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hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976985
ISBN
9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.30

Paperback. An incredible, inspirational story of resilience, resourcefulness, and maternal courage, set against the background of the holocaust. Num Pages: 400 pages, Integrated throughout. BIC Classification: BGH; BK; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751557411
ISBN
9780751557411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405803
ISBN
9781421405803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.74

Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894176
ISBN
9780801894176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718741
ISBN
9780198718741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Arguing for the benefits of boredom, this title dispels the myth that it's simply a childish emotion or an existential malaise like Jean-Paul Sartre's nausea. It shows how boredom is, in fact, one of our most common and constructive emotions and is an essential part of the human experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, 26 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPX; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181845
ISBN
9780300181845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

Paperback. Covering two hundred years, this groundbreaking book brings together essays on borderlands by leading experts in the modern history of the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia to offer the first historical study of borderlands with a global reach. Editor(s): Readman, Paul; Radding, Cynthia; Bryant, Chad. Num Pages: 357 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBTP; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320568
ISBN
9781137320568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Paperback. The history of Mexican and Mexican-American working classes has been segregated by the political boundary that separates the United States of America from the United States of Mexico. Editor(s): Hart, John Mason. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 246 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842027175
ISBN
9780842027175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.11

Hardback. Organized around six key ideas-ecology, imaginary, in/visibility, palimpsest, sovereignty and waiting-the interlocking essays collected here provide theoretical starting points for an aesthetic understanding of borders. Editor(s): Schimanski, Johan. Series: Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTP; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334641
ISBN
9781785334641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.88

Hardback. A gripping narrative non-fiction tale about the rise of the early drug culture in America, by the author of the acclaimed Can't Find My Way Home Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824753
ISBN
9780306824753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 478 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138785854
ISBN
9781138785854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Sheet map. A century after the Industrial Revolution began, some Victorians finally began to confront the problems industrialisation and urbanisation had wrought. This title is suitable for genealogists, historians and all lovers of London's past. Num Pages: 2 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; HBTP1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
2
Publication date
2014
Edition
Fol Map
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908402806
ISBN
9781908402806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 582 pages, 164 b/w photographs, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 176 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1242. American Cinema in the 1940s. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 582 pages, 164 b&w photographs. Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; KNTC. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 37. Weight: 1228.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
582
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221307
ISBN
9780520221307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. For more than 2,500 years, the book, in a wide range of forms, has been used to document, to educate and to entertain. This book explores the rich history of the book, one of the most efficient, influential and enduring technologies ever invented. Num Pages: 224 pages, 266 illustrations, 214 in colour. BIC Classification: GL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500291153
ISBN
9780500291153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.88

Paperback. The beginning of the twentieth century was an important time in African-American history. Segregation and discrimination were on the rise. Two seminal African American figures - Booker T Washington and W E B Du Bois - began to debate on ways to combat racial problems. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029957
ISBN
9780842029957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.51

Paperback. BIC Classification: HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 93 x 6. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929524351
ISBN
9780929524351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. Illuminates the historical tensions between the legal paradigms of citizenship and contract, and in the emergence of free labour ideology in American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; JPVH1; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771709
ISBN
9780814771709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Explores the manner in which Americans have discussed and practiced their patriotism. This volume examines the use of patriotic language and symbols in building unity in the early republic, rebuilding the nation after the Civil War, and sustaining loyalty in an increasingly diverse society. Editor(s): Bodnar, John. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 halftones 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691043968
ISBN
9780691043968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.28

Paperback. Notions of Christian love, or charity, strongly shaped the political thought of John Winthrop, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln as each presided over a foundational moment in the development of American democracy. This title examines how each figure interpreted and appropriated charity. Series: Religion and Politics Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRCX6; JKSN1; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589011830
ISBN
9781589011830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.92

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780822313366
ISBN
9780822313366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

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