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The Americas

Hardcover. Focuses on the use and adaptive reuse of everyday buildings in Oakland, California, to make the city a better place for children. She introduces us to the women who were determined to mitigate the burdens placed on working-class families by an indifferent industrial capitalist economy. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 120 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMVD; JFSJ1; JKSB1; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311289
ISBN
9780226311289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.88

hardcover. Series: Sortition and Public Policy. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Imprint Academic United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845401382
ISBN
9781845401382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.97

Paperback. Countless African Americans have passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and communities. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile. This history of passing explores the possibilities, challenges, and losses that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLL; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659926
ISBN
9780674659926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Everything there is to know about the hugely successful musical in one detailed package Series: FAQ Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, black and white images throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480367548
ISBN
9781480367548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.82

Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSZC; WTHF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811711784
ISBN
9780811711784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.31

Hardback. What do you do when you spot a wild Trump in the election season? Illustrator(s): Rosenthal, Marc. Num Pages: 32 pages, f-c (jkt spfx: spot UV and emboss on matte). BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNM; YNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 267 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781481488006
ISBN
9781481488006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. This photojournal looks at the traditional folkways and cultural heritage of one of the American South's most distinctive regions. It looks at the places and the people that perpetuate the music, the stories, and the crafts indigenous to the region. Num Pages: 150 pages, 109 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 1KBBSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Alabama Press Alabama
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
150
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0212530
ISBN
9780945477143
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. This photojournal looks at the traditional folkways and cultural heritage of one of the American South's most distinctive regions. It looks at the places and the people that perpetuate the music, the stories, and the crafts indigenous to the region. Num Pages: 150 pages, 109 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 1KBBSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 435.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University Alabama Press Alabama
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KEX0212529
ISBN
9780945477143
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Chronicles more than forty years of black music: from the hopeful, angry refrains of the Freedom movement to the slick pop of Motown; from Woodstock and the 'Summer of Love' to Vietnam and the race riots; from disco inferno to the Million Man March. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0002310
ISBN
9781841952963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Lesley Gill traces the rise and fall of the strong labor unions and working class of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, showing how the incursion of neoliberalism, the drug trade, and counterinsurgency military campaigns into civil society that began in the 1980s has destabilized everyday life and decimated the city's powerful social institutions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360292
ISBN
9780822360292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

Paperback. Lesley Gill traces the rise and fall of the strong labor unions and working class of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, showing how the incursion of neoliberalism, the drug trade, and counterinsurgency military campaigns into civil society that began in the 1980s has destabilized everyday life and decimated the city's powerful social institutions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360605
ISBN
9780822360605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Brian Cudahy offers a fascinating tribute to the world the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the 20th century, Cudahy creates a vivid sense of this extraordinary achievement-how the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground. Num Pages: 388 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823222933
ISBN
9780823222933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. A collection exploring the ideological hardening and accelerated polarization that marked twentieth-century Latin America and its epochal cycles of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary violence. Editor(s): Grandin, Greg; Joseph, Gilbert M. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347200
ISBN
9780822347200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Paperback. A collection exploring the ideological hardening and accelerated polarization that marked twentieth-century Latin America and its epochal cycles of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary violence. Editor(s): Grandin, Greg; Joseph, Gilbert M. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLW; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347378
ISBN
9780822347378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.62

Hardcover. "A Joint Project of the Center for Texas Studies at TCU and TCU Press." Editor(s): Volcansek, Mary. Num Pages: 113 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254 x 16. Weight in Grams: 821.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654171
ISBN
9780875654171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 36.30

Hardback. A narrative history by a Fed insider of how monetary policy is shaped in the US, with special emphasis on the performances of former Chairman Ben Bernanke and current Chairwoman Janet Yellen in facing the prelude, outbreak, and aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Series: Palgrave Studies in American Economic History. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2090
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137578587
ISBN
9781137578587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; KNAL; RGBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271029641
ISBN
9780271029641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 38.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Lindman, Janet Moore; Tarter, Michele Lise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487392
ISBN
9780801487392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 color and 97 b&w photos, 2 b&w illus., 2 color and 5 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477308554
ISBN
9781477308554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. The great English, Anglican and modernist poet and writer C.H. Sisson was born in Bristol a hundred years ago. This Reader draws on his poetry, fiction, translations, and his literary, political and religious essays. Editor(s): Louth, Charlie; McGuinness, Patrick. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 41. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772657
ISBN
9781847772657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.07

Paperback. Based on Theodor de Bry's 1590 edition of Thomas Hariot's book, this facsimile edition presents de Bry's engravings, based on John White's sixteenth-century watercolors, in their original hand-colored form. Accompanying the Latin facsimile is an English text. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 text & 86 facsimile illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WCS; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Facsimile
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926056
ISBN
9780813926056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.90

Hardcover. Provides an overview of the historical events that have taken place and shaped the islands of the Caribbean Sea. This volume contains information on topics such as women pirates, meals eaten by slaves, and the cultural preference for strong leaders in the region. Series: A Brief History of... Num Pages: 320 pages, black-&-white photographs & illustrations, maps, index, bibliography, suggested reading,. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Facts on File
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816070213
ISBN
9780816070213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.57

Hardcover. Details the rich culture and history of the country of Peru. Series: Brief History. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Facts on File
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816081448
ISBN
9780816081448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 98 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319471839
ISBN
9783319471839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

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