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Hardback. The Adams family comments on national and international events, from America's growing tensions with Britain and France to virulent domestic political factionalism and the Whiskey Rebellion. The most significant event for the Adamses was John Quincy's appointment as U.S. minister resident at The Hague, the beginning of a long diplomatic career. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Martin, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L.; Georgini, Sara. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057845
- ISBN
- 9780674057845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.18€ 112.50
€ 125.18
€ 112.50
Hardback. The fiery debate over funding Jay Treaty sets political stage, and austic exchanges between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans row as rumors surface of George Washington's impending retirement. This title spans the period from July 1795 to the eve of John Adams' inauguration, with growing partisan divide to election playing a central role. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Martin, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Millikan, Neal E.; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 654 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 173 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 654
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072442
- ISBN
- 9780674072442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.46€ 96.78
€ 107.46
€ 96.78
Hardback. By early 1787, John and Abigail Adams were planning their return home to Massachusetts from Great Britain. But they barely had time to settle in, before they were pulled back into the public sphere by John's election as the first vice-president under the new Constitution. This book offers a perspective on this crucial period in American history. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Rodrique, Jessie May; Woodward, Hobson; Lint, Gregg L.; Claffey, Mary T. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 592 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022782
- ISBN
- 9780674022782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.27€ 117.76
€ 132.27
€ 117.76
Hardback. The years 1790 to 1793 marked the beginning of the American republic. Vice President John Adams chaired Senate sessions even as he was prevented from participating in any meaningful fashion. Abigail joined him when her health permitted. This volume offers insight into the family and a commentary on life that many expected from the Adamses. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Barzilay, Karen N.; Claffey, Mary T.; Woodward, Hobson; Karachuk, Robert F.; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 624 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032750
- ISBN
- 9780674032750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.90€ 116.23
€ 129.90
€ 116.23
Hardcover. Presents four travel diaries of pioneering African Americans who were the first to explore and document the West African interior. This work reveals the wealth and beauty of Africa in descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. It challenges the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa. Editor(s): Fairhead, James; Geysbeek, Tim; Holsoe, Svend E.; Leach, Melissa. Num Pages: 504 pages, 39 b&w photos, 11 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; BJ; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253341945
- ISBN
- 9780253341945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Natascha McElhone was away filming in LA, with her two sons and pregnant with her third child when she received news that her beloved husband, Martin, had died suddenly of a heart attack. This title is a tribute to Natascha McElhone's three sons, whose appetite for life led the author through her darkest moments, and to their remarkable father. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; VFJX; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955277
- ISBN
- 9780241955277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. In 17th century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. The Duchesse de Montpensier was one of the few exceptions, as this collection of her letters demonstrates. Translator(s): DeJean, Joan. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 96 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JD; BJ; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534923
- ISBN
- 9780226534923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008129637
- ISBN
- 9780008129637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.87
€ 23.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. Offers a selection of personal papers. This title includes rhymes, an exchange with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium about fine music, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism. Editor(s): Dukas, Helen; Hoffmann, Banesh. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BJ; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Ze'ev Rosenkranz
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160238
- ISBN
- 9780691160238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.93
€ 23.99
€ 17.93
Hardback. At the time of his death in 1998, Alfred Kazin was considered one of the most influential intellectuals of postwar America. This title includes journals that collectively tell the story of Kazin's journey from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighbourhood to his position as a dominant figure in twentieth-century cultural life. Editor(s): Cook, Richard M. Num Pages: 512 pages, 9 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300142037
- ISBN
- 9780300142037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
paperback. A collection of letters that chronicles a long-term friendship between two women who, despite differences of religion and ethnicity, have followed parallel paths from their first adolescent meeting in their native Chile to their lives in exile as writers, academics, and political activists in the United States. Translator(s): Morgan, Bridget M. Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705067
- ISBN
- 9780292705067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, c 30 b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGHA; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777930
- ISBN
- 9781910777930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Hardback. An Artist's War Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; AGB; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750982382
- ISBN
- 9780750982382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.05
€ 40.99
€ 34.05
Hardcover. A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback wrote regularly to her eldest son John and his wife Mary. Her letters offer an articulate, detailed commentary on life in California by a gentlewoman managing a household and finding her place in a new world Editor(s): Klippert, Zoe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; 3JH; BGL; BJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243440
- ISBN
- 9781851243440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Translator(s): Pomerans, Arnold J. Num Pages: 430 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 36. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953478057
- ISBN
- 9780953478057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
€ 23.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. This vivid picture of an Irish navvy's life in England in the 1950s mirrors that of an entire generation who left Ireland without education or hope. Days without food or work, the hardships of work camps, lonesome partings after trips home, periods of intense isolation and bitter reflection, all were part of the experience. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DBR; 3JJPG; BJ; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Gill
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848891883
- ISBN
- 9781848891883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.63
€ 10.99
€ 10.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Norris, Susanna Montgomerie. Num Pages: 256 pages, photos & illus. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578755
- ISBN
- 9781877578755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.52
€ 26.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tommies Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908336781
- ISBN
- 9781908336781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.11
€ 25.99
€ 21.11
Paperback. Emma's unique perspective as a young woman with autism and social anxiety gives a fascinating take on challenging issues such as employment, the transition to adulthood, friendships, and sensory sensitivity. Her diary provides an original voice from someone still in the process of figuring it all out. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; MJNA; VFJD; VFJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785920776
- ISBN
- 9781785920776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.94
€ 22.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765602442
- ISBN
- 9780765602442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Church House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781400104
- ISBN
- 9781781400104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. "It's a very weird sensation to be shot at .. Very often you see the gunman when it's too late or you don't see him at all. You might as well just be targets on a rifle range. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour photos & ills, c 70 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; BJ; HBWS; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384071
- ISBN
- 9781909384071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. During the troubled time of war, many ordinary people move away from the safety and comfort of home to the harrowing theatre of war. This account follows the life of a Second World War B-17 bombardier, Fred Lull, from the beginning of the war to its conclusion through the letters he wrote home to his mother. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752464688
- ISBN
- 9780752464688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. A collection of extracts from the diaries and letters of young women who went on to become successful authors, including Sylvia Plath, Charlotte Bronte, Eileen Fairweather and Joan Aiken. In the LIVEWIRE series. Editor(s): Cole, Charlotte. Series: Livewire S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; BJ; JFSJ1; YQE. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 114. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Livewire Books for Teenagers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004768
- ISBN
- 9780704349551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95