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  • The History of Fashion in France
    Augustin Challamel / Frances Cashel Hoey / John Lillie
    Augustin Challamel’s 'The history of fashion in France' provides an unparalleled exploration into the intricate world of women’s dress. With its comprehensive subtitle, 'the dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period to the present time,' this authoritative work meticulously chronicles the evolution of French fashion across centuries. From the earliest Gallo-Roman influences to...
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    27,04 €

  • Asbury Park
    John Frances
    Asbury Park: A City That Sings is the story of a place that has lived more lives than most cities ever dare.Founded in the 1870s as a seaside utopia, Asbury Park was born with prayer in its lungs and ambition in its bones. She grew into the belle of the Jersey Shore, her boardwalk alive with carousels, grand hotels, and summer families who believed the good times would never en...
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    9,28 €

  • Immortal
    John Frances
    A coal town’s glory. A league’s betrayal. A story that refuses to die.In 1925, the Pottsville Maroons stormed the National Football League, beating the mighty Chicago Cardinals and even defeating Notre Dame’s legendary Four Horsemen before a roaring crowd in Philadelphia. For one brief, shining season, a team of coal miners and small-town athletes stood at the pinnacle of Ameri...
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    14,51 €

  • The Massacre at Wounded Knee
    John Frances
    On a bitterly cold morning in December 1890, the United States Army surrounded a Lakota band led by Chief Spotted Elk, known as Big Foot, on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek. The Lakota were hungry, weary, and seeking peace, but the Seventh Cavalry came with orders to disarm them. What followed was not a battle. It was a massacre.More than 250 Lakota men, women, and children wer...
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    13,08 €

  • Smoke Without End
    John Frances
    In the heart of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region lies one of America’s strangest and most haunting tragedies: a town undone not by war, flood, or famine - but by fire.In May of 1962, a routine trash burn in a strip mine pit slipped into the coal seams beneath Centralia. At first, the smoke seemed little more than a nuisance - a smell in the air, a haze drifting across yard...
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    12,93 €

  • Life in the Coal Towns
    John Frances
    Life in the Coal Towns is a vivid, true-to-life portrait of the men, women, and children who carved their existence out of the anthracite valleys of Pennsylvania. In the early 1900s, coal was king-and the miner’s life was its crown of hardship.From the dark tunnels where men risked their lives for pennies, to the breaker boys whose childhoods ended on wooden benches, this book ...
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    13,31 €

  • A History Written in Blood When the West Was Wild
    John Frances
    The truth about the Wild West has always been buried beneath dust, blood, and legend. This book digs it up.In A History Written in Blood: When the West Was Wild, acclaimed historical author John Frances strips away the myths and movie gloss to reveal the raw, unfiltered reality of America’s most chaotic era. Told in vivid, emotionally charged storytelling that reads like a nove...
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    10,85 €

  • Echoes of the Forgotten The Lost Towns of America
    John Frances
    Echoes of the Forgotten is a haunting journey through the dust-covered streets, broken storefronts, and silent pasts of America’s ghost towns.From the fire-scorched ruins of Centralia, Pennsylvania to the icy isolation of Kennecott, Alaska, John Frances takes readers across abandoned rail towns, collapsed mining camps, and once-thriving communities left behind by progress, gree...
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    5,95 €

  • Riding the Rails
    John Frances
    Between 1854 and 1929, more than 200,000 children boarded westbound trains with tags on their coats and hope in their eyes-sent to new lives, new families, and uncertain futures. This is their story.In Riding the Rails: The Untold Story of America’s Lost Children, acclaimed historical author John Frances delivers a haunting and unforgettable account of the Orphan Train Movement...
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    10,91 €

  • Ash and Bread Life and Labor in America’s Coal Towns
    John Frances
    Ash and Bread: Life and Labor in America’s Coal TownsBy John FrancesCoal dust. Homemade bread. One built the country. The other kept its people alive.Ash and Bread is a deeply human, immersive journey into the heart of America’s forgotten coal towns - the patch communities of Pennsylvania where generations of immigrants lived, worked, prayed, and endured.From the breaker boys a...
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    10,46 €

  • Hard Lives, Soft Hearts
    John Frances
    Deep in the ridges of Pennsylvania, where coal once fueled America’s rise and families forged their futures in dust and danger, a story still smolders.Hard Lives, Soft Hearts is a powerful journey through the Coal Region of Pennsylvania-where breaker boys, immigrant mothers, union men, and forgotten towns shaped a gritty and graceful legacy.From the bustling patch towns of Sham...
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    14,35 €

  • In the Dead of Night
    Frances Rogers / John T. (John Thomas) McIntyre
    Delve into the shadowy world of 'In the Dead of Night,' a classic work of mystery fiction by John T. McIntyre. This enduring tale of suspense and intrigue offers a gripping exploration of crime and murder. As a timeless example of detective fiction, this book promises a thrilling journey into the heart of suspense, perfect for readers who appreciate a well-crafted mystery. Redi...
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    20,02 €

  • A New Way Home
    Frances Brown / John Dalrymple
    People with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour are too often place in institutions and care homes far from home. These placements are often unnecessary, harmful and continue far longer than they should. People and families also do not get the chance to plan their own departure and organise good support back home in their own community.This practical guide is based ...
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    20,55 €

