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The Americas

Paperback. A comparative survey of guerrilla movements in Latin America, this title explores the origins and outcomes of rural insurgencies in nearly a dozen cases since 1956. Focusing on the personal backgrounds of the guerrillas themselves and on national social conditions, it explains why guerrillas emerged strongly in certain countries but not others. Num Pages: 454 pages, 2 figs., 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691023366
ISBN
9780691023366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.58

Paperback. If you love waterfalls, here are some of the best hikes in the Southern Appalachians. And if you love plants - or simply would like to learn more about them - you will be in hiking heaven: naturalist Tim Spira's guidebook links waterfalls and wildflowers in a spectacularly beautiful region famous for both. Series: Southern Gateways Guides. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469622644
ISBN
9781469622644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.03

Paperback. Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont: A Naturalist's Guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia Series: Southern Gateways Guides. Num Pages: 540 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1107.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807871720
ISBN
9780807871720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.28

Hardback. Recently declassified documents at the JFK Library have made this new analysis possible. It covers Kennedy's New Pacific Community plans and his efforts to win the "Cold War" in the Asian and Pacific region. It examines the USA's relations with a variety of regions during the 1960s. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333524916
ISBN
9780333524916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.47

Hardcover. While headline writers in the ETO were naturally focused on events in Normandy and the Bulge in the north, equally ferocious combats were taking place in southern France and Germany during 1944-45, which are now finally getting their due. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16-pg photo section. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV1; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Casemate Publishers United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935149446
ISBN
9781935149446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 38.80

Hardback. Thirty-seven million people visit Las Vegas every year. It's a city that offers to fulfil all your desires, without any repercussions. But what happens to the people who have to grow up there? This book tells ten of their stories: tales of overdoses, desert shoot-outs, suicides, casinos, and broken dreams. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BTP; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783522507
ISBN
9781783522507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.88

Paperback. This in-depth study of a Black congregation in Charleston, South Carolina provides a window into the tremendously important yet still largely overlooked world of African American religion as the faith is lived by ordinary believers. Series: Qualitative Studies in Religion Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HRCC9; HRCS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758205
ISBN
9780814758205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Tells the story of the courageous men who agreed to put their lives in danger to perform a critical mission in which they could not be officially acknowledged. This book chronicles the communist air attack on Site 85, the only such aerial bombing of the entire Vietnam War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103169
ISBN
9780231103169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.07

Hardback. This collection of essays offers a wide-ranging examination of the place of AIDS in gay activism, literature, film, news reporting and gay culture. The contributors stress the connection between language and moral responsibility. Editor(s): Murphy, Timothy F.; Poirier, Suzanne. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078641
ISBN
9780231078641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Hardcover. This work chronicles intentional communities in the 20th century. The chronological account first studies the older groups that were operating until 1900, it then explores the impact of the early 19th-century art colonies, before discussing decade-by-decade the new groups formed up to 1960. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815627753
ISBN
9780815627753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JFHX; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486067
ISBN
9780801486067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. This fascinating account reveals the potential force-and the potential limitations-of devotion in people's lives and religious imagination. Series: Lived Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28, 28 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882296
ISBN
9780801882296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; JFSL4; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163574
ISBN
9780691163574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Provides an overview of the Latino Catholic experience in America from the sixteenth century to today, and offers the most in-depth examination to date of the important ways the US Catholic Church, its evolving Latino majority, and American culture are mutually transforming one another. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139791
ISBN
9780691139791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.04
€ 45.08

Hardcover. When the 1848 revolutions failed to create stable democratic governments in Europe, many Americans declared that their own revolutionary tradition was superior. This is a study of American politics, culture, and foreign relations in the mid-nineteenth century, illuminated through the reactions of Americans to the European revolutions of 1848. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927992
ISBN
9780813927992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.45

Num Pages: 128 pages, 225 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 996.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764342936
ISBN
9780764342936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. A superb analysis of how the decline of Canadian Keynesianism has made way for the emergence of politics organized around balanced budgets. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774809986
ISBN
9780774809986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. Examines new advances in studying the history of the Caddo peoples Editor(s): Perttula, Timothy K.; Walker, Chester P. Num Pages: 536 pages, 113 figures, 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HDD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220966
ISBN
9780803220966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 58.09

Paperback. Weighs in on consumer-driven health care (CDHC). This book contends that supporters of CDHC rely on oversimplified ideas about health care, health care systems, economics, and human nature. It challenges the historical and theoretical assumptions on which the consumer-driven health care movement is based. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341246
ISBN
9780822341246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations (Paperback). BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFD; JFFE; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816696086
ISBN
9780816696086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

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