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Paperback. Grand Prize Winner - Banff Mountain Book Festival. One Day As A Tiger is John Porter's poignant memoir of Alex MacIntyre, one of British mountaineering's leading figures before his death in 1982. It shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst and draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant legend. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2x 24pp colour photograph sections. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFHA; 1FKAH; 1KLSX; BGS; RGBS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Vertebrate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910240519
- ISBN
- 9781910240519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. The word Darien is a scar on the memory of Scots. This is a detailed account of the Darien Settlement, drawn from original sources in the records of the Company, the journals, letters and memoirs of those who tried to turn William Paterson's dream into reality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b/w halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KLCP; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668538
- ISBN
- 9780712668538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.07
€ 19.99
€ 15.07
Hardback. Examines the sustainability of hunting as practiced by rural peoples. This book provides a viewpoint on the ecological and human aspects of this hunting. It examines the effects of hunting on wildlife in tropical forests. It looks at the importance of hunting to local communities and looks at institutional challenges of resource management. Editor(s): Robinson, John G.; Boundas, Professor Elizabeth; Bennett, E.L. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 1000 pages, 44 photos, 96 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 1QMT; JFSF; RNF; RNKH; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 182. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 300th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109765
- ISBN
- 9780231109765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.81€ 112.51
€ 148.81
€ 112.51
Paperback. Examines the sustainability of hunting as practiced by rural peoples. This book provides a viewpoint on the ecological and human aspects of this hunting. It examines the effects of hunting on wildlife in tropical forests. It looks at the importance of hunting to local communities and looks at institutional challenges of resource management. Editor(s): Robinson, John G.; Boundas, Professor Elizabeth; Bennett, E.L. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 1000 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 96 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 1QMT; JFSF; RNF; RNKH; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1500th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109772
- ISBN
- 9780231109772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.47
€ 53.57
€ 42.47
Paperback. Offering a different approach to the study of ethnicity in the neoliberal market, this work focuses on the Arabs in Brazil. It examines how Brazilians of Syrian-Lebanese descent have gained greater visibility and prominence as the country has embraced its globalizing economy, particularly its relations with Arab Gulf nations. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135400
- ISBN
- 9781592135400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. The contributors to New Countries examine how eight newly independent nations in the Western Hemisphere between 1750 and 1870 played fundamental roles in the global transformation from commercial to industrial capitalism. Editor(s): Tutino, John. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361336
- ISBN
- 9780822361336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardback. The contributors to New Countries examine how eight newly independent nations in the Western Hemisphere between 1750 and 1870 played fundamental roles in the global transformation from commercial to industrial capitalism. Editor(s): Tutino, John. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361145
- ISBN
- 9780822361145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. Series: Film and Culture Series. 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- third edition
- Number of pages
- 491
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102674
- ISBN
- 9780231102674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.92
€ 46.99
€ 33.92
Hardback. The War of All the People elucidates the ideological and political war against the United States, capitalism, and the widely accepted tenets of modernity. Num Pages: 280 pages, notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 1KL; JPSL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597977043
- ISBN
- 9781597977043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
Hardcover. Records the author's 1,500 km journey in vivid detail Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 pages of colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KLS; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930391
- ISBN
- 9781909930391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
Hardback. The Mobius Strip is an extensively researched study of the complex transformation of space-from the spatial politics of the state to the spatial practices of peasants-during three centuries of colonial rule in Mexico. Num Pages: 688 pages, 20 tables, 23 figures, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1365.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748933
- ISBN
- 9780804748933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.36
€ 117.36
Paperback. Reveals the power and complexity of the music at the heart of collective rituals across Lowland South America Editor(s): Hill, Jonathan David; Chaumeil, Jean-Pierre. Num Pages: 440 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 map, 2 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AVRN; HRLF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220928
- ISBN
- 9780803220928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.15
€ 46.99
€ 42.15
paperback. Primordial, mythic narratives from the indigenous Wakuenai of South America, available in English for the first time ever Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 photographs; 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFHF; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075704
- ISBN
- 9780252075704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.14
€ 25.99
€ 24.14
Paperback. Is Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chavez truly revolutionary? Some see the president as a shining knight of socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. But the Chavez government does not fall easily into a seamless fable of emancipatory or authoritarian history, as these distinguished essays make clear. Editor(s): Eastwood, Jonathan; Ponniah, Thomas. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674061385
- ISBN
- 9780674061385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.80
€ 27.99
€ 24.80
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hafetz, Jonathan. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JM; JKVP1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479852802
- ISBN
- 9781479852802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Rainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science and Biodiversity in...
Jonathon Miller Weisberger
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 Colour Plates; 19 Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 1KLSE; 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHMC; PST; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583946084
- ISBN
- 9781583946084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.05
€ 31.99
€ 21.05
Paperback. In September 1910, the human rights activist and anti-imperialist Roger Casement uncovered an appalling catalogue of abuse: nearly 30,000 Indians had died to produce 4,000 tonnes of rubber. This title presents the story of colonial exploitation and corporate greed with contemporary resonance. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Verso Publishing
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844676255
- ISBN
- 9781844676255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.63
€ 30.99
€ 30.63
Hardcover. Connecting the political changes of the Bourbon Reforms (1759-1788) and constitutional monarchy (1808-1821) to those of the independence era (1821-1839), this book shows the nation-state formation to be a city-driven process that transformed colonial provinces into enduring states with basic governments and articulated national identities. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826339096
- ISBN
- 9780826339096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Paperback. Series: Pitt Latin American Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822962038
- ISBN
- 9780822962038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.38
€ 69.38
Hardback. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Covarrubias, Ana. Num Pages: 494 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL4; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415842389
- ISBN
- 9780415842389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.36
€ 270.36
Paperback. Cuba has long been a social policy pioneer, with ambitious policies to address health care, education, employment, the environment, and social inequalities. Yet facing severe economic challenges, the government may look to learn from its Latin American neighbors. Social Policies and Decentralization in Cuba analyzes these issues in depth. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Arguelle, Maria del Carmen Zabala; Prieto, Mayra Espina. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTB; HBJK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Publisher
- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975309
- ISBN
- 9780674975309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.82
€ 27.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. Parts one and two offer an excellent recap of the "state of play" in 2012; part three analyzes why Mexicans voted as they did; and part four considers the election's implications for Mexico's political system more broadly. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Greene, Kenneth F.; Lawson, Chappell H.; Moreno, Alejandro. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 3 black & white halftones, 15 black & white line drawings, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415543
- ISBN
- 9781421415543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.17€ 50.21
€ 54.17
€ 50.21
Hardback. In this important new book Jorge Larrain examines the trajectories of modernity and identity in Latin America and their reciprocal relationships. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3J; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626239
- ISBN
- 9780745626239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.50
€ 79.50
Paperback. Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, a Peruvian mestizo and historian, envisioned Latin America as a multiethnic continent and advanced a humanist interpretation of New World history. In this collection of articles, central aspects of Garcilaso's life and work are reviewed. Editor(s): Anadon, Jose. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; BGH; DSBD; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010379
- ISBN
- 9780268010379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33