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Paperback. Focusing on development, breakthroughs and setbacks to democracy in Latin America, this work examines US-Latin American relations. It emphasises the importance of recognising that concepts such as "democracy", "rights" and "constitutionalism" have different meanings in the US and Latin America. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 1KLS; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847680863
ISBN
9780847680863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.69

Paperback. Tells the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero, and fantasizing about hookers. He is idle, boastful, thin-skinned and egotistic; has no manners, and no curiosity. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787330207
ISBN
9781787330207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 182 x 25. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742564541
ISBN
9780742564541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742565333
ISBN
9780742565333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.44

Paperback. A masterful account of one of the most disastrous missteps in in American foreign policy, The Bay of Pigs gives the engrossing story of the US-backed invasion of Cuba in April of 1961 by 1400 exiled Cubans. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199754250
ISBN
9780199754250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 262 color photos, 8 patterns. BIC Classification: 1KB; AFKC; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764312922
ISBN
9780764312922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.46

Paperback. Clean copy with light shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KST0018766
ISBN
9780465030743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Traces the lives of the Snowdens, an African American family of musicians and farmers living in rural Knox County, Ohio. This book examines the Snowdens' musical and social exchanges with rural whites from the 1850s through the early 1920s and provides an exploration of the claim that the Snowden family taught the song "Dixie" to Dan Emmett. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252071607
ISBN
9780252071607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. This new study suggests that political parties in the province of Saskatchewan have crowded closer and closer to the ideological centre. Editor(s): Leeson, Howard. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 175 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Edition
Pap/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772342
ISBN
9780889772342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.30

Hardback. As HIV/AIDS wreaked havoc on the worlds of some of the most marginal and disenfranchised people in New York, they came together to create a shared response, forming an organizational field within which their various efforts were coordinated. This work offers a study of how communities organize in response to threats to their lives and well being. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JKS; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742540835
ISBN
9780742540835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.57

hardcover. This volume covers the remarkably productive first decades of the Franciscan missions to the Navajo, during the ministry of Father Anselm Weber, from the arrival of the first missionaries in 1898 to Fr. Anselm's passing in 1921. Editor(s): Bahr, Howard M. Series: Native American Resources Series. Num Pages: 656 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810849624
ISBN
9780810849624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.44

Hardback. Series: Native American Resources Series. Num Pages: 682 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJPG; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
682
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810867529
ISBN
9780810867529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.05

Hardback. A study of Anglo-American cultural and countercultural exchange from the mid Fifties to the mid-Seventies, Special Relations explores aspects of London modernism, the anti-war movement, student rebellion, black power, the second-wave feminist and gay liberation movements, and transatlantic nostalgia. Num Pages: 392 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773997
ISBN
9780804773997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bauhan (William L.),U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872331860
ISBN
9780872331860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.13

paperback. He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGA; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781784705909
ISBN
9781784705909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.16

Paperback. Presents an analysis of the enduring problems of race and social justice in American life. This book examines African American alienation and exploitations, black reparations, collective responsibility, affirmative action, race and IQ, police discretion, racial integration and racial separatism, and the underclass question. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207214
ISBN
9780631207214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.85

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 31 b/w photos & 56 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; WBN; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Company United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780882898704
ISBN
9780882898704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. Describes the urban bachelor life that took shape in the late nineteenth century, when a significant population of single men migrated to American cities. This book also describe a complex subculture that continues to affect the larger meanings of manhood and manliness in American society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070551
ISBN
9780691070551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 44.35

Paperback. Featuring twenty-five writers in all, this book includes Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionaries. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black-&-white photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
20th Anniversary ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630616
ISBN
9780815630616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSG; JFSL1; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816629190
ISBN
9780816629190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Hardback. Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. This biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. Num Pages: 901 pages, 51 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 233 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1448.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
901
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248649
ISBN
9780520248649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.10
€ 42.28

Hardback. Walter Piston (1894-1976) taught for over thirty years (1926-1960) at Harvard, where he taught such well-known composers as Harold Shapiro and Leonard Bernstein. The biographies, major accomplishments, stylistic developments, and technical resources of 33 of his students are described. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill.100mus.exs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824935
ISBN
9780810824935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.42

Hardcover. In this work, the contributors examines civil service compensation systems, analyze proposals for reform, and discuss such areas as issues of equity and fairness, merit pay, pay for performance, collective bargaining and labour market influences. Num Pages: 340 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; KCF; KJMV2; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787908263
ISBN
9780787908263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 52.58

paperback. A highly readable history and almost encyclopedic reference work, with information on every pertinent aspect of farming and country life. Editor(s): Lapping, Mark B. Num Pages: 394 pages, 36 illus. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TBX; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874512144
ISBN
9780874512144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.91

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