Biography
Results 9001 - 9024 of 15691
Biography
Hardcover. Meticulously written, "The Bitterroot and Mr. Brandborg" tells the story of Guy M. Brandborg and his impact on the practices of the U.S. Forest Service. It articulates Brandborg s Progressive-era idealism and is based on extensive archival research in collections throughout the Rockies and the Northwest, including the Brandborg family papers." Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607811015
- ISBN
- 9781607811015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.87
€ 34.87
Paperback. Julian W. Cummings began flying lightweight Piper Cubs as a young man and was recruited for the experimental and high-risk aerial reconnaissance unit of the U.S. Army's Third Infantry Division. In this memoir he chronicles his daring missions from first flights in the North African campaign through the end of the World War II. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606352670
- ISBN
- 9781606352670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.70
€ 24.70
paperback. Milosz survived the Soviet invasion of his beloved Lithuania, escaped to Nazi-occupied Warsaw where he joined the Socialist resistance, then witnessed the Holocaust and the razing of the Warsaw Ghetto. After persecution and censorship triggered his defection in 1951, he found not relief but the anguish of solitude and obscurity. Editor(s): Haven, Cynthia L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781578068296
- ISBN
- 9781578068296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Hardcover. Katherine Anne Porter revealed only scant facts about her life, and often gave conflicting accounts. Here, the author finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil, fuelled by multiple marriages, and babies lost to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578067770
- ISBN
- 9781578067770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Freeman, Carl Conrad. Series: Literary Conversations. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- First Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578067381
- ISBN
- 9781578067381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Paperback. Series: North Texas Lives of Musician Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574415759
- ISBN
- 9781574415759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.42
€ 24.99
€ 23.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Litoff, Judy Barrett. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; HBLW; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984504138
- ISBN
- 9780984504138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.43
€ 23.43
Paperback. This biography brings William Pitt Ballinger to life as one of the most compleat men of his time: lawyer, soldier, public servant, civic leader, author, editorialist, naturalist, educational reformer, and bibliophile. Series: Barker Texas History Series. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas State Historical Assn
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876111994
- ISBN
- 9780876111994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.17
€ 40.17
Paperback. "Crossing the Line" is told by a middle-class American woman who falls in love with the son of an impoverished family from rural Mexico a man who crosses the border illegally to be with her. Married in 1988, Linda and Sixto Valdez learn to love each other s very different families and cultures, raising their child to walk proudly in both worlds." Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFN; JFSL1; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875656182
- ISBN
- 9780875656182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.11
€ 25.99
€ 23.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AMB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875656014
- ISBN
- 9780875656014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.23
€ 49.99
€ 48.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655963
- ISBN
- 9780875655963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 38.25
€ 41.99
€ 38.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655819
- ISBN
- 9780875655819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.61
€ 25.99
€ 23.61
Hardcover. A Joint Project of the Center for Texas Studies at TCU and TCU Press. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGA; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655673
- ISBN
- 9780875655673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.38
€ 29.99
€ 28.38
Major Moments: Life-Changing Lessons of Business Leaders from the Neel...
Quinn, Rix, Erekson, O. Homer
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGB; KJB; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 2000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654881
- ISBN
- 9780875654881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654355
- ISBN
- 9780875654355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.00
€ 24.99
€ 22.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654256
- ISBN
- 9780875654256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.46
€ 33.99
€ 29.46
Paperback. When Roger Bechan was six, his mother packed his suitcase and took him to the Oklahoma Society for the Friendless. He never saw her again. This book offers an unsentimental look at Bechan's life in the child welfare system of Depression-era Oklahoma. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; BGA; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654034
- ISBN
- 9780875654034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.67
€ 21.99
€ 21.67
Hardcover. Eva Jean Wrather (1908-2001) spent most of her adult lifetime writing a biography of Alexander Campbell, the only Protestant denomination to spring from American soil. Shortly before Wrather's death, the manuscript totaled 800,000 words or 3,254 pages. This title includes Campbell's lifetime of theological doctrine and literary writing. Editor(s): Cummins, D. Duane. Num Pages: 308 pages, 48 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; HRCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654003
- ISBN
- 9780875654003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.53
€ 27.99
€ 26.53
Paperback. Raul H Castro was the first Hispanic governor of Arizona, ambassador to El Salvador, Bolivia, and Argentina, lawyer, judge, and teacher. Born in Mexico in 1916, he moved with his family to a small mining community in Arizona in 1926. This book presents his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653785
- ISBN
- 9780875653785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.66
€ 24.99
€ 21.66
Hardcover. A story of survival within an impersonal child-care system, a story filled with vivid characters, pathos, surprising humor, and the tenacity of a young boy who longs for a normal home and can't understand why his mother abandoned him or who his father is. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w photos, 14 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653556
- ISBN
- 9780875653556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.24
€ 27.99
€ 26.24
Hardcover. Raised in poverty in Tyler, Texas, Helen Harris Green became the first black woman admitted into a Dallas school of professional nursing and went on to become the first black chair of board of directors of TSHE. In this personal account, she details the battles fought and the insults endured. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652764
- ISBN
- 9780875652764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.59
€ 27.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875651538
- ISBN
- 9780875651538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.93
€ 17.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875650050
- ISBN
- 9780875650050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.66
€ 14.99
€ 14.66
paperback. This memoir presents a self-portrait of Esrkine Caldwell's first 30 years as a writer, with special emphasis on his long and hard apprenticeship before he emerged as one of the most widely read and controversial writers of his time. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; CBW; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780820318493
- ISBN
- 9780820318493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.57
€ 29.99
€ 27.57