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The Americas
Paperback. Reconfiguring the national myth of Jamestown's failure, this book shows how the settlement's distinctly messy first decade actually represents a period of ferment in which individuals were learning how to make a colony work. Num Pages: 392 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030565
- ISBN
- 9780674030565
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. At a time when most Americans have come to distrust government at all levels, the author aims to show how a consistent application of economic and political theory allows for a middle path between too much and too little. Num Pages: 378 pages, 1 table, notes, indices. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ; KCA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674808218
- ISBN
- 9780674808218
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.49
€ 51.99
€ 43.49
Paperback. This volume explores the M10 and M36 tank destroyers used between 1942 and 1952 by the Allied forces. They played a key role in the battles for Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine and the final defeat of Germany, and continued to serve in Korea, Indochina and the Balkans. Illustrator(s): Sarson, Peter. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 7 colour & 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBG; HBWQ; JWL; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 182 x 5. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764696
- ISBN
- 9781841764696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover. Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393088885
- ISBN
- 9780393088885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.92
€ 30.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. May Sarton, poet and novelist, chronicles the year that began on 3rd May 1982, her 70th birthday. At her home in Maine, she savours "the experience of being alive in this beautiful place" reflecting on nature, friends and work. May Sarton also wrote "Journal of Solitude" and "As we are Now". Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJPN; BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393310306
- ISBN
- 9780393310306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.46
€ 26.99
€ 25.46
Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture (Studies in Environmental Anthropolog...
Posey, Darrell A.. Ed(S): Plenderleith, Krist...
paperback. Editor(s): Plenderleith, Kristina. Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415753784
- ISBN
- 9780415753784
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Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQG; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 241 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Random House USA Children's Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780517885673
- ISBN
- 9780517885673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Conveying through 16 essays the continuing importance of American Studies and the excitement to be gained from its study, this book provides an evaluation of America's place in the world and the often tangled paths that led her there. It also examines ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582894372
- ISBN
- 9780582894372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.50
€ 64.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666405
- ISBN
- 9780940666405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.90
€ 20.99
€ 15.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574160253
- ISBN
- 9781574160253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.86
€ 34.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574160741
- ISBN
- 9781574160741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.86
€ 34.99
€ 23.86
paperback. Contains the correspondence between Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph V Stalin. This collection of more than three hundred hot-war messages, helps in understanding the relationship that developed between these two great world leaders during a time of supreme world crisis. Editor(s): Butler, Susan. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300125924
- ISBN
- 9780300125924
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.18
€ 32.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Examines Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright August Wilson's published plays within the context of contemporary African American literature and in relation to concepts of memory and history, culture and resistance, race and representation. This book finds that each of Wilson's plays recaptures narratives lost, ignored, or avoided. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031634
- ISBN
- 9780472031634
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.91
€ 33.99
€ 30.91
Paperback. An original study of U.S. congressional elections and electoral institutions for 1872 1944 from a contemporary political science perspective" Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making. Num Pages: 171 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472035861
- ISBN
- 9780472035861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.02
€ 34.99
€ 32.02
paperback. Covering 20 species recognized since 2002, this edition illustrates 462 known mammal species in the United States and Canada - each in beautiful color and accurate detail. With distribution maps, updated common and scientific names, and track and scat illustrations, this volume is useful for identifying North American mammals. Series: Princeton Field Guides. Num Pages: 816 pages, 112 color illus. 102 line illus. 460 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691140926
- ISBN
- 9780691140926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.01
€ 24.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. In Paths to Post-Nationalism, Monica Heller shows how hegemonic discourses of language, identity, and the nation-State are destabilized under new political and economic conditions. Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; EBAL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199746859
- ISBN
- 9780199746859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Paperback. In a valuable addition to the debate on the nature of contemporary working-class culture, Thomas Dunk shows that the function and meaning of gender, ethnicity, popular leisure activities, and common-sense knowledge are intimately linked with the way an individual's experience is structured by class. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773524835
- ISBN
- 9780773524835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
hardcover. The most thorough review of the national political ethos written in a generation, In Search of Canadian Political Culture offers a bottom-up, regional analysis that challenges how we think and write about Canada. It will interest specialists in Canadian political culture and generalists in Canadian politics. Num Pages: 708 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 708
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813884
- ISBN
- 9780774813884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
paperback. The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 halftones, 4 figures, 4 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086136
- ISBN
- 9780802086136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.76
€ 52.99
€ 47.76
Paperback. Examines the mutually influential interactions of gender and the state in Latin America from the late colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. This book locates watershed moments in the processes of gender construction by the organised power of the ruling classes and in the processes by which gender has conditioned state-making. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFSJ; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324690
- ISBN
- 9780822324690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In Encounters on the Passage, present day Inuit tell the stories that have been passed down from their ancestors of the first encounters with European explorers. Num Pages: 196 pages, 48, 27 images. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611030
- ISBN
- 9781442611030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968260
- ISBN
- 9780241968260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.29
€ 15.99
€ 11.29
hardcover. This investigation of slavery on the northwest coast of North America argues that slaves and slavery were central to these hunting-fishing-gathering societies. It examines how important slaves were to the Northwest economies for their labour and for their value as major items of exchange. Num Pages: 375 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- California University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520206168
- ISBN
- 9780520206168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 29.39
€ 44.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. 1972. A plane has crashed in the Andes mountains. The passengers are hopelessly lost in one of the most isolated places on earth. Almost three months later, two of the survivors, emaciated and frozen, reach the authorities and lead a rescue team to the remaining fourteen passengers. The rescue team are shocked when they reach the crash-site. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JJPL; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099574521
- ISBN
- 9780099574521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.56
€ 12.99
€ 11.56