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Paperback. John Edwin Gardiner was the eldest son of James "Jimmy" Gardiner, the most prominent Liberal politician of his day in western Canada. Edwin was called up by the RCAF in November 1940, received his wings in October 1941, and travelled to England in early November 1941. Editor(s): Smith, David E. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889771574
ISBN
9780889771574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. "Originally published as Letters from Fighting Hoosiers by Howard H. Peckham and Shirley A. Snyder, Indiana War History Commission, 1948." Editor(s): Peckham, Howard H.; Snyder, Shirley A. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024480
ISBN
9780253024480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BJ; HBJK; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633227
ISBN
9780816633227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. In this account of the earliest days of settlement in the West, William Wallace conveys a sense of unspoken courage--the courage that was needed to make a fresh start in a strange new land. Editor(s): Wallace, William; Coates, Ken; Morrison, Bill. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Regina Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774087
ISBN
9780889774087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. Presents a collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Written to his wife by a medic serving with the segregated Japanese American unit, the letters featured in this book describe a soldier's daily life. Editor(s): Bridgman, Dianne; Masuda, Hana. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987453
ISBN
9780295987453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Garrett County Press United States
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Garrett County Press 1st Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891053016
ISBN
9781891053016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.59

Paperback. Written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set the letters in context. Translator(s): Pagden, Mr. Anthony. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300090949
ISBN
9780300090949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.22

Hardback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285330
ISBN
9780520285330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285347
ISBN
9780520285347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. It's Time to Rediscover America. Our nation is deteriorating. Slowly but surely the virtues and values we once celebrated responsibility, resilience, dignity, respect have been abandoned. Our work ethic has been replaced by an entitlement ethic. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118899298
ISBN
9781118899298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Manning, Susan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554744
ISBN
9780199554744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.35

paperback. Provides an overview of the power of written discourse in the historical formation of Latin American societies, and highlights the central role of cities in deploying and reproducing that power. Starting with the colonial period, this title undertakes a historical analysis of the hegemonic influences of the written word. Editor(s): Chasteen, John Charles. Translator(s): Chasteen, John Charles. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317661
ISBN
9780822317661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Hardback. Editor(s): Zuppan, Josephine Little. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945612803
ISBN
9780945612803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

Paperback. A collection of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers, Maya Angelou. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 196 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086115
ISBN
9781844086115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

hardcover. "Guns don't kill people; people kill people." "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." "An armed society is a polite society. Num Pages: 282 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597973564
ISBN
9781597973564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.30

Paperback. Why has Texas been so fervent in pursuing capital punishment? Have rights been trampled in the process and, most importantly, have innocents been executed? This book discusses such questions and presents the Texas system of capital punishment in the modern era. Num Pages: 238 pages, 14 graphs, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292713017
ISBN
9780292713017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Contemporary Native American artist. Num Pages: 87 pages, 59 illus., 52 in color. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5193 x 5193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984834
ISBN
9780295984834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.64

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595583291
ISBN
9781595583291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.91

Paperback. In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. This book provides a record of the place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; AJCR; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141188492
ISBN
9780141188492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.88

Hardcover. This study uses the unlikely story of Georgia's Providence Canyon to recount the larger history of dramatic human-induced soil erosion across the South and to highlight the role that the region and its erosive agricultural history played in the rise of soil science and soil conservation in America. Series: Environmental History and the American South. Num Pages: 264 pages, 38 black & white photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; RBGB; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820334011
ISBN
9780820334011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.97

Paperback. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150 images and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611212969
ISBN
9781611212969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Hardback. Up close look at Pebble Beach Golf Links/Carmel, CA in the year leading up to the 2010 U.S. Open. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WSJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803233577
ISBN
9780803233577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fulcrum Inc.,US United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555913519
ISBN
9781555913519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.52

This insightful,engaging the history of US graduate medical education explores the social and moral value of physician training to society as a whole and how improving excellence in GME can stimulate and guide meaningful health care reform. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199744541
ISBN
9780199744541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 51.49

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