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Paperback / so. Editor(s): Bartocci, C; Betti, R; Guerraggio, A; Lucchetti, R. Series: I Blu. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; PBX; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer Verlag Italy
Condition
New
SKU
V9788847006393
ISBN
9788847006393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Dame Eugenia Charles was the female prime minister in the Caribbean. This book features nine essays that capture critical elements of her life and times and her motivations as prime minister of Dominica. It reveals an admiration for her as a purpose-driven female leader, who never acted out of malice or vindictiveness. Editor(s): Barriteau, Eudine; Cobley, Alan. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766401917
ISBN
9789766401917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.04
€ 46.63

Hardback. A collection of memoirs of eleven historians who, born around the time of World War II, helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. Editor(s): Banner, James M., Jr.; Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226036564
ISBN
9780226036564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.07

Hardback. Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for almost two decades when it was at the height of its powers. This book is a reappraisal of both Brezhnev, the man, and the system over which he ruled. Editor(s): Bacon, Edwin; Sandle, Mark. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 140 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333794630
ISBN
9780333794630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.64

paperback. Editor(s): Axson, Stockton; Link, Arthur S. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604763
ISBN
9780691604763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Axson, Stockton; Link, Arthur S. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633794
ISBN
9780691633794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.18

paperback. Editor(s): Auxier, Randall E; Anderson, Doug, Dr. Num Pages: 317 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cricket Books, a division of Carus Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812696479
ISBN
9780812696479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.60

Paperback. Shares the author's experiences from the first days of World War II until the end of hostilities. He saw and endured the pain brought by war, but lived through it optimistically, first hand and vicariously, through the different personalities - American, Filipinos, Japanese, and others - whom he knew and with whom he came into contact. Editor(s): Arcilla, Jose S., S.J. Num Pages: 196 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ateneo de Manila University Press Philippines
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9789715504881
ISBN
9789715504881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.54

Hardback. Edith Alicia Muller (1918-1995) was the IAU General Secretary from 1976 to 1979, the first woman to have this responsibility. This title includes the memories about Edith from many friends, students and colleagues, and others who have met her at different occasions. Editor(s): Appenzeller, Immo; Chmielewski, Yves; Pecker, Jean Claude; Reza, Ramiro de la; Tammann, Gustav; Wayman, Patrick A. W. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792347897
ISBN
9780792347897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.40

Paperback. "Published under the auspices of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation." Editor(s): Aichelburg, Peter C.; Sexl, Roman U. Num Pages: 220 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PD; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 373.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9783528084257
ISBN
9783528084257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 143.62

Hardback. Statistical science as organized in formal academic departments is relatively new; largely the creation of the last sixty years. These memoirs by key players in academic development covers every statistics department founded in the US up to the mid-1960s. Editor(s): Agresti, Alan; Meng, Xiao-Li. Num Pages: 564 pages, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JNMN; MBNS; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1027.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461436485
ISBN
9781461436485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.33

paperback. A fresh and engaging international tribute to Bernard Malamud, a major American Jewish novelist in the postwar era of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Aarons, Victoria; Canales, Gustavo Sanchez. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wayne State University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814341148
ISBN
9780814341148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.69

Paperback. An assessment of the important place of Gustave Le Gray in the history of photography. A young painter in Rome, then a fashionable portrait photographer in Paris, Le Gray received commissions from Napoleon III, and fled to Palermo and then Egypt when faced with bankruptcy. Num Pages: 402 pages, 237 colour & 113 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; AJB; AJC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 293 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2223.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366712
ISBN
9780892366712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.43
€ 45.04

Hardcover. 63pp. 17 cm. Published in 1744. Rebound in modern marbled boards,with gilt blocked leather title label on the front board, very light foxing here and there. Keywords: Biography
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Charles Corbett London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KHS0028302
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 245.00

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554883899
ISBN
9781554883899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.29

Paperback. A celebrated warrior who led his people to victory on the battlefield, Red Cloud was also a skilled diplomat who transitioned the Oglala Sioux to reservation life. In Red Cloud: Oglala Legend , John D. McDermott examines Red Cloud's early years, his rise to prominence, and his struggle to protect his people from cultural domination. Series: South Dakota Biography Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BTM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 121 x 7. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
South Dakota State Historical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941813027
ISBN
9781941813027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.36

paperback. The Life of the Mohawks. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: BG. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS P/B
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
Publication date
1999
SKU
V9780823218998
ISBN
9780823218998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.73
€ 73.04

Paperback. How many of us have dreamt of playing like Seve Ballesteros or Ben Hogan? Of playing just one round of par golf? Author John Richardson actually did it, and in this book, you will find out how. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 61. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9780856408410
ISBN
9780856408410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.45

Paperback. Offers insights into Picasso's life and work. This title reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and paintings. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1630.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951290
ISBN
9781845951290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 34.41

Paperback. A biography that establishes the complexity of Picasso's Spanish roots, his aversion to his native Malaga and his passion for Barcelona and Catalan 'modernisme'. It introduces material on the artist's early training in religious art. It provides fresh insights into the artistic failures of Picasso's father as an impetus to his sons' triumphs. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 185 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1392.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951559
ISBN
9781845951559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 34.29

Paperback. Intends to recreate the Pablo Picasso's life and work during the decade of 1907-17 - a period during which the artist and Georges Braque invented Cubism and to that extent engendered modernism. Bringing a fresh light to bear on the artist's sensationalised private life, this title presents a view of this paradoxical man of his paradoxical work. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 184 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951566
ISBN
9781845951566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. A memorial to the late John von Neumann. Editor(s): Oxtoby, J C; Pettis, B J; Price, G B. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821800218
ISBN
9780821800218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.87
€ 51.69

Hardcover. This book consists of two parts, written at different times and with different purposes. They are not sequential, yet belong together. The first tells the story of the life of M.S. Swaminathan, and his dream of securing human dignity through food sovereignty in India, and the second reflects on the implications and nuances of the story. Editor(s): Rao, Nitya. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academic Foundation
Condition
New
SKU
V9789332701861
ISBN
9789332701861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.74

Paperback. Presents the anecdotes revealing the author's son Alex's wisdom and wit (Alex's sense of humor is legendary, and has been known to cause huge outbreaks of smiles), together with the stories from the parents of children with autism. Num Pages: 79 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 109.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Future Horizons
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885477781
ISBN
9781885477781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.27

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