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The Americas

paperback. Here, Mark Franko explores the complex relationship between dance, work and labour in the 1930s. The contributions of many important personalities of American theatrical, visual and literary culture are included in the study. Num Pages: 272 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; ASD; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494. Very good clean copy. Old price sticker on front cover, otherwise as new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031558
ISBN
9780819565532
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.49

Paperback. The phrase "a strong work ethic" conjures images of hard-driving employees working diligently for long hours. But where did this ideal come from, and how has it been buffeted by changes in work itself? This book shows how the new work culture permeated society, including literature, politics, the emerging feminist movement, and the labor movement. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 56. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136233
ISBN
9780226136233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; HBLH; JPHC; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 182 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786886203
ISBN
9780786886203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046986
ISBN
9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. Explores the development of religious media in America. This book shows how the homiletic tradition in Protestant sermons provided a foundation for the development of visual and literary realism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226390048
ISBN
9780226390048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Hardcover. Explores the development of religious media in America. This book shows how the homiletic tradition in Protestant sermons provided a foundation for the development of visual and literary realism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226390031
ISBN
9780226390031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 82.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BK; HBJK; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Nightwood
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889713291
ISBN
9780889713291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.20

Paperback. This book documents that magical journey through beautiful photographs of the world's largest collection of Oz memorabilia. Whether it's first-edition covers, a munchkin costume, or the Wicked playbill, the iconic items on these pages tell the story of America's beloved fairy tale. Come over the rainbow and see why there truly is no place like Oz. Num Pages: 168 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 853.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
New
SKU
KRA0013662
ISBN
9781608935048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Heald, Hallie. Num Pages: 352 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seal Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580056533
ISBN
9781580056533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756402
ISBN
9780804756402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Paperback. For the first time ever, a fascinating look at the remarkable life of Barbara Taylor Bradford. From the cobbled streets of Yorkshire to the sweeping avenues of Manhattan, Barbara's own story is as dramatic a tale as any one of her bestsellers. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w plates, Index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007165698
ISBN
9780007165698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.32

Hardback. Recovers the neglected history of young Mexican American women zoot-suiters in wartime Los Angeles and explains their absence from Chicano movement narratives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342861
ISBN
9780822342861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.87

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566398404
ISBN
9781566398404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

paperback. Stock market multimillionaire at 26, federal convict at 36, he partied like a rock star, lived like a king, and barely survived his rise and fall as an American entrepreneurial icon. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; JKVK; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Two Roads
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001427
ISBN
9781444778120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Includes the definitive report from the Presidential Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction Intelligence and the most revealing official investigations and statements that answer the question of how the United States could go to war on false premises. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 785. Clean copy in good to very good condition.
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0000482
ISBN
9781586483616
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Now in paperback, the New York Times-bestselling story of one woman's fundamentalist upbringing and the brave stand she took on behalf of the women in her community. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 halftones & 1x16page insert b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGXA; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455527830
ISBN
9781455527830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Contends that cinema and cinematic processes had a profound significance for twentieth-century anti-capitalist Black liberation movements based in the United States. The author finds hidden within the histories and logics generated by US-based struggles against racism, sexism, and homophobia, the Black femme's invisible, affective labour. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1K; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340256
ISBN
9780822340256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. A Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling historian explores one of the great mysteries of American history: the Salem witch trials Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474602266
ISBN
9781474602266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347721
ISBN
9780820347721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.45

Paperback. Drawing upon a variety of genres - myths, proverbs, poems, letters, short stories, news stories, folktales, sermons, and essays - this collection documents the religious dimensions of American philanthropy. It not only chronicles the manifestations of philanthropy, but also reveals philanthropy's integral connection with American history. Num Pages: 480 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602580596
ISBN
9781602580596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

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