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Biography
Barbara F. Vucanovich: From Nevada to Congress, and Back Again
Vucanovich, Barbara F., Cafferata, Patricia D...
Hardcover. When Reno Republican Barbara Vucanovich was elected to Congress in 1982, she became the first Nevada woman ever elected to a federal office. In this engaging memoir, she reflects with candor and modesty on her political career and the long road that led to it, and offers a rare insider's view of the day-to-day realities of a political career. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874176230
- ISBN
- 9780874176230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.60
€ 49.99
€ 41.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272977
- ISBN
- 9781782272977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.42
€ 14.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. In this remarkable, up-to-date reconstruction of Castros life, Volker Skierka provides an account of the economic, social, and political history of Cuba since Castros childhood. He draws on a number of little-known sources, including material from the East German communist archives on Cuba, which were until recently inaccessible. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 488 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640815
- ISBN
- 9780745640815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.22
€ 17.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. The first rigorous psychoanalytic investigation into the heart and mind of Nixon explores the forces and events that shaped his complex personality, presenting an enlightening portrait of a troubled man whose insecurities doomed him to suffer the most sensational downfall in American political history. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 223 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108553
- ISBN
- 9780231108553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.37
€ 45.37
Paperback. The Voice of Witness book series takes a humanizing, literary approach to oral history to illuminate the stories of people impacted by injustice across the world. Series: Voice of Witness. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPV; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786632241
- ISBN
- 9781786632241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.40
€ 20.40
Hardcover. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807116036
- ISBN
- 9780807116036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61€ 61.92
€ 67.61
€ 61.92
Hardcover. Russian poet, soldier, and statesman Gavriil Derzhavin (1743-1816) lived during an epoch of momentous change in Russia - imperial expansion, peasant revolts, war with Turkey, and struggle with Napoleon - and he served three tsars, including Catherine the Great. This is the biography of Derzhavin. Translator(s): Brintlinger, Angela. Num Pages: 344 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299224202
- ISBN
- 9780299224202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.94€ 64.13
€ 69.94
€ 64.13
hardcover. Simosko details the life and music of Serge Chaloff in an engaging style, from his childhood in Boston, Massachusetts, through his untimely death in 1957. He also provides a discography of Chaloff's recorded output, much of which has been made available by the 1993 Mosaic Records release of The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833968
- ISBN
- 9780810833968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.01
€ 113.01
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558934
- ISBN
- 9781904558934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.18
€ 54.99
€ 46.18
Paperback. An autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. It presents recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers - on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ADT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183220
- ISBN
- 9780141183220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Hardcover. An autobiographical volume covering Nabokov's first 40 years up to his departure from Europe for America at the outset of World War II, telling of his emergence as a writer, his early loves and his marriage, his passion for butterflies and his lost homeland. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151886
- ISBN
- 9781857151886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.54
€ 20.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Translator(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192246
- ISBN
- 9780141192246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
€ 19.99
€ 14.88
Paperback. Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. This book tells his story. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846143304
- ISBN
- 9781846143304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. In this book, Vladimir Maz'ya describes the first thirty years of his life. He describes his formative years in the Soviet Union, the awakening of his passion for mathematics and his early achievements, presenting, in the process, a vivid picture of the time. Translator(s): Alexeev, Arkady. Num Pages: 204 pages, 115 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; BGT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319349060
- ISBN
- 9783319349060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.21
€ 40.99
€ 32.21
Paperback. Since he arrived on the chess scene in 1992 at the age of 16, Vladimir Kramnik has been tipped as a future World Chamption. Here, he annotates 100 of his best games, and talks about his life and unusual childhood. Num Pages: 272 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: BG; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Everyman Chess
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857442700
- ISBN
- 9781857442700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.24
€ 25.99
€ 22.24
Hardback. The former editor of Russia's eminent Mir publishing house provides reminiscences of a former employee who has risen to become Boris Yeltsin's chief political rival. This work is both a biography of a powerful politician and an analysis of Russia's current social and moral breakdown. Num Pages: 198 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102100
- ISBN
- 9780231102100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.27€ 55.91
€ 72.27
€ 55.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BG; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855753122
- ISBN
- 9780855753122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.99
€ 29.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield International
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783485895
- ISBN
- 9781783485895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.80
€ 46.99
€ 46.80
Paperback. The life story of Dame Vivienne Westwood, told for the first time. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AKT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447254140
- ISBN
- 9781447254140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.89
€ 33.99
€ 23.89
Paperback. A new and insightful biography of the war poet and novelist Richard Aldington, exploring his pre-war, wartime and post-war experiences, writings and relationships. Num Pages: 414 pages, 59 Black & White. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893187
- ISBN
- 9780718893187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Hardback. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153560
- ISBN
- 9780231153560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.38
€ 42.99
€ 30.38
Paperback. In this text, Vivian Paley presents a personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighbourhood. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSC; JFSL; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002739
- ISBN
- 9780674002739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.24
€ 30.99
€ 26.24
Paperback. This work sets out to find the truth about the multicultural classroom from those who participate in it. It contains the stories of black teachers, minority parents, immigrant families, a Native American educator and the children themselves. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JH; JNSP; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674505865
- ISBN
- 9780674505865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.26
€ 35.99
€ 30.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970658
- ISBN
- 9781907970658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58