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The Americas
Hardcover. This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caruso. It traces the transformation of a popular tradition written in dialect into a popular tradition, written in Italian, that contributed to the production of "American" identity. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBEY; AVGN; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322418
- ISBN
- 9781137322418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. An account of Yeates' ascent of one of the world's largest vertical rock faces, the 4,000 foot Central Tower of Paine in Chile. The greatest difficulties come not from the elements but from within themselves; crippled with fear the team is forced into a retreat but after resting return to complete the climb. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour) maps, portraits (some colour). BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1KLSX; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099766414
- ISBN
- 9780099766414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Wendt, Simon. Num Pages: 294 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; BTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 28. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593506173
- ISBN
- 9783593506173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 45.64
€ 53.00
€ 45.64
Paperback. Forty years after the Manson Family murders, this is the definitive account of the crimes that shocked the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 B & W plate sections. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340977033
- ISBN
- 9780340977033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87). Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain s leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants of central Mexico. Editor(s): Varey, Simon. Translator(s): Chamberlin, Cynthia L.; Chabran, Rafael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line diagram 65 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 25. Weight in Grams: 945.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804739634
- ISBN
- 9780804739634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardback. Frontier Road uses the history of one road in southern Colombia known locally as the trampoline of death to demonstrate how state-building processes and practices have depended on the production and maintenance of frontiers as inclusive-exclusive zones, often through violent means. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JP; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119100171
- ISBN
- 9781119100171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Paperback. Frontier Road uses the history of one road in southern Colombia known locally as the trampoline of death to demonstrate how state-building processes and practices have depended on the production and maintenance of frontiers as inclusive-exclusive zones, often through violent means. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JP; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119100188
- ISBN
- 9781119100188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBCO; AGC; WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 240 x 14. Weight in Grams: 994. In the Art Gallery of Ontario. 128 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBCO; AGC; WCW. Dimension: 280 x 240 x 14. Weight: 998.
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903470824
- ISBN
- 9781903470824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.02
€ 65.02
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 696 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691625560
- ISBN
- 9780691625560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.35€ 82.78
€ 108.35
€ 82.78
Hardcover. Why do the Chinese sometimes speak out against U.S. and yet at other times, remain silent? This book uses a variety of previously untapped sources, including a range of news sources within China itself, weblogs, and interviews with prominent figures, to make a powerful new argument about the causes and consequences of the new Chinese nationalism. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JMC; JPFN; JPS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549395
- ISBN
- 9780230549395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Paperback. Focuses on issues facing Americans - the projection of power ('American war'); race, immigration and the problematic promise of e pluribus unum ('American skin'); the intensity of religious conviction in public life ('American fervour'); and the mystique of American land ('American Space'). Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Paperback Edit
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520399
- ISBN
- 9780099520399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.51
€ 23.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Presents the story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. This title follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many were betrayed in their promises to receive land. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099536079
- ISBN
- 9780099536079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. Simon Schama, the author of Landscape and Memory and Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the 'speculations' surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087324
- ISBN
- 9781847087324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.15
€ 23.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. The first dual biography of the most remarkable political friendship of the twentieth century Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8 B&W. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340923467
- ISBN
- 9780340923467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. Simon Reich presents an interpretation of the relationship between material (hard) and social (soft) power, with implications for the alternative ways these link and the impact of these linkages on the future of American policy. Global Norms offers a new way of understanding both theory and policy in the 21st Century. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205932
- ISBN
- 9780230205932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 1KBB; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403970985
- ISBN
- 9781403970985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. A New World of Labor connects developments in seventeenth-century Britain with the British experience of slavery on the West African coast and with the initial development of African chattel slavery in Barbados, whose labor system played a foundational role in defining how plantation slavery developed throughout British America. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812245196
- ISBN
- 9780812245196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. The West Indies had always had brilliant cricketers; it hadn't always had brilliant cricket teams. But in 1974, a man called Clive Lloyd began to lead a side which would at last throw off the shackles that had hindered the region for centuries. This book tells the definitive story of the greatest team that sport has known. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JJPL; WSBT; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224092241
- ISBN
- 9780224092241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.76
€ 16.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. How do high mountain ranges form on the face of the Earth? This question has intrigued some of the greatest philosophers and scientists, going back as far as the ancient Greeks. This book tells the story of one scientist, and his quest for the key to this geological mystery. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones. 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; PDZ; RBGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126203
- ISBN
- 9780691126203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; AJB; AJC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816523603
- ISBN
- 9780816523603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Paperback. Traces the search for American tradition and national identity through folklore and folklife from the 19th century onwards. This work shows how American thinkers and leaders have used folklore - ranging from Paul Bunyan and Davey Crockett to quilts, cowboys, and immigrants - to express the meaning and mystique of their country. Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 260 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028929
- ISBN
- 9780842028929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
hardcover. Traces the search for American tradition and national identity through folklore and folklife from the 19th century onwards. This work shows how American thinkers and leaders have used folklore - ranging from Paul Bunyan and Davey Crockett to quilts, cowboys, and immigrants - to express the meaning and mystique of their country. Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780842028912
- ISBN
- 9780842028912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.11
€ 169.11
Hardback. Milspaw, Lisa Minardi, Steven M. Nolt, Candace Perry, Sheila Rohrer, and Diane Wenger Editor(s): Bronner, Simon J.; Brown, Joshua R. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 592 pages, 131, 103 black & white halftones, 27 colour illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; GBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421384
- ISBN
- 9781421421384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.25
€ 98.25
Hardcover. Editor(s): Baumgartner, Simon J. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614703419
- ISBN
- 9781614703419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.98€ 110.66
€ 158.98
€ 110.66