First Matter Press

Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb, Paperback - Jeffrey A. Kroessler

178,99 RON 191,99 RON

Reducere. The first book devoted to this landmark of architecture, urban planning, and social engineering Situated in the borough of Queens, New York, Sunnys...

fordham university press, carti, carte straina, earth sciences

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Black Miami in the Twentieth Century, Paperback - Marvin Dunn

176,99 RON 189,99 RON

Reducere. "A necessity for every African American who has ever lived in Dade County, or South Florida for that matter."--Garth Reeves, publisher emeritus, Mi...

university press of florida, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

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The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Hardcover - Michael Watkins

175,99 RON

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors The world's most trusted guide for leaders in transition Transi...

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Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict, Paperback - Vipin Narang

173,99 RON

The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often ...

princeton university press, carti, carte straina, law

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How Physics Makes Us Free, Paperback - J. T. Ismael

173,99 RON

In 1687 Isaac Newton ushered in a new scientific era in which laws of nature could be used to predict the movements of matter with almost perfect p...

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From Jesus to the Church: The First Christian Generation, Hardcover - Craig A. Evans

171,99 RON 184,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionDid Jesus intend to found a church separate from Judaism? Who were the very first followers of Jesus? And how did a clash between two fa...

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African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms, Paperback - John Miller Chernoff

171,99 RON

"We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics."--Andrew Tracey, African Music "John ...

university of chicago press, carti, carte straina, the arts

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Unlearning the Ropes: The Benefits of Rethinking what School Teaches You, Paperback - Denise M. Bressler

168,99 RON 180,99 RON

Reducere. "A valuable book for parents, educators, and policymakers."William Deresiewicz, author of Excellent SheepAs an educational researcher, Denise Bress...

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A Right to Lie?: Presidents, Other Liars, and the First Amendment, Hardcover - Catherine J. Ross

167,99 RON 179,99 RON

Reducere. In A Right to Lie?, legal scholar Catherine J. Ross addresses the urgent issue of whether the nation's highest officers, including the president, h...

university of pennsylvania press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

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Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering, and Queer Affect, Paperback - Mel Y. Chen

167,99 RON

In Animacies, Mel Y. Chen draws on recent debates about sexuality, race, and affect to examine how matter that is considered insensate, immobile, o...

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Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism, Paperback - Alison Piepmeier

167,99 RON

With names like The East Village Inky, Mend My Dress, Dear Stepdad, and I'm So Fucking Beautiful, zines created by girls and women over the past tw...

new york university press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

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Ohio's Black Hand Syndicate: The Birth of Organized Crime in America, Hardcover - David Meyers

167,99 RON 179,99 RON

Reducere. Organized crime was born in the back of a fruit store in Marion. Before America saw headlines about the Capone Mob, the Purple Gang and Murder Inc....

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Subjects in Poetry, Paperback - Daniel Brown

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. Daniel Brown's Subjects in Poetry is the first book to examine the broad and imposing topic of poetic subject matter, probing both what poems are a...

lsu press, carti, carte straina, biography

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Life in the Little Wooden House, Hardcover - Charmaine Powder

165,99 RON 177,99 RON

Reducere. Do you have unanswered questions about your life? Family secrets too painful to reveal? This memoir uncovers the unimaginable- secrets untold come ...

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Where All the Dead Lie, Hardcover - J. T. Ellison

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. The bullet didn't kill Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson. But it will crack her psyche and take her to the very edge.In her showdown wit...

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The Happy Camper: An Essential Guide to Life Outdoors, Paperback - Kevin Callan

163,99 RON 175,99 RON

Reducere. Praise for the first edition: A great all-around guide by a top camping expert for campers of any skill level. Lots of color photos and accessible ...

boston mills press, carti, carte straina, sports & active outdoor recreation, active outdoor pursuits

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Just Another Southern Town: Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation's Capital, Hardcover - Joan Quigley

162,99 RON 174,99 RON

Reducere. In January of 1950, Mary Church Terrell, an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP, headed into Thompson's Restaurant, just a few blocks from the ...

oxford university press, usa, carti, carte straina, biography

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Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader, Paperback - Greg Tate

161,99 RON 173,99 RON

Reducere. Since launching his career at the Village Voice in the early 1980s Greg Tate has been one of the premiere critical voices on contemporary Black mus...

