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The Americas
Hardback. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most photographed structures in the world. It's also the most deadly. Since it opened in 1937, more than 1,500 people have died jumping off the bridge, making it the top suicide site on earth. This title leads us on a journey that uncovers the reasons for the design decision that led to so many deaths. Num Pages: 322 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JHBZ; TNCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494. Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge. 322 pages, Illustrations. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most photographed structures in the world. It's also the most deadly. Since it opened in 1937, more than 1,500 people have died jumping off the bridge, making it the top suicide site on earth. This title leads us on a journey that uncovers the reasons for the design decision that led to so many deaths. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JHBZ; TNCJ. Dimension: 