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The Americas

Paperback. Wide-ranging and skillful, Darwin and Faulkner's Novels reexamines the fiction of the great twentieth-century author from the interdisciplinary perspective of sociobiology. Challenging the assumption that Faulkner's South was nothing other than a reactionary wilderness, this ambitious book unsettles staid interpretations of the Faulknerian canon. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137362889
ISBN
9781137362889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Hardback. Reading iconic postwar novels such as Fahrenheit 451, In Cold Blood, and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye together with the rational decision-making of game theory, Wainwright demonstrates the contribution of mathematical models to literary interpretation. The interdisciplinary approach of this book elucidates our understanding of postwar American literature. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137590541
ISBN
9781137590541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardback. This pioneering study applies game theory to a selection of minoritarian texts from the American canon. Concentrating on rational decision making, the discussion introduces the most common social dilemmas such as the Stag Hunt and the Prisoner's Dilemma as a means of interpreting works by writers such as Douglass, Hurston, and Morrison. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137590558
ISBN
9781137590558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. "Vivid, Comprehensible .. cuts through decades of mythmaking." -Texas Monthly Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342277
ISBN
9780393342277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. "This engaging biography exactly and vividly catches the tone of a region, a time, and a man."-Larry McMurtry Num Pages: 544 pages, 62 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJG; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393338188
ISBN
9780393338188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 768 pages, 20 black & white tables, 51 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNFX1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415782098
ISBN
9780415782098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 542 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DN; DQ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 171 x 1043. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821413241
ISBN
9780821413241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Severn House Large Print
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Large Print
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727895097
ISBN
9780727895097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 6.83

Paperback. Reveals how governments and the wider establishment copy the practices of organised crime groups in order to control them. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332017
ISBN
9780745332017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.38

Hardcover. In the 1960s Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America's largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBEY; HBLW; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545069
ISBN
9780674545069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144650
ISBN
9780231144650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.76

Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144643
ISBN
9780231144643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.44
€ 80.25

Paperback. Presents a history of family farming, general incorporation laws, mortgage payments, inheritance practices, office systems, and risk management - an inventory of the means by which capitalism became America's revolutionary tradition. This title includes a collection of essays. Editor(s): Zakim, Michael; Kornblith, Gary J. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451107
ISBN
9780226451107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Explores the history of men's dress in America to consider how capitalism and democracy emerged at the center of social life during the century between the Revolution and the Civil War. This book illuminates the critical links among culture, ideology, political economy, and fashion in antebellum America. Num Pages: 306 pages, 36 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226977959
ISBN
9780226977959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.73

Hardback. Explores the history of men's dress in America to consider how capitalism and democracy emerged at the center of social life during the century between the Revolution and the Civil War. This book illuminates the critical links among culture, ideology, political economy, and fashion in antebellum America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226977935
ISBN
9780226977935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JHBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477331
ISBN
9780801477331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Series: Exploring the Appalachian Trail Series. Num Pages: 386 pages, maps & ilus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811726672
ISBN
9780811726672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.22

paperback. Num Pages: 77 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWT; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
77
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833030047
ISBN
9780833030047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.88

Hardcover. German-American women played many roles in the US women's rights movement from 1848 to 1890. This book focuses on three figures, Mathilde Wendt, Mathilde Franziska Anneke, and Clara Neymann, who were simultaneously included and excluded from the nativist women's rights movement. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404. German-American Women, Women's Rights and Nativisim, 1848-1890. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. 216 pages, illustrations. German-American women played many roles in the US women's rights movement from 1848 to 1890. This book focuses on three figures, Mathilde Wendt, Mathilde Franziska Anneke, and Clara Neymann, who were simultaneously included and excluded from the nativist women's rights movement. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 16. Weight: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857455123
ISBN
9780857455123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.96

Paperback. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1KBB; ASDL; BGFA; BTP; YFY; YNDB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 215.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571314478
ISBN
9780571314478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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