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Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 369.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813041711
ISBN
9780813041711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Hardcover. The ten-volume Colonial Series, covering the years 1748-1775, takes the young Washington through his command of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War and then focuses on his political and business activities as a Virginia planter during the fifteen years before the American Revolution. Num Pages: 418 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 50. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813909127
ISBN
9780813909127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.45

Paperback. Includes discography (p. 155-161) and index. Num Pages: 192 pages, 163 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 13. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Painted Turtle
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814335017
ISBN
9780814335017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. Nature and the mid-19th-century American landscape is revealed in this journal of seasons. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 121 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603177
ISBN
9780815603177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.31

Hardcover. Explores the lives of heralded Holocaust rescuers Andre and Magda Trocme, and the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon France who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609704
ISBN
9780815609704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Williamson, Jennifer A. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: B; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610687
ISBN
9780815610687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.63

Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610755
ISBN
9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbours. Num Pages: 232 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610793
ISBN
9780815610793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.45

Hardcover. John Burroughs combined scientific observation with poetic spirit in his nature writing. This collection of essays explores Burrough's life and character, as well as his role as a writer and his relationships with contemporaries including Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson and Muir. Editor(s): Walker, Charlotte Zoe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628422
ISBN
9780815628422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48

Hardcover. This work tells the story of how George Mantello - First Secretary of the El Salvador Consulate in Geneva from 1942 to 1945 - defied censorship to launch a press campaign against the daily deportation of 12,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628736
ISBN
9780815628736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.32

Hardcover. Stephen Crane was a prodigious American author whose bohemian ways seemed to contradict his conscientious upbringing. Drawing on documents by Crane's father, mother and sister, this text shows how their vitality and versatility galvanized Crane's imagination and spurred his literary career. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629016
ISBN
9780815629016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Paperback. The winner of three gold medals in track at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Wilma Rudolph has been portrayed and remembered across a wide range of settings and sites over the past half-century. (Re)Presenting Wilma Rudolph explores the major episodes and sites of memory across the track legend's life and death. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633846
ISBN
9780815633846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.04

Hardcover. In Because of Eva, an American Jewish woman travels to Eastern Europe and Israel to solve mysteries in her family's past by delving into World War II and Holocaust history. Part memoir, part detective story, Because of Eva is an intimate tale of one woman's history within the epic sweep of world events in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBTG; HBTZ1; HRJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634430
ISBN
9780815634430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.16

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; 3JJ; BM; HBTB; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816533992
ISBN
9780816533992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

paperback. Presents a translation of the memoir Memorias de mi juventud en Cuba: Un soldado del ejercito espanol en la guerra separatista (1895-1898) by Josep Conangla. The English edition is based on the Spanish version edited by Joaquin Roy, who found the memoir and was given access to the Conangla family archives. Editor(s): Roy, Joaquin. Translator(s): Walker, Dolores J. Series: Atlantic Crossings. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 B&W figures. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780817358921
ISBN
9780817358921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.72

paperback. This memoir presents a self-portrait of Esrkine Caldwell's first 30 years as a writer, with special emphasis on his long and hard apprenticeship before he emerged as one of the most widely read and controversial writers of his time. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; CBW; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780820318493
ISBN
9780820318493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.35

Paperback. This collection of essays features twelve "heroes" from the American West. Schaefer profiles pioneers of the West - the doctors, explorers, and cowboys who settled the challenging landscape and built communities in the Old West. These unsung champions highlight the unglorified work of the West that was achieved without violence and gunslinging. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BK; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826357663
ISBN
9780826357663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. Ten-year-old Beverly Potts was last seen at 9:00 P.M. the evening of August 24, 1951. James Jessen Badal reexamines the events leading up to Beverly Potts's disappearance and the subsequent police investigation and over-the-top, sensational publicity in the Cleveland press. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Kent State University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873388368
ISBN
9780873388368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

Hardcover. A collection of articulate and perceptive letters and diary entries written by reporter William H. McDougall Jr. that offer an intimate, personal narrative of conditions in wartime East Asia. Editor(s): Topping, Gary. Num Pages: 318 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874808919
ISBN
9780874808919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.32

Paperback. A look into the life and passion of David D. Rust (1874 1963), a pioneer in adventurous backcountry guided tours of the Colorado Plateau province of Utah and Arizona, who led month-long pack trips through a mind-boggling variety of cliffs, mesas, mountaintop overlooks, and hidden desert canyons. Num Pages: 354 pages, frontispiece, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874809442
ISBN
9780874809442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

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