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Paperback. A history of female telegraph operators from 1846 to the mid-20th century, exploring their work, their daily lives and their workplace issues. It uses non-traditional sources, including the telegraphers' trade journals, company records, and oral and written histories by the operators. Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821413449
- ISBN
- 9780821413449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HRCC9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479841660
- ISBN
- 9781479841660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. From the author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, which has sold more than 25,000 copies, comes a searing memoir that puts a human face on the issue of child slavery and sounds a call to end it through advocacy and education Num Pages: 293 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJH; BGA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292729292
- ISBN
- 9780292729292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
Hardback. My Storm is a firsthand account of a critical sixteen months in the post-Katrina recovery process. It tells how Blakely, as Katrina recovery czar, endeavored to transform the shell of a cherished American city into a city that could not only survive but thrive. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; RNR; RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812243857
- ISBN
- 9780812243857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.83
€ 60.83
Paperback. Mary Livermore (1829-1905) left her family, volunteered for the US Sanitary Commission and achieved national prominence with the Commission. This text presents her war experiences, including personal reminiscences of Grant and Lincoln, and chronicles the wartime activities of women. Num Pages: 710 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 44. Weight in Grams: 942. Good copy 8vo. .Illustrated.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304439
- ISBN
- 9780306806582
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 125 Full Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 193 x 28. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ten Speed Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580089944
- ISBN
- 9781580089944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 256 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609807566
- ISBN
- 9781609807566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.10
€ 18.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. As well as Jean-Claude Parrot's story, this is also the story of the formation of a union. In this book, you will follow the life of one of Canada's greatest union leaders as he fought to give the workers a voice. You also learn about how the struggle was waged and how a union leadership worked tirelessly in the service of the union membership. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781552661642
- ISBN
- 9781552661642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
hardcover. Both the story of Monroe's steady rise into the professional class and a parallel history of unsuitable exes, this memoir reminds us how accidental even a good life can be. Funny, poignant, wise, "My Unsentimental Education" explores the confusion that ensues when a working-class girl ends up far from where she began. Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFSC; JFSJ1; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348742
- ISBN
- 9780820348742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.94
€ 27.99
€ 24.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 242 color & 12 b/w photos & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764343254
- ISBN
- 9780764343254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.33
€ 37.99
€ 25.33
Paperback. Presents the stories of the war: a firefight where the resistance came from 'men in black'; a night spent chain-smoking in the guard tower counting the tracer bullets being fired over the city; and the hesitation of a young soldier who had been passed around from platoon to platoon because he was too afraid to fight. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KSG0009499
- ISBN
- 9780552154376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A jaw-droppingly intricate and visually gorgeous follow-up to the perennial bestseller My New York, featuring our nation's capital. Num Pages: 40 pages, Illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 5AD; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 236 x 314 x 11. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316126120
- ISBN
- 9780316126120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.79
€ 20.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. Exploring the place of poetry in American culture and in the university, this text addresses issues such as: the role of the public intellectual; the poetics of scholarly prose; vernacular modernism; idiosyncratic postmodernism; identity politics; aesthetics; and poetry as a performance art. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044101
- ISBN
- 9780226044101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Paillot, Jim. Series: My Weird School Fast Facts. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5AG; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0014802
- ISBN
- 9780062306234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Provides readers to rethink much of what is taken for granted about American race relations. This book reconstructs a community in which ownership of property was as significant as skin color in structuring social relations. Why this model of social interaction in race relations did not survive, makes this a critical and urgent work of history. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 25 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195175370
- ISBN
- 9780195175370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.71
€ 76.71
"Retelling the life of her grandmother, Sandra Scofield examines the life of a plainswoman during the twentieth-century"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729414
- ISBN
- 9780896729414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.13
€ 32.99
€ 27.13
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Akron Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931968041
- ISBN
- 9781931968041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
€ 20.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 photographs, 7 illustrations, 2 maps, 2 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRKT; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295230
- ISBN
- 9780803295230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Using a handful of artists , this book interprets the American Dream in rigorous prose, touching on myth, landscape and oral tradition. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571323173
- ISBN
- 9780571323173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.66
€ 25.99
€ 16.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 40 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226790374
- ISBN
- 9780226790374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94