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The Americas
Hardcover. Discusses the increasing role of interest groups, the press, and the public, whose role is not prescribed in the Constitution in the selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices and how it affects the process. The author first examines the history and nature of the process, then he looks at the role and impact of other players. Num Pages: 224 pages, numerous tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227644
- ISBN
- 9780195181098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Responds to the growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence. The author presents a comprehensive study of the impact of campaigns on public perceptions of fairness, impartiality, and the legitimacy of elected state courts - and his findings are both counterintuitive and controversial. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 halftone, 15 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHF; LNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226291086
- ISBN
- 9780226291086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.52
€ 36.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. Covering eleven cities as well as Canada's Parliament, this book presents the most extensive analysis to date of the electoral representation of immigrants, minorities, and women in Canada. Editor(s): Andrew, Caroline; Biles, John; Siemiatycki, Myer; Tolley, Erin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 maps, 34 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814850
- ISBN
- 9780774814850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
paperback. The New York Times Bestseller Superb Lash has reached the highest level of the biographer s art. Wall Street Journal" Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349764
- ISBN
- 9780393349764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.54
€ 16.99
€ 16.54
Eldorado!: The Archaeology of Gold Mining in the Far North
. Ed(S): Spude, Catherine Holder; Mills, Robi...
paperback. The first sustained account of the archaeology of twentieth-century gold mining sites in Alaska or the Yukon Editor(s): Spude, Catherine Holder; Mills, Robin O.; Gurcke, Karl; Sprague, Roderick. Series: Historical Archaeology of the American West. Num Pages: 376 pages, 28 Illustrations, 8 maps, 27 tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 1KBCY; HDT; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803210998
- ISBN
- 9780803210998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
hardcover. Editor(s): Seabrook, Marie S. Num Pages: 186 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 260. Weight in Grams: 593.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332634
- ISBN
- 9781590332634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.33€ 69.00
€ 89.33
€ 69.00
Paperback. The abuse, neglect and exploitation of older people in community and residential care settings is increasingly being recognised and addressed as a serious social concern in Britain and Canada. Elder Abuse Work gives an overview of the developments and issues in both countries and draws out good practice guidelines. Editor(s): Pritchard, Jacki. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBC; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853027048
- ISBN
- 9781853027048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback. This is the first and the only authorized biography of Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897 1996), the judge who led the federal court with jurisdiction over most of the Deep South through the most tumultuous years of the civil rights revolution." Series: Studies in Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JPVH; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820347455
- ISBN
- 9780820347455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
Book. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 228 x 5. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- AMSCO Music United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825633249
- ISBN
- 9780825633249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.15
€ 22.15
El Testimonio En La Pentagonia de Reinaldo Arenas (Monografias a) (Spa...
Stéphanie Panichelli-Batalla
Hardcover. Un analisis detallado de la Pentagonia del autor cubano Reinaldo Arenas. An in-depth analysis of Cuban author's Reinaldo Arenas's Pentagony. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662919
- ISBN
- 9781855662919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.98
€ 150.98
Hardback. The Venezuelan youth orchestra program known as "El Sistema" has garnered global renown through its claims to use classical music education to foster social inclusion. Yet, it has been the subject of surprisingly little scrutiny and genuine debate. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; AVGC; AVRB; JNU; YQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199341559
- ISBN
- 9780199341559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.56
€ 81.56
Paperback. El Sicario, a fugitive in the US with a $250,000 price tag on his head. He has executed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture, spent years working for the state police, and received training from the FBI. This title offers a series of his confessions. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGA; JKVG; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559955
- ISBN
- 9780099559955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardcover. Editor(s): Foster, Joelle. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633217669
- ISBN
- 9781633217669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.77€ 132.87
€ 192.77
€ 132.87
Paperback. After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992, crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as "worse than the war." This study examines how narratives of post-conflict violence, told by ordinary people, offered ways of coping with uncertainty during a stunted transition to democracy. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222357
- ISBN
- 9780812222357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.17
€ 36.99
€ 34.17
paperback. El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by settlers from present-day Mexico, as well as settlers of Indian, African and European descent. Illustrated in colour, this volume uses text, paintings and photographs to create a portrait of the pueblo, its history, and its heritage. Series: Conservation & cultural heritage. Num Pages: 136 pages, 88 colour & 72 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3J; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780892366620
- ISBN
- 9780892366620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.20
€ 29.99
€ 22.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AJCR; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 305 x 15. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875656021
- ISBN
- 9780875656021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.82
€ 36.99
€ 34.82
Hardcover. Este libro delinea el papel del nino en el cine argentino de la post-dictadura. Interprets the allegorical role of the child character in Argentine cinema of the post-dictatorship era. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662858
- ISBN
- 9781855662858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.57
€ 133.57
Paperback. Since the late 1970s, a new folk hero has risen to prominence in the US-Mexico border region and beyond--the narcotrafficker. This book takes a look at the persona of the narcotrafficker and how it has been shaped by Mexican border culture, socioeconomic and power disparities, and the transnational music industry. Series: Inter-America Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702066
- ISBN
- 9780292702066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. The gripping account of the out-of-control drug wars that have brought chaos to Mexico--and are now spilling into the United States. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JKVF; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408889466
- ISBN
- 9781408889466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. While becoming less relevant in the United States, shopping malls are booming throughout urban Latin America. But what does this mean on the ground? Are shopping malls a sign of the region's "coming of age"? This title explores how malls and consumption are shaping the conversation about class and social inequality in Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286856
- ISBN
- 9780520286856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. This is an annotated edition of El laberinto de la soledad, a classic text on Mexican culture and identity, first published in 1950 by Nobel prize winner Octavio Paz. It includes a wide-ranging introduction, hundreds of explanatory notes and four appendices. Editor(s): Stanton, Anthony. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DNF; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719048746
- ISBN
- 9780719048746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.18
€ 16.18
Paperback. "Gato's head snapped back.. We could make out the shots of several 9mms, a couple of 38s and one or two 45s. I hurled myself through the doorway and into the room. I didn't look back." Caught in an Ecuador hotel room with 8kg of cocaine, Pieter Tritton was no mule or dupe. He had planned and organised everything. The consequence.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; BM; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785035616
- ISBN
- 9781785035616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Hardcover. This is the Spanish edition of "The Unbroken Thread". It details the efforts to conserve an important collection of traditional garments created by indigenous weavers in the Oaxaca region of Mexico and documents the use of the textiles in daily life and ceremony. Num Pages: 176 pages, 158ill.(145col.). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ABC; AFW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 274 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892363827
- ISBN
- 9780892363827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645520
- ISBN
- 9780745645520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84