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Biography
Hardback. Peter Rose has spent a lifetime exploring patterns of culture, examining issues of race, ethnicity, working with refugees, teaching sociology ad roaming the world. Here, he reflects on his adventures and the formative experiences that led him into a fascination with lives seemingly unlike our own. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804010528
- ISBN
- 9780804010528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. In high school, the author weighed as little as 114 pounds. She was too weak to raise her arms above her head. She renders the starkness of anorexia along with the process of recovery, relapse, and, ultimately, redemption. This book also tells the story of the physical landscape. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804010641
- ISBN
- 9780804010641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.10
€ 28.10
Hardback. This groundbreaking biography of Loreta Janeta Velasquez delves into the life of one of America's early celebrities. She claimed to have posed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, but this book reveals a startling reality that's even more implausible than the myths she created. Num Pages: 277 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBWJ; JFSJ1; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809335220
- ISBN
- 9780809335220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.67
€ 46.67
Paperback. Presents the self-portrait of a rugged pioneer, Daniel Brush, who prospered on the Illinois frontier, founded the town of Carbondale, and led a regiment of hellions in the Civil War. Series: Shawnee Classics. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809335480
- ISBN
- 9780809335480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
paperback. In this memoir, Jost Hermand, a German cultural critic and historian who spent much of his youth in five different Hitler Youth camps, writes about his experiences during his time there. Hermand also gives background into the camp's creation and development. Translator(s): Bettauer Dembo, Margot. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBG; HBWQ; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- Translated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810112926
- ISBN
- 9780810112926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.33
€ 26.99
€ 23.33
Paperback. The definitive biography of Charles Gates Dawes, vice president under Calvin Coolidge, and longtime resident of Evanston, IL. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810134195
- ISBN
- 9780810134195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.97
€ 26.99
€ 24.97
Paperback. Originally published in 1932, Kathleen Tamagawa's pioneering Asian American memoir is a sensitive and thoughtful look at the personal and social complexities of growing up racially mixed during the early twentieth century. This edition also includes Tamagawa's short story, "A Fit in Japan" and a critical introduction. Editor(s): Robinson, Greg. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813542980
- ISBN
- 9780813542980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Paperback. A memoir of an American-Jewish historian who set out to study Yiddish language and Jewish history at YIVO, the Jewish Scientific Institute in Vilna, Poland, in 1938. It describes her pre-war year in Jewish Eastern Europe, and her role in salvaging what remained of Vilna's scorched Jewish archives and libraries. Editor(s): Sinkoff, Nancy. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813543628
- ISBN
- 9780813543628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.68
€ 48.68
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive view of the star system in 1950s Hollywood, the emergence of "method" acting, and in-depth discussions of the decade's major stars, including Montgomery Clift, Judy Holliday, Jerry Lewis, James Mason, Marilyn Monroe and Kim Novak. Editor(s): Palmer, R. Barton. Series: Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813547664
- ISBN
- 9780813547664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.92
€ 175.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BTC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813552927
- ISBN
- 9780813552927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.39
€ 50.39
hardcover. Series: Rivergate Regionals Collection. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- None ed.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813562377
- ISBN
- 9780813562377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.51
€ 42.51
Hardcover. Covers developments in Europe that affected the international position of the USA, such as the signing of preliminary articles of peace between the UK and France, which foreshadowed the end of the lucrative trading period. The letters are accompanied by annotations and a detailed index. Editor(s): Hackett, Mary A.; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Perdue, Holbrook. Series: Secretary of State S. Num Pages: 576 pages, annotations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914039
- ISBN
- 9780813914039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.37€ 85.22
€ 94.37
€ 85.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816624430
- ISBN
- 9780816624430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.29
€ 17.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628438
- ISBN
- 9780816628438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.82
€ 24.99
€ 23.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629299
- ISBN
- 9780816629299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.97
€ 37.97
Paperback. A book about memory & meaning. It brings to light the reflections & stories that women have constructed around the objects they have treasured, which in the past may have been deemed unimportant. Editor(s): Cairns, Kathleen A.; Silverman, Elaine. Num Pages: 400 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552380734
- ISBN
- 9781552380734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 213 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636594
- ISBN
- 9780816636594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BGA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637393
- ISBN
- 9780816637393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
Paperback. Until the age of seven, Olga Barsony lived an idyllic life in Szarvas, a small town in Hungary, surrounded by her doting, observant Jewish family. In spring 1944, Olga & most of her family were interned in the Auspitz labour camp shortly after the Nazi occupation of Hungary. This Holocaust memoir expose the little-known Auspitz labour camp. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552382202
- ISBN
- 9781552382202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.43
€ 33.99
€ 28.43
Paperback. One of the most prominent Soviet Arctic scientists of the 1920s and 1930s, Mikhail Mikhailovich Ermolaev was a geologist, physicist, and oceanographer. After working in the Arctic for some 13 years, he was arrested by the NKVD, convicted on a trumped-up charge of 'sabotage', and sent to the Gulag for ten years. This is a biography of Ermolaev. Num Pages: 615 pages, 150 b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1MTN; 3JJ; BGT; PH; RBG; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 615
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552382561
- ISBN
- 9781552382561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.63
€ 51.99
€ 43.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 748 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; 3JJ; BGT; HBJK; HBLW; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 748
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552385869
- ISBN
- 9781552385869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.37€ 48.70
€ 52.37
€ 48.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BGA; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816642182
- ISBN
- 9780816642182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.18
€ 16.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644582
- ISBN
- 9780816644582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.02
€ 18.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645053
- ISBN
- 9780816645053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.54
€ 24.99
€ 22.54