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Paperback. Exploring 1930s swing bands, this book looks at the racial mixing-up and musical swinging-out that shook the American nation and has kept people dancing ever since. Studying the big band era, Lewis A. Erenberg places the music within a larger context and makes his case for its importance. Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGF; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226215174
ISBN
9780226215174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. The incredible year that baseball got the designated hitter, wife-swapping pitchers, world champion A's, and Willie Mays said goodbye to America. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 23.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762780600
ISBN
9780762780600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.95

Hardback. Editor(s): Gabriel, Jurg Martin; Fischer, Thomas. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403912756
ISBN
9781403912756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

Hardback. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783858426031
ISBN
9783858426031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 216.61

hardcover. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Edition
2000th Edition
SKU
V9780312230760
ISBN
9780312230760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

paperback. This text is a biography of the American military historical figure Oliver Otis Howard. It looks at his career as a distinguished army officer in two wars, and his philanthropical work as the founder of two universities, and the promoting of African-American education with the Freedman's Bureau. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 379 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823219889
ISBN
9780823219889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475269
ISBN
9780801475269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 45.01

Paperback. The daring British air raid that inspired the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304366828
ISBN
9780304366828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 206 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982819
ISBN
9781909982819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. With characteristic exuberance and sparkling prose, the author guides us through the history, people and geography of a fascinating and colourful Sydney. He takes us on the city's journey from penal colony to world-class metropolis, as lively it describes. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571241798
ISBN
9780571241798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'. Num Pages: 384 pages, 85, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753823811
ISBN
9780753823811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963697
ISBN
9781403963697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963703
ISBN
9781403963703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252013126
ISBN
9780252013126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 469 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Publisher
Southeast Asia Program Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277002
ISBN
9780877277002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. India was the object of intense sympathetic concern during the Romantic period. But what was the true nature of imaginative engagement with British India? This study explores how a range of authors, from Edmund Burke and Sir William Jones to Robert Southey and Thomas Moore, sought to come to terms with India's strangeness and distance from Britain. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBJF; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313426
ISBN
9781349313426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Hardcover. India was the object of intense sympathetic concern during the Romantic period. But what was the true nature of imaginative engagement with British India? This study explores how a range of authors, from Edmund Burke and Sir William Jones to Robert Southey and Thomas Moore, sought to come to terms with India's strangeness and distance from Britain. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230233393
ISBN
9780230233393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295741505
ISBN
9780295741505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349053735
ISBN
9781349053735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.24

Paperback. Here the author argues that the West must not ignore Syria's robust tradition of secularism, and cautions that US attempts to undermine the current regime may, paradoxically, embolden the Islamists and help the regime to maintain its authoritarian grip on power. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850658016
ISBN
9781850658016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

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