duke university press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences, society & culture: general

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A Systems Theory of Religion, Paperback - Niklas Luhmann

161,99 RON 173,99 RON

Reducere. A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the edito...

stanford university press, carti, carte straina, philosophy & religion

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Up, Not Down Syndrome: Uplifting Lessons Learned from Raising a Son with Trisomy 21, Hardcover - Nancy M. Schwartz

161,00 RON

Up, Not Down Syndrome is a love letter and a map. Experience how it feels to think your life is over after having an unlovable baby. At first the l...

modern history press, carti, carte straina, biography

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A World of Babies: Imagined Childcare Guides for Eight Societies, Paperback - Alma Gottlieb

160,99 RON 172,99 RON

Reducere. Should babies sleep alone in cribs, or in bed with parents? Is talking to babies useful, or a waste of time? A World of Babies provides different a...

cambridge university press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences, sociology & anthropology

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On Christian Ethics: St. Basil the Great, Paperback - ***

159,99 RON 171,99 RON

Reducere. St. Basil was a towering figure in the fourth-century Church. In the midst of great controversy, he led the charge of those faithful to the doctrin...

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What's the Matter with Delaware?. How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal-and How It Costs Us All, Hardback - Hal Weitzman

159,99 RON

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Hal WeitzmanIllustration(s): 3 b/w illus. 1 map.Number of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dimension...

princeton university press, carti, carte straina, law

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Language and scientific explanation, Hardcover - Eran Asoulin

158,99 RON

This book discusses the two main construals of the explanatory goals of semantic theories. The first, externalist conception, understands semantic ...

language science press, carti, carte straina, language & linguistics, linguistics

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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, Hardcover - Toni Morrison

158,99 RON

Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and...

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Waveform: Twenty-First-Century Essays by Women, Paperback - Marcia Aldrich

157,99 RON 169,99 RON

Reducere. Waveform celebrates the role of women essayists in contemporary literature. Historically, women have been instrumental in moving the essay to cente...

university of georgia press, carti, carte straina, biography

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Metaphysics: Concept and Problems, Paperback - Theodor Adorno

157,99 RON 169,99 RON

Reducere. This volume makes available in English for the first time Adorno's lectures on metaphysics. It provides a unique introduction not only to metaphysi...

stanford university press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

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In the Footsteps of the Russian Snowman, Paperback - Dmitri Bayanov

157,99 RON 169,99 RON

Reducere. Russia - or to be exact, the Soviet Union - was the first country to probe the snowman riddle on a scientific basis. In 1958, in the post-Stalinist...

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Jung on Mythology, Paperback - C. G. Jung

155,99 RON 166,99 RON

Reducere. At least three major questions can be asked of myth: what is its subject matter? what is its origin? and what is its function? Theories of myth may...

princeton university press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, myth & legend told as fiction

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Essays and Reviews: 1959-2002, Paperback - Bernard Williams

155,99 RON

The first collection of popular reviews and essays from distinguished philosopher Bernard WilliamsBernard Williams was one of the most important ph...

princeton university press, carti, carte straina, philosophy & religion, philosophy

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Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about American Law, Fifth Edition, Hardcover (5th Ed.) - Jay M. Feinman

154,99 RON 165,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jay M. FeinmanIn this fifth edition of his bestselling classic, Jay Feinman provides an authoritative and up-to-date overvi...

oxford university press, usa, carti, carte straina, law, laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law

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Getting Unstuck: Unraveling the Knot of Depression, Attention and Trauma, Paperback - Don Kerson

153,99 RON 164,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionGetting Unstuck is a groundbreaking first-look at stuckness"the profound inability to move one's life forward. Being stuck is a mental ...

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Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Paperback - Lynn Garafola

152,99 RON 163,99 RON

Reducere. In the history of twentieth-century ballet, no company has had so profound and far-reaching an influence as the Ballets Russes. Under the direction...

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Grace & Steel: Dorothy, Barbara, Laura, and the Women of the Bush Dynasty, Hardcover - J. Randy Taraborrelli

151,99 RON

From New York Times bestselling celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli comes Grace & Steel, the epic, hidden history of the exceptional women b...

