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Hardback. Known as Hollywood's 'Boy Wonder', Irving Thalberg created classics such as "Ben-Hur", "Tarzan the Ape Man", "Grand Hotel", "Freaks", "Mutiny on the Bounty", and "The Good Earth", but died tragically at thirty-seven. This work uses production files, financial records, and correspondence to confirm the genius of Thalberg's methods. Num Pages: 528 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260481
- ISBN
- 9780520260481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.21
€ 52.99
€ 37.21
paperback. Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a focus on the protection of local interests, desertion started as a military problem and spilled over into the civilian world. This book studies desertion in the Confederate army. It confronts a question: did desertion hurt the Confederacy? Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220805
- ISBN
- 9780803220805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780452297982
- ISBN
- 9780452297982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.13
€ 19.99
€ 18.13
From 1911 to 1917 Craftman Farms was the home of Gustav Stickley, one of the central figures in the American Arts and Crafts Movement. This book unravels the, sometimes contradictory, ideas that informed many of the artists and literary figures in the progressive era in America. Num Pages: 280 pages, 85 b&w photographs, 15 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFT; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606895
- ISBN
- 9780815606895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.48
€ 40.99
€ 35.48
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive analysis of race, health, and colonization in a specific cross-cultural contact zone in the Texas borderlands between 1780 and 1861. Throughout this eighty-year period, ordinary health concerns shaped cross-cultural interactions during Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo colonization. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6 photos, 4 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285880
- ISBN
- 9780803285880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.34
€ 70.34
Hardcover. Learn the crucial ins and outs of the world s largest market The U. S government market represents the largest single market anywhere. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470881330
- ISBN
- 9780470881330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.50
€ 31.99
€ 24.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; JFFT; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816661015
- ISBN
- 9780816661015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; JFFT; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816661022
- ISBN
- 9780816661022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.27
€ 29.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758366
- ISBN
- 9780814758366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.14
€ 29.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJPL; BM; JFSL9; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873518536
- ISBN
- 9780873518536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.35
€ 25.99
€ 23.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 250 Colour and Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 311 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1946.
- Publisher
- Gibbs M. Smith Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423634478
- ISBN
- 9781423634478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.56
€ 57.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JPS; KCLT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782302
- ISBN
- 9780804782302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Drawing on the oral histories of forty Omaha elders collected in 1992, Dance Lodges of the Omaha People provides insights into how these lodges shaped Omaha cultural identity and illustrates the adaptive abilities of the modern Omaha tribe. A new afterword by the author highlights advances in research on these unique structures since 1992. Num Pages: 214 pages, 7 figures, 18 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803217577
- ISBN
- 9780803217577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.79
€ 23.99
€ 23.79
Hardback. Editor(s): Adams, Mark B. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGT; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630243
- ISBN
- 9780691630243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.97
€ 158.97
Paperback. When Orange County, California, filed for Chapter 9 protection on December 6, 1994, it became the largest municipality in United States history to declare bankruptcy. Presenting an analysis of this momentous fiscal crisis, this title uncovers the many twists and turns from the dark days in December 1994 to the financial recovery of June 1996. Num Pages: 320 pages, 86 tables, 1 map, 1 line figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBTB; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214866
- ISBN
- 9780520214866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. In 2008, Mark Beaumont smashed the world record for cycling around the world, by an astonishing 81 days. This title tells the story of a 15,000 mile expedition that once again broke the barriers of human achievement. It offers a trip through the diverse cultures of the Americas. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3x8 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGSA; WSQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552163972
- ISBN
- 9780552163972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.33
€ 16.99
€ 12.33
Hardcover. A study that reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the Splat Pack, a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685493
- ISBN
- 9780748685493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37€ 101.60
€ 106.37
€ 101.60
Paperback. Reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. This title presents a re-evaluation of the history of the horror film from an industry studies perspective. It also features an exploration of the relationship between DVDs and film ratings. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405584
- ISBN
- 9781474405584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
paperback. Once America's capitalist dream town, the Silicon Valley of the Jazz Age, Detroit became the country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the furthest. The city of Henry Ford, modernity, and Motown found itself blighted by riots, arson, unemployment, crime and corruption. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099553885
- ISBN
- 9780099553885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
Hardcover. The original 1944 G I Bill holds a special place in the American imagination. This book takes the story of veterans' politics beyond the 1944 G I Bill as he seeks to uncover the reasons why Vietnam veterans were less well compensated than their predecessors. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814724873
- ISBN
- 9780814724873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80
€ 58.80