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Journal of a Residence in Chile during the Year 1822, and a Voyage fro...
Graham, Maria. Ed(S): Hayward, Jennifer (Asso...
Paperback. In 1821, Maria Dundas Graham sailed for South America. After her husband, the ship's captain, died en route, the newly widowed Maria Graham resisted all efforts to hustle her back to England. She rented a cottage in Valparaiso and spent nine months travelling in Chile. This is her journal. Editor(s): Hayward, Jennifer (Associate Professor of English, College of Wooster, USA). Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 b&w illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922164
- ISBN
- 9780813922164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.24
€ 38.24
Hardback. This book offers a fascinating and insightful overview of seven centuries of murder in Europe. It tells the story of the changing face of violence and documents the long-term decline in the incidence of homicide. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643779
- ISBN
- 9780745643779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813538501
- ISBN
- 9780813538501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.61
€ 46.99
€ 45.61
Hardback. In this addition to the Columbia Contemporary American Religion series, an authority on the subject focuses on America's most mainstream religion. The text describes Protestantism's history, constituent subgroups and their activities, and explores its dielectic with American culture. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC2; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780231111300
- ISBN
- 9780231111300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.36
€ 108.20
€ 81.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Olive Branch Pr
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566569040
- ISBN
- 9781566569040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.82
€ 30.99
€ 28.82
Hardcover. In a thoroughly engaging style John Miller introduces us to the small-town Midwestern boys who dreamed the America we know today and who made it real; from Frederick Jackson Turner and George Washington Carver to Henry Ford and Sam Walton. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619498
- ISBN
- 9780700619498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.63
€ 57.63
Hardback. 31pp. - Novosti Press Agency Publishing House,
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Novosti Press Agency Publishing House
- Number of pages
- 31
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KTK0102076
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. When Hitler assumed power in 1933, he and other Nazis had firm ideas on what they called a racially pure "community of the people." This work includes eesays that explore the political strategies used by the Third Reich to gain support for its ideologies and programs, and each following essay concentrates on one group of outsiders. Editor(s): Gellately, Robert; Stoltzfus, Nathan. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086842
- ISBN
- 9780691086842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Paperback. Offering insights into a lost world of: people's dress, their interior decoration and their view of their relationship, with the natural and supernatural worlds, this book portrays the pleasures of ancient Egypt life in textiles. It explains the work by providing a historical and mythic context, as well as technical explanations. Num Pages: 176 pages, 103 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDA; AFW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Krannert Art Museum,US United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781883015312
- ISBN
- 9781883015312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 b&w photographs and drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633482
- ISBN
- 9781566633482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.84
€ 38.84
Hardcover. Albrecht's work presents a comprehensive account of contemporary Egyptian politics, with a particular focus on the years 2002-2007. The text contains a theoretical dimension that considers the role political opposition and the core working mechanisms of state-society relations under authoritarian rule. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633204
- ISBN
- 9780815633204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.63
€ 49.63
Paperback. Featuring distinguished writers and reporters: John Simpson, James Fenton, Martha Gellhorn, Germaine Greer, Ryszard Kapuscinski, as well as talents Elana Lappin, Suketu Mehta and Wendell Steavenson, this book covers some of the signal events: the fall of Saigon, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the massacre in Tiananmen Square, and more. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Classics of Reportage S. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; HBG; HBLW3; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781862078154
- ISBN
- 9781862078154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.59
€ 24.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. The novelist William Dean Howells described autobiography as the most democratic of American literary genres. Autobiography has offered a voice to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and others whose writings have often been excluded from the literary canon. Editor(s): Morton, Marian; Duncan, Russell. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Volume 2
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881089988
- ISBN
- 9781881089988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.73
€ 40.99
€ 40.73
Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFE; JFSJ1; LNF; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 43. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813144917
- ISBN
- 9780813144917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.20
€ 39.20
Paperback. 128pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0009686
- ISBN
- 9780304331598
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816630776
- ISBN
- 9780816630776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
paperback. Exploring how the daughters and granddaughters of the filles du roi adapted to their terrain, turned their hands to trade, and even acquired surprising influence at the French court, Along a River is an innovative and engagingly written history. Num Pages: 356 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442612389
- ISBN
- 9781442612389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.04
€ 42.99
€ 39.04
Paperback. From the Model T to the SUV, this title reveals that our vexed relationship with the automobile is nothing new - in fact, debates over whether cars are forces of good or evil in our world have raged for over a century, ever since the automobile was invented. Num Pages: 236 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226467290
- ISBN
- 9780226467290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.66
€ 27.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Pachomius, who died in 346, has long been regarded as the "founder of monasticism". This reading of the available texts, first published in 1985, reveals that Pachomius's pioneering enterprise has been consistently misread in light of later monastic practices. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 250 pages, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219595
- ISBN
- 9780520219595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy in original wrappers World War II.20th Century History.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company New York
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0251942
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Talks about the Reizei poets as participants in a collective institution devoted more to the continuity of family poetic practices and ideals than to the concept of individual expression that is central to modern poetic culture. This book features an appendix of 100 poems from over the centuries, by poets who were affiliated with the Reizei house. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 charts, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024533
- ISBN
- 9780674024533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.38
€ 54.04
€ 49.38
paperback. Beginning where the autobiography left off, Green has selected letters, essays, interviews, and speeches that offer a complete self-narration of Gandhi's life from 1920 to 1948. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780874514186
- ISBN
- 9780874514186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.11
€ 40.99
€ 31.11
Paperback. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRAC; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349294411
- ISBN
- 9781349294411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Hardcover. Covers the entire Cold War period from the Yalta Conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. This book analyzes the Cold War and the various ways that it impacted American life: how it stimulated the economy, was a primary agent of social cohesion (at least until the Vietnam War), and greatly inflated presidential power. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180517
- ISBN
- 9781577180517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.47
€ 146.47