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The Americas

Paperback. If you love waterfalls, here are some of the best hikes in the Southern Appalachians. And if you love plants - or simply would like to learn more about them - you will be in hiking heaven: naturalist Tim Spira's guidebook links waterfalls and wildflowers in a spectacularly beautiful region famous for both. Series: Southern Gateways Guides. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469622644
ISBN
9781469622644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. A comparative survey of guerrilla movements in Latin America, this title explores the origins and outcomes of rural insurgencies in nearly a dozen cases since 1956. Focusing on the personal backgrounds of the guerrillas themselves and on national social conditions, it explains why guerrillas emerged strongly in certain countries but not others. Num Pages: 454 pages, 2 figs., 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691023366
ISBN
9780691023366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.40
€ 62.74

Hardcover. Examining a rich new generation of Latin American writers, this collection offers new perspectives on the current status of Latin American literature in the age of globalization. Authors explored are from the Boom and Postboom periods, including those who combine social preoccupations, like drug trafficking, with aesthetic ones. Editor(s): Robbins, Timothy R.; Gonzalez, Jose Eduardo. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137444707
ISBN
9781137444707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.26

Paperback. A rich history of American theater, Timothy White's Blue-Collar Broadway tells the story of the people who created costumes, shoes, scenery, lights, and props. From the 1880s to the 1990s, White explores the shifting centers of theatrical craft and their impact on the nation and the iconic New York City district of Times Square. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223644
ISBN
9780812223644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439913703
ISBN
9781439913703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439913697
ISBN
9781439913697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.68

Hardcover. The is this the book-length work addressing the development of academic freedom and the procedures designed to protect it from the 1915 founding of the AAUP and the AAC to their endorsement of the key document in the history of professorial rights and responsibilities, the 1940 Statement of Principles of Academic Freedom and Tenure. Series: Higher Education and Society. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137009531
ISBN
9781137009531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 44.11

Paperback. An ethnographic study of Trinidadian gospel music that engages the multiple musical styles circulating in the nation's Full Gospel community and illustrates the carefully negotiated and contested spaces that they occupy in relationship to questions of identity. It explores gospelypso, jamoo ('Jehovah's music'), and gospel dancehall. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 230 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 6 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; AVGQ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250680
ISBN
9780520250680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

He argues that the human-machine systems used to coordinate forces were as critical to naval successes in World War II as the ships and commanders more familiar to historians. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JWMV2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410265
ISBN
9781421410265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPVH1; KCS; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publisher
Encounter Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038396
ISBN
9781594038396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.69

Paperback. A study of the representation of teenagers in American cinema since David Considine's Cinema of Adolescence in 1985. It reaffirms the idea that films about youth constitute a legitimate genre worthy of study on its own terms. Num Pages: 436 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292756625
ISBN
9780292756625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310632
ISBN
9781477310632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.57

Hardback. American Georgics takes as its primary problem the question of the human place in nature. By extending our understanding of what counts as environmental literature back before Thoreau, Sweet shows that early texts, while not necessarily "green" in contemporary terms, can offer important insights into our relationship to the environment. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; DS; GTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236378
ISBN
9780812236378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.42

Hardback. This book is a cultural and intellectual history of anti-Catholicism in the period 1840-1870. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HRCC7; JFFJ; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102873
ISBN
9780230102873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.43

Hardback. The first joint biography of President and Mrs. Hoover by scholars who have conducted extensive research into their lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275979966
ISBN
9780275979966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.64
€ 89.48

Hardcover. Bringing together core selections from and analysis of material documenting the uneasy collaboration between Herbert and Eisenhower, this collection incisively uses primary sources to illuminate the 1952 Republican nomination fight, the second Hoover Commission, and other key episodes during the Eisenhower presidency. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137334084
ISBN
9781137334084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.84

Paperback. An intriguing account of Canada's role as a Pacific power during the crisis that led to war with Japan. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774821223
ISBN
9780774821223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages, 365 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBEY; ACND; AFP; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 314 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2038.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588395610
ISBN
9781588395610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.86
€ 49.38

Hardback. Presents over 200 selected original artworks from the collection Betsy Beinecke Shirley bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. This volume offers to study the reading lives of children throughout American history. It invites reader to recollect images from the treasured books of his or her own childhood. Series: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; AKLB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 248 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1647.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300126730
ISBN
9780300126730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Hardcover. At the time San Francisco International Airport opened as Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco in 1927, most of the San Francisco Peninsula was pastureland. Over the years, new terminals and hangars were built to satisfy the demand of increased air traffic. The airport advanced to the larger San Francisco Airport Administration Building. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 287 x 11. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565649
ISBN
9783932565649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

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