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The Americas

Paperback. In 1997, Grant Hadwin committed an act of violence - he destroyed the Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The tree was a scientific marvel, beloved by the Haida people who believed it sacred. This book tells the story of what pushed him to such an act, an environmental protest which acts as a metaphor for the challenge the world faces. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJPR; BT; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515791
ISBN
9780099515791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

paperback. This volume presents an assembly of essays that together offer a remarkably vivid depiction of the varied Deaf experience in America.

Editor(s): Cleve, John Vickrey Van. Num Pages: 256 pages, figures, tables, references. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563683596
ISBN
9781563683596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTZ; HBWS; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608467235
ISBN
9781608467235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.34

Hardcover. Two "virtuosos of risk management" show you how to close up the holes in your gap defenses--before the regulators call! Bankers Monthly dubbed them "virtuosos of risk management. [who have] raised A/L management to an art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFH; KFFK; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471527312
ISBN
9780471527312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 298.19

Paperback. Examines Black pre-Civil War culture and the slave family, detailing sexual attitudes, courtship practices and wedding ceremonies, childrearing, familial roles, language, and discipline. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised, Enlarg
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195025637
ISBN
9780195025637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; JNB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226242514
ISBN
9780226242514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.56

Paperback. Series: ILR Press Book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801472602
ISBN
9780801472602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. John Compton shows how evangelicals, not New Deal reformers, paved the way for the most important constitutional developments of the twentieth century. Their early-1800s crusade to destroy property that made immorality possible challenged founding-era legal protections of slavery, lotteries, and liquor sales and opened the door to progressivism. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM2; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726796
ISBN
9780674726796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.37
€ 52.42

paperback. Taiwan's first presidential election, in 1996, sparked a Sino-US military showdown that resulted in the biggest show of US naval force in East Asia since the Vietnam War. This book explores the origins and triangular dynamics of that historic confrontation, analyzing the key decisions and misperceptions that led to the Taiwan Strait crisis. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976174
ISBN
9780295976174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.09

Hardcover. Tells how the Shoshone-Bannocks made a meaningful choice between productive commerce and a more typical reliance on subsistence and wage labor. This case study challenges the view that Indians were ill suited to market-based pursuits and enhances our understanding of cultural persistence within the broader sweep of historical change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614028
ISBN
9780700614028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.61

Paperback. "Privacy" isn't even mentioned in the US Constitution. It took the Supreme Court's ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) to bestow constitutional protection upon this right. John Johnson's critique of Griswold - which observes its 40th anniversary on June 7, 2005 - reminds us once again of its crucial impact on both American law and society. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; LND; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613786
ISBN
9780700613786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 165 pages, over 200 bw/color images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
165
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764329210
ISBN
9780764329210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 82 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; JPVL; KNXB; YQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
82
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590335154
ISBN
9781590335154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1MTN; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231058889
ISBN
9780231058889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.39

Hardback. Editor(s): Lee, John W.I.; North, Michael. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBL; HBTP; JFFS; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803285620
ISBN
9780803285620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. This text examines the historical formation of community in Monterey. It is also an investigation of how historical narratives are produced, looking at competing accounts of "civilizing" the Native Americans, Yankee progress, ethnical diversity and environmental protection among other issues. Num Pages: 361 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520227231
ISBN
9780520227231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.55

Hardback. The first full examination of the English trade in indentured servants, who paid for their transportation and keep, and continued to work unpaid for years on their arrival. Often these people were deceived and coerced, despite half-hearted government efforts to curtail the activities of what was, after all, a useful crime for the English state. Num Pages: 320 pages, black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1K; 3JD; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788904
ISBN
9780198788904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.12

Paperback. From the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters, Carsick is his hilarious (if not always 100% true) account of hitchhiking fearlessly into the heart of middle America. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472118936
ISBN
9781472118936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick. Series: Aquatic Ecology. Num Pages: 1066 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSAF; PSPF; PSTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 285 x 52. Weight in Grams: 3168.
Publisher
Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780123858764
ISBN
9780123858764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.53

Hardback. Covering all the moments and behind-the-scenes details of comics in the JFK and Beatles era, this book helps offers an account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends, including: DC Comics' rebirth of Green Lantern, Hawkman, and others, and the launch of Justice League of America and multiple earths. Editor(s): Dallas, Keith. Num Pages: 224 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 283 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Publisher
TwoMorrows Publishing United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605490458
ISBN
9781605490458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.96

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