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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494640
- ISBN
- 9781558494640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. Sir Richard Jebb (1841-1905) was the most celebrated classical scholar in late Victorian Britain: his edition of Sophocles, which remains a classic, brought him a knighthood. Professor of Greek at Cambridge from 1889, and MP for the University from 1891 until his death, Jebb became a national spokesman for the humanities. Editor(s): Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge Philological Society
- Edition
- Supplement
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956838131
- ISBN
- 9780956838131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.17€ 56.50
€ 61.17
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Hardcover. This work comprises a collection of autobiographical essays by geographers. The contributors use autobiography as a tool to document the history of geography, as a method of data collection, and as a mode of analysis. Editor(s): Moss, Pamela. Series: Space, Place & Geography S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: BGA; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628477
- ISBN
- 9780815628477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
Hardcover. Editor(s): Holzer, Harold; Gabbard, Sara Vaughn. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809332465
- ISBN
- 9780809332465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.69
€ 46.99
€ 39.69
Paperback. "Rescuing the Children" is the memoir of Vivette Samuel, who at age twenty-two began working for the uvre de secours aux enfants (OSE, or Society for Assistance to Children). The OSE and similar organizations saved 86 percent of Jewish children in France from deportation to Nazi concentration and extermination camps." Translator(s): Paul, Charles B. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299177447
- ISBN
- 9780299177447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations, portraits, genealogical table. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Canterbury University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927145432
- ISBN
- 9781927145432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.08€ 59.04
€ 64.08
€ 59.04
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Unisa Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868886647
- ISBN
- 9781868886647
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742234175
- ISBN
- 9781742234175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.56
€ 36.99
€ 31.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864734327
- ISBN
- 9780864734327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329338
- ISBN
- 9780820329338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
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
€ 50.04€ 46.80
€ 50.04
€ 46.80
Paperback. Recognized today as one of the great modernist painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer, and her large body of letters and journals represent the story of her life. This volume presents the journals and every extant letter, each carefully annotated. Editor(s): Busch, Gunter; von Reinken, Liselotte. Translator(s): Wensinger, Arthur S.; Hoey, Carole Clew. Num Pages: 576 pages, 46 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACXD1; AGB; BJ; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 830.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810116443
- ISBN
- 9780810116443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
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€ 36.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBFV; 3JMC; BGHA; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522860795
- ISBN
- 9780522860795
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
€ 29.99
€ 25.40
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 951
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522850673
- ISBN
- 9780522850673
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Condition: New
€ 54.70€ 50.86
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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
€ 21.99€ 20.39
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€ 20.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607813293
- ISBN
- 9781607813293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.55
€ 60.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572338470
- ISBN
- 9781572338470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.13
€ 41.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572337176
- ISBN
- 9781572337176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.63
€ 36.63
Hardcover. F Holland Day (1864-1933) was a central figure in artistic circles on both sides of the Atlantic. Day was best known for his brilliantly executed, and sometimes controversial photographic images of blacks, children, and allegorical subjects. This biography covers the historical and cultural contexts in which Day lived and worked. Num Pages: 304 pages, 75 black-&-white & 32 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496682
- ISBN
- 9781558496682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.57
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Paperback. Includes tales that take readers from the chicken houses of Arkansas to the caves of Venezuela and Mexico to the coast of Alaska. Editor(s): Trauth, Joy; Romero, Aldemaro. Num Pages: 160 pages, 35 colour photographs, index. BIC Classification: BTH; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557288721
- ISBN
- 9781557288721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.43
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Paperback. Originally published: Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1994. Series: Sweet Science: Boxing in Literature & History S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTC; LNAA; WSTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557286000
- ISBN
- 9781557286000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.54
€ 26.99
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Paperback. Packed with amazing details about life in the Old West, these colorful escapades are once again available to a new generation of readers. Num Pages: 394 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874808346
- ISBN
- 9780874808346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
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
€ 36.54
€ 36.54
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
€ 26.99€ 23.67
€ 26.99
€ 23.67