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Diaries, letters & journals

Hardcover. The internment diary of Austrian composer Hans Gal (1890-1987) with a biographical study of his life and career. Includes a CD of first recordings of three of his works from the period. Translator(s): Fox, Anthony; Fox-Gal, Eva. Num Pages: 244 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Toccata Press United Kingdom
Edition
Har/Com
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907689751
ISBN
9780907689751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.12

Hardcover.

I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of inward emigration . Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745669885
ISBN
9780745669885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.24

Paperback. A firsthand account of previously almost inaccessible eastern Greenland Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JF; BJ; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 108 x 23. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Independent Publisher United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982170304
ISBN
9780982170304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.81

Hardcover. Includes 111 letters and a note written by Miss Carter, dating from 1737 to 1804. They provide an understanding of the person whom her nephew Montagu Pennington wishes to portray in his memoirs. They show how generous and dependable a friend she was; how faithful in keeping contact; how witty she could be; and how serious. Num Pages: 227 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139129
ISBN
9780874139129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.89

Hardcover. Covers developments in Europe that affected the international position of the USA, such as the signing of preliminary articles of peace between the UK and France, which foreshadowed the end of the lucrative trading period. The letters are accompanied by annotations and a detailed index. Editor(s): Hackett, Mary A.; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Perdue, Holbrook. Series: Secretary of State S. Num Pages: 576 pages, annotations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813914039
ISBN
9780813914039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wagtail Press
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953844319
ISBN
9780953844319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.07

Paperback. The Diary of a Lifetime 'As addictive as crack' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 46. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719520624
ISBN
9780719520624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849549158
ISBN
9781849549158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.03

Paperback. Letters by writer, filmmaker, and cultural revolutionary Guy Debord conjure a vivid picture of the dynamic first years of the Situationist International movement. Translator(s): Kendall, Stuart; McHale, John. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AB; BJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350552
ISBN
9781584350552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.66

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

€ 27.99
€ 26.24

Hardback. This book is built around two recently discovered war diaries-one by a member of the 23rd Panzer Division which served under Manstein in Russia, and the other by a member of Rommel's AfrikaKorps. Together, along with detailed timelines and brief overviews, they comprise a fascinating "ground level" look at the German side of World War II. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16-page photo section. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1HB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Casemate Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935149057
ISBN
9781935149057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.70

Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080547
ISBN
9781847080547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.28

Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080554
ISBN
9781847080554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

paperback. A son's search for his father and the father's search, 50 years earlier, for the mysterious Sierra Madre Apaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BJ; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803271029
ISBN
9780803271029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. The journal of Prussian Major General Benno von Studnitz was originally published in 1891 in a very limited German language edition. Now, translated and edited by his great-grandson, the General's journal appears for the first time in English. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294406
ISBN
9781910294406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Burns, Edward. Num Pages: 920 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
920
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231063098
ISBN
9780231063098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 42.55

Paperback. A new selection of inspiring writings from Gertrude Bell, a pioneering British diplomat, archaeologist and explorer of the Middle East, soon to be the basis of a major new film. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843915478
ISBN
9781843915478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.53

Hardcover. Perhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the 20th century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) once said of himself, "I have no biography, only a bibliography." Yet, in thousands of letters written over his lifetime, many of which are included in this volume, Scholem's biography does unfold. Num Pages: 560 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 42. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006423
ISBN
9780674006423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.45
€ 58.94

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: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813912363
ISBN
9780813912363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.20

Hardback. Documents the last four months of 1793 where George Washington and his administration remained chiefly involved with maintaining the neutrality of the United States. This volume also records the preparation of Washington's annual message - an extended process that involved input from each member of the cabinet. Num Pages: 712 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927596
ISBN
9780813927596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.59

Hardback. This volume covers the closing months of Washington's first presidential term, opening at Mount Vernon with Washington tending to both public and private affairs. It follows his unease at the growing political factionalism and attempts to ease rivalry between Hamilton and Jefferson. Series: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921235
ISBN
9780813921235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.86

Hardback. This second volume of the series covers the interval between George Washington's retirement from the presidency on March 4, 1797 and his death on December 13, 1799. He stayed close to home, where the management and improvement of his farms at Mount Vernon was his major concern. Series: Papers of George Washington: Retirement Series. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917627
ISBN
9780813917627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.98

hardcover. Covering the first half of 1790, this volume focuses upon Washington's continued concentration on the problems facing the new government. The president's near-fatal illness in May 1790 is described along with a diverse range of matters covered by his incoming correspondence. Series: Presidential Series. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1061.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916729
ISBN
9780813916729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.13

Hardback. This is the fourth of six volumes of the papers of George Washington in the Confederation period. The series begins on 1st January 1784 and ends in September 1788, the eve of Washington's return to public life as President. This set of papers deals largely with private affairs. Series: Confederation Series. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1107.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915609
ISBN
9780813915609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.34

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