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The Americas

Paperback. An account of how the author and his mother survived the erratic, violent outbursts of his father, a powerful man who tempered his rage with affection. To a young boy he was a man to both love and fear - until Carcaterra learned something which changed his life for ever: his father was a murderer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KRF0038221
ISBN
9780099257073
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. With fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history from a stellar collection of writers, including Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Washington Irving, Henry Miller, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck, A Route 66 Companion offers a literary historical portrait of the most legendary open road in America Editor(s): Dunaway, David King. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 330. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292726604
ISBN
9780292726604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.72

Hardcover. The world of Saul Bellow is peopled largely by men - often intellectuals - who manifest Bellow's unique conception of American masculinity. This work analyzes Bellow's oeuvre from a feminist perspective. It incorporates the insights of French feminist theory on Western male philosophers. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; HPC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628620
ISBN
9780815628620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.96

Paperback. "Superbly reported and written with clarity, insight, and great skill." -Washington Post Book World Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Revised and Updated
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342567
ISBN
9780393342567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. Providing a re-assessement of the cause of Bolivia's 1952 revolution, this book argues that the revolution had deeper roots in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through Bolivia during the first half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates that rural indigenous activists helped shape populist projects of 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b&w photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; HBTV; JFC; JFSL9; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340676
ISBN
9780822340676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Examines political, social, and cultural changes that have radically altered farming. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813192420
ISBN
9780813192420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.05

Paperback. A fully revised and updated third edition of the most established and innovative historical analysis of the Continental Army and its role in the formation of the new republic. * Written by two experts in the field of early U.S. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118923887
ISBN
9781118923887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.00

Paperback. An analysis of the writings and speeches of the American founders. Kann (political science, U. of Southern Calif.) looks at how the founders deployed a "grammar of manhood" that provided informal rules for stigmatizing disorderly men, justifying citizenship for deserving men, and elevating exceptio Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814747148
ISBN
9780814747148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. The Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble has long been recognised as a resource of African tradition, values, and identity among its adherents in Bahia, Brazil. This book describes development of religion as an "alternative" space in which subjugated and enslaved blacks were able to cultivate a sense of individual. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 bibliog. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HRAX; HRKT; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216106
ISBN
9780253216106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bookmarks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910885123
ISBN
9781910885123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.55

Paperback. Pentecostalism has experienced explosive growth. This reader examines the ideas that launched the movement and fuelled its expansion around the world. It describes the history and theology of the early Pentecostal movement and its significance to the contemporary Christian world. Editor(s): Jacobsen, Douglas. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218629
ISBN
9780253218629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.86

Hardback. Anyone interested in how people and goods moved around the country will find much to learn and appreciate in Richard Carpenter's one-of-a-kind railroad atlases. Num Pages: 336 pages, 295, 286 colour illustrations, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 289 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421401461
ISBN
9781421401461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JJP; BGX; HBJK; HRCX7; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 206 x 35. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nation Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568585734
ISBN
9781568585734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. An anthology of historical studies focusing on themes and issues central to the construction of Black masculinities and Black men's history. This book covers themes in the lives of black men that touch on leadership, work and the professions, family and community, sports and the military, and the image of black men in the larger society. Editor(s): Hine, Darlene Clark; Jenkins, Earnestine L. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 503 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214607
ISBN
9780253214607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807044650
ISBN
9780807044650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Hardback. Series: Discovering America. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726369
ISBN
9780292726369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.36

Paperback. This book is a history of the conflict-ridden privatization of communal land in the pueblo of Papantla, a Mexican Indian village transformed by the fast growth of vanilla production and exports in the second half of the 19th century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 tables, 7 figures, 2 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758482
ISBN
9780804758482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. Series: Poets Out Loud. Num Pages: 72 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823271153
ISBN
9780823271153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Blanton, Carlos Kevin. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309032
ISBN
9781477309032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

hardcover. Num Pages: 366 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761806004
ISBN
9780761806004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.68

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