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Paperback. In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A J Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling's withering gaze. This book weaves the story of author's coming-of-age as a young outsider who made his way into the inner circles and upper levels of Chicago journalism. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; DNF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226104157
- ISBN
- 9780226104157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.49
€ 19.99
€ 17.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 105 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 308 x 13. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- PeKo Publishing Kft.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786158007207
- ISBN
- 9786158007207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.52
€ 34.99
€ 25.52
Hardcover. A compelling, fresh account of the battle of Rorke's Drift, featuring an array of previously unpublished material including defender accounts and artwork. The author questions what is widely believed to be historical fact and instead offers up his own interpretation of one of the most established actions of the hospital fight. Num Pages: 208 pages, 49 illustrations, 21 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555538
- ISBN
- 9781781555538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.86
€ 33.99
€ 23.86
hardcover. Neil White challenges the common interpretation of company towns as powerless, dependant communities by exploring how these settlements were altered at the local level through human agency, missteps, and chance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643277
- ISBN
- 9781442643277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Paperback. Lisbon had a pivotal role in the history of WWII, though not a gun was fired there. Lisbon was an open port for ships and the Pam Am Clipper flights to America, and, for the lucky refugees, freedom from the chaos engulfing Europe. This book offers a revelatory portrait of the subterfuge capital of World War II. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24-pp. B/W photo insert on gloss. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610391887
- ISBN
- 9781610391887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. This volume explores violence in the public lives of modern Middle Eastern cities--as a collective act, a historical event, and an urban process. Editor(s): Fuccaro, Nelida. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797528
- ISBN
- 9780804797528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. This volume explores violence in the public lives of modern Middle Eastern cities--as a collective act, a historical event, and an urban process. Editor(s): Fuccaro, Nelida. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804795845
- ISBN
- 9780804795845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHMC; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021403
- ISBN
- 9780253021403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHMC; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021281
- ISBN
- 9780253021281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.27
€ 91.27
Hardback. "Selected weekly columns by Nellie Witt Spikes, published in small-town Texas newspapers from 1930-1960, describe farm life on the Texas Panhandle, along with the region's culture and natural history. Organized topically and then chronologically, with commentary by the editor; contains historical photographs"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Cunfer, Geoff. Num Pages: 265 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896727106
- ISBN
- 9780896727106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.56
€ 37.99
€ 35.56
hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9789774166648
- ISBN
- 9789774166648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.29
€ 19.99
€ 8.29
Hardcover. A long-anticipated revised edition of one of the most respected and popular guides to the Gettysburg National Military Park. Editor(s): Luvaas, Jay; Nelson, Harold W.; Fullenkamp, Leonard J. Series: US Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2 Rev Exp
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618538
- ISBN
- 9780700618538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.06
€ 71.06
Paperback. This collection of essays by leading American historians explains how and why the fight against unionism has long been central to the meaning of contemporary conservatism. Editor(s): Lichtenstein, Nelson; Shermer, Elizabeth Tandy. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPF; KCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812223606
- ISBN
- 9780812223606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.83
€ 41.99
€ 37.83
Paperback. "American Capitalism is an important contribution to our understanding of postwar American thought and culture. It will force historians to revise their pantheon of important thinkers for the period."-George Cotkin, author of Existential America Editor(s): Lichtenstein, Nelson. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219401
- ISBN
- 9780812219401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JHBL; JPFF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131976
- ISBN
- 9781592131976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Nelson Mandela's book Conversations With Myself is an unprecedented and official portrait of one of the great leaders of our time, with a foreword by President Barack Obama Num Pages: 480 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230755949
- ISBN
- 9780230755949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Language and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia critically examines the uses of language in post-Soviet media and political texts between 1998 and 2007. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in the fields of media studies, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and scholars in Russian Studies. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; GTC; HBJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336685
- ISBN
- 9781349336685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.72
€ 65.72
Paperback. Tells the stories of Greek Leftists as paradigmatic figures of abjection, given that between 1929 and 1974 tens of thousands of Greek dissidents were detained and tortured in prisons, places of exile, and concentration and rehabilitation camps. This volume presents the history of how Greek Left was constituted by Greek state as a zone of danger. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229680
- ISBN
- 9780823229680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84
Hardback. Tells stories of Greek Leftists as paradigmatic figures of abjection, given that between 1929 and 1974 tens of thousands of Greek dissidents were detained and tortured in prisons, places of exile, and concentration and rehabilitation camps. This title presents the history of how Greek Left was constituted by Greek state as a zone of danger. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229673
- ISBN
- 9780823229673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275970352
- ISBN
- 9780275970352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.15€ 32.62
€ 87.15
€ 32.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRHT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140850
- ISBN
- 9780231140850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.64
€ 36.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; AJCR; HBJF; HBJK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119783
- ISBN
- 9780472119783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.61
€ 80.61
Paperback. Here, Nerys Patterson analyses the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. By combining difficult, often fragmentary primary sources, with sociological and anthropological methods, she produces a unusual approach to the study of early Ireland. Num Pages: 242 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008000
- ISBN
- 9780268008000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.29
€ 36.99
€ 34.29
Hardback. This work is an autobiography of a young girl growing up in Iran. The daughter of an English Christian mother and an Iranian Zoroastrian father, Nesta Ramazani sketches her personal life story against the backdrop of a society marked by the fusion of Iranian, Islamic, and Western cultures. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; ASD; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607274
- ISBN
- 9780815607274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.72
€ 30.99
€ 27.72