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The Americas

Paperback. A winner of the Richard W Leopold Prize and the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award and selected for the US Army's Recommended Reading List. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614165
ISBN
9780700614165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.54

Hardcover. This book synthesizes the wartime experiences of American combat soldiers, from the doughboys of World War I to the grunts of Vietnam. The author looks at what motivated these men to serve and how they were turned into soldiers. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 472 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612291
ISBN
9780700612291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.97

Paperback. Here, the authors analyze Thomas Jefferson's conception of American nationhood in light of the political and social demands facing the post-Revolutionary Republic in its formative years. The text helps readers to understand the fundamental tensions and paradoxes of this period. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557869234
ISBN
9781557869234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926117
ISBN
9780813926117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.95

hardcover. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925783
ISBN
9780813925783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 419 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
419
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059800
ISBN
9780231059800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.76

hardcover. Each of the five photographs in this book generates a dialogue that is as honest and practical as it is spiritual and philosophical. Drawing on history, literature, and his upbringing in the Jewish communities of Brooklyn, Peter S. Temes seeks a new understanding of what it means to be Jewish and what the future holds for the Jewish people. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803239791
ISBN
9780803239791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.96

Hardcover. New York Unbound is a critical examination of the problems and prospects of New York City as it approaches the twenty--first century and a call to arms for a new infusion of energy and creativity in charting its future. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD; JFF; JFSG; JKS; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557860088
ISBN
9781557860088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Hardcover. Commissioning organisation: Translated from the German by Mervyn Savill. 327 p. illus. Original cloth. A good clean copy. Firm binding.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1956
SKU
KEX0051232
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Harrowing and redeeming, this is the history of a unique 'adoption' system. For generations, local families, grateful for the sacrifice of their liberators from Nazi occupation, have cared for not only the graves, but the memories, of over 10,000 US soldiers in the cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230346642
ISBN
9780230346642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.87

Paperback. Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, he brings to life their struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. American Soldiers at War with Japan. 304 pages, 16, 16 black & white plates. Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, he brings to life their struggle with suffocating wilderness, devastating diseases, and Japanese soldiers who preferred death over life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 17. Weight: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230274365
ISBN
9780230274365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.62

Hardcover. Harrowing and redeeming, this is the history of a unique 'adoption' system. For generations, local families, grateful for the sacrifice of their liberators from Nazi occupation, have cared for not only the graves, but the memories, of over 10,000 US soldiers in the cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230346635
ISBN
9780230346635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.41

Paperback. Takes a comprehensive look at the key role of California's art and artists in politics and culture since 1945. This work offers the reader a historical sense of the significant role California has played in generating political art and also how the state has stimulated politically engaged art throughout the world. Num Pages: 310 pages, 143 color illustrations, 80 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240537
ISBN
9780520240537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.45

Paperback. Democracy in Latin America provides an in-depth and accessible survey of processes of democratization in Latin America from 1900 to the present. In clear and jargon-free prose, acclaimed author Peter H. Smith examines the origins and evolution of democracy in Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPB; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190611347
ISBN
9780190611347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 131.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; WJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816672325
ISBN
9780816672325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. The 1814 invasion of Washington. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848546134
ISBN
9781848546134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 226 x 314 x 10. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385376174
ISBN
9780385376174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Features how the "dark continent" of blues and jazz provided Hollywood with a resonant resource to construct and negotiate the boundaries of American cultural identity. This book contains new work on blackface minstrelsy in early sound movies, racial representation and censorship, torch singers and torch songs, burlesque and strippers, and more. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252072352
ISBN
9780252072352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.17

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813572987
ISBN
9780813572987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Best Wildflower Hikes Western Washington combines the best aspects of hiking and wildflowers into one guide. The Best Wildflower Hikes series features 40 hikes with honorable mentions throughout that focus on the best wildflowers in western Washington. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 41 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; WNP; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493018680
ISBN
9781493018680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.81

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