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Hardcover. Retrieved from 7 libraries, this corpus of letters was preserved by the Manning family, chiefly for their value as records of Nathaniel's life and work. This book tells of Elizabeth's early life; the trauma caused for sister and brother by the death of their father and the tensions experienced when they moved in with their mother's family. Editor(s): Rocher, Cecile Anne De. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817314989
- ISBN
- 9780817314989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.67
€ 54.67
Hardcover. The career of Washington Irving Chambers spans a formative period in the development of the United States Navy. This work covers Chambers' early naval career, his work at the new Office of Naval Intelligence, his participation in the Greeley Relief Expedition, and a survey for the projected isthmian canal through Nicaragua. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817315641
- ISBN
- 9780817315641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Hardcover. Consists of a biographical essay on Henry Hotze; his contributions to Mobile newspapers during his military service in 1861; his correspondence with Confederate officials during his service in London; articles he published in London to influence British and European opinion; and his correspondence with, and published work in support of, Gobineau. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316204
- ISBN
- 9780817316204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.40
€ 49.40
Hardcover. Under Richard Arrington's leadership, Birmingham rebuilt itself from a foundering, steel-driven industrial center to one of the most diversified metropolitan areas in the Southeast, with an economy fueled by health care, biomedical research, engineering, telecommunications, and banking. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316235
- ISBN
- 9780817316235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.68
€ 60.68
Hardback. Charlotte Perkins Gilman has reemerged as a major American literary figure, as evidenced by the republication of many of her stories and novels and an explosion of scholarship on her. This title presents a collection of letters that provides insights into her character through her own words. Editor(s): Knight, Denise D.; Tuttle, Jennifer S. Series Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Gary. Series: Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism. Num Pages: 504 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316488
- ISBN
- 9780817316488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.25€ 59.89
€ 65.25
€ 59.89
Hardcover. Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the US government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGA; HBT; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316747
- ISBN
- 9780817316747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.76
€ 42.99
€ 35.76
Hardcover. "Circling Faith" is a collection of essays by southern women that encompasses spirituality and the experience of winding through the religiously charged environment of the American South. Editor(s): Reed, Wendy; Horne, Jennifer. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 203.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317676
- ISBN
- 9780817317676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.93
€ 31.99
€ 27.93
Hardcover. "Heart of Palms "is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; BM; RGBL; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318185
- ISBN
- 9780817318185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.56
€ 31.99
€ 27.56
The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash: J. Edgar Hoover and ...
Waters, Robert Alvin, Waters, Zack C.
Hardcover. Informed by thousands of pages of newly released FBI files, "The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash" tells the gripping story of the only crime investigated by J. Edgar Hoover himself, the sensational 1938 murder of a five-year-old boy from the Florida Everglades. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318222
- ISBN
- 9780817318222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.96
€ 31.99
€ 27.96
Hardback. A collection of essays about the body: the author's own body, female and Jewish; those of her parents, the bodies she came from; and the collective body, with all its historical, social, and political implications. What, she asks, does this whole mess of bones, muscles, organs, and soul mean? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DNF; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226105277
- ISBN
- 9780226105277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
Paperback. Series: Judaic Studies S. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350956
- ISBN
- 9780817350956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.11
€ 49.11
Paperback. This work comprises two articles that appeared in the 1904 and 1906 volumes of Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society - "Life of Apushimataha", in which Gideon Lincecum tells the story of Choctaw chief Pushmataha, a warrior born in 1764, and "Choctaw Traditions about Their Settlement in Mississippi and the Origin of Their Mounds". Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; BGH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351151
- ISBN
- 9780817351151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.50
€ 22.50
Paperback. A description of the life and culture of Jews in 18th-century Morocco. Translator(s): Stillman, Yedida K.; Stillman, Norman A. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 3JF; BGH; HBJH; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351359
- ISBN
- 9780817351359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. A 20th-century prophet who offered a vision of democratic community. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351496
- ISBN
- 9780817351496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.21
€ 43.21
Paperback. The stormy life of one of the most colorful and complex characters in early 19th-century medicine." Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351540
- ISBN
- 9780817351540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.54
€ 43.99
€ 36.54
Paperback. A case study of the technological, economic, and intellectual trends during Germany's industrial revolution. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351700
- ISBN
- 9780817351700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.52
€ 42.99
€ 35.52
Paperback. In this study, Charles Weeks explains the creation and transformation of on the most powerful secular myths in the Western world, that of Benito Juarez Mexico. The liberal president of Mexico became, and continues to be, a national icon. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351946
- ISBN
- 9780817351946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Presenting a blend of memoir, opinion, and sports, the author - who wrote four sports columns per week for the "Birmingham News" - writes about more than three decades of Alabama sports. He shares about the personalities and events from the realms of high school sports, minor league baseball, college basketball, and Nextel Cup Racing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; BT; KNTJ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fire Ant Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817352523
- ISBN
- 9780817352523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.28
€ 38.28
Paperback. A Civil War memoir about Marcus B Toney - who served with the First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the campaigns in West Virginia and the Wilderness, where he was captured. This book reports his experiences as a Federal POW, the war's immediate aftermath, and the growth and appeal of the Ku Klux Klan directly following its formation. Num Pages: 160 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; BTM; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fire Ant Books
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817352561
- ISBN
- 9780817352561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.89
€ 25.89
Paperback. A memoir, which presents an account of a young man's mixture of ambition, love, and anti-Nazi repugnance that convinced him to forego a promising professional career in the Third Reich for the uncertain future of another country. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGX; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817352882
- ISBN
- 9780817352882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Contains the section of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo's work that recounts his experience in the New World during his service in Panama. This work includes an introduction to Oviedo and provides general information on the political background of Spain and on the Spanish colonial system, the printing history of the text, and more. Editor(s): Dille, G.F. Translator(s): Dille, G.F. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353391
- ISBN
- 9780817353391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.49
€ 32.49
Paperback. This absorbing and insightful biography illuminates the life of the controversial champion of the Social Gospel in early-20th-century America. " Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC95. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353698
- ISBN
- 9780817353698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.97
€ 43.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Pacernick, Gary. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353735
- ISBN
- 9780817353735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.57
€ 45.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353759
- ISBN
- 9780817353759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44