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You Matter.: Learning to Love Who You Really Are, Hardcover - Matthew Emerzian

151,99 RON

DescriptionTransform the way you live your life with a message of unexpected hope, radical joy, and deep connection.You matter. Not because of what...

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The Wild Shore: Three Californias, Paperback - Kim Stanley Robinson

148,99 RON 159,99 RON

Reducere. 2047: For the small Pacific Coast community of San Onofre, life in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack is a matter of survival, a day-to-...

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Giving to God: Islamic Charity in Revolutionary Times, Paperback - Amira Mittermaier

148,99 RON

Giving to God examines the everyday practices of Islamic giving in post-revolutionary Egypt. From foods prepared in Sufi soup kitchens, to meals di...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences, sociology & anthropology

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Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities, Paperback - Carole Rawcliffe

148,99 RON

Description"Carole Rawcliffe continues with her mission to clean up the Middle Ages. In earlier work she has already given us scholarly yet sympath...

boydell press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

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Seemore the Seagull, Hardcover - Ralph Tufo

148,99 RON 159,99 RON

Reducere. Seemore the Seagull is a loveable people-watcher who observes the behavior of the diverse beach-goers on Revere Beach. He wants everyone to get alo...

leaning rock press llc, carti, carte straina, children's

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Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, Paperback - Joshua Bloom

146,99 RON 157,99 RON

Reducere. This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the author...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

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Why Unions Matter, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Michael D. Yates

146,99 RON 157,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael D. YatesIn this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean bette...

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Feral Blood, Paperback - Eva Chase

144,99 RON 155,99 RON

Reducere. Twice I've been kidnapped by the fae.First were the monsters who ripped me from everything I knew and threw me in a cage.Next came the men who resc...

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Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy, Paperback - Douglas B. Green

143,99 RON 154,99 RON

Reducere. As the United States expanded west in the 1800s, and cattle became big business, the figure of the young brash cattleman who rode with the herds qu...

vanderbilt university press (tn), carti, carte straina, the arts, music

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Restoring Blair House, Paperback - Kenneth Lippincott

142,99 RON 152,99 RON

Reducere. What would you do to gain a second chance? Your school reorganized, moved across the valley, and then interstate highway construction by-passed the...

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Killer Beauty, Paperback - Eva Chance

141,99 RON 151,99 RON

Reducere. I'm the girl you'll never see coming.Blink and you're dead, another target checked off my list.But one night everything in my carefully ordered exi...

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Hardcover - Michelle Alexander

140,99 RON 150,99 RON

Reducere. Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly' Slate' Chronicle of Higher Eduction' Literary Hub, Bo...

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Thought-Forms, Hardcover - Annie Bessant

140,99 RON 150,99 RON

Reducere. Thought-Forms, the standpoint of Theosophy, describes the visualization of thoughts, experiences, emotions and music.In 1895, the authors began to ...

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Life and Death in Kolofata: An American Doctor in Africa, Paperback - Ellen Einterz

139,99 RON

When Dr. Ellen Einterz first arrives in the town of Kolofata in Cameroon, the situation is dire: patients are exploited by healthcare workers, unst...

indiana university press, carti, carte straina, biography

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Buckaroo Banzai Tp Vol 02 No Matter Where You Go, Paperback - Earl Mac Rauch

139,99 RON 149,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Earl Mac RauchArtist: Chew ChanArtist: Shawn Van BriesenFirst time in paperbackWriter Mac Rauch and director WD Richter ret...

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Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, Paperback - John Scalzi

138,99 RON 148,99 RON

Reducere. On September 13, 1998, John Scalzi sat down in front of his computer to write the first entry in his blog Whatever--and changed the history of the ...

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Training the Working Spaniel, Hardcover - Janet Menzies

136,99 RON

Cocker and English Springer Spaniels as well as Irish Water, Clumber, Sussex, Welsh Springer, Field, and Brittany Everything from training the pupp...

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What's the Point of Political Philosophy?, Paperback - Jonathan Floyd

136,99 RON

DescriptionIdiots burn books for the same reason philosophers write them - they matter. But why exactly do political philosophy books matter, not t...

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An Unintentional Accomplice: A Personal Perspective on White Responsibility, Paperback - Carolyn L. Baker

136,99 RON

Carolyn L. Baker grew up in Southern California during segregation and came of age in the counter-cultural climate of the 1960s. Many years later, ...

