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The Americas
Hardback. A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt presents a collection of historiographical essays by leading scholars that provides a comprehensive review of the scholarship on the president who led the United States through the tumultuous period from the Great Depression to the waning days of World War II. Editor(s): Pederson, William D. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 174 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444330168
- ISBN
- 9781444330168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.06
€ 212.06
Paperback. On May 15, 1916, a crowd of 15,000 witnessed the lynching of an 18-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. This work seeks to explain how a culture of violence that nourished this practice could form and endure for so long among ordinary people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074301
- ISBN
- 9780252074301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Goldman Sachs are the investment bank all other banks - and most businesses - want to emulate; the firm with the best talent, the best strategy. But is their success just down to the gilded magic of the 'Goldman way'? This book is a story of clashing egos, backstabbing, sex scandals, private investigators, court cases and government cabals. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFK; KJK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954065
- ISBN
- 9780241954065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
paperback. It was Wall Street's toughest investment bank, taking risks where others feared to tread, run by testosterone-fuelled gamblers who hung a sign saying 'let's make nothing but money' over the trading floor. This book tells the outrageous story of how Wall Street's entire house of cards came crashing down. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141039596
- ISBN
- 9780141039596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Hardcover. In praise of Charlie D. "Falloon's eloquent explication of the life of the legendary Charlie D delivers a good read while exposing that most under-publicized commodity of them all-a mega-trader with a low public profile whose superhuman trading abilities were exceeded by only one thing-the extended reach of his heart and soul. " -Patrick H. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471156727
- ISBN
- 9780471156727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.75
€ 32.99
€ 23.75
paperback. At the heart of historic Los Angeles, the Plaza represents a quintessential public space where real and imagined narratives overlap and provide as many questions as answers about the development of the city and what it means to be an Angeleno. This book explores the complex history and modern-day relevance of the Los Angeles Plaza. Num Pages: 373 pages, 53 halftones, 7 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717558
- ISBN
- 9780292717558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. A ground-breaking manifesto about what Americas top schools should be-but aren't-providing. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476702728
- ISBN
- 9781476702728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.77
€ 20.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. America's expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. This book re-writes the history of the United States through a western lens. It reflects the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, from 1850 to the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 348 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291416
- ISBN
- 9780520291416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. America's expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. This title re-writes the history of the United States through a western lens. It reflects the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, from the pre-Columbian era to 1877. Num Pages: 348 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290044
- ISBN
- 9780520290044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California from its inception to the present day. Editor(s): Deverell, William; Igler, David. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 538 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118798041
- ISBN
- 9781118798041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. New edition of Diedrich's award winning account of analysis of the history and changes in the Olympic Peninsula's forests and logging trade. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; KNAL; RGBL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990620
- ISBN
- 9780295990620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.88
€ 21.99
€ 20.88
paperback. A collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize winning author exploring the natural splendors of the Pacific Northwest Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 15. Weight in Grams: 30.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295982939
- ISBN
- 9780295982939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.37
€ 21.99
€ 20.37
Paperback. At St John's Bread and Life, a soup kitchen in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, over a thousand people line up for food five days a week. This title takes the reader through the years before and after welfare reform to show how poverty has become "ordinary," a fact of life to millions of Americans and to the thousands of social workers. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134588
- ISBN
- 9781592134588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. Focusing on American fiction from 1850-1940, Narrating Class in American Fiction offers close readings in the context of literary and political history to detail the uneasy attention American authors gave to class in their production of social identities. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609822
- ISBN
- 9780230609822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972629
- ISBN
- 9780865972629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.88
€ 24.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972636
- ISBN
- 9780865972636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.00
€ 11.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. A leading political theorist s impassioned call for the democratic left to counter the conservative stranglehold over American religious and economic culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX6; JPA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342724
- ISBN
- 9780822342724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky, will celebrate its centennial in 2006. Reflecting on the social, economic, and cultural changes in the region over the last century, William E. Ellis follows the university's story and details each university president's administration in the context of the times. Num Pages: 344 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123462
- ISBN
- 9780813123462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.92
€ 55.92
Paperback. 'Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America' is a short biography aimed at a general audience, but because of its short length, it will also be suitable for use on college courses in American history. The biography concentrates on Lincoln's years as president, with particular emphasis upon his role in determining the course and outcome of the Civil War. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195151008
- ISBN
- 9780195151008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.44€ 46.16
€ 59.44
€ 46.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475689
- ISBN
- 9780801475689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13