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The Americas

Hardback. This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JHM; LBBC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774808118
ISBN
9780774808118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Paperback. Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil, but his work has only recently become known to the English-speaking world. This new translation of Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, first published in 1881, now brings Machado de Assis's sardonic wit and keen appreciation of human foibles to a much larger audience. Editor(s): Regno, Enylton De Sa. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195101706
ISBN
9780195101706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. This work offers an expose of the epidemic of so-called Multiple Personality Disordered women in America. It describes how the US mental health industry created and exploited this bogus diagnosis, and unveils the suffering of the victims, caused by hypnotic suggestion. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP; MJN; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787947941
ISBN
9780787947941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213685
ISBN
9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007178872
ISBN
9780007178872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Hardback. Over 340 color photos display barns in the English and New England styles that dot the landscape of Cape Cod's fifteen townships, including many detail shots. Wooden and stone barns dating from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries appear, including barns for sheltering animals, grain, cranberries, strawberries, turnips, and asparagus. Num Pages: 176 pages, 342 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1236.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325649
ISBN
9780764325649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 31.88

Paperback. Serve up a heaping lesson of history with delicious recipes from our nation's past-- from the pilgrims' first feast to today's high-tech, low-fat fare Who knew history could be so delicious? In The U.S. History Cookbook, you'll discover how Americans have lived and dined over the centuries. This scrumptious survey of periods and events in U. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WBN; YNH; YNPC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 233 x 193 x 11. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471136026
ISBN
9780471136026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.00

Num Pages: 128 pages, 341 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WMPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794. Cape Cod and the Islands. 128 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WMPC. Dimension: 243 x 212 x 17. Weight: 800.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340550
ISBN
9780764340550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 20.93

Paperback. Brings together essays by filmmakers, exhibitors, cultural critics, and scholars from multiple generations of the New York Downtown scene to illuminate individual films and filmmakers and explore the creation of a Downtown Canon, the impact of AIDS on younger filmmakers, community access cable television broadcasts, and more. Editor(s): Hawkins, Joan. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; APF; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Intellect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783204229
ISBN
9781783204229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 51.27

Paperback. This study strives to illustrate the lingering second-class status of women under the current legal system in the United States, and questions whether a "one-size-fits-all" vision of individual rights will ever improve the situation. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814735091
ISBN
9780814735091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Hardback. DARE readers now have the full panoply of American regional vocabulary, from Adam's housecat to Zydeco. Volume V is filled with words that reflect our origins, migrations, ethnicities, and neighborhoods. Whether we are talking about foods, games, clothing, family, animals, or any other aspect of life, our vocabulary reveals much about who we are. Num Pages: 1296 pages, 682 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047358
ISBN
9780674047358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.13
€ 112.74

Hardback. This companion volume to DARE enhances readers' use of the five volumes of text. It includes all the regional maps, an index to entries, and more than 400 fieldwork questions and the speakers' answers. Like its predecessors, Volume VI is a treasure trove of American linguistic creativity. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 1702 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1080
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066533
ISBN
9780674066533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.13
€ 109.68

Hardback. Taking a balanced look at issues that have contributed to decline of America's manned space program, such as lack of political support and funding, this book offers not only a critique but also a plan for enhancing US space security through cooperation rather than competition. It focuses on how policy changes of mid-1990s have changed the nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136549
ISBN
9780231136549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.92
€ 55.92

Paperback. In Heavenly Ambitions, Joan Johnson-Freese lays out her vision of the future of space as a frontier where nations cooperate, and military activity is circumscribed by arms control treaties that would allow no one nation to dominate-just as no one nation's military dominates the world's oceans. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPS; JWG; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222968
ISBN
9780812222968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Hardback. This is the only full-length critical study of James Patterson and his best-selling detective fiction. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313320859
ISBN
9780313320859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.75
€ 47.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552664445
ISBN
9781552664445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 396 pages, 109 b&w photos, 10 b&w illus., 17 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 1QDAK; HDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292772021
ISBN
9780292772021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.11

Hardcover. The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art is unparalleled in its comprehensive approach to the study of art in the United States and it takes a fresh look at what American art is, how it is defined, and who influenced and produced it. Num Pages: 2608 pages, 700 halftones and 128 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; ACBS; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 230 x 202. Weight in Grams: 11310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
2600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195335798
ISBN
9780195335798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 1,360.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBSM; JFSL3; JNB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226394626
ISBN
9780226394626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 47.71

Hardback. A long-awaited survey of female Abstract Expressionist artists revealing the richness and lasting influence of their work Editor(s): Marter, Joan M. Num Pages: 208 pages, 144 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACXD1; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208429
ISBN
9780300208429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 29. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936296521
ISBN
9781936296521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.89

Paperback. An intimate glimpse into the world of ancient Peruvian spiritual practice and cosmology. Num Pages: 368 pages, Includes 16-page b&w insert and 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594770128
ISBN
9781594770128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.23

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dafina United States
Edition
4th Revised, Updated ed.
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780758292414
ISBN
9780758292414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 100 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD2; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262533584
ISBN
9780262533584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.60

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