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Jacob Unexpected Patriarch
ISBN: HB: 9780300144260, Yale University Press, November 2012
224 pp., 21x14.6 cm
A powerful hero of the Bible, Jacob is also one of its most complex figures. Bible stories recounting his life often expose his deception, lies, and greed, then puzzlingly attempt to justify them. In this book an eminent biblical scholar looks at Jac...
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£18,99
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George II King and Elector
ISBN: PB: 9780300187779, Yale University Press, November 2012
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm
Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his abilities misunderstood. This landmark biography uncovers extensive new evidence in British and German archives, making possibl...
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£19,99
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Pure Element of Time
ISBN: PB: 9781611684315, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, November 2012
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Published in 1998 as Havalim, "The Pure Element of Time" is a rich and evocative autobiographical novel about a writer's development. With his keen eye and opulent writing style, Haim Be'er turns the story of his childhood and maturity into a complex...
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£20,00
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Robert Schumann The Life and Work of a Romantic Composer
ISBN: HB: 9780226284699, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
320 pp., 25x15 cm, 23 halftones, 8 line illus.
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) is one of the most important and representative composers of the Romantic era. Born in Zwickau, Germany, Schumann began piano instruction at age seven and immediately developed a passion for music. When a permanent injury...
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£26,50
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My Formative Years
ISBN: PB: 9781908493668, Signal Books, November 2012
256 pp., 21.5x14.6 cm
For sale in CIS only! Joaquim Nabuco, for more than three decades a dominant figure in the literary, intellectual and political life of Brazil, was born in Recife in the country's Northeast in 1849 and died in Washington in 1910. He was what we woul...
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£12,99
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Edward Bancroft Scientist, Author, Spy
ISBN: PB: 9780300187458, Yale University Press, October 2012
352 pp., 22.6x14.5 cm, 4 black&white illus.
A man of as many names as motives, Edward Bancroft is a singular figure in the history of Revolutionary America. Born in Massachusetts in 1745, Bancroft moved to England as a young man in the 1760s and began building a respectable resume as both a sc...
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£30,00
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And Bid Him Sing A Biography of Countee Cullen
ISBN: HB: 9780226533643, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
304 pp., 23x15 cm, 30 halftones
While competing with Langston Hughes for the title of "Poet Laureate of Harlem", Countee Cullen (1903-1946) crafted poems that became touchstones for American readers, both black and white. Inspired by classic themes and working within traditional fo...
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£22,50
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Algerian Memoirs
ISBN: HB: 9780857420305, Seagull Books, October 2012
442 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The personal history of journalist Henri Alleg is tied inextricably to the history of the French-Algerian Conflict. Best known for his book "The Question", a first-hand account of his torture by French troops during the Algerian war for independence,...
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Deaf-Blind Reality Living the Life
ISBN: PB: 9781563685354, Gallaudet University Press, October 2012
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Most stories about disabled people are written for the sake of being inspirational. These stories tend to focus on some achievement, such as sports or academics, but rarely do they give a true and complete view of the challenges individuals must deal...
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£37,50
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S is for Samora A Lexical Biography of Samora Machel and the Mozambican Dream
ISBN: PB: 9781849041942, Hurst Publishers, October 2012
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory against Portuguese colonialism in 1974, and the following year became independent Mozambique's first President. He died eleven years later in a mysterious p...
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