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Biography
Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825307454
- ISBN
- 9780825307454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.90
€ 18.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. A concise, readable biography and critical review of Franz Kafka, one of the central intellectual and cultural figures of our time. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892546
- ISBN
- 9781861892546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.91
€ 30.91
Paperback. A chronicle of the lives of three men, John Fitch, James Rumsey and Robert Fulton, all striving to invent the first steamboat. The author shows the pattern of their interwoven fates in this tale of "anguished pioneering". Num Pages: 406 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; TBX; TTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780823213764
- ISBN
- 9780823213764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.19
€ 46.99
€ 42.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; BGA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895511072
- ISBN
- 9780895511072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.54
€ 26.99
€ 24.54
Paperback. The WWII Memories of a Paratrooper in the 508th P.I.R, 82nd Airborne Division. 256 pages, 16pp photo section. Jump tells of the wartime experiences of Dwayne Burns as a paratrooper in the 508th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. The author recounts the action of his first mission, which took place in the early hours of D-day. His memories are able to provide a fascinating insight into the reality of close-quarter combat. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149835
- ISBN
- 9781935149835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.68
€ 19.99
€ 15.68
Hardback. In this book, a leading historian takes the full measure of Lincoln's reputation. Drawing on a range of primary documents Hans Trefousse gives the voices of Lincoln's own time. Politicians and ordinary people, soldiers and statesmen, abolitionists and slaveholders alike, give a chorus of American opinion. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224685
- ISBN
- 9780823224685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.45
€ 95.45
Paperback. Comprises a description of a soldier's life in the ranks of the Third Texas Cavalry and the Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry. This title describes author's youthful experiences, including his family life, education, hunting, and other pleasant pastimes, plantation activities and relationships with slaves, as well as social conditions. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 illustration, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- McWhiney Foundation Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933337258
- ISBN
- 9781933337258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. She'd been intimately his, and he hers, for twenty-seven years - which were his final twenty-seven years. She'd lasted through three wives, the Nobel Prize, and all his ruin. He'd owned her, fished her, worked her and rode her, from the waters of Key West to the Bahamas to the Dry Tortugas to the north coast and archipelagos of Cuba. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 53. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099565994
- ISBN
- 9780099565994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.20
€ 25.99
€ 19.20
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; ASZH; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040658
- ISBN
- 9780252040658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.83
€ 125.83
Paperback. Each volume in this series features approximately fifteen short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of a given state. The villainous, the misguided, and the misunderstood all get their due in these entertaining yet informing books. Series: Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762728152
- ISBN
- 9780762728152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.32
€ 17.99
€ 15.32
In the Shadow of the Civil War: Passmore Williamson and the Rescue of ...
Brandt, Nat, Brandt, Yanna Kroyt
Hardcover. Six years before the onset of the Civil War, two courageous figures - one a free white man and one an enslaved black woman - risked personal liberty to ensure each other's freedom in an explosive episode. This work captures the heroism and humanity at the heart of this important moment in American history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036873
- ISBN
- 9781570036873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448058
- ISBN
- 9780801448058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.64
€ 30.99
€ 24.64
Hardcover. The contributors to this work explore Johnson's role in both domestic and foreign policy. They examine such issues as his obsession with the Vietnam War; his commitment to the Great Society and civil rights; his views on Strategic Arms Limitation; and his Middle East policy. Editor(s): Divine, Robert A. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606559
- ISBN
- 9780700606559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.74€ 62.86
€ 68.74
€ 62.86
Paperback. A celebration of the life of the much-loved cricket icon, Richie Benaud Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473627444
- ISBN
- 9781473627444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ1; VFJX; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Soho Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616957667
- ISBN
- 9781616957667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.17
€ 17.99
€ 17.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; M. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 248 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Redcliffe Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904537489
- ISBN
- 9781904537489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.31
€ 17.99
€ 16.31
Gull Stones and Cuckoos is a clear-eyed, passionate and honest book of life-writing about contemporary country living in Norfolk. Editor(s): Bryan, Lynne; Greenwood, Belona. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Unthank Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910061411
- ISBN
- 9781910061411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.21
€ 13.99
€ 13.21
Hardback. In 1798 Robert Morris - "financier of the American Revolution", confidante of George Washington, recent US Senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtor's prison and public contempt. Setting Morris' tale in the context of the nation's founding, this title focuses on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 56 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196047
- ISBN
- 9780300196047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.82
€ 42.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759861
- ISBN
- 9781894759861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.17
€ 23.99
€ 17.17
Paperback. Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became. Num Pages: 497 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217908
- ISBN
- 9780823217908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.47
€ 57.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Coan, Stephen. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSK; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780869809815
- ISBN
- 9780869809815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
Hardcover. Fine in fine cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Light pen underscoring. Light shelfwear, remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford : Blackwell
- Edition
- 1stEdition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028657
- ISBN
- 9780717129133
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A biography of Henrietta Szold, founder and first president of Hadassah. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568213378
- ISBN
- 9781568213378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.81
€ 59.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307986559
- ISBN
- 9780307986559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.82
€ 17.99
€ 16.82