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Hardback. The Venezuelan youth orchestra program known as "El Sistema" has garnered global renown through its claims to use classical music education to foster social inclusion. Yet, it has been the subject of surprisingly little scrutiny and genuine debate. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; AVGC; AVRB; JNU; YQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199341559
- ISBN
- 9780199341559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.46
€ 80.46
Paperback. El Sicario, a fugitive in the US with a $250,000 price tag on his head. He has executed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture, spent years working for the state police, and received training from the FBI. This title offers a series of his confessions. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGA; JKVG; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559955
- ISBN
- 9780099559955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.19
€ 11.99
€ 10.19
Hardcover. Editor(s): Foster, Joelle. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633217669
- ISBN
- 9781633217669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.86€ 129.98
€ 192.86
€ 129.98
Paperback. After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992, crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as "worse than the war." This study examines how narratives of post-conflict violence, told by ordinary people, offered ways of coping with uncertainty during a stunted transition to democracy. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222357
- ISBN
- 9780812222357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Hardcover. Este libro delinea el papel del nino en el cine argentino de la post-dictadura. Interprets the allegorical role of the child character in Argentine cinema of the post-dictatorship era. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662858
- ISBN
- 9781855662858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.66
€ 130.66
Paperback. Since the late 1970s, a new folk hero has risen to prominence in the US-Mexico border region and beyond--the narcotrafficker. This book takes a look at the persona of the narcotrafficker and how it has been shaped by Mexican border culture, socioeconomic and power disparities, and the transnational music industry. Series: Inter-America Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702066
- ISBN
- 9780292702066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. The gripping account of the out-of-control drug wars that have brought chaos to Mexico--and are now spilling into the United States. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JKVF; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408889466
- ISBN
- 9781408889466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. While becoming less relevant in the United States, shopping malls are booming throughout urban Latin America. But what does this mean on the ground? Are shopping malls a sign of the region's "coming of age"? This title explores how malls and consumption are shaping the conversation about class and social inequality in Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286856
- ISBN
- 9780520286856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. This is an annotated edition of El laberinto de la soledad, a classic text on Mexican culture and identity, first published in 1950 by Nobel prize winner Octavio Paz. It includes a wide-ranging introduction, hundreds of explanatory notes and four appendices. Editor(s): Stanton, Anthony. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DNF; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719048746
- ISBN
- 9780719048746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.04
€ 16.04
Paperback. "Gato's head snapped back.. We could make out the shots of several 9mms, a couple of 38s and one or two 45s. I hurled myself through the doorway and into the room. I didn't look back." Caught in an Ecuador hotel room with 8kg of cocaine, Pieter Tritton was no mule or dupe. He had planned and organised everything. The consequence.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; BM; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785035616
- ISBN
- 9781785035616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. This is the Spanish edition of "The Unbroken Thread". It details the efforts to conserve an important collection of traditional garments created by indigenous weavers in the Oaxaca region of Mexico and documents the use of the textiles in daily life and ceremony. Num Pages: 176 pages, 158ill.(145col.). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ABC; AFW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 274 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892363827
- ISBN
- 9780892363827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Hardback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645520
- ISBN
- 9780745645520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Paperback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645537
- ISBN
- 9780745645537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.37
€ 24.37
Paperback. El Alto, Rebel City combines ethnography and political theory to explore the astonishing political power exercised by the indigenous citizens of El Alto, Bolivia in the past decade. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341543
- ISBN
- 9780822341543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.49
€ 32.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. A fascinating tale of extreme travelling on foot and by mule in the high Andes. Num Pages: 320 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. 302pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Murray Dublin
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719565168
- ISBN
- 9780719565168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.64
€ 12.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as 'Manager of the Holocaust', he was able to portray himself, from the defendant's box in Jerusalem in 1960. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700010
- ISBN
- 9781784700010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Examines the recent work of the Latin American theologian, Juan Luis Segundo. The author evaluates Segundo's resources in order to develop a more adequate contemporary Christological method. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191069
- ISBN
- 9780819191069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.38
€ 78.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Schwartzman, Simon. Series Editor(s): Brock, Colin. Series: Education Around the World. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JNA; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 40. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474270632
- ISBN
- 9781474270632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.73€ 47.83
€ 51.73
€ 47.83
Paperback. Focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, this book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo's autonomist projects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 maps, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTM; JPA; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285163
- ISBN
- 9780520285163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Balslev, Henrik; Pedersen, Henrik Borgtoft. Series: AAU Reports. Num Pages: 122 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; PST; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788787600309
- ISBN
- 9788787600309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.25
€ 14.25