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The Americas
Paperback. Neither a random event nor the act of a lone madman - the assassination of President John F Kennedy was an appalling and grisly conspiracy. Informed by original sources, this title adds fresh material to different aspects of the case. Num Pages: 536 pages, 28 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 33. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034723
- ISBN
- 9780674034723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.82
€ 36.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813569536
- ISBN
- 9780813569536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Hardcover. This first detailed account of the Denver Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 tells the complex story of how anti-Chinese nativism in the nineteenth century grew from a regional political issue to a full-fledged national concern. Provides a new way of understanding late nineteenth-century race relations, as well as American sectionalism. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619191
- ISBN
- 9780700619191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.99
€ 74.99
Paperback. Discusses how the death penalty might be abolished, with particular emphasis on the debate over lethal injection as a case study on why and how the elimination of certain forms of execution might provide a model for the larger abolition of the death penalty. Editor(s): Ogletree, Charles J., Jr.; Sarat, Austin. Series: The Road to Abolition?. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814762189
- ISBN
- 9780814762189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Examines how US foreign policy since the 1960s has led to partial or total cover-ups of past domestic criminal acts, including, perhaps, the catastrophe of 9/11. This book probes how the policies of presidents since Nixon have augmented the tangled bases for the 2001 terrorist attack. Num Pages: 449 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258716
- ISBN
- 9780520258716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. Can one teacher truly make a difference in her students' lives when everything is working against them? Can a love for literature and learning save the most vulnerable of youth from a life of poverty? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSJ; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 201 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283916
- ISBN
- 9780520283916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.89
€ 33.99
€ 24.89
Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- None ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813538068
- ISBN
- 9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.26
€ 159.26
Paperback. Takes readers on a journey along the James River from the earliest days of civilization nearly 15000 years ago through the troubled English settlement at Jamestown and finishing with Lincoln's tour of the defeated capital of Richmond in 1865. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742551732
- ISBN
- 9780742551732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.67
€ 17.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Written by the author who in 1908 along with two companions traveled the Missouri River in a twenty-foot canoe, beginning at the headwaters in Montana and ending up at Sioux City, Iowa, this book describes their adventures on that wild waterway before it was dammed by the Army Corps of Engineers, and points out storied sites along the shore. Num Pages: 325 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803283725
- ISBN
- 9780803283725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.59
€ 31.99
€ 28.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 96. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770412552
- ISBN
- 9781770412552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.72
€ 24.99
€ 20.72
Paperback.
- Edition
- NULL
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227702
- ISBN
- 9780803288515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Features a range of scholars specializing in American history and ethnic studies. This book offers a collection of essays that highlights historical moments and movements on the Pacific Coast and across the Pacific to reveal a different story of race and politics. Editor(s): Jung, Moon-Ho. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993607
- ISBN
- 9780295993607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.23
€ 118.23
Paperback. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1947-62. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 photos, 26 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591145493
- ISBN
- 9781591145493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.79
€ 42.79
Hardback. Series: The American South Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938745
- ISBN
- 9780813938745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. The first book to detail the history and the vast social implications of the Viagra phenomenon Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5; KNDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752111
- ISBN
- 9780814752111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama. 272 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; JPL. Dimension: 153 x 237 x 19. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672471
- ISBN
- 9781583672471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.41
€ 19.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Reitter, Paul; Wellmon, Chad; Menand, Louis. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226414713
- ISBN
- 9780226414713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.62
€ 37.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation. This title recounts the history of these inscrutable government corporations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037721
- ISBN
- 9780226037721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 24 b&w photos, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816656202
- ISBN
- 9780816656202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. The Rise of the Crooners examines the historical trends and events that led to the emergence of the crooning style. The lives and careers of six pioneers of the style-Bing Crosby, Russ Columbo, Gene Austin, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Marvin, and Nick Lucas-are covered at length. Series: Studies & Documentation in the History of Popular Entertainment. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AS; AVG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840812
- ISBN
- 9780810840812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.35
€ 103.35