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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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