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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558934
ISBN
9781904558934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783485895
ISBN
9781783485895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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