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paperback. Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) first worked together when they broke the Post Office monopoly on mail service along the Erie Canal in the 1840s. This title presents the story of Henry Wells and his drivers; his accountants; and, how they built a lasting empire in a business most entrepreneurs thought too risky to try. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 274 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803283039
ISBN
9780803283039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.21

Paperback. Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes, this title lets us experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there early in the twentieth century. It also includes adventures that equip Ralph to take his father's place when it becomes necessary. Illustrator(s): Shenton, Edward. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803281783
ISBN
9780803281783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.34

Hardcover. In the course of his recollections, the author describes his childhood in Minnesota; his grammar school and seminary education, with his decision to leave the path toward ordination; his marriage to his beloved Connie and their active family life and travels; and his life as a fiction writer. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrated: 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268034924
ISBN
9780268034924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.12

hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804711364
ISBN
9780804711364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.44

paperback. Revealing the extent to which some of yesterday's fathers were involved with their children, this text recounts how fatherhood was reshaped during the "Machine Age" into the configuration we know today. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469041
ISBN
9780226469041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.25

Paperback. Digs deep into the terrain of fatherhood. This title explores the nature and aftereffects of combat, the culture of fear during the Cold War, the ways that fear altered the lives of racial and sexual minorities, and how the civil rights movement affected families both black and white. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467436
ISBN
9780226467436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.11

Hardcover. Digs deep into the terrain of fatherhood. This title explores the nature and aftereffects of combat, the culture of fear during the Cold War, the ways that fear altered the lives of racial and sexual minorities, and how the civil rights movement affected families both black and white. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467429
ISBN
9780226467429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.99
€ 99.58

Hardback. In the spirit of recent works such as Habits of the Heart and The Closing of the American Mind, Ralph Ketcham's Individualism and Public Life asks whether the individualism which has made possible so many of the material advances we enjoy may also be the cause of the shortcomings troubling our society today. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631157731
ISBN
9780631157731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

Paperback. A biography of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, who was elected in 1809. Ketchman provides an analysis of his political theory and of the way in which he sought to apply it to the establishment of constitutional government. Num Pages: 784 pages, 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813912653
ISBN
9780813912653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136907
ISBN
9780231136907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.42
€ 84.30

Paperback. Tourists can step back in time as they travel the same roads and waterways that American and British troops did two centuries ago. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 296 pages, 128, 24 black & white line drawings, 104 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898372
ISBN
9780801898372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.84

Hardback. Tourists can step back in time as they travel the same roads and waterways that American and British troops did two centuries ago. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 296 pages, 128, 24 black & white line drawings, 104 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898365
ISBN
9780801898365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.32
€ 55.10

Hardback. Local librarians, historians, tour guides, history buffs, school teachers, and genealogists will find this guide to be informative and enlightening. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 424 pages, 141, 112 black & white halftones, 29 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1532.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892356
ISBN
9780801892356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.54
€ 61.81

Paperback. In his eight years as president from 1945-1953, Harry S Truman made some of the most important decisions in US history, particularly in foreign policy matters. This book contains transcripts of conversations with Truman from taped interviews in 1959. Editor(s): Weber, Ralph E. Num Pages: 388 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029216
ISBN
9780842029216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Hardback. In 1942 an advisory board to the Library of Congress drafted a proposal for a national program of cooperation among research libraries, aimed at acquiring 'at least one copy of every book published anywhere in the world, which might conceivably be of interest to a research worker in America. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GL; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 37. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810842595
ISBN
9780810842595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.29

Paperback. The essays in America, the West, and Liberal Education attempt to advance our understanding of the proper purposes of liberal education in America by exploring the relationship between the free pursuit of truth and the practical ends embedded in a particular tradition or political community. Editor(s): Hancock, Ralph C. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692316
ISBN
9780847692316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.42

Paperback. Creolization describes the cultural adaptations that occur when a community moves to a new geographic setting. Exploring the consciousness of peoples defined as 'creoles' who moved from the Old World to the New World, this work investigates the creolization of literary forms and genres in the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. Editor(s): Bauer, Ralph; Mazzotti, Jose Antonio. Num Pages: 520 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807859681
ISBN
9780807859681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

hardcover. The professional biography of influential Canadian educator and statesman, Tom Symons. Editor(s): Heintzman, Ralph. Num Pages: 488 pages, 38 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; HBJK; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 958.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press Canada
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776630434
ISBN
9780776630434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.72

paperback. During the 1840s, the United States and England were in conflict over two unsettled territories along the undefined Canadian-American border. This title presents an account of the Maine and Oregon boundary treaties. Num Pages: 358 pages, photographs, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024983
ISBN
9780842024983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.61

Paperback. From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. This work tells the story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304. Inside Baghdad's Green Zone. 368 pages. From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. This work tells the story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JWLP. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 25. Weight: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747592891
ISBN
9780747592891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

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