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Nexus, Paperback - Mike Baron

135,99 RON 145,99 RON

Reducere. The popular comic hero stars in his first novel!Nexus is the greatest avenger the galaxy has ever known. He has faced mass murderers and alien mons...

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The President's Henchman, Paperback - Joseph Flynn

135,00 RON

According to the polls, it's only a matter of time - and not that long a time - before the United States elects its first female president. Which w...

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The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT, Paperback - Pepper White

134,99 RON

This is a personal story of the educational process at one of the world's great technological universities. Pepper White entered MIT in 1981 and re...

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The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin, Paperback - Ursula K. Le Guin

133,99 RON 143,99 RON

Reducere. Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature, collected for the first time in one breathtaking volume. Ursula K. Le Guin has ...

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Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock, Paperback - John Harris

131,99 RON 141,99 RON

Reducere. Beginning in 1994 and closing in the first months of 1998, the UK passed through a cultural moment as distinct and as celebrated as any since the w...

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The Journey to the West, Books 1, 2 and 3: Three Classic Stories in Simplified Chinese and Pinyin, 600 Word Vocabulary Level, Paperback - Xiao Hui Wan

129,99 RON 139,99 RON

Reducere. This book is a compilation of the first three books - Rise of the Monkey King, Trouble in Heaven, and The Immortal Peaches - in our Journey to the ...

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Conversations with Colson Whitehead, Paperback - Derek C. Maus

128,99 RON 138,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionSince the publication of his first novel, The Intuitionist, in 1999, Colson Whitehead (b. 1969) has been considered an important new voi...

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Towards the One and Only Metaphor, Paperback - Miklos Szentkuthy

127,99 RON 136,99 RON

Reducere. Unique in Hungarian literature, at the time of its first appearance in 1935, Towards the One & Only Metaphor was greeted with plaudits by such lead...

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Blood River Rising: The Thompson-Crismon Feud of the 1920s, Paperback - Victoria Pope Hubbell

126,99 RON 135,99 RON

Reducere. "The KKK weren't never about race. It were always about power and greed." So begins 86-year-old Hadley Thompson, who insists a rural historian rese...

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Psychic Discoveries, Paperback - Sheila Ostrander

125,99 RON 134,99 RON

Reducere. The Soviet bloc got there first. And set off a titanic struggle between good and evil to control and use psychic powers. Read about decades-long sc...

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Tiling: Planning, Layout & Installation, Paperback - Joseph Truini

125,99 RON 134,99 RON

Reducere. Relatively affordable as DIY projects go, tiling is also one of the most popular among homeowners. New tile can cover a multitude of sins and trans...

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Grow Your Own Spices: Harvest Homegrown Ginger, Turmeric, Saffron, Wasabi, Vanilla, Cardamom, and Other Incredible Spices -- No Matter Where - Tasha G

125,99 RON 134,99 RON

Reducere. In Grow Your Own Spices, author and spice-growing gardener Tasha Greer hands you everything you need to know to grow a thriving spice garden, with ...

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The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story, Hardcover - Darcy Pattison

124,99 RON 133,99 RON

Reducere. A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTIONDo you believe everything you read in the newspaper?Early in August 1937, a news flash came: a sea monster had been...

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Axiom: A Divine Dungeon Series, Paperback - Dakota Krout

124,99 RON 133,99 RON

Reducere. A town put to the sword. The young forcibly recruited. An old man out for revenge. After his town is put to the sword and the children are taken to...

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A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers, Paperback - Virginia Dept of Historic Resources

122,99 RON 131,99 RON

Reducere. Including nearly nine hundred new and replacement markers that have been installed along the commonwealth's roadways since the last edition was pub...

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One Hundred Autobiographies: A Memoir, Hardcover - David Lehman

121,99 RON 130,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn One Hundred Autobiographies, poet and scholar David Lehman applies the full measure of his intellectual powers to cope with a frighte...

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All Bell Breaks Loose, Paperback - Jeremy Waldron

120,99 RON 129,99 RON

Reducere. A heart-stopping murder mystery that will have you burning through the pages.Investigative reporter Samantha Bell's job has never been so dangerous...

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