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The Americas
Hardback. Mixing idealism with violence, abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before winding up in Virginia, where he led an attack on the US armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. But he was quickly captured and, after a short but stormy trial, hanged on December 2, 1859. This book provides an account of the trial. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035171
- ISBN
- 9780674035171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.89
€ 59.89
Paperback. Presents portraits of twenty-seven notable men and women, including radical abolitionist John Brown; wheat king Theodore C Henry; women's rights activist Clarina Nichols; William Allen White, the "Sage of Emporia"; President Dwight D Eisenhower; Esther Brown, who challenged segregation in public schools; political icon Bob Dole; and, Gordon Parks. Editor(s): Dean, Virgil W. Num Pages: 422 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617234
- ISBN
- 9780700617234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.16
€ 43.16
Paperback. Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild. Editor(s): Sutherland, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555574
- ISBN
- 9780199555574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.79
€ 11.99
€ 10.79
Hardcover. Lively, illustrated history of alcohol and prohibition in the state of Arkansas. Num Pages: 99 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557287878
- ISBN
- 9781557287878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Approaches John Ashbery's critically neglected poetry with an ear to his use of the supremely elastic pronoun "you" and an eye toward his construction of his books as books. This book argues the poet has been paying increasingly keen and affectionate attention to his readers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329734
- ISBN
- 9780820329734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. The first study ever published to closely examine all of Adams's political writings, from his youth to his long retirement, John Adams's Republic should appeal to everyone who seeks to know more about America's first major political theorist. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 263 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419220
- ISBN
- 9781421419220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.04€ 55.82
€ 60.04
€ 55.82
Paperback. An examination of the political thought of John Adams. The author seeks to reconstruct the contours and influences of Adams's mental universe, the ideas he challenged, the problems he considered central to constitution-making, and the methods of his reasoning. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700611812
- ISBN
- 9780700611812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.17
€ 38.99
€ 38.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171531
- ISBN
- 9780691171531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.53
€ 52.53
Paperback. In Brazil nothing is more important than football. If England is the birthplace of football then Brazil - the five-time World Cup winners and home of Pele, Romario, Ronaldo, Neymar and the rest - is the heart and soul of the game. This book takes you on a journey through the Wild West of Brazilian football. Translator(s): Smalley, Nicholas. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224099899
- ISBN
- 9780224099899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Joe Batory's career as a superintendent provides many examples of effective leadership. In this revealing portrait, he addresses the complexities of public education, the special qualities of the people who work inside schools and the propaganda that surrounds them. Num Pages: 112 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810847187
- ISBN
- 9780810847187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1951.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780692397138
- ISBN
- 9780692397138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.93
€ 57.93
Hardback. Few books explore in such a comprehensive fashion the political, economic, ideological, diplomatic, and technological dimensions of this defining moment in world history. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897696
- ISBN
- 9780801897696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.79
€ 43.99
€ 36.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PM Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629631196
- ISBN
- 9781629631196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.76
€ 37.99
€ 27.76
hardcover. Juxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination during the Second World War and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642362
- ISBN
- 9781442642362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.09
€ 85.09
paperback. Juxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination during the Second World War and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611283
- ISBN
- 9781442611283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Paperback. "Includes index. Commissioning organisation: Christopher W. Hunt, Scott A. Scanlon. xxii, 344 p. 23 cm. Associated Names: Scanlon, Scott A. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Careers - General,Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Job Hunting,Subjects - Business, Finance & Law - Professional Finance - Investments & Securities -"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0164329
- ISBN
- 9780471239949
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.99€ 4.99
€ 17.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The correspondence between Joaquim Nabuco, the leading Brazilian abolitionist, and Charles Harris Allen, secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society, and other British abolitionists reveals a partnership to internationalize the struggle to abolish slavery. This collection of letters provides an insight into the evolution of Nabuco's thinking on slavery. Editor(s): Bethell, Leslie; Carvalho, Murilo De. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900039956
- ISBN
- 9781900039956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.28
€ 36.99
€ 36.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages, Black and white photographs throughout + 16 colour pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Permuted Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781682612583
- ISBN
- 9781682612583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.80
€ 24.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. Provides a polychromatic exposition of New Mexico's traditional roadside memorials, descansos, as an art form. This work aims to capture the artistic attributes of these decorative crosses while preserving their religious and cultural integrity. Num Pages: 80 pages, 37 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 267 x 9. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fresco Fine Art Publications LLC
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976252399
- ISBN
- 9780976252399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
paperback. An intimate biography of Joan Chittister, Benedictine nun and writer, a leading voice for spiritual renewal, a prophetic advocate of peace and justice, and a champion of the role of women in the church and in the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGX; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392. Very good clean copy showing some light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Orbis Books New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024850
- ISBN
- 9781626981980
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99