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The Americas
Paperback. Opening with David Mancuso's seminal "Love Saves the Day" Valentine's party in February 1970, this title tells the definitive story of disco - from its murky subterranean roots in NoHo and Hell's Kitchen to its gaudy blossoming in midtown Manhattan to the out-of-town networks that emerged in the suburbs and alternative urban hotspots. Num Pages: 528 pages, 73 photos and Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; AVGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774. A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979. 456 pages, 73 photographs & Illustrations. Disco is the music that America tried to forget. This book includes material from over three hundred interviews, including John 'Jellybean' Benitez, Michael Cappello, Ken Cayre, Alec Costandinos, Steve D'Acquisto, Michael Fesco, Rochelle Fleming and more. It contains a series of compiled discographies and a collection of more than seventy photos. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; AVGV. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight: 774.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331988
- ISBN
- 9780822331988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. In Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor Tim Lawrence examines the city's party, dance, music, and art culture between 1980 and 1983, tracing the rise, apex, and fall of this inventive, vibrant, and tumultuous scene. Num Pages: 600 pages, 115 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; AVGV; AVRS; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 37. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362029
- ISBN
- 9780822362029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Portion of edition statement from book jacket. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; YNH; YNWA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062387585
- ISBN
- 9780062387585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.86
€ 10.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BM; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 32. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062387370
- ISBN
- 9780062387370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.02
€ 19.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 125 colour illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSBV; WSJT; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493028580
- ISBN
- 9781493028580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733325
- ISBN
- 9781613733325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.86
€ 27.99
€ 22.86
Paperback. From flaming shells and shrapnel to the smoky air after cannon fire, these brutal, vivid accounts of Civil War from both soldiers and their commanders bring the reader onto the battlefield and, with each fallen soldier, demonstrate the cost of war. This book is suitable for Civil War enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 208 x 32. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620874387
- ISBN
- 9781620874387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.73
€ 18.99
€ 17.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 440 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 280 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351266
- ISBN
- 9780764351266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 31.88
€ 48.99
€ 31.88
Paperback. "The essential guide to customs & culture"--Cover Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; WTD; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 110 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Kuperard United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857335439
- ISBN
- 9781857335439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.18
€ 10.18
Paperback. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 160 pages, chiefly col. illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- For Beginners United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934389485
- ISBN
- 9781934389485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.62
€ 17.99
€ 16.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hill Street Press,US United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588181015
- ISBN
- 9781588181015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.96
€ 23.99
€ 21.96
Hardback. At Home With.. uses a modern celebrity-magazine style to introduce readers to some of the great characters of history and the periods in which they lived. Series: At Home with. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3H; 5AH; YNH; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 259 x 10. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Hachette Children´s Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750281928
- ISBN
- 9780750281928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 41. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143189558
- ISBN
- 9780143189558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.16
€ 21.99
€ 21.16
Paperback. Features the history of the involvement of African Americans in the early recording industry and examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the surprising roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age and the remarkably wide range of black music and culture they preserved. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 656 pages, 57 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 255 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073076
- ISBN
- 9780252073076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.82
€ 38.99
€ 34.82
hardcover. Addresses a controversy of long standing among historians of eighteenth-century America and Virginia - the extent to which internal conflict and/or consensus characterized the society of the Revolutionary era. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928456
- ISBN
- 9780813928456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 full-colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WBXD1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ten Speed Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607745921
- ISBN
- 9781607745921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.53
€ 19.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Shows how black beauticians in the Jim Crow era parlayed their economic independence and access to a public community space into platforms for activism. This book argues that the beauty industry played a crucial role in the creation of the modern black female identity. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076961
- ISBN
- 9780252076961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. "This book is among the very best I have seen in an emerging genre of donor-education literature."--Chronicle of Philanthropy Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610391467
- ISBN
- 9781610391467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.86
€ 15.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631177262
- ISBN
- 9781631177262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.95€ 69.24
€ 99.95
€ 69.24
Paperback. Insisting on the critical value of Latin American histories for recasting theories of postcolonialism, this title features essays that give insights of postcolonial studies in diverse Latin American contexts, ranging from the narratives of 18th century travelers and clerics in the region to the status of indigenous intellectuals in Colombia. Editor(s): Thurner, Mark; Guerrero, Andres G. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331940
- ISBN
- 9780822331940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.29
€ 32.99
€ 31.29