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Hardcover. Emily Austin followed the trails of the western frontier to Texas, where she saw the burgeoning young colony erupt in revolution, establish a proud republic, and usher in the period of antebellum statehood. Emily's journey was one of remarkable personal change as the rigors of frontier life shaped her into a uniquely self-reliant southern woman. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b/w photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653518
- ISBN
- 9780875653518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper sunned with some minor nicks and scuffing. Inscribed by previous owner on FFEP, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Writers and Readers Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0012756
- ISBN
- 9780906495353
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Num Pages: 200 pages, over 100 black and white photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764313073
- ISBN
- 9780764313073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816643868
- ISBN
- 9780816643868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Hardcover. Presenting Harold Weston's account of his intimate relationship with the wilderness, this title combines an informal history of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve with his own experiences there as a painter and woodsman. It includes Weston's letters and Journal entries, along with illustrations, and explanatory notes. Editor(s): Foster, Rebecca. Num Pages: 272 pages, 68 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AGB; BGA; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608998
- ISBN
- 9780815608998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.88
€ 21.88
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352849
- ISBN
- 9780393352849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.96
€ 17.99
€ 15.96
Hardcover. Editor(s): Evans, Mike. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 175 x 39. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859653152
- ISBN
- 9780859653152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.89
€ 26.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Richard Hofstadter (1916-70) was America's most distinguished historian of the twentieth century. The author of several books, including The American Political Tradition, he was a champion of the liberal politics that emerged from the New Deal. This biography explores his life within the context of the rise and fall of American liberalism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076416
- ISBN
- 9780226076416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
€ 23.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 181 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591144199
- ISBN
- 9781591144199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 41.31
€ 44.99
€ 41.31
Paperback. This biography of a Shinto denomination's founder gives a view of Japanese religion in action. The term "shinto" should acquire a fresh meaning for readers, showing how faith and aspiration guide people amid the conditions of life. Themes such as spirituality and sense of mission are included. Translator(s): Wright, Harold; Sumio, Kamiya; Iezzi, Julie. Num Pages: 172 pages, 17 photographs, maps, notes, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: BG; HRKN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819195753
- ISBN
- 9780819195753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Paperback. Adam of Bremen's history of the See of Hamburg and of Christian missions in northern Europe from AD 788 to 1072 is a primary source of knowledge concerning the history, geography and ethnography of the Baltic region and its peoples before the 13th century. Translator(s): Tschan, Francis J. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125758
- ISBN
- 9780231125758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
hardcover. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine and showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Glendale Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0023965
- ISBN
- 9780907606161
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CS; BGA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609324
- ISBN
- 9780691609324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. This is the memoir of a South Korean dissident who was unjustly accused of spying for the North Koreans and jailed for 19 years as a political prisoner. It traces Suh Sung's experiences as a Korean citizen of Japan before his incarceration, his time in prison, and his subsequent release. Translator(s): Inglis, Jean. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; BG; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501225
- ISBN
- 9780742501225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017341
- ISBN
- 9781851588053
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 3 (English): The Swiss...
Albert; Anna Beck (Transl.) Einstein
paperback. Presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. This volume concludes with the report that Einstein, by then a full professor at the German-language university in Prague, gave to the original Solvay Congress, the first international meeting devoted to the problems of radiation and the quantum theory. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Juergen; Schulmann, Robert. Translator(s): Beck, Anna. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 447 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021479
- ISBN
- 9780691102504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Minor foxing appears on endpapers, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0001847
- ISBN
- 9780593067727
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888399762
- ISBN
- 9780888399762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.33
€ 24.99
€ 17.33
Hardcover. The first volume of this reference provides readers with a biographical account of the Australian senators whose period of prominenece was between 1901 and 1929. It reveals their signifcance, and the significance of senatorial clerks, covering a broad political spectrum. Editor(s): Millar, Ann. Num Pages: 528 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; GBCB; HBT; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 184 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522849219
- ISBN
- 9780522849219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.74
€ 85.74
Paperback. A shaman and visionary - not a poet in any ordinary sense - Maria Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jimenez. This work includes a presentation from Sabina's recorded chants and an English translation of her oral autobiography, her vida, as written and arranged in her native language. Editor(s): Rothenberg, Jerome. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 225 pages, 3 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239531
- ISBN
- 9780520239531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. A compilation of one hundred mini-biographies of outstanding aviators, including men like John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham, night fighter ace and test pilot; Ian Harvey, the BEA pilot who safely landed his airliner after a bomb had exploded onboard; Stanislaw Skalski, Polish Battle of Britain ace; Pierre Clostermann, French fighter ace; and others. Editor(s): Iliff, Jay. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; TRPS; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Grub Street United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904943839
- ISBN
- 9781904943839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.85
€ 42.99
€ 37.85
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; GBCB; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816631544
- ISBN
- 9780816631544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060371
- ISBN
- 9780674060371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.82
€ 35.99
€ 30.82
Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper with minor edge wear and light sunning, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Watts
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0014192
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95