Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Based on ten years of research-including extensive interviews with Major Taylor's 91-year old daughter-this is the dramatic story of a young black man who, against prodigious odds, rose to fame and stardom in the tempestuous world of international professional bicycle racing a century ago. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSL3; WSQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780801853036
- ISBN
- 9780801853036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.18
€ 34.99
€ 29.18
Hardback. Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893971
- ISBN
- 9780801893971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.41
€ 49.99
€ 41.41
Hardback. Sidney Franklin (1903-76) was the last person you'd expect to become a bullfighter. Training with iconic matador Rodolfo Gaona, Sidney's dare spawned a legend. This book tells the story of Sidney Franklin, from his life in revolutionary Mexico to his triumphs in Spain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: ASZX; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803211292
- ISBN
- 9780803211292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.40
€ 38.40
Hardback. A biography of Lev Shternberg (1861-1927) that illuminates the development of professional anthropology in late imperial and early Soviet Russia. It explores the scholarly and political aspects of Shternberg's life and how they influenced each other. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 574 pages, 22 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 46. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803216037
- ISBN
- 9780803216037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95
Paperback. A memoir of American, Jewish military doctor fighting on the frontlines and caring for the injured in WWII. It documents the almost unbearable drama of ground gained and lives lost as well as the terrible human toll of battle on the author, his comrades, and civilians quite literally caught in the crossfire. Num Pages: 192 pages, 33 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803218833
- ISBN
- 9780803218833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33
paperback. Born in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, he became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. This is the biography of a tireless leader. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 photographs, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218857
- ISBN
- 9780803218857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Hardback. Features the letters of Henry James - one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. This work comprises more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to questions on art, literature, and criticism. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 486 pages, 5 images. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1103.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803222250
- ISBN
- 9780803222250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.64
€ 133.64
Paperback. A biography of Branch Rickey, the man who signed Jackie Robinson, and invented baseball's farm system. Num Pages: 728 pages, 18 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803224537
- ISBN
- 9780803224537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Hardback. Details the life of Joe Cronin, from playing shortstop to becoming a team manager and finally to his ascension to American League president during the league's most turbulent era. Num Pages: 432 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803225305
- ISBN
- 9780803225305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.49
€ 43.99
€ 43.49
Paperback. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Wallace Stegner (1909-93) emerged as the greatest contemporary author of the American West - writing more than two dozen works of history, biography and fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Angle of Repose" and the bestselling "Crossing to Safety". This work presents the biography of Stegner. Num Pages: 24 photographs. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803225374
- ISBN
- 9780803225374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. A memoir of recovering the history of a German village where Jews' and Christians' claims of congeniality were often proved true. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226401
- ISBN
- 9780803226401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Paperback. Captures the beauty of the landscape and the vibrancy of the author's mother's Iowa family. Num Pages: 72 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 2921 x 8. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803226425
- ISBN
- 9780803226425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.23
€ 14.23
Paperback. Focuses on Gen. Leonard Wood's (1860-1927) quest for power and his tremendous achievements. This book helps us to understand this pivotal figure who played such a dominant role at the turn of the century. It provides historical insight and captures the essence of this capable, ambitious, proud, bigoted, and self-righteous man. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 images, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226586
- ISBN
- 9780803226586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Paperback. Tells the story of the author's growing up in the shadow of her famous father, the pioneering realist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hamlin Garland. Editor(s): Newlin, Keith. Num Pages: 424 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803232433
- ISBN
- 9780803232433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. A collection of personal stories about running and an examination of the culture surrounding the sport Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234260
- ISBN
- 9780803234260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.69
€ 19.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. The story of army camp life in the very early West from the perspective of George Armstong Custer's wife Elizabeth Num Pages: 342 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803234567
- ISBN
- 9780803234567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.92
€ 20.92
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
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
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€ 21.95
€ 23.99
€ 21.95
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
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
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€ 17.22
€ 17.99
€ 17.22
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€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
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€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
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
€ 28.32
€ 28.32
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
€ 20.79
€ 20.79