  • The Christmas Fairy and Other Stories
    Frances E. Crompton / Frances ECrompton / John Strange Winter / Mrs. Molesworth / MrsMolesworth
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    5,39 €

  • The Scent of Tears
    Adrian Tchaikovsky / Frances Hardinge / John Gwynne
    For the first time in print, Adrian Tchaikovsky has opened up the realm of the Apt, as featured in his best-selling Shadow of the Apt decalogy, to a carefully selected cast of fellow writers, inviting them to do their best and their worst within the world he has created.  They have done just that. Topped and tailed by two new stories form Adrian himself, some of the finest imag...
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    18,80 €

  • A Little Princess
    Frances Hodgson Burnett / John Vreeke
    When her mother dies, Sara Crewe is sent from India, where she was born, to a private school in London. She is banished to the garret when news arrives of her fathers loss of fortune and his disappearance. With a creative imagination and spirited optimism, Sara survives to become an inspiration for girls and boys everywhere. Featuring musical underscoring and two songs, this is...
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    17,66 €

  • Geometric Invariant Theory
    David Mumford / Frances Kirwan / John Fogarty
    This standard reference on applications of invariant theory to the construction of moduli spaces is a systematic exposition of the geometric aspects of classical theory of polynomial invariants. This new, revised edition is completely updated and enlarged with an additional chapter on the moment map by Professor Frances Kirwan. It includes a fully upd...
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    244,47 €

  • Poetical Works; Given From His Own Editions And Other Authentic Sources And Collated With Many Manuscripts. Edited With Notes By H. Buxton Forman And Mrs. Keats, And A Biographical Sketch By W.m. Ross
    Keats John 1795-1821 / Frances Mary (K Llanos Gutiérrez / H. Buxton (Harry Buxton) 1842-1 Forman
    This edition of the 'Poetical Works' of John Keats offers a comprehensive collection of his poems, sourced from his own editions and other authentic sources. The texts have been meticulously collated with numerous manuscripts. Edited with insightful notes by H. Buxton Forman and Mrs. Keats, this volume also includes a biographical sketch by W.M. Rossetti, providing valuable con...
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    29,66 €

  • Small Books On Great Subjects, Volumes 1-2
    Caroline Frances Cornwallis / John Barlow
    Small Books on Great Subjects, Volumes 1-2 presents a collection of essays exploring diverse aspects of history and philosophy. Authored by Caroline Frances Cornwallis and John Barlow, these volumes offer insights into European and British history, alongside philosophical reflections relevant to the 19th century. The essays provide accessible discussions of complex topics, maki...
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    23,13 €

  • The Life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright; Volume 2
    Frances Dorothy Cartwright / John Cartwright
    The Life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright, Volume 2 delves into the later years and enduring influence of John Cartwright (1740-1824), a major figure in the history of British political reform. This volume, compiled and edited by his niece, Frances Dorothy Cartwright, presents a carefully curated selection of his personal letters and public writings, offering invaluable i...
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    27,85 €

  • Brueton’s Bayou
    Frances Hodgson Burnett / John Habberton
    Brueton’s Bayou: Miss Defarge (1888) is a novel written by John Habberton. It is set in a small town in Louisiana called Brueton’s Bayou and follows the story of a young woman named Miss Defarge. Miss Defarge is a mysterious and enigmatic character who arrives in Brueton’s Bayou and quickly becomes the talk of the town. She is beautiful, intelligent, and has a sharp wit that bo...
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    30,08 €

  • The History Of Fashion In France
    Augustin Challamel / Frances Cashel Hoey / John Lillie
    The History Of Fashion In France: Or The Dress Of Women From The Gallo-Roman Period To The Present Time is a book written by Augustin Challamel and published in 1882. The book provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of fashion and clothing trends in France, from the Gallo-Roman period to the present day. It covers various aspects of fashion, including clothing, access...
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    43,07 €

  • Small Books On Great Subjects V1 (1847)
    Caroline Frances Cornwallis / John Barlow
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    33,26 €

  • The Romance Of Labor
    Frances Doane Twombly / John Cotton Dana
    The Romance of Labor: Scenes from Good Novels Depicting Joy in Work is a book written by Frances Doane Twombly and published in 1916. The book is a collection of excerpts from various novels that depict the joy and romance of labor. The author has selected passages from works of literature that showcase the beauty and satisfaction of work, and how it can bring meaning and purpo...
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    35,44 €

  • Small Books On Great Subjects V3
    Caroline Frances Cornwallis / John Barlow
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    38,60 €

  • A Christmas Fairy And Other Stories (1878)
    Frances E. Cropmton / Frances ECropmton / John Strange Winter / Mrs. Molesworth / MrsMolesworth
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    18,26 €

  • A Lady Of Quality
    Frances Hodgson Burnett / John Fletcher
    A Lady of Quality is a novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1896. The story is set in the 17th century and revolves around the life of Clorinda Wildairs, a young woman who is determined to rise above her humble beginnings and make a name for herself in the world. Clorinda is intelligent, independent, and ambitious, but her path to success is hindered by ...
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    33,44 €

  • Surviving the Death of a Child
    Frances Wohlenhaus-Munday / John Munday
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    17,11 €