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The Americas
Paperback. A guide to the sounds, sights, tastes, and colorful characters that populate the United States of America. It covers topics such as the rise and evolution of alt-country music and the Americana genre and the legends of country, blues, gospel and folk, and prohibition and pre-prohibition era cocktails and the speakeasy renaissance. Illustrator(s): Bagley, Aaron. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061946493
- ISBN
- 9780061946493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.39
€ 16.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. More than a history of a train station, this book is the story of a city and an age as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral. Num Pages: 264 pages, 176, 82 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white illustrations, 82 black & white half. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; AMG; HBJK; HBLW; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421411927
- ISBN
- 9781421411927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.10
€ 37.99
€ 32.10
Paperback. "-Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians"Ably tells the story of the New York rail system's most active and visible symbol: the architectural and engineering masterpiece, with its grand public concourse, in the heart of Midtown."-New Scientist Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 52, 31 black & white illustrations, 21 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; TBX; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411934
- ISBN
- 9781421411934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.80
€ 45.80
Paperback. Chronicles the author's travels in the rugged mountain forests of Japan's Shiretoko National Park, on a vision quest in Death Valley, and to the sacred waters of the Ganges. This book also features the landscape of his marriage, both its initial sweetness and its eventual failure. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232143
- ISBN
- 9780803232143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.85
€ 19.99
€ 19.85
Paperback. Personal anecdotes and memories from many of Seattle's most beloved musicians Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JH; 3JJ; AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295991139
- ISBN
- 9780295991139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.10
€ 26.99
€ 25.10
Paperback. Editor(s): McCartan, Tom. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612190907
- ISBN
- 9781612190907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.27
€ 17.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. Takes a different approach to a question central to comparative politics and economics: why do some leaders of fragile democracies attain political success - culminating in reelection victories - when pursuing drastic, painful economic reforms while others see their political careers implode? Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSR; 1KLSV; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117874
- ISBN
- 9780691117874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 42.47
€ 53.46
€ 42.47
Paperback. Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax simplification of 1986, Brazil adopted a similar reform even though it threatened to exacerbate income disparity. This book demonstrates that bounded - not full - rationality drives the spread of innovations across countries. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134710
- ISBN
- 9780691134710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 442 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 190 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231037334
- ISBN
- 9780231037334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.41
€ 248.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Slater, Kurtis. Num Pages: 85 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- Pap/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634635950
- ISBN
- 9781634635950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.97€ 70.74
€ 100.97
€ 70.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; WM; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049656
- ISBN
- 9780813049656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.93
€ 32.99
€ 31.93
Hardback. W. E. B. Du Bois never felt so at home as when he was a student in Berlin. Germany was the first place white people had treated him as an equal. But anti-Semitism was prevalent, and Du Bois' challenge, says Kwame Anthony Appiah, was to take the best of German intellectual life without its parochialism--to steal the fire without getting burned. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HPS; JFSL3; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 192 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724914
- ISBN
- 9780674724914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.28
€ 47.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. Seeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains essays that tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice. It establishes the problematic nature of the idea of race. It explores the history of its invention as a social category. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059099
- ISBN
- 9780691059099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845233198
- ISBN
- 9781845233198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.18
€ 20.99
€ 19.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Dawes, Kwame. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JMG; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232047
- ISBN
- 9781845232047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.59
€ 21.99
€ 19.59
Hardback. Sheds light on contemporary "foodie" culture's vexed relationship to nativism, nationalism and race privilege Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770023
- ISBN
- 9780814770023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Sayers, Kyle D. Num Pages: 104 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611221992
- ISBN
- 9781611221992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.96€ 44.98
€ 62.96
€ 44.98
Paperback. First performed at the midpoint of the twentieth century, John Cage's 4'33", a composition conceived of without a single musical note, is among the most celebrated and ballyhooed cultural gestures in the history of modern music. This title offers the reader both an expert's analysis and highly personal interpretation of Cage's most divisive work. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171297
- ISBN
- 9780300171297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
paperback. A collection that represents the cream of the more than five hundred articles written for the "Village Voice" by Kyle Gann, a leading authority on experimental American music of the late twentieth century. It also includes interviews with Yoko Ono, Philip Glass, Glenn Branca, and other leading musical figures. Num Pages: 333 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520229822
- ISBN
- 9780520229822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.34
€ 40.99
€ 29.34
hardcover. Chasing Dragons discusses avenues for resisting the insecurity produced by liberal states in the post-9/11 world. This critical approach reveals the pervasiveness of power in contemporary Canadian society, how this power is hidden, and the consequences for progressive social politics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFH1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802092878
- ISBN
- 9780802092878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.71
€ 78.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821422083
- ISBN
- 9780821422083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Presents a fresh approach to understanding the American combat soldier's experience in Vietnam. This book integrates such topics as the political culture, the experiences of training, the Vietnam experience, and the 'homecoming', and offers an overview of the 870,000 'grunts' who bore the brunt of the fighting in the jungles of South Vietnam. Num Pages: 272 pages, halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWS2; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765622860
- ISBN
- 9780765622860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.16
€ 56.16
Whether you are an aspiring merchant or an industry veteran, this book's strategic framework will help you build a solid foundation for your business in today's ever-evolving retail marketplace. Series: Rotman-UTP Publishing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KJC; KJMB; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637177
- ISBN
- 9781442637177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.21
€ 41.21
Hardcover. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 238 x 2. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226388144
- ISBN
- 9780226388144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.28€ 44.83
€ 52.28
€ 44.83