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Hardcover. Brazil is full of energy, creativity and originality. Amid its glamorous beaches and tropical vegetation, a new generation of architects are establishing a global reputation with houses and hotels that combine a bold contemporary aesthetic with a Brazilian sensibility. This book offers a reflection of vitality of Brazil's architecture and design. Num Pages: 256 pages, 303 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 245 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1592.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500517338
- ISBN
- 9780500517338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Features essays that examine three generations of international scholars of muralism - Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros - to their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. This title shows how these artists' murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by different modernity. Editor(s): Anreus, Alejandro; Greeley, Robin Adele; Folgarait, Leonard. Num Pages: 394 pages, 10 color illustrations, 96 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; ACXD; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896. A Critical History. 394 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Anreus, Alejandro; Greeley, Robin Adele; Folgarait, Leonard. Features essays that examine three generations of international scholars of muralism - Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros - to their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. This title shows how these artists' murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by different modernity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; ACXD; AFC. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 28. Weight: 896.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271623
- ISBN
- 9780520271623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.85
€ 45.99
€ 32.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822310952
- ISBN
- 9780822310952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; GBC; KNAL; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Publisher
- KIT Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789460223914
- ISBN
- 9789460223914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 46.67
€ 65.13
€ 46.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BT; HBJK; HBLA; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 32. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062407405
- ISBN
- 9780062407405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.38
€ 15.99
€ 11.38
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive overview of the pronunciamiento practice following the Plan of Iguala. This fourth and final instalment in, and culmination of, a larger exploration of the pronunciamiento highlights the extent to which this model of political contestation evolved. Editor(s): Fowler, Will. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 chronology, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803225398
- ISBN
- 9780803225398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
Paperback. Analyzes the politics of difference enacted by specific place-based ethnic and environmental movements in the context of neoliberal globalization. This book offers an ethnographic account of Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN's) visions, strategies, and practices, and chronicles and analyzes the movement's struggles for autonomy, and territory. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 5 tables, 2 maps, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 33. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343271
- ISBN
- 9780822343271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. "Amores Perros" (2000) speaks to an international audience while never oversimplifying its local culture. This study of this film opens up that culture, revealing the film's relationship to television soap operas, pop music and contemporary debates about what it means to be Mexican. Series: BFI Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172. Series: BFI Modern Classics. 96 pages, illustrations. "Amores Perros" (2000) speaks to an international audience while never oversimplifying its local culture. This study of this film opens up that culture, revealing the film's relationship to television soap operas, pop music and contemporary debates about what it means to be Mexican. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APFA. Dimension: 190 x 136 x 9. Weight: 172.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709734
- ISBN
- 9780851709734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Hardcover. Modern Peruvian cuisine - with soul. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 253 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780297868613
- ISBN
- 9780297868613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.97
€ 40.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. Since its independence in the nineteenth century, the South American state of Colombia has been shaped by decades of bloody political violence. This book draws on interviews with paramilitary death squads and drug lords to provide a cultural interpretation of the country's history of violence and state control. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFFE; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288522
- ISBN
- 9780520288522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. The first dual biography of the most remarkable political friendship of the twentieth century Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8 B&W. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340923467
- ISBN
- 9780340923467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Surveys the diverse styles, subjects and iconography of painting in Latin America between the 16th and 19th centuries. Comparing and contrasting the Viceroyalties of New Spain, with its centre in modern-day Mexico, and Peru, the authors explore the very different ways the two regions responded to the influence of the Europeans and their art. Num Pages: 480 pages, 378 color + 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 301 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2566.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300191011
- ISBN
- 9780300191011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 54.82
€ 65.13
€ 54.82
Paperback. Winner of the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. It is a unique first-hand account of what many consider to be the last great era in British climbing. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1DBKWN; 1KLS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308. Climbing the World's Most Dangerous Routes. 168 pages, 8pp colour plates. Winner of the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. It is a unique first-hand account of what many consider to be the last great era in British climbing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1DBKWN; 1KLS; WSZG. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight: 308.
- Publisher
- Vertebrate
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906148584
- ISBN
- 9781906148584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- HAU
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780997367546
- ISBN
- 9780997367546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.31
€ 35.99
€ 28.31
Paperback. Series: Arkana S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BG; VXWM; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 6th Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140193664
- ISBN
- 9780140193664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.20
€ 17.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. An ethnography that examines the culture of beauty and plastic surgery in Brazil Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illustrations, including 10 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472. Beauty, Sex, and Plastic Surgery in Brazil. 312 pages, 25 illustrations, including 10 in colour. An ethnography that examines the culture of beauty and plastic surgery in Brazil. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JHMC. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight: 480.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348016
- ISBN
- 9780822348016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.67
€ 31.99
€ 28.67
Paperback. The Andean nation of Ecuador derives much of its revenue from petroleum that is extracted from its vast Upper Amazonian rain forest, which is home to ten indigenous nationalities. This book presents a trenchant ethnography of history, ecology, imagery, and cosmology to focus on shamans, ceramic artists, myth, ritual, and political engagements. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 photographs; 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074790
- ISBN
- 9780252074790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This book constructs Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Precolumbian Maya art and confirmed by the practices of living Maya peoples. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 382 pages, 48 figures, 22 b&w plates, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ACBK; JFHF; JHMC; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292752269
- ISBN
- 9780292752269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, 12 illus & 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JH; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press Massachusetts
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228094
- ISBN
- 9780674015807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. The definitive bible on Mexican home-cooking by Mexico's leading culinary authority, Margarita Carrillo Arronte. Translator(s): Heining, Anne. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 276 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1962.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- y First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714867526
- ISBN
- 9780714867526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 39.05
€ 52.99
€ 39.05
Paperback. "First published in Brazil as A formaocao das almas, by Companhia das Letras, 1990"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Lander, Clifford. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JPHL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035266
- ISBN
- 9780268035266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Along with a fresh translation of Azuela's classic novel, this volume offers an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and political contexts. Related texts include contemporary reviews of Azuela's work, excerpts from John Reed's "Insurgent Mexico", and selections from Azuela's correspondence. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208346
- ISBN
- 9780872208346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.44
€ 17.99
€ 14.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226121505
- ISBN
- 9780226121505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.75€ 131.30
€ 152.75
€ 131.30
Paperback. When James Miles and his best friend Paul Loseby were caught smuggling ten kilos of cocaine out of Caracas, Venezuela, they couldn't deny their guilt. This title tells the true-life story of how two men endured untold savagery in the most appalling conditions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; BTP; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091946791
- ISBN
- 9780091946791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61