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The Americas

paperback. Examines culinary writing and practices as forces for the production of social order and, at the same time, points of cultural resistance. This book offers a close reading of a wide variety of sources and genres to uncover the intersections of food, politics, and privilege in American culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 283 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284982
ISBN
9780520284982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. A work designed to clarify the many issues involved in saving Latin America's endangered rainforests. The 30 articles are derived from many different fields, including natural history, sociology, history, anthropology, economics and fiction. Editor(s): Place, Susan E. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 222 pages, maps, bibliographical references, suggested reading and films. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; RGBL; RNC; RNF; RNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354. "Commissioning organisation: Place, Susan E (Editor) 229p. Paperback. P.B." Keywords: "Science & Nature - Environment & Ecology - Biodiversity,Science & Nature - Environment & Ecology - Deforestation,Subjects - Science & Na"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S.
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KON0587581
ISBN
9780842024273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Fred I Greenstein has long been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. This book provides an account of the presidential qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, beginning with Franklin D Roosevelt's first hundred days. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143835
ISBN
9780691143835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493028832
ISBN
9781493028832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.33

Paperback. Exploring the effects of fire in the social and ecological history of the British Lesser Antilles, this title focuses on the late 19th century, leading to the 1905 withdrawal of British military forces from the region. It shows how fire-lit social upheavals served as forerunners of political independence movements. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 table, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227591
ISBN
9780807855232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Using the art, food and the books of Brazils nineteenth-century writer, Machado de Assis, this work is about its history of slavery and the multicultural but disturbed society that was left in its wake when the practice was abolished in the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288. A Book of Omissions. 352 pages. Using the art, food and the books of Brazils nineteenth-century writer, Machado de Assis, this work is about its history of slavery and the multicultural but disturbed society that was left in its wake when the practice was abolished in the late nineteenth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WTL. Dimension: 201 x 150 x 24. Weight: 246.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747573166
ISBN
9780747573166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Examining imperial efforts to police urban space from the late sixteenth century onward, the author shows how the production of urban space was explicitly centered on the politics of racial exclusion and social control. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286047
ISBN
9780520286047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; KCR; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169590
ISBN
9780691169590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185361
ISBN
9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The key missing piece of Jon Krakauer's multi million, multi territory bestseller and widely acclaimed Sean Penn film Into the Wild is finally revealed by his best friend and sister, Carine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFE1; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Harper Element
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007585137
ISBN
9780007585137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Viva La Revolucion is Hobsbawm's magisterial work on Latin America, the fruit of forty years' writing about the continent. Num Pages: 480 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141299
ISBN
9780349141299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Charts the dramatic changes in crime control and criminal justice that have occurred in Britain and America. This book explains these transformations by showing how the social organisation of society has prompted a series of political and cultural adaptations that alter how governments and citizens think and act in relation to crime. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFE; JKV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199258024
ISBN
9780199258024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. From The Wolf of Wall Street to Liar's Poker, Wall Street's stories of greed and ambition are legendary. Young Money offers a fresh view for the new generation. As well as being an expose of recent excess, it is the story of how the financial crisis changed a generation and remade Wall Street from the bottom up. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCLF; KFFH; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473611610
ISBN
9781473611610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Counterpoint
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619025417
ISBN
9781619025417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Hardback. Hans van Zon analyzes the financialization of developed capitalism, and argues that the emergence of finance as a dominant force has contributed to the relative decline of the West. He demonstrates that the neo-liberal model is inherently unstable and undermines capitalist economies. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; JFFS; KCLF; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137560261
ISBN
9781137560261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813571393
ISBN
9780813571393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. An authoritative history of the hypersonic career and lasting influence of America s Mach 6 rocket plane, packed with photos and spectacular new artwork, which will appeal to the many aviation fans fascinated by the thrilling, dangerous world of Space Age pioneers." Series: X-Planes. Num Pages: 80 pages, 200 b/w; 50 col. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTW; JWMV3; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472819918
ISBN
9781472819918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Hardback. Reflecting the authors' masterful use of archival sources and their magisterial knowledge of the era's complex metropolitan and colonial institutions, this volume is the capstone of a research endeavor spanning nearly sixty years. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 808 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1244.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414249
ISBN
9781421414249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.25

Paperback. Take the mumbo jumbo out of contract law and ace your contracts course Contract law deals with the promises and agreements that law will enforce. Understanding contract law is vital for all aspiring lawyers and paralegals, and contracts courses are foundational courses within all law schools. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118092736
ISBN
9781118092736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Examines the clashes between the Corsair and Ki-84 in the closing stages of the war, revealing how Corsair pilots had to adapt their techniques and combat strategies to adapt to these newer types. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim; Hector, Gareth. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages, 20 b/w; 46 col. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 7. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472814609
ISBN
9781472814609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. This is a dictionary of Mesoamerican mythology and religion, which seeks to act as a guide to the labyrinthine symbolic world. Nearly 300 entries describe the main gods and symbols, accompanied by illustrations, while two introductory essays provide accounts of Mesoamerican history and religion. Num Pages: 216 pages, 260 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; GBC; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP; HRQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500279281
ISBN
9780500279281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Encounter Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038839
ISBN
9781594038839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.59

Hardback. This book follows Abraham Lincoln from childhood to the presidency, including the Civil War and his legendary Gettysburg Address. This engaging series is the perfect way to bring American history to life for young children, and to inspire them to strive and dream. Each book focuses on a particular character trait that made that role model heroic. Num Pages: 40 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition/First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803740839
ISBN
9780803740839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. Barack Obama's number one bestseller in a new edition to tie in with the end of his landmark presidency. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGHA; JFSL1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 33. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782119258
ISBN
9781782119258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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