social welfare systems since the 1950s, exposing the critical impact of long-running debates on poverty and state responsibility, especially in Britain. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BG; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447314844
- ISBN
- 9781447314844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
paperback. Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York & Norfolk. This book looks at who Warbeck really was, how he was used by those in power in Burgundy, France, Italy, Scotland and Ireland, and the progress of the conspiracy itself. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750939898
- ISBN
- 9780750939898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
paperback. A new edition--now with a new Afterword--of the honest and hilarious recovery memoir by the famously neurotic comedian and regular guest star of the hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Edition
- 1st Public Affairs Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586486044
- ISBN
- 9781586486044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.36
€ 25.99
€ 19.36