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The Americas
Paperback. To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited. This title asserts that English is for many signing people a second, infrequently used language and that Deaf culture is the socially transmitted pattern of behavior, values, beliefs, and expression of those who use American Sign Language. Editor(s): Bragg, Lois. Num Pages: 430 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFFG; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798539
- ISBN
- 9780814798539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.25
€ 35.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. "Through the use of folklore, apocryphal stories, poetry, jokes, and discussion of split factions and advocacy organizations, Padden and Humphries gracefully explain how deaf culture works, what it means to its members, how they define themselves within it, and how they interact with the world outside".--Booklist. Illustrated. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674194243
- ISBN
- 9780674194243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. Uses the archetypal concept of the carnival as a framework to interpret the evolution of ASL literature. This title shows how Deaf artists and ASL performers have used and continue to use their art as a means to traverse the barriers between disenfranchisement and privilege. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685774
- ISBN
- 9781563685774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.83€ 48.70
€ 55.83
€ 48.70
Paperback. Deadwood, South Dakota was a microcosm of the American frontier and the gold rush town. Presenting the history of Deadwood, this work emphasizes its most volatile period, 1875-1925. It aims to recreate the town that assimilated all that its geography, gold, natural disasters, and the extremes of human behaviour could throw in its way. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803287020
- ISBN
- 9780803287020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 177 pages, 139 b/w photos, 1 drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Tidewater Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870335884
- ISBN
- 9780870335884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.63
€ 42.99
€ 28.63
Paperback. Recounting the city of Edmonton s most notorious solved and unsolved murders, Deadmonton shows us the impact these crimes had on the victims' loved ones and on law enforcement." Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889774261
- ISBN
- 9780889774261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.71
€ 21.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733752
- ISBN
- 9781613733752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.84
€ 18.99
€ 18.84
Paperback. In 2011, despite continued developments in forecasting, tracking, and warning technology, the United States was hit by the deadliest tornado season in decades. This title examines the factors that contributed to the outcomes of such tornadoes as the mid-April outbreak that devastated communities in North Carolina. Num Pages: 102 pages, 10 tables, 10 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; RBP; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878220257
- ISBN
- 9781878220257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.27
€ 25.99
€ 21.27
Hardback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1KJH; JFFC; MBNH2; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781501702303
- ISBN
- 9781501702303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.66
€ 42.66
paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL9; LND. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816649716
- ISBN
- 9780816649716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Have you ever heard a news story of a politician being "found dead" or "committing suicide" and thought it strange, as if there's something they're not telling us? This title gives you the straight facts on some of the most controversial cases. It makes you realize that your instincts were correct. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620878705
- ISBN
- 9781620878705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.65
€ 18.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. The prospect of posthumous citizenship bears important implications for debates over the legal rights of the dead, social histories of burial customs and famous cadavers, and the political theory of citizenship and social death. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415727
- ISBN
- 9781421415727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. The prospect of posthumous citizenship bears important implications for debates over the legal rights of the dead, social histories of burial customs and famous cadavers, and the political theory of citizenship and social death. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407524
- ISBN
- 9781421407524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 46.13
€ 53.99
€ 46.13
paperback. A funny yet thought-provoking play about identity politics. Cast of 4 men and 1 woman. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DD; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Talonbooks Canada
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889226630
- ISBN
- 9780889226630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.69
€ 19.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Suitable for scholars in critical race and ethnic studies to engage with Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, this title argues that Lacanian theory has the potential to begin rectifying the deeply flawed way that ethnic and racialized subjects have been conceptualized in North America since the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341208
- ISBN
- 9780822341208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.87
€ 36.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? This title explores the water in the West, and explains why America built the dam that made Lake Powell and others like it and then allowed its citizens to become dependent on their benefits, which were always temporary. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; RNFD; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268029
- ISBN
- 9780520268029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Hardback. Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? This book explores the past, present, and future of water in the West. It explains why America built the dam that made Lake Powell and others like it and then allowed its citizens to become dependent on their benefits, which were temporary. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; RNFD; TNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254770
- ISBN
- 9780520254770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Hardcover. This book makes sense of the social, political, and conceptual consequences of the 2008 credit crisis by looking at the ways that our culture has sought to formally represent and politically respond to it. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 289 x 2. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804799058
- ISBN
- 9780804799058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Examines the emergence of private, work-based benefits; the uniquely American pursuit of "social insurance"; the influence of race and gender on the health care debate; and the confrontation between reformers and powerful economic and health interests. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119519
- ISBN
- 9780691119519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 41. Weight in Grams: 360. 432 pages. They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 41. Weight: 426.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742375335
- ISBN
- 9781742375335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Hardback. If George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the saints in America's civil religion, then the twenty-ninth president, Warren G Harding, is our sinner. This title explores how Harding's name became synonymous with corruption, cronyism, and incompetence and how it is used as an example of what a president should not be. Num Pages: 296 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821418185
- ISBN
- 9780821418185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.72
€ 52.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694186
- ISBN
- 9781894694186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.86
€ 20.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. Forty crimes of betrayal, greed, and desperation. Forty crimes that shed light on our shared past, and our lives today. Award-winning writer Paul Willcocks takes a sharp, fresh look at legendary crimes and criminals and the way they reflect our history. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889773486
- ISBN
- 9780889773486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. In life, Elvis Presley went from childhood poverty to stardom, from world fame to dissipation and early death. As Greil Marcus shows, Presley's journey after death takes him even further, pushing him beyond his own frontiers to merge with the American public consciousness - and subconscious. Num Pages: 288 pages, 54 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674194229
- ISBN
- 9780674194229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06