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The Americas
Paperback. In the 1920s thousands of migrants settled in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate. Blue collar workers built the suburb literally from the ground up. 'My blue heaven' demonstrates the ethic of self-reliance and homeownership which formed the core of South Gate's identity. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 colour plates, 11 halftones, 9 maps, 5 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226583013
- ISBN
- 9780226583013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Sheet map, folded. Illustrator(s): Littleford, Robert. Series: Adventure Walks World City Map Series. Num Pages: 2 pages, colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WTHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 104 x 6. Weight in Grams: 44.
- Publisher
- Adventure Walks Books
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957333840
- ISBN
- 9780957333840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.28
€ 7.28
An Irishman in the Iron Brigade. The Civil War Memoirs of James P. Sul...
Beaudot, William J. K.; Herdegen, Lance J.; S...
Hardback. 17-year-old James P. Sullivan was among the first to answer Lincoln's call for volunteers in 1861. This is a collection of his writings about his days in President Lincoln's army, including accounts of the battles of Brawner Farm, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215003
- ISBN
- 9780823215003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.27
€ 111.27
Breslin draws a critically important distinction between constitutional texts and constitutional practice. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890512
- ISBN
- 9780801890512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.89
€ 67.89
In 1995, Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones granted parole to ten women convicted of killing, conspiring to kill or assaulting the men who had abused them for years. This work contains interviews with seven of the women, and reveals the horrific details of their abuse and their hopes for the future. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFE3; JFSJ1; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121512
- ISBN
- 9780813121512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.40
€ 49.40
Hardback. The Technical Imagination explores how technology entered the popular imagination in the Argentina of the 1920s and 1930s and how its products helped to shape modern thinking at all levels of Argentine society. Translator(s): Callahan, Xavier. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735421
- ISBN
- 9780804735421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.44
€ 87.44
Paperback. Offers an account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s. Drawing on interviews with peasants, community leaders, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces, the author creates a richly detailed political portrait of Santa Maria Tzeja, where highland Maya peasants seeking land settled in the 1970s. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246751
- ISBN
- 9780520246751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar offer an in-depth exploration of the spread of indigenous shamanic rituals of the Amazon to Western societies, looking at how indigenous, mestizo, and cosmopolitan cultures have engaged with and transformed these forest traditions. Editor(s): Caiuby Labate, Beatriz; Cavnar, Clancy. Series: Oxford Ritual Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 38 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRAX; HRQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199341207
- ISBN
- 9780199341207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.83
€ 83.83
Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102191
- ISBN
- 9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.12
€ 23.99
€ 19.12
Hardcover. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as its detractors like to call it) is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? The author offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348032
- ISBN
- 9780226348032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners and managers in Europe and North America since the sixteenth century. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and paying particular attention to the influence of gender norms, Craig identifies the factors that have facilitated or restricted women's participation. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white tables, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033222
- ISBN
- 9781137033222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.90
€ 43.99
€ 36.90
Paperback. Craig examines and describes the local economy of the Madawaska Territory from its origins in the native fur trade, the growth of exportable wheat, the selling of food to new settlers, and of ton timbre to Britain. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521486
- ISBN
- 9781487521486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.88
€ 40.99
€ 35.88
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 304 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495080760
- ISBN
- 9781495080760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
Hardback. The work of the prize winning Peruvian American light artist Grimanesa Amoros is characterised by organic forms and an instinctive approach. She presented her latest works, "OCUPANTE" and "GOLDEN SECRET ROOM", In the Ludwig Museum Koblenz. With an overview of her work, this volume reproduces her works in large format illustrations. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSR; ACXJ; AFKB; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 247 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777426488
- ISBN
- 9783777426488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. This work attempts to reach an understanding of Rodolfo Usigli's theater as a whole through the analysis of a dozen of his most representative pieces. The chapters are grouped according to type: political satire, political fantasy, social drama, psychological drama, historical themes, and the universal dimension. Illustrated. Editor(s): Erbem, David L. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838634363
- ISBN
- 9780838634363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.20
€ 123.20
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia
Beane, Jeffrey C.; Braswell, Alvin L.; Mitche...
Paperback. A guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. It features 189 species of salamanders, frogs, crocodilians, turtles, lizards, and snakes, with photographs, descriptions, and distribution maps for each species. It is suitable for zoologists, amateur naturalists, environmentalists, backpackers, campers, and hikers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 221 colour photographs, 3 tables, 172 maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBFS; 1KBBFV; PSVW3; PSVW5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871126
- ISBN
- 9780807871126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.14
€ 32.99
€ 30.14
Paperback. Three geographically targeted volumes comprised in the Cooperative Strategies series-the most ambitious effort to date to explore the extent, nature, operations, and environment of cross-border cooperative linkages in North American, European, and Asian Pacific regions. Editor(s): Killing, Peter. Series: Cooperative Strategies. Num Pages: 416 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; KCLT; KJC; KJV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787908133
- ISBN
- 9780787908133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.92
€ 86.92
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 b&w. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSG; JFSJ; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837635478
- ISBN
- 9783837635478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.56
€ 53.00
€ 42.56
Hardback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215287
- ISBN
- 9780823215287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.68
€ 120.68
paperback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215294
- ISBN
- 9780823215294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.08
€ 46.99
€ 42.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890901809
- ISBN
- 9780890901809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Hardback. This rustic cookbook blends recipes, history, and trivia specific to the state of Colorado with stories and dishes that have passed the test of time as well as flavor. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 187 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589793781
- ISBN
- 9781589793781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that changed the course of South American history. The Chanka, a powerful ethnic group from the Andahuaylas region, had begun an aggressive program of expansion. Conquering a host of smaller polities, their army had advanced well inside the territory of their traditional rival, the Inca. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 217 pages, 105 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745598
- ISBN
- 9781931745598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.49
€ 53.49
Paperback. Series: American Traveler. Num Pages: 48 pages, Ill.(some col.).1M. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 103 x 4. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- American Traveler Press United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558380677
- ISBN
- 9781558380677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45