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Hardcover. The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. This memoir presents a portrait of life in post-WWI Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of a spirited young English girl. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608721
- ISBN
- 9780815608721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.32
€ 21.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. The second edition of this biography of humanitarian Albert Schweitzer has been updated to include documents discovered since the work was originally written. These include letters between Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau from the ten years before their marriage. Series: The Albert Schweitzer Library. Num Pages: 516 pages, 34 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; HRCX7; M. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606758
- ISBN
- 9780815606758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.32
€ 29.32
Paperback. Tells the story of Robert of Arbrissel (ca 1045-1116). Robert was a parish priest, longtime student, reformer, hermit, wandering preacher, and founder of the abbey of Fontevraud. This book narrates the course of Robert's life and his relationships with others along the way, and includes notes, a bibliography, and an introduction to the book. Num Pages: 232 pages, map. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813214399
- ISBN
- 9780813214399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061320
- ISBN
- 9780813061320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.89
€ 39.89
Hardback. A historical biography of Mary Musgrove. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; BGH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813042213
- ISBN
- 9780813042213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.67
€ 37.99
€ 33.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035062
- ISBN
- 9780813035062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Balanchine ballerina Allegra Kent tells her singular story with the same originality, freshness, and grace she has brought to the stage. The book should be required reading for dancers everywhere for years to come. of photos. Num Pages: 343 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813034409
- ISBN
- 9780813034409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Hardback. Laurence Sterne remains one of the towering figures of eighteenth-century life and literature, and a continuing influential presence in the canon of modern western fiction. This book offers a collection of Laurence Sterne's letters in seventy-five years. Editor(s): New, Melvyn; Voogd, Peter de. Series: Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne S. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032375
- ISBN
- 9780813032375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.72
€ 82.72
Hardback. Laurence Sterne remains one of the towering figures of eighteenth-century life and literature, and a continuing influential presence in the canon of modern western fiction. This book offers a collection of Laurence Sterne's letters in seventy-five years. Editor(s): New, Melvyn; Voogd, Peter de. Series: Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne S. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032368
- ISBN
- 9780813032368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.73
€ 81.73
Paperback. The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam were the first in which women over the objections of many, including Pope Pius XI and the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin were allowed to run in the marquee track events." Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBB; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129580
- ISBN
- 9780810129580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
Paperback. Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. Num Pages: 598 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810128316
- ISBN
- 9780810128316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Paperback. A collection of memoirs from Soviet gulag that lends a voice to the many ordinary people - including a circus performer, a teenage boy, and a Red Army soldier - whom a brutal system attempted to erase from memory. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBG; HBLW; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810126558
- ISBN
- 9780810126558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: ASD; B. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125131
- ISBN
- 9780810125131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Paperback. An intimate biography of the great American writer, Dos Passos, who rose from a childhood as the illegitimate son of a financial titan to become the man Sartre called "the greatest writer of our time." Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810122000
- ISBN
- 9780810122000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. One of the 20th century's most original and provocative painters delivers a vivid account of a life lived as an artist among artists. Tanning reveals her life story, the mind that propelled her to live it and the other artists who inhabited it, including Giacometti, Miro and Max Ernst. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 31. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810120853
- ISBN
- 9780810120853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Summoning the vanished world of Jewish livestock dealers in rural Germany, this is a picture of what it was like to live as a Jew in a small German town before and after the Nazis came to power. Hans Frankenthal tells his story the horrors of the Holocaust survived by one man, and its aftermath. Translator(s): Broadwin, John A. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810118874
- ISBN
- 9780810118874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.27
€ 27.27
Paperback. Recognized today as one of the great modernist painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer, and her large body of letters and journals represent the story of her life. This volume presents the journals and every extant letter, each carefully annotated. Editor(s): Busch, Gunter; von Reinken, Liselotte. Translator(s): Wensinger, Arthur S.; Hoey, Carole Clew. Num Pages: 576 pages, 46 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACXD1; AGB; BJ; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810116443
- ISBN
- 9780810116443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Hardcover. The essays in this collection range widely not only over Karolina Pavlova's oeuvre but also in their analytical stances. The volume includes close poetic and prosodic analysis, literary history, gender studies, intertextual comparison and biography. Editor(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne; Lehrman, Alexander. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DNF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press,U.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115446
- ISBN
- 9780810115446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 644 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGL; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115170
- ISBN
- 9780810115170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.54
€ 56.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Loewy, Hanno. Translator(s): Goldstein, Brigitte. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810114890
- ISBN
- 9780810114890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. This collection of Chekov's correspondence is weighted heavily toward the letters dealing with literary and intellectual matters. It provides insight into Chekov's development as a writer. Editor(s): Karlinsky, Simon. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Num Pages: 494 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DSBF; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810114609
- ISBN
- 9780810114609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 683 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810108233
- ISBN
- 9780810108233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333295
- ISBN
- 9780809333295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. Given his background - growing up in the border state of Missouri - President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Yet it was he who energized the modern civil rights movement. Michael Gardner analyses Truman's speeches and the appointments he made of like-minded civil rights activists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809325504
- ISBN
- 9780809325504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80