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The Americas
Paperback. Known for his eccentric lifestyle and trillion-watt smile, Branson's hot air balloon flights, innovative leadership, and world record attempts have made him an instantly-recognizable global icon. Born into a wealthy family in London, Branson suffered from dyslexia. His knack for business started early with a parakeet-breeding enterprise at age 11. Num Pages: 112 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNM; YNT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Dgs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780448483153
- ISBN
- 9780448483153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.31
€ 8.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wordware Publishing Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556227349
- ISBN
- 9781556227349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00
€ 19.00
Num Pages: 463 pages, 52 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978727888
- ISBN
- 9780978727888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.20
€ 30.99
€ 28.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 463 pages, 52 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978727857
- ISBN
- 9780978727857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. From wooden mechanical clocks of the 1870s to later neon electric models, American advertising clocks are celebrated in many diverse styles to promote any product: beverages, cigarettes, manufacturers, Over 300 are described and illustrated with color photos. Series: Schiffer books for collectors. Num Pages: 128 pages, 300 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TDPB1; WCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 282 x 8. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407901
- ISBN
- 9780887407901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.89
€ 37.99
€ 24.89
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463553
- ISBN
- 9781580463553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.32
€ 38.99
€ 32.32
hardcover. Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon Num Pages: 418 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253357045
- ISBN
- 9780253357045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807044650
- ISBN
- 9780807044650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.41
€ 19.99
€ 18.41
Hardcover. Chronicles the integration of dog owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by tracing the history of the legislation. This book shows how a combination of science and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining success. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFZ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534927
- ISBN
- 9781557534927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.15
€ 30.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. This compelling collection of true anecdotes from America's Civil War offers a lively look at thirty unusual, little-known, and bizarre incidents that impacted the course of the war. Series: It Happened in Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBW; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 14.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762758722
- ISBN
- 9780762758722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.65
€ 15.99
€ 13.65
Hardback. Michael Boyce Gillespie shifts the ways we think about black film, seeing it not as the representation of the black experience, but as the visual negotiation between film as art and the social construction of race, as well as an interdisciplinary form that enacts black visual and expressive culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362050
- ISBN
- 9780822362050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. Michael Boyce Gillespie shifts the ways we think about black film, seeing it not as the representation of the black experience, but as the visual negotiation between film as art and the social construction of race, as well as an interdisciplinary form that enacts black visual and expressive culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 269 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362265
- ISBN
- 9780822362265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. A groundbreaking exploration of the causes and consequences of Halifax's tough-on-crime measures in the interwar era. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; JKV; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774822053
- ISBN
- 9780774822053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.93
€ 40.99
€ 39.93
Hardcover. Through close readings of texts by African American and women authors, Minority Reports offers a theoretical defense of the use of identity categories in American studies by examining how early American literature not only responds to the social stratification of the nineteenth century but also challenges modern historical conceptions of this era. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622630
- ISBN
- 9780230622630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442248663
- ISBN
- 9781442248663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.90
€ 17.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. Harvey Cushing was the leading figure in the creation of modern neurosurgery. This biography traces his medical school education; his hospital-based surgical career; and his career as a battlefield surgeon during World War I. He has an enduring place in the field of medicine and his name has become part of medical lexicography. Num Pages: 608 pages, 61 photographs and line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGT; MNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195329612
- ISBN
- 9780195329612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.44
€ 59.44
Paperback. William Osler revolutionised the art of practicing medicine at the patient bedside. His biography concerns the evolution of modern medicine, doctors' training, holism in medical thought, and the doctor-patient relationship. Accessibly written, this book brings to life both a fascinating man and the formative age of twentieth-century medicine. Num Pages: 622 pages, 37 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGT; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 598
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195329605
- ISBN
- 9780195329605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Hardback. Tracing maize from its first appearance and domestication in ancient campsites and settlements in Mexico to its intercontinental journey through most of North and South America, this book tells the story of the technological prowess, social, political, and economic resilience of America's first peoples. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 maps, 6 line drawings, 52 b/w images, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HD; JFCV; TVKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276871
- ISBN
- 9780520276871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.50€ 71.49
€ 94.50
€ 71.49
Paperback. A devastating account of the American left during wartime, and at war with itself Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799857
- ISBN
- 9780814799857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
hardcover. Shows that it is individual educators who often make critical decisions about what children are taught about evolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b/w illus. 2 maps 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM3; JNF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521190466
- ISBN
- 9780521190466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.55
€ 54.55