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The Americas
Paperback. Rubin Carter is the Hurricane. A pistol shot in a bar room ruined his chances of becoming the middleweight champion of the world. But he did not fire the gun. Nineteen long years in prison, a massively high profile campaign to release him that failed, and the persistence of an unlikely supporter finally saw him free. Num Pages: 368 pages, (1 x 8pp b/w). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; JFFJ; JFSL; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 113 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Pb
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841151304
- ISBN
- 9781841151304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.71
€ 17.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Examines the sustainability of hunting as practiced by rural peoples. This book provides a viewpoint on the ecological and human aspects of this hunting. It examines the effects of hunting on wildlife in tropical forests. It looks at the importance of hunting to local communities and looks at institutional challenges of resource management. Editor(s): Robinson, John G.; Boundas, Professor Elizabeth; Bennett, E.L. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 1000 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 96 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 1QMT; JFSF; RNF; RNKH; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1500th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109772
- ISBN
- 9780231109772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 41.45
€ 53.19
€ 41.45
Hardback. Examines the sustainability of hunting as practiced by rural peoples. This book provides a viewpoint on the ecological and human aspects of this hunting. It examines the effects of hunting on wildlife in tropical forests. It looks at the importance of hunting to local communities and looks at institutional challenges of resource management. Editor(s): Robinson, John G.; Boundas, Professor Elizabeth; Bennett, E.L. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 1000 pages, 44 photos, 96 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLS; 1QMT; JFSF; RNF; RNKH; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 182. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 300th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109765
- ISBN
- 9780231109765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.74€ 109.40
€ 147.74
€ 109.40
Paperback. Offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. focusing on nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert's Land. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, approx. 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813556
- ISBN
- 9780774813556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Hardback. Offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. focusing on nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert's Land. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBTB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813549
- ISBN
- 9780774813549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384052
- ISBN
- 9781782384052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.80
€ 163.80
Paperback. Series: Peabody Museum Collections Series. Num Pages: 148 pages, 72 color illustrations, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACBK; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 205 x 14. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873654074
- ISBN
- 9780873654074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. African American writers have consistently drawn connections between hunger and illiteracy, and by extension between food and reading. This book investigates the juxtaposition of mulnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325620
- ISBN
- 9780820325620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
Hardcover. Just what was so wild about the Wild West? Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. This book offers a cultural and historical analysis of how ideas of wildness have shaped the ways Euro-Americans have perceived, reacted to, and acted upon the West for nearly five hundred years. Num Pages: 528 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615018
- ISBN
- 9780700615018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.60
€ 69.60
Hardback. In twelve essays on Hungarian-American history, the authors discuss Louis Kossuth's tumultuous mid-nineteenth-century visit to the United States, the political activities of Hungarian-Americans during and after World War II, and the question of dual and multiple identities, among many other topics. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336680
- ISBN
- 9780880336680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 45.86
€ 59.09
€ 45.86
paperback. The heartwarming true story of a wrong-way humpback whale who is helped and cheered back to freedom in San Francisco. Illustrator(s): Wakiyama, Hanako. Num Pages: 36 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; YFY; YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 260 x 203 x 5. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stone Bridge Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 36
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611720174
- ISBN
- 9781611720174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.20
€ 11.20
Hardback. These essays capture the humour of the Old South, in tales, almanac entries, turf reports, historical sketches, gentlemen's essays on outdoor sports, and profiles of local characters, all of which flourished between 1830 and 1860. Editor(s): Inge, M. Thomas; Piacentino, Edward J. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121949
- ISBN
- 9780813121949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137010285
- ISBN
- 9781137010285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
hardcover. This book addresses a variety of regional humor traditions such as exploitation cinema, Brazilian chanchada, the Cantinflas heritage, the comedy of manners and light sexuality, iconic figures and characters, as well as a variety of humor registers evident in different Latin American films. Editor(s): Poblete, Juan; Suarez, Juana. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549457
- ISBN
- 9781137549457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739197493
- ISBN
- 9780739197493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.01€ 37.63
€ 104.01
€ 37.63
Paperback. This carefully researched study of America's greatest showman, huckster, and impresario is both an inclusive analysis of the historical and cultural forces that were the conditions of P. T. Barnum's success, and, as befits its subject, a richly entertaining presentation of the outrageous man and his exploits. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZW; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317526
- ISBN
- 9780226317526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1322.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447295556
- ISBN
- 9781447295556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.48
€ 33.99
€ 22.48
Hardback. Number One New York Times bestselling photography book Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 188 x 25. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447294252
- ISBN
- 9781447294252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.48
€ 33.99
€ 22.48
Hardback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257041
- ISBN
- 9780823257041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.00
€ 95.00
Paperback. Catherine Dauvergne examines the relationship between migration laws and national identities and highlights the role of humanitarianism in this linkage. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBF; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811132
- ISBN
- 9780774811132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.35
€ 42.35