Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Presents the story of a quiet scientist and his flamboyant wife, and of their passions for hunting, wild lands, and the grouse and raptor species they were instrumental in saving from destruction. This book provides an account of conservation history over the course of the 20th century, particularly in Wisconsin from the 1920s through the 1970s. Num Pages: 368 pages, 43 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299180942
- ISBN
- 9780299180942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.43
€ 28.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299181840
- ISBN
- 9780299181840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.46
€ 20.99
€ 19.46
Paperback. Part autobiographical journal, part social-historical novel, this book tracks Tobias Scheebaum's almost epic life story, from his youth through his life in Peru, Borneo and beyond. Editor(s): Larkin, Joan; Bergman, David. Series: Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 b&w drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BG; JHMP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299193447
- ISBN
- 9780299193447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.48
€ 23.99
€ 19.48
Hardcover. Blue Daughter of the Red Sea is Birabiro's poetic account of the harsh reality of her young life spread across three continents. Her voice is a fresh melange of child and adult perspectives, at once brutally honest and wise beyond her years. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299195700
- ISBN
- 9780299195700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.37
€ 23.37
Hardcover. Widely regarded as one of the leading environmentalists in American history, Gaylord Nelson is best known as the founder of Earth Day. This political biography tells the rest of the story - how a small town boy from Wisconsin became a national champion of a progressive agenda. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299196400
- ISBN
- 9780299196400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Hardcover. Robert Rand tells the tale of how dancing freed him from the grip of panic disorder. Rand was a serious, shy, and intense scholar who had achieved national recognition in a writing and radio production career. Dancing became a cathartic and liberating endeavor. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; BGA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299201609
- ISBN
- 9780299201609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.53
€ 26.99
€ 23.53
Paperback. For more than sixty years, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans personified the romantic, mythic West that Americans cherished. Part narrative, part reference, this survey spans the entire scope of Rogers's and Evans's careers and highlights their place in twentieth-century American popular culture. Num Pages: 550 pages, 41 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APF; APT; APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 31. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Popular Press 3
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299210045
- ISBN
- 9780299210045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
Hardcover. In post-WWII America, stranger to her own past, Colette Inez survives a harrowing adolescence and a menacing, abusive adoptive family by defining her solace in a passion for literature. This memoir, spans two continents, a trail of discovery, and a buried secret that allowed her to reconcile her past, present and finally come of age as an artist. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299214203
- ISBN
- 9780299214203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Hardcover. Captures the public achievement and private pain of a Wisconsin woman and her family. Helen's home influences, Presbyterian background, education and talents impelled her to lead. This book, based on a family's history, speaks about the way we were and are, a stridently materialistic nation with a deep and persistent spiritual component. Series: Wisconsin Land & Life S. Num Pages: 504 pages, 42 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299214500
- ISBN
- 9780299214500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.57
€ 38.57
Hardcover. David Obey has in his forty years in the US House of Representatives worked to bring economic and social justice to America's working families. In 2007 he has assumed the chair of the Appropriations Committee. Here, he looks back on his journey in politics. He also discusses his own central role in the evolution of Congress and ethics reforms. Num Pages: 496 pages, 19 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JKS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299225407
- ISBN
- 9780299225407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.57
€ 38.57
Hardcover. In 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War, Congressman Melvin Laird agreed to serve as Richard Nixon's secretary of defense. Lampooned as a "missile head," but decisive in crafting an exit strategy, he pursued his program of Vietnamization. This biography reveals his role in managing the crisis of national identity sparked by the Vietnam War. Num Pages: 648 pages, 40 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299226800
- ISBN
- 9780299226800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.57
€ 38.57
Hardcover. As a young boy, Dave Crehore moved with his parents from northern Ohio to the shipbuilding town of Manitowoc on the shores of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan, where the Germanic inhabitants punctuate their conversations with 'enso', the local radio station interrupts Beethoven for commercials, and the outdoors are a wellspring of enlightenment. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299230609
- ISBN
- 9780299230609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.37
€ 23.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, black & white tables. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299249144
- ISBN
- 9780299249144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.14
€ 26.99
€ 23.14
Hardcover. Editor(s): Alderson, Kevin; Alderson, Patsy. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299291204
- ISBN
- 9780299291204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 64 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299292508
- ISBN
- 9780299292508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.37
€ 23.37
A Quiet Corner of the War: The Civil War Letters of Gilbert and Esther...
Claflin, Gilbert, Claflin, Esther
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cook, Judy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299294809
- ISBN
- 9780299294809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.54
€ 30.54
Hardcover. Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299294908
- ISBN
- 9780299294908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299295103
- ISBN
- 9780299295103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.85
€ 29.99
€ 25.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMX; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299296209
- ISBN
- 9780299296209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
Hardcover. A scrupulous and unprecedented investigation into the life of Anna Leonowenswho taught the king of Siam s children in the 1860sthat also ponders the perfect fit between Leonowens s mythic self-invention and the New World s innocent dream of peacefully spreading democracy." Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299298302
- ISBN
- 9780299298302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.49
€ 32.49