Biography
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Biography
Hardback. Editor(s): Leitz, Robert C. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; BGL; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635323
- ISBN
- 9780691635323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.80
€ 130.80
hardcover. As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are forever linked because of the barriers they encountered, the discrimination they endured, the athletic gifts they exhibited, and especially the .. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597978422
- ISBN
- 9781597978422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.52
€ 47.52
Paperback. A biography of noted Indiana businessman John Purdue, whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's greatest land-grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. The book incorporates research efforts by previous writers with facts gleaned from newspapers and official documents. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532879
- ISBN
- 9781557532879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.02
€ 16.02
Paperback. Dave Ross (1871-1943) and George Ade (1866-1944) were trustees, distinguished alumni and benefactors of Purdue University. Their friendship began in 1922 and led to their giving land and money for 1924 construction of Ross-Ade Stadium, a 70,000 seat athletic landmark on the West Lafayette campus. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535221
- ISBN
- 9781557535221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.85
€ 24.99
€ 23.85
Hardback. Documents and assesses Wesley's broad dependence on Puritan source material by considering selected areas of theological concern shared by Wesley and the Puritans in their application of the gospel to a believer's daily life. Series: Pietist & Wesleyan Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC95; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836372
- ISBN
- 9780810836372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.36
€ 164.36
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934723
- ISBN
- 9780813934723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.56
€ 33.99
€ 27.56
Paperback. "To my mind, the most significant single scholarly contribution made to date, anywhere, to the history of Soviet power."-George F. Kennan Num Pages: 752 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393308693
- ISBN
- 9780393308693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.08
€ 21.99
€ 20.08
Paperback. A complete biography based on a wide range of previously untapped primary sources, covering Wrighta s private life, architecture, and role in American society, culture, and politics. Views Wrighta s buildings as biographical as well as social statements, analyzing his work by type, category, and individual structure. Num Pages: 464 pages, 150 illustrations, photographs, line drawings, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AM; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471857976
- ISBN
- 9780471857976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1D; AJB; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375753961
- ISBN
- 9780375753961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.44
€ 19.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. When Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. This book tells the story of a man of unparalleled vision and organizational acumen whose passion for justice changed the face of baseball forever. Num Pages: 232 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716151
- ISBN
- 9780814716151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.36
€ 39.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062238801
- ISBN
- 9780062238801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.83
€ 16.99
€ 15.83
Hardcover. "One of our great essayists and journalists--the Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau--takes us on a heady tour through his life and times in this vividly atmospheric and visceral memoir that is both a love letter to a New York long past and a tribute to the transformative power of art."--Front jacket flap. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dey Street Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062238795
- ISBN
- 9780062238795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.60
€ 29.99
€ 25.60
Hardback. A journey through the life and thought of George Orwell, from public school satirist and imperial policeman to Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680801
- ISBN
- 9780199680801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.72
€ 18.99
€ 14.72
Hardback. This work presents the accomplishments of Roger Nash Baldwin, who - in his 30-year tenure as director of the ACLU - marked the period when the modern understanding of the Bill of Rights came into being. Spearheaded by Baldwin, volunteer attorneys transformed the constitutional landscape. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 608 pages, 37 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119726
- ISBN
- 9780231119726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.90
€ 85.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554950
- ISBN
- 9780099554950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.22
€ 21.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. No writer is more charismatic than Robert Burns. To his international admirers Burns was a genius, a hero, a warm-hearted friend; yet to the mother of one of his lovers he was a wastrel, and to his political enemies a 'traitor'. This biography presents the remarkable life, loves and struggles of this great poet. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844139309
- ISBN
- 9781844139309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.74
€ 25.99
€ 17.74
Hardback. The author is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, he imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. This title deals with his works. Editor(s): Smith, Rod; Baker, Peter; Harris, Kaplan. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241602
- ISBN
- 9780520241602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.75€ 49.62
€ 63.75
€ 49.62
Hardcover. There is a preoccupation with religion in the work of Northrop Frye. This book shows that it played a greater role than assumed - religion was central to practically everything Frye wrote. It focuses on the works with which Frye began and ended his career - "Fearful Symmetry" and, 50 years on, his two studies of the Bible and "The Double Vision". Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922997
- ISBN
- 9780813922997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps; 16-page black and white photo insert. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJP; BM; HBJD; HBW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 274 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812986624
- ISBN
- 9780812986624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.43
€ 19.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. The definitive biography of David Dubinsky, one of the most controversial and influential labour leaders in 20th-century America Num Pages: 436 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770368
- ISBN
- 9780814770368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. This work gives us a portrait of the whole man. Num Pages: 684 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBF; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206892
- ISBN
- 9780520206892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387453
- ISBN
- 9780873387453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.10
€ 65.10
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448058
- ISBN
- 9780801448058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.41
€ 31.41
Paperback. Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Now Dallek has condensed his two- volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019659
- ISBN
- 9780141019659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.21
€ 21.99
€ 17.21