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Hardcover. General Ioan Emanoil Florescu modernized the Romanian army in the second half of the 19th century, following the union of the Romanian principalities but predating the war for Romanian independence. This title stresses the role of General Florescu, whose model for modernization was primarily the French army. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336130
- ISBN
- 9780880336130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.80
€ 45.99
€ 33.80
Hardcover. The story that inspired the major motion picture, Twelve Years a Slaveis a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 213 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- 0037-
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476767345
- ISBN
- 9781476767345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.55
€ 20.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Fascinating footballing life of Arsenal's legendary Double-winning captain Num Pages: 320 pages, 2x8pp b/w; 8pp col. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755314133
- ISBN
- 9780755314133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. One woman's courage to battle stigma and injustice for women and the mentally ill Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252035722
- ISBN
- 9780252035722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.18
€ 47.99
€ 45.18
Hardcover. View Last Stand's video trailer! A highly regarded environmental journalist turns his attention to one of the most compelling personalities in American business. Last Stand gives us a new, unexpected lens through which to view a previously unsung hero of conservation and offers prescriptions for the future of conservation. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; BGT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 34. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Repackaged
- SKU
- V9780762784431
- ISBN
- 9780762784431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.31
€ 27.99
€ 23.31
paperback. Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1856 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment that enabled him to observe and describe the world. Translator(s): Flower, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214 245pp. Keywords: The Blaskets
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192812339
- ISBN
- 9780192812339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.64
€ 15.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker. This work captures this colorful individual, as well as the vibrant interplay of technology, business, money, politics, and culture that defines Silicon Valley. Num Pages: 440 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; KNTX; TBY; TJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195311990
- ISBN
- 9780195311990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.79
€ 40.79
paperback. Augustin Verot preached vehemently on behalf of slave rights, but nevertheless used his pulpit to defend slavery as an institution. This is a biography of this controversial figure and the impact he made at a critical juncture of the histories of Florida, the Catholic Church and the Civil War. Series: Florida Sand Dollar Books. Num Pages: 277 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813015224
- ISBN
- 9780813015224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.32
€ 21.32
Hardback. This text follows the career of Peter Cushing, one of England's finest actors, from regional theatre to the role of the world's most famous detective. It details his career as Holmes through anecdotes and reminiscences from colleagues and Cushing himself. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838741
- ISBN
- 9780810838741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.38
€ 90.38
Paperback. Tells the story of innocence betrayed, of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned nightmarish and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. Series: Vintage War. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099597551
- ISBN
- 9780099597551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Reverdy Cassius Ransom spent his life as a pastor, editor, politician, writer, civil rights leader, and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This work offers Ransom as a symbol of an era and a larger movement and recalls him to be a man of deep faith and conviction. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTB; HRCC95; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387484
- ISBN
- 9780873387484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Hardcover. Covers the first half of the life of Dr James Hillman, who is considered by many as the world's foremost post-Jungian thinker. This title follows Hillman from his youth in the heyday of Atlantic City, through post-war Paris and Dublin onward to Zurich and the Jung Institute, which appointed him its first Director of Studies in 1960. Num Pages: 528 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 54. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611454628
- ISBN
- 9781611454628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.17
€ 36.99
€ 33.17
Paperback. A full-length biography of one of Milwaukee's founding fathers, this volume follows Byron Kilbourn from his boyhood home in Ohio to Wisconsin where he served as a surveyor. The book describes his competitive relations with Solomon Juneau and George Walker as he developed the land west of the Milwaukee River. Num Pages: 204 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 13 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Milwaukee Co. Historical Society
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938076155
- ISBN
- 9780938076155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.38
€ 19.38
hardcover. Series: Exploited Earth. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; BG; GTF; JFSL9; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138133389
- ISBN
- 9781138133389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.71
€ 210.71
Hardcover. A memoir about growing up as a daughter of Lithuanian immigrants. It revisits the troubles that surfaced in the wake of her cultural assimilation: the constricting expectations of her family and community, her problems with alcoholism and depression, and her sometimes contentious but always loving relationship with her mother. Num Pages: 200 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505305
- ISBN
- 9780226505305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Hardback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361800
- ISBN
- 9780822361800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.56
€ 115.56
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- David Philip South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864866417
- ISBN
- 9780864866417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Hardcover. This final volume of Bernth Lindfors's definitive biography records the remarkable achievements and experiences of Ira Aldridge in the last years of his life, when he performed at theaters throughout Europe. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; ANB; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465380
- ISBN
- 9781580465380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.23€ 65.18
€ 70.23
€ 65.18
Paperback. In this inspirational book of one woman s journey through depression, Beverley Jones leads you along her personal road to recovery and beyond, courageously demonstrating how an ordinary life can become extraordinary and how experience can indeed be the greatest gift. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780993928
- ISBN
- 9781780993928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.99
€ 15.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613743355
- ISBN
- 9781613743355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.26
€ 25.26
Paperback. When Marcia and David Pirie abandoned their careers and sailed off in their home-built ketch Moongazer, They embarked on a journey that took them around the world, and became a way of life for nine years. Travellers on a Trade Wind covers the highlights of the journey. Num Pages: 344 pages, drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; BG; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364712
- ISBN
- 9780850364712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.70
€ 18.70
Hardcover. An abbess in the Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, Agnes of Harcourt wrote a biography of Isabelle of France and a letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey, both of which provide a window on 13th-century religious life. This translation also contains an introduction to her life and work. Editor(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Translator(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; BG; DN; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044039
- ISBN
- 9780268044039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84
€ 108.84
Hardback. A dynamic, humour-filled and thought-provoking graphic novel adaptation of John Leguizamo's award-winning stage-show and HBO special about the highs and lows of his life, from the streets of New York to his years as a Hollywood player. Illustrator(s): Cassano, Christa; Beyale, Shamus. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; FXL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419715181
- ISBN
- 9781419715181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.60
€ 25.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. The German-born Douglas Sirk, who after a successful career in theatre and film moved to Hollywood in 1937 and directed 30 films starring actors such as Rock Hudson and Lana Turner, talks about his life and work. Series: Directors on Directors. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; APFB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571190980
- ISBN
- 9780571190980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.24
€ 33.99
€ 22.24