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Biography
Hardcover. Written in tightly constructed rhymed quatrains, this is the first biography of internationally acclaimed Texas jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Beginning in 1963 with Dorham's recordings in Denmark, this book-length poem traces the story of the Texan's career performing with the greatest musicians of the bop and hard bop eras in jazz history. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727956
- ISBN
- 9780916727956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.04
€ 20.99
€ 20.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 219 x 8. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727468
- ISBN
- 9780916727468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.08
€ 25.08
Paperback. The Nervous System and the Universe in Other Words. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S.
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907791423
- ISBN
- 9780907791423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.41
€ 26.99
€ 23.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897339193
- ISBN
- 9780897339193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.89
€ 17.99
€ 16.89
Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897337533
- ISBN
- 9780897337533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.84
€ 30.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897337458
- ISBN
- 9780897337458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.74
€ 18.99
€ 17.74
"Women of Privilege" traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family whose neighbors were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Based on diaries and journals, and written by a family descendant, it combines biography and memoir with social history. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; JFSC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897337243
- ISBN
- 9780897337243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.60
€ 24.99
€ 21.60
"Women of Privilege" traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family whose neighbors were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Based on diaries and journals, and written by a family descendant, it combines biography and memoir with social history. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFSC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897336802
- ISBN
- 9780897336802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Continues: A ship in the harbor. Chicago, Ill.: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2009. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897336161
- ISBN
- 9780897336161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.46
€ 18.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. A memoir in which the author shows us how the pivotal points of his life have been enmeshed with movie moments. It presents a humorous appreciation of the distinctions between movie scenes and life's realities. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335805
- ISBN
- 9780897335805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.55
€ 17.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. Rebecca Haile lived in Ethiopia until she was 11 years old. When the Emperor was deposed by a military coup, her father was shot. Barely surviving, he escaped with his family and settled in Minnesota where they struggled with the strain of their changed circumstances. This book brings into focus the consequences of political upheaval in Ethiopia. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; BG; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335560
- ISBN
- 9780897335560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.33
€ 18.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. A story of the Bailey family's escape from the gruelling Corbin Glow mines in 1930 to find a better life in Letcher, Kentucky. This account recounts the lives of the mining people whose religion and 'family values' buttressed and sustained them. It is three dimensional account containing humour, but lacking sentimentality. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335362
- ISBN
- 9780897335362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc Washington
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895264312
- ISBN
- 9780895264312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.92
€ 19.99
€ 17.92
Hardcover. Relates the founding of Florence Nightingale's school at St Thomas' Hospital and her guidance of its teaching for the rest of her life. This title reveals her evolving views on nursing, and on germ theory. It presents material on the early years of the school. It covers the crisis of its near breakdown in the early 1870s. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 944 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 935
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204676
- ISBN
- 9780889204676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.59
€ 185.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Frederick Fell United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883910269
- ISBN
- 9780883910269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.03
€ 17.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Frederick Fell United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883910108
- ISBN
- 9780883910108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.72
€ 16.99
€ 15.72
Paperback. In the hope of shedding light on questions that continue to spark debate among historians and students of Lincoln, Brooks Simpson presents Think Anew, Act Anew, a concise and inventively annotated collection of documents written by Abraham Lincoln that focus on the interrelated themes of slavery, union, emancipation, and reconstruction. Editor(s): Simpson, Brooks D. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882959757
- ISBN
- 9780882959757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.27
€ 31.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336383
- ISBN
- 9780880336383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.65
€ 30.65
Hardcover. A political biography of the Hungarian politician Tibor Eckhardt, with special emphasis on his years in the United States when he was the leader of the Hungarian National Committee. It is a study of Hungarian emigre politics and American policies before Word War II and during the Cold War, via-a-vis Hungary and the Hungarian National Committee. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336079
- ISBN
- 9780880336079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.84
€ 52.84
Nelson Glueck: Biblical Archaeologist And President of the Hebrew Unio...
Brown, Jonathan M., Kutler, Laurence
Hardcover. Traces the life of Nelson Glueck, who played a central role in shaping the American Reform Jewry in the third quarter of the twentieth century and, with his mentor William Albright, was a trailblazer in biblical archaeology. This biography presents the achievements and adventures of a man whose life straddled two distinct Jewish worlds. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HDDH; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878201198
- ISBN
- 9780878201198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39