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Hardcover. Examines the life of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), a native of Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard College who moved in his late twenties to Blue Hill, Maine, where he embarked on a multifaceted career as a pioneer minister, farmer, entrepreneur, and artist. Num Pages: 336 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558497436
ISBN
9781558497436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786496969
ISBN
9780786496969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.07

Paperback. A memoir of a woman's experience with spinal tuberculosis in the 1930s. As well as describing her treatment and time in hospital, it recounts her later family life, her work both as a microbiologist, and as an advocate for minority groups. Num Pages: 200 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786459391
ISBN
9780786459391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.31

Paperback. This biography traces the early life of George Edward Waddell in western Pennsylvania, the fits and starts of his first years in professional baseball, his big years with the A's, and his subsequent fade into obscurity and his early death. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJC; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786407866
ISBN
9780786407866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.07

Paperback. Leslie Colquhoun was a man who flew high in more ways than one. Enlisting with the RAF at the start of World War 2, he had no sooner got his 'wings' than he was plunged into the thick of battle. His daughter Jane, has written this affectionate portrait of her 'modest, gentle' father, a man who was also exceptionally courageous and skilled. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mereo Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861513588
ISBN
9781861513588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

hardcover. Unavailable for many years the famous Freud/Jung Letters reveal two of the twentieth century's greatest minds at work. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph; Hull, R. F. C. Num Pages: 692 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; JMAF; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
692
Condition
New
Edition
New edition
SKU
V9780415119825
ISBN
9780415119825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.68

Paperback. 'Lucky' Jim Pleass is the last surviving member of Glamorgan's County Championship winning team of 1948, the first time the Welsh team won the highest honour in county cricket. Series: Cricket in Wales. Num Pages: 128 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BM; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
St David's Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902719368
ISBN
9781902719368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; JP. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penn State University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271016047
ISBN
9780271016047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.27
€ 51.30

paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 50 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BTM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Merrion Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781785370878
ISBN
9781785370878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.32

paperback. Success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break. This book shows that success doesn't come from where you went to college or how popular you were in school. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210. Clean copy with minor warping and tearing to spine and front cover. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0021690
ISBN
9780241217931
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Presents the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language - Henry James. This title includes more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to broader questions about art, literature, and criticism. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 342 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 33. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803222977
ISBN
9780803222977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.32

paperback. When the author's sight finally became so limited that he no longer felt safe on busy city streets or traveling alone, he began a search for a guide. This title is his account of how his search ended with Smokie, a guide dog, and a dramatically different sense of blindness. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG; JFFZ; VFJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396493
ISBN
9781566396493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. First printed in 1918, Ralph Werther's ""Autobiography of an Androgyne"" charts his emerging self-understanding as a member of the ""third sex"" and documents his explorations of queer underworlds in turn-of-the-century New York City. This work also traces how this autobiography engages with the invention of homosexuality across class lines. Editor(s): Herring, Scott. Series Editor(s): Verter, Bradford J.M. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, figures. BIC Classification: BGA; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813543000
ISBN
9780813543000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.28

paperback. Presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. This volume concludes with the report that Einstein, by then a full professor at the German-language university in Prague, gave to the original Solvay Congress, the first international meeting devoted to the problems of radiation and the quantum theory. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Juergen; Schulmann, Robert. Translator(s): Beck, Anna. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 447 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0021479
ISBN
9780691102504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 40.00

paperback. Presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. The material in this volume documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with the completion of the general theory of relativity. Translator(s): Beck, Anna; Howard, Don. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
KMK0021478
ISBN
9780691026107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Dalaker, Ingrid Loe. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Akademica Publishing Norway
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9788232102617
ISBN
9788232102617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120768420
ISBN
9788120768420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

Hardcover. Presents a body of literature on Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Germany's most important 19th-century architect. This work records and assembles material on buildings by Schinkel, one hundred and sixty years after his death, after two world wars and major political upheavals. It is intended to fill the gap by providing the possible compilation. Editor(s): Ibbeken, Hillert; Blauert, Elke. Num Pages: 384 pages, 330ill. BIC Classification: AGB; AMB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 287 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565250
ISBN
9783932565250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.44
€ 66.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Revilo Language Cards United Kingdom
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897609521
ISBN
9781897609521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Nathan is a young, impressionable boy who is saved from the Nazis by Catholic gentiles in his homeland, Holland. But in order to survive he must learn to be a good Catholic and undergo baptism. From there it is only a small leap to begin his studies in the Catholic priesthood. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297990
ISBN
9789652297990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297433
ISBN
9789652297433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

Hardcover. Dr. Avraham Albert Ticho was a Viennese-trained ophthalmologist who immigrated to Ottoman-ruled Jerusalem in 1912. There he married his cousin, the artist Anna Ticho, and together they made their mark on the history of the Land of Israel. In Days of Ticho, the Tichos' story is told in all its fascinating detail. Num Pages: 512 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296658
ISBN
9789652296658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.51

Hardcover. Rabbi Fishman has resurrected painful memories to soberly evaluate for history the barbaric acts that resulted in the near annihilation of the Jewish population of Europe. The story of his extraordinary tenacity and faith in the face of stark suffering while still a teen will inspire the reader to keep faith no matter how difficult the situation. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296467
ISBN
9789652296467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. This is the story of Jackie Semha, a young girl born in Tunisia to a loving family and community, yet one in which only boys are celebrated. Her journey from Tunisia, to France, Israel, Canada and finally the United States forces her to confront the disparity between the land of her birth and the land of her mature years. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BG; G; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296412
ISBN
9789652296412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.72

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