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Paperback. Agosin's vivid imagery brings to life a world of opposites, 'serpentine' dark and 'light like a promise.' Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JM; DCF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 157.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935210870
ISBN
9781935210870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.22

For visitors to Cape Cod & the Islands and their quaint harbors, this is an essential reference book. Filled with spectacular photography and wide-angle views, it takes you to the waterways and ports that have made Cape Cod so important in maritime histor Num Pages: 224 pages, 649 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 288 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1450.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764330070
ISBN
9780764330070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. Offers a critical study of the 'happy ending' in classical and contemporary Hollywood cinema. This book encourages students and scholars of film to reconsider some tenacious critical preconceptions, inviting them to approach afresh their understandings of perhaps the most infamous narrative convention in Hollywood cinema. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699773
ISBN
9780748699773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Hardcover. What exactly is the happy ending? Is it simply a cliche, as commonly supposed? Why has it earned such an unenviable reputation? What does it, or can it, mean? This book traces the historical development of the scholarly approaches taken towards the cinematic happy ending. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748680177
ISBN
9780748680177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Paperback. In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. This book offers a depiction of the racism suffered by them in rural South Dakota. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJPN; BM; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592136162
ISBN
9781592136162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.42

Paperback. An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil. 296 pages, 65 illustrations. Editor(s): Whitehead, Neil L. In 1550, the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. This title tells the story of his nine-month captivity among the Tupi Indians. It presents a dramatic first-person account of his capture, captivity, and eventual escape. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight: 442. Translator(s): Harbsmeier, Michael.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342311
ISBN
9780822342311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. This biography describes Hannibal Hamlin's ancestors and boyhood before tracing his career through the Maine legislature and US House of Representatives. Num Pages: 324 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819194404
ISBN
9780819194404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.00

The narrative of the discovery of a hacked up body outside of Philadelphia leads to a police investigation and trial of a woman and man, which sheds like on post-Reconstruction America, the history of African Americans, illicit sex, and domestic violence. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190241216
ISBN
9780190241216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.32

paperback. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JH; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Maryland Center for History and Culture United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780938420941
ISBN
9780938420941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 288 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351969
ISBN
9780764351969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.20

Hardcover. Lets you step back in time to North America when the Sioux, Blackfoot and other tribes roamed the Great Plains. This title features 15 practical projects that draw you into the Native American lifestyle, showing how to build a real-life tipi, create a pictograph story, or join in a Sioux war dance with your very own ankle bells and dance wand. Num Pages: 64 pages, 400 pictures. BIC Classification: 1KB; 5AH; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 232 x 305 x 13. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843229759
ISBN
9781843229759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.99

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843227311
ISBN
9781843227311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Hardcover. Helps you discover the origins of the different people who live in the most northerly reaches of the Earth - including the Inuit, Nenet, Saami and Chukchi races - and how they have managed to survive in such harsh conditions. This book examines Arctic habitation through the ages. Num Pages: 64 pages, over 350 pictures. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1MTN; 5AJ; YNH; YNPH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 228 x 303 x 12. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843229940
ISBN
9781843229940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Hardcover. Helps you rediscover the lost world of ancient Central America, with 450 pictures and 15 step-by-step projects. This title lets you step back in time to Central America before the Spanish conquest and discover fascinating facts about the people who lived there. It also explores the cultures and beliefs of the Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs and Aztecs. Num Pages: 64 pages, over 450 pictures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1QDAK; YNH; YNPH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 232 x 303 x 12. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843227304
ISBN
9781843227304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. An unprecedented women's history of the Civil Rights Movement, from sit-ins to Black Power Editor(s): Holsaert, Faith S.; Noonan, Martha Perscod Norman; Richardson, Judy; Garman Robinson, Betty; Smith Young, Jean; Zellner, Dorothy M. Num Pages: 656 pages, 27 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTD; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252035579
ISBN
9780252035579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078880
ISBN
9780252078880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Num Pages: 111 pages, 200+ color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMC; AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
111
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764332036
ISBN
9780764332036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.12

hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JMC; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804713047
ISBN
9780804713047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. An elegy for our changing landscape by a master photographer. Num Pages: 128 pages, 77 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; AMV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 292 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393060331
ISBN
9780393060331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.50

Paperback. It is unparalleled in history, the procession of Latter-Day Saints pushing handcarts from Iowa City and Florence (Omaha) to their promised Zion by the Great Salt Lake. Describing the migration, this work draws on diaries and reports of the participants, rosters of the ten companies, and a collection of the songs sung on the trail. Num Pages: Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803272552
ISBN
9780803272552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Hardcover. A collection of information on the use of color additives in the food, cosmetic and medical industries. This Third Edition documents important recent developments such as newly listed products, delisted products, modernized specifications and improved analytical technology, new manufacturers and suppliers. Num Pages: 592 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TDCJ1; TDCT; TDCW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 42. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471500742
ISBN
9780471500742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 429.95

Paperback. Millions of immigrants entered America's "golden door" in the years after 1880. This book offers a guide to the USA, including everything from the pay-rates of various trades to statistics about what Americans ate, drank, and manufactured. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Old House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402646
ISBN
9781908402646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.55

Paperback. This Handbook showcases research and thinking in the sociology of religion. Editor(s): Dillon, Michele. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521000789
ISBN
9780521000789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.98

Hardback. Contains hundreds of sources, both primary and secondary, and seeks to foreground the perspective of heretofore largely ignored groups such as women and blacks, and frequently misrepresented cultures of native North Americans. Series: Native American Resources Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810835528
ISBN
9780810835528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.76

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