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Biography
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605989105
- ISBN
- 9781605989105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.65
€ 29.99
€ 19.65
This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520088887
- ISBN
- 9780520088887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
Hardcover. Tells the story of six young men and the organizations they founded between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism. This book provides the story of the role the Bergson group played in raising American public consciousness of Jewish and Zionist concerns. Translator(s): Ordan, Dena. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 292 pages, bibliography, glossary, index, 22 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630630
- ISBN
- 9780815630630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Paperback. The second, revised edition of a classic, 19th-century work which captures the pleasures of camping and canoeing in the Adirondacks. The letters of George Washington Sears should interest not only the wilderness lover, but also the boater and craftsman who longs to own the perfect canoe. Editor(s): Brenan, Dan; Lyon, Robert L.; Bond, Hallie (Curator of Collections and Boats, Adirondack Museum, New York, USA). Num Pages: 180 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WSSN5; WSZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Adirondack Museum/Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625940
- ISBN
- 9780815625940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.91
€ 27.91
Hardcover. The latest from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography-authoritative and accessible biographies of more than 800 people who shaped national life and who died from 2001 onwards, with over 250 portrait images. This volume extends the coverage of the Oxford DNB, first published as a 60-volume print set in 2004. Editor(s): Goldman, Lawrence. Num Pages: 1280 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; GBCB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 196 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2022.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199562442
- ISBN
- 9780199562442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.97
€ 256.97
Paperback. A story of a young Jewish girl's coming-of-age during the tragic years of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195035001
- ISBN
- 9780195035001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.52
€ 21.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984650583
- ISBN
- 9780984650583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Hardcover. A biography of Lord Kelvin, that includes Kelvin's personal recollections and data. It lets the documents and letters speak as far as possible for themselves. Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 991.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821837436
- ISBN
- 9780821837436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.49
€ 80.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921410888
- ISBN
- 9781921410888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.02
€ 38.02
Hardcover. Colonel John Henry Patterson was an Irish-born soldier, lion hunter, bridge builder, East African game warden, author, man-about-town, and Zionist. This biography traces Patterson's life from his days as a British socialite to his command of the Jewish Legion of volunteers who helped drive the Turks out of Palestine. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609278
- ISBN
- 9780815609278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.80
€ 29.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. The man widely believed to have been the model for Alden Pyle in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Edward G. Lansdale (1908-1987) was a Cold War celebrity. This biography reexamines Lansdale's role as an agent of American Cold War foreign policy and takes into account both his actual activities and the myths that grew to surround him. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494640
- ISBN
- 9781558494640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Morton, Lindsey. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BG; CFF; DQ; GBA; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Unisa Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868886647
- ISBN
- 9781868886647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.75
€ 46.99
€ 46.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742234175
- ISBN
- 9781742234175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.02
€ 38.02
Paperback. Follows the soldiers of the Fifty-seventh as they push far into Unionist Kentucky, starve at the siege of Vicksburg, guard Union prisoners at the Andersonville stockade, defend Atlanta from Sherman, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 b&w photos, 1 table, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; BTM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329338
- ISBN
- 9780820329338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633587
- ISBN
- 9780815633587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
Paperback. A classic wartime trilogy originally published in the 1960s, this book is the author's account of his service on HMAS Perth, his account of life as a POW in Burma and coal mining in Nagasaki before the atom bomb freed them. Num Pages: 951 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1M; BTM; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 951
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522850673
- ISBN
- 9780522850673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
Paperback. This is the author's memoir of moving through childhood to gay adulthood through visceral encounters with Hollywood movies: "Hello Dolly!", "The Poseidon Adventure", "Dog Day Afternoon" and "The Sound of Music" Oz". Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGA; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299161644
- ISBN
- 9780299161644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.16
€ 22.16
Hardcover. Focuses primarily on the years of McKay's presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during some of the most turbulent times in American and world history. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 187 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1311.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874808223
- ISBN
- 9780874808223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870716294
- ISBN
- 9780870716294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. A biography of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War commander known for his "destructive war" policy against Confederates and as a consummate soldier. It traces Sherman's involvement in the Mexican War in late 1840s, his years battling prospectors and deserting soldiers in gold-rush California, and his 1850 marriage to his foster sister, Ellen. Num Pages: 680 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327850
- ISBN
- 9780809327850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. David Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany until VE-Day and beyond. His letters show us a devoutly religious man trying to cope with the perils of combat and the needs of his fellow soldiers. Editor(s): Palmer, Greg; Zaid, Mark S. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613564
- ISBN
- 9780700613564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.17
€ 72.17
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€ 38.12
€ 48.99
€ 38.12
paperback. The author does not divine a purpose in the accidental opportunities he has encountered. Rather he accepts the mystery of their almost haphazardness and stresses the importance of seizing the opportunities that the opening doors present. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Brunswick Books Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552662366
- ISBN
- 9781552662366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.77
€ 26.99
€ 23.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850365887
- ISBN
- 9780850365887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61