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Hardcover. No composer contributed more to film than Bernard Herrmann, who in over 40 scores enriched the work of such directors as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese. This biography explores the interrelationships between Herrmann's music and his turbulent personal life. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071230
- ISBN
- 9780520071230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.94€ 49.03
€ 61.94
€ 49.03
Hardcover. Martin Luther King, Jr's ideas - his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, his insistence on the power of nonviolence to bring about a major transformation of American society - are as vital and timely as ever. This book chronicles the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Burns, Stewart; Carson, Susan; Holloran, Peter. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 598 pages, 49 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BG; DNF; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079526
- ISBN
- 9780520079526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.63€ 57.67
€ 73.63
€ 57.67
Hardcover. The biography of an important medieval ruler who built a state in the west of the French Kingdom which provided a foundation for the vast Angevin empire later constructed by his descendants. The study shows how Nerra adopted Roman ideas and tactics in order to consolidate his power. Num Pages: 412 pages, 4 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 302 x 35. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079960
- ISBN
- 9780520079960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.46€ 56.82
€ 72.46
€ 56.82
Paperback. These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence. Editor(s): Rodgers, Susan. Num Pages: 348 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; BGHA; HBAH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085473
- ISBN
- 9780520085473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.85
€ 41.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Lucrecia de Leon lived on the fringes of the 16th-century Spanish royal court. As a teenager, Lucrecia had hundreds of dreams about Spain's future that became the stuff of political controversy. This book is based upon surviving transcripts of her dreams and on the records of her Inquisition trial. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201583
- ISBN
- 9780520201583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling 'what really happened'. This book presents her biography that pieces together the story of Bishop's life and traces the writing of her poems. Num Pages: 602 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 602
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203457
- ISBN
- 9780520203457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.02
€ 53.02
Hardback. Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife. Editor(s): Frank, Michael B.; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 850 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 850
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203600
- ISBN
- 9780520203600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.72€ 94.02
€ 122.72
€ 94.02
Paperback. The story of Senator Joseph McCarthy's rise to unprecedented power and the decline of his influence is a dramatic one. This title documents the process by which a clever, power hungry individual came to mislead and manipulate members of Congress and the American public and to damage countless lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204720
- ISBN
- 9780520204720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Offers an account of life in late eighteenth-century India. This book presents an Indian's view of the British conquest of India and conveys the vital role taken by Indians in the colonial process, especially as they negotiated relations with Britons both in the colonial periphery and the imperial metropole. Num Pages: 214 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 1FKA; 3JF; BG; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207172
- ISBN
- 9780520207172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and the other women who shaped filmmaking from 1912 through the 1940s. Marion was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter - male or female - for almost three decades and wrote almost 200 produced films. Num Pages: 475 pages, 62 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; APFD; BGF; BGH; DSBH; DSG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214927
- ISBN
- 9780520214927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.88
€ 35.99
€ 26.88
Hardback. This study focuses on James Legge (1815-1897), one of the most important 19th-century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. The narrative illuminates the era in which Legge lived as well as the surroundings in which he worked. Num Pages: 810 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPC; BGH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 810
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215528
- ISBN
- 9780520215528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.50€ 72.02
€ 93.50
€ 72.02
Paperback. An intimate exploration of the complexity of a bicultural immigrant experience, this text traces three generations of an Iranian (and Iranian-American) family undergoing a century of change - from the author's grandfather to her father, to Bahrampour herself. Num Pages: 357 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223547
- ISBN
- 9780520223547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Hardback. A legendary figure in his own lifetime, Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) was known as the "Gaon of Vilna". He was the acknowledged master of Talmudic studies in the intellectual centre of Vilna. This text sheds light on aspects of the Vilna Gaon's "real" character. Translator(s): Green, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223943
- ISBN
- 9780520223943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.94€ 49.59
€ 61.94
€ 49.59
Paperback. A biography of Paul Bowles, the famously enigmatic writer-composer. It questions the biographer's role, the subject's credibility, and the very nature of 'truth' in the telling of a life. It talks of Bowles' difficult childhood and of his grief over his wife's - the author Jane Bowles, who died in 1973 - illness, of exile, dreams, and madness. Num Pages: 354 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AVH; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224933
- ISBN
- 9780520224933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68
Hardback. A biography of Franklin D Murphy (1916-994). It delivers the story of how Murphy, as chancellor of UCLA and later as chief executive of the "Times Mirror" media empire, was able to influence academia, the media, and cultural foundations to reshape a fundamentally provincial city. It also brings to light the influence of LA's powerful families. Num Pages: 495 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 495
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224957
- ISBN
- 9780520224957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.98€ 64.59
€ 82.98
€ 64.59
Hardback. At a time when women could not vote and very few were involved in the world outside the home, Annie Montague Alexander (1867-1950) was an intrepid explorer, skilled markswoman, philanthropist, and founder and patron of two natural history museums at the University of California, Berkeley. This title presents a luminous portrait of this woman. Num Pages: 397 pages, 46 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; GTB; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227262
- ISBN
- 9780520227262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.94€ 49.03
€ 61.94
€ 49.03
Paperback. An autobiography and family story of Neil Henry, a black professor of journalism and former award-winning correspondent for the "Washington Post". It sets out to piece together the murky details of his family's past. It gives an account of his black family's rise to success over the twentieth century. Num Pages: 321 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227309
- ISBN
- 9780520227309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. A history of American women activists. It features biographical essays on feminist Bella Abzug and civil rights visionary Fannie Lou Hamer and a chapter on women environmental activists. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229655
- ISBN
- 9780520229655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. At the time of her death in 1993, Lillian Gish was universally recognized as a film legend. This title uncovers a life that was cast in the shadow of self-generated myth. It shows how the actress carefully shaped her public identity while keeping much of her life private. Num Pages: 445 pages, 70 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234345
- ISBN
- 9780520234345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Ten years of research and the discovery of long-forgotten letters and photos enabled the author to bring new recognition to this talented, intelligent, and independent photographer whose life embodied the cultural and political values of many artists of the post-World War I generation. Num Pages: 397 pages, 53 black-and-white photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; AJB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235144
- ISBN
- 9780520235144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Lawyer, educator, novelist, radio and television scriptwriter, film director and screenwriter, wartime intelligence operative, and full-time radical romantic, Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to be an informer. This biography helps us understand the relationship between art and politics in American culture. Num Pages: 285 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236721
- ISBN
- 9780520236721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Mark Twain's letters for 1874 and 1875 encompass one of his most productive and rewarding periods as author, husband and father, and man of property. This is sixth volume contains 348 of his letters covering this period, all of which have been thoroughly annotated and indexed. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 957 pages, 51 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 957
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237728
- ISBN
- 9780520237728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.72€ 94.95
€ 122.72
€ 94.95
Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238961
- ISBN
- 9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.77
€ 51.99
€ 37.77
Paperback. A memoir presents David Powell's lifelong love of the ocean and gives a highly personal, behind-the-scenes look at California's magnificent and innovative aquariums. David Powell, for many years curator of the world-renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium, tells the story of his life as a pioneering aquarist. Series: UC Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium Series in Marine Conservation. Num Pages: 354 pages, 51 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; PSPM; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239173
- ISBN
- 9780520239173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12