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Biography
Paperback. The memoir of Pierre Franey, one of the most influential and beloved culinary figures, who came to the United States from his native France for the 1939 World's Fair and stayed on to help revolutionize the fine dining scene in New York City Series: At Table. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36 illustrations, 101 recipes. BIC Classification: BM; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234697
- ISBN
- 9780803234697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. Provides a grounded, yet poignant, description of what it was like to grow up during the 1930s and 1940s on a sharecropper's farm Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 genealogy. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJG; BM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803235366
- ISBN
- 9780803235366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
paperback. Recovers one woman's compelling history through a modern-day family's adventures into realms of ultimately timeless experiences Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803236387
- ISBN
- 9780803236387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Hardback. Takes us to some of the most notable golf clubs in America and introduces us to a delightful cast of characters Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; WSBV; WSJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803236424
- ISBN
- 9780803236424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.86
€ 17.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. Biography of Art Rooney - an iconic figure in the history of the NFL Num Pages: 704 pages, 42 illustrations, 1 genealogy, 1map. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5690 x 3683 x 46. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237674
- ISBN
- 9780803237674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Offers readers a new perspective on the relationship between time and place, time and timelessness, history and personal history Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803238466
- ISBN
- 9780803238466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 photographs, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803239845
- ISBN
- 9780803239845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. When tragedy touched the adult life Irene Kacandes had constructed for herself, she realized she had to confront her family's wartime past. Daddy's War brings new understanding to how trauma, like the revenge of Greek gods, can visit each generation and offers a model for breaking the cycle. Num Pages: 408 pages, 51 illustrations, 1 glossary, 6 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803240056
- ISBN
- 9780803240056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.83
€ 20.99
€ 20.83
Paperback. A new, definitive edition of the biography of William Cody or Buffalo Bill includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke's original Editor(s): Dixon, Chris. Series: The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 photographs, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803240728
- ISBN
- 9780803240728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Hardback. This book, based on extensive interviews and Alexander's journals, is filled with memorable characters, pithy lessons, snapshots of American life, and a big picture of America's pastime from one of its great off-the-field players. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803245013
- ISBN
- 9780803245013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.52
€ 33.52
Paperback. A sometimes strange, sometimes lyrical, and often humorous attempt by an inveterate storyteller to recount "just things as they were" Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245921
- ISBN
- 9780803245921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Hardback. If an umpire could steal the show in a Major League game, the author might well have been the one to do it. Tough but fair, in his thirty years as a professional umpire he took on some of baseball's great umpire baiters, while ejecting any number of the game's elite - once tearing a hamstring in the process. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: BM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803246881
- ISBN
- 9780803246881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.82
€ 29.82
Paperback. Born in a little Maine village in 1814, Osborne Russell ran away to sea at the age of sixteen, but he soon gave up seafaring to serve with a trading and trapping company in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1834 he signed up for Nathaniel Wyeth's expedition to the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Columbia. Num Pages: 241 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803251663
- ISBN
- 9780803251663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.78
€ 23.99
€ 21.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGS; WSQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803254800
- ISBN
- 9780803254800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJP; BGH; LAT; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803255753
- ISBN
- 9780803255753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.85
€ 39.85
Paperback. "John Myers Myers has written Doc's story with a skill that matches the sureness of a bullet from Doc's gun."-Dallas Times Herald. "As for the general reader, he'll eat this up and beg for more."-San Francisco Chronicle. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803257818
- ISBN
- 9780803257818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. The Earp brothers of Tombstone and the famous fight at the OK Corral are well known to American history and even better known to American legend. This is a biography of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Warner Earp. Num Pages: 247 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803258389
- ISBN
- 9780803258389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. A narrative of the family odyssey across the America and of their early years in California. It presents the portrait of a remarkable woman. Num Pages: 144 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803258563
- ISBN
- 9780803258563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.70
€ 18.99
€ 18.70
paperback. Editor(s): Powers, Laurie. Num Pages: 276 pages, 19 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259843
- ISBN
- 9780803259843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. For roughnecks in search of trouble, Deadwood was the place to go. To reform the town's notorious habits, Federal Judge Granville G Bennett moved to Deadwood, and his young daughter, Estelline, grew up with the town. This book offers an account of its change from a congeries of horse thieves, and claim jumpers to a railroad town. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780803260658
- ISBN
- 9780803260658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.50
€ 23.99
€ 21.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803261518
- ISBN
- 9780803261518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.21
€ 25.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. For more than a century, Americans have been captivated by the legend of General George Armstrong Custer. But, the various truths of Custer's life and last stand prove elusive. Custer's life spans two great eras of American history. This work offers an account of life and legend of this controversial figure. Num Pages: 540 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803262669
- ISBN
- 9780803262669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Even as a pup, Davy Crockett 'always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger.' This book describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803263253
- ISBN
- 9780803263253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. Contains the author's essays that are personal on the surface, and stresses upon what impresses her in really good literature. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803263314
- ISBN
- 9780803263314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58