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The Americas
Paperback. Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil, but his work has only recently become known to the English-speaking world. This new translation of Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, first published in 1881, now brings Machado de Assis's sardonic wit and keen appreciation of human foibles to a much larger audience. Editor(s): Regno, Enylton De Sa. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195101706
- ISBN
- 9780195101706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.72
€ 51.72
hardcover. The Shining Path was one of the most brutal insurgencies ever seen in the Western Hemisphere. Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru explores the devastating effects of insurgent violence and the state's brutal counterinsurgency methods on Peruvian civil society. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600386
- ISBN
- 9780230600386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 47.84
€ 53.40
€ 47.84
Hardback. This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JHM; LBBC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774808118
- ISBN
- 9780774808118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.09
€ 112.09
Paperback. Deals with the power of stories to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. This book demonstrates how an indigenous knowledge system facilitates a valuable meaning-making process through storywork. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTD; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814027
- ISBN
- 9780774814027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. The book discusses the changing relationship between American Catholic Bishops and civil authorities in the United States, as civil authority has eclipsed traditional Catholic ecclesiastical privilege and clerical exemption resulting from the hierarchical mismanagement and cover-up of clerical sexual abuse in the United States. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRCC7; JFFE1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384027
- ISBN
- 9781137384027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The first scholarly study of the rich body of poetry that emerged from the post-war American suburbs, Gill evaluates the work of forty poets, including Anne Sexton, Langston Hughes, and John Updike. Combining textual analysis and archival research, this book offers a new perspective on the field of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340221
- ISBN
- 9781137340221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
The Homer Laughlin China Company produced more than 100 different shapes of dinnerware since 1873 and more than 10,000 decorations. How is one to identify all the variations? This book fully explains the 1940s and 1950s products. This was a very prolific time for the company, and the era of dishes that people are collecting today. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 500 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764311642
- ISBN
- 9780764311642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 25.41
€ 36.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Introduces selected topics in federal Indian law. This title covers issues of identity and tribal recognition; reparations for historic harms; the valuation of land in land claims; the return to tribal owners of human remains, sacred items, and cultural property; and, tribal governance and issues of gender and religious freedom. Num Pages: 353 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395823
- ISBN
- 9781566395823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 42.08
€ 45.99
€ 42.08
Paperback. Common stereotypes of the tango are dispelled by this history of a rich and complex dance, and the contemporary cultural response to it. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 23 music exx. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ASD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219053
- ISBN
- 9780253219053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.87
€ 21.99
€ 21.87
hardcover. A critical assessment of Herbert Croly's influential account of Abraham Lincoln in his 1909 book, The Promise of American Life, which argued that Progressivism was a continuation of the spirit of Lincoln's political thought. This book argues for the first time that Croly's praise of Lincoln is highly problematic. Num Pages: 98 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366597
- ISBN
- 9781137366597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Editor(s): Huang, Jinyan. Num Pages: 171 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KB; JFFS; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626181953
- ISBN
- 9781626181953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.62€ 170.72
€ 248.62
€ 170.72
Paperback. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937021
- ISBN
- 9780813937021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.71
€ 36.71
Hardcover. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937014
- ISBN
- 9780813937014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.48
€ 82.48
Hardcover. Written in a lively, accessible style by Jingle Davis and lavishly illustrated with photographs by Benjamin Galland, Island Passages is a work of public history that presents a carefully researched document of Jekyll Island, Georgia, from its geologic beginning as a shifting sand spit to its present-day ownership by the state of Georgia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 colour and black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; WQH; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348698
- ISBN
- 9780820348698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.26
€ 43.99
€ 43.26
Hardcover. Eighty miles south of Savannah lies St. Simons Island, one of the most beloved seaside destinations in Georgia and home to some twenty thousand year-round residents. In Island Time , Jingle Davis and Benjamin Galland offer a fascinating history and stunning visual celebration of this coastal community. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342450
- ISBN
- 9780820342450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.41
€ 43.99
€ 43.41
Hardback. Examines legal and political discourses on torture in India and the United States Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; LNFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752791
- ISBN
- 9780814752791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.82
€ 95.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; LNTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634846479
- ISBN
- 9781634846479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.25€ 133.13
€ 176.25
€ 133.13
Paperback. This fascinating book explores Beat Generation writing from a transnational perspective, using the concept of worlding to place Beat literature in conversation with a far-reaching network of cultural and political formations. Countering the charge that the Beats abroad were at best naive tourists seeking exoticism for exoticism's sake, World Beats Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688986
- ISBN
- 9781611688986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.85
€ 49.99
€ 38.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JPQB; RND; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 22.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762797530
- ISBN
- 9780762797530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.43
€ 20.99
€ 17.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 158 color & 17 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBJK; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764341861
- ISBN
- 9780764341861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.56
€ 42.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338286
- ISBN
- 9780820338286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.46
€ 32.99
€ 29.46
Hardcover. This book addresses how Saturday Night Live's confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103580
- ISBN
- 9780230103580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sports Publishing LLC United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613210475
- ISBN
- 9781613210475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.45
€ 27.99
€ 23.45
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813551708
- ISBN
- 9780813551708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.62
€ 34.99
€ 31.62