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Biography
Hardback. A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. This book unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DQ; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858294
- ISBN
- 9780761858294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.19
€ 82.19
hardcover. A successful health care entrepreneur and global philanthropist, recounts the lessons he learned along the way and shows that adversity can lead to success in life and business. He shows anyone bulldozed by life how to pull themselves out of the rubble, dust themselves off and find meaning and purpose. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BM; KJH; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761868552
- ISBN
- 9780761868552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.14
€ 51.14
Paperback. Each volume in this series features approximately fifteen short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of a given state. The villainous, the misguided, and the misunderstood all get their due in these entertaining yet informing books. Series: Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762728152
- ISBN
- 9780762728152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.18
€ 17.99
€ 15.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 16.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- TwoDot Books United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762743728
- ISBN
- 9780762743728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.37
€ 14.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Most previous published works about Ty Cobb, the first player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, paint him as a much hated athlete and lonely, old man. Ty Cobb: Safe At Home offers a deeper insight into his private life in Augusta, Georgia. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762744800
- ISBN
- 9780762744800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.51
€ 17.99
€ 14.51
Hardback. A book about accepting yourself - and your body - and embracing your true identity. It intends to inspire those suffering from an eating disorder as well as those affected by someone close to them who has one. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762748969
- ISBN
- 9780762748969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.72
€ 23.99
€ 18.72
paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Utah Women tells the stories of twelve strong and determined women who broke through social, cultural, or political barriers. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780762749010
- ISBN
- 9780762749010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
€ 16.99
€ 13.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- TwoDot Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762749034
- ISBN
- 9780762749034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.20
€ 17.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 14.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- TwoDot Books United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762754267
- ISBN
- 9780762754267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.75
€ 16.99
€ 13.75
hardcover. When retired CEO Ramsay Peard calls his old friend Morine and asks the longtime conservationist to canoe the Connecticut River, Morine says he'd do it under one condition: no camping. Morine recounts their journey of whim, humor, and self-discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780762754595
- ISBN
- 9780762754595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.45
€ 24.99
€ 19.45
Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Oregon Women, 2nd Edition celebrates the women who shaped the Beaver State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 12.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762758661
- ISBN
- 9780762758661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.75
€ 16.99
€ 13.75
Paperback. Joyner pens a brutally honest memoir of life as an obese woman. She didn't know what to fear more: dying, or knowing that she was causing her own death. In the end, it is also a story of recovery and survival. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762759620
- ISBN
- 9780762759620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.18
€ 17.99
€ 15.18
Hardback. The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including 29 Cornell students. Protected by influential friends, William T. Morris faced no retribution for this outrage. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; BGB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 37.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760084
- ISBN
- 9780762760084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.51
€ 24.99
€ 19.51
paperback. More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Oklahoma Women celebrates the women who shaped the Sooner State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 12.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780762760282
- ISBN
- 9780762760282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.75
€ 16.99
€ 13.75
Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Washington Women, 2nd Edition celebrates the women who shaped the Evergreen State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760749
- ISBN
- 9780762760749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
€ 16.99
€ 13.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762761258
- ISBN
- 9780762761258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.20
€ 17.99
€ 15.20
Hardback. The inspiring story of the legendary couple whose wildlife films transformed America's perceptions of exotic places. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 32.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762763603
- ISBN
- 9780762763603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.88
€ 26.99
€ 20.88
Hardback. Never Too Late is one man's views of the pleasures and potentials of old age based on a long life of adventure as a correspondent for the world's leading magazines-and the lessons learned along the way from diverse groups of people, from the world's most powerful leaders to some of the world's most hapless individuals. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VFJG; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 25.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762763764
- ISBN
- 9780762763764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.53
€ 20.99
€ 17.53
Hardback. From the author who brought you the shocking true story that inspired Arsenic and Old Lace comes the horrific legacy of death and destruction in the gunmaking Colt family during the 19th Century, a legacy largely remembered for a lurid murder case that inspired Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Oblong Box" but one that encompassed so much more.. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 37.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762763795
- ISBN
- 9780762763795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.30
€ 26.99
€ 21.30
hardcover. Gib's Odyssey is the heart-rending story of a man who defiantly resisted the encroachments of a fatal degenerative disease. The odyssey of Gib Peters is a story of a man who left a lasting mark on his community by conquering despair and choosing a life of adventure with the precious time he had left. Num Pages: 224 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BM; MJC; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762764167
- ISBN
- 9780762764167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.67
€ 24.99
€ 19.67