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Hardback. Offers the study of a largely ignored legacy. Scouring archives, discovering diaries, and memoirs in private houses and forgotten drawers, this title recovers the voices of the generation - bootblacks and poets, film directors and farmers, miners, anarchists, and seamstresses - compelled to tell their stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; BGA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823226788
ISBN
9780823226788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.67

Hardback. An aristocratic member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Sidney George Fisher was a prolific man of letters. He kept a detailed diary that chronicled not only daily life in America's second city but also the key political, social, and cultural events of the 19th century. This book talks about the Fisher's diary written during the Civil War. Editor(s): White, Jonathan W. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823227273
ISBN
9780823227273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.26

Hardback. Offers a portrait of home front Ohio, and how a young boy, his sister, and his mother waited out their war, scanning newspapers and magazines for news of Dad and devouring letters full of humor and expressions of love for and pride in his family and dreams of a good life after the war. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229796
ISBN
9780823229796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardback. Presents a first person account of two of the heroes of World War II and of the love that they shared across the years and miles. Editor(s): Edmundson, Celia. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 252 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 533.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230969
ISBN
9780823230969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.64

Hardback. Tells the story of one man's odyssey from the streets of the Bronx to a life as a professional athlete and banker in Europe, but it is also provides a vantage point on the history of the Bronx and sheds light on a neglected period in American urban history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231027
ISBN
9780823231027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.97
€ 66.34

Hardback. Presents a series of prose poems that draw their inspiration from the great Sufi poet of mediaeval Andalusia, Ibn Arabi, whose fervent love poetry both scandalized and transformed Islamic culture, and from Dante, who learned from Ibn Arabi a poetry of sensual love as initiation into spiritual experience. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBT; BGA; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231140
ISBN
9780823231140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.84

hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HRCC7; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 721.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233045
ISBN
9780823233045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.61

Hardback. A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day. Num Pages: 310 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823239504
ISBN
9780823239504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.04

Hardback. A raw, piercing, and courageously open self-scrutiny that merges the author's distinct worlds of being gay, Catholic, and a devoted son and brother to his dying mother and sister. Num Pages: 198 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823241842
ISBN
9780823241842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.15
€ 52.36

Hardback. The illuminating intellectual biography of one of the most controversial Italian figures of the twentieth century. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245642
ISBN
9780823245642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.21

Hardback. Chronicles the experiences of a black female teaching in public schools in the South Bronx in the era of No Child Left Behind and the Common Core. Addressing "high stakes" that go beyond tests, Faking Sleep examines how and what one must teach poor students of color. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271405
ISBN
9780823271405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.73

Paperback. Biography of Robert Carlton "Bob" Brown, avant-garde publisher, poet and reading machine inventor, bestselling pulp fiction and Hollywood movie treatment writer, cookbook author with Cora and Rose Brown, advertiser copyrighter, editorial board member of the Masses, curator of A Museum of Social Change, and much more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 52 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSB; DSBH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271467
ISBN
9780823271467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. Through five case histories, the book provides a snapshot of political persecution in mid-twentieth century America. Num Pages: 268 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBWQ; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271795
ISBN
9780823271795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.31

Hardback. Out of the Ordinary is the memoir of Dr. Michael Dillon/ Lobzang Jivaka (1915-1962), a transsexual man and Buddhist monastic novice chiefly known to scholars of sex, gender and sexuality for his pioneering transition from female to male between 1939 and 1949, and for his groundbreaking 1946 book Self: A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology. Editor(s): Lau, Jacob. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HRE; JFSJ5; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823274802
ISBN
9780823274802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; 3JM; BM; KNTJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Beaufort Books United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825307973
ISBN
9780825307973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Vida Publishers United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829704341
ISBN
9780829704341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.13

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vida Publishers United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829733587
ISBN
9780829733587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Paperback / so. Series: Biografias de Grandes Lideres de Nuestros Tiempos. Num Pages: 219 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vida Publishers United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829752724
ISBN
9780829752724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.19

Hardback. Series: Biografias De Grandes Lideres De Nuestros Tiempos. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCX7. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829762051
ISBN
9780829762051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.96

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 158 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Editorial Vida United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829763126
ISBN
9780829763126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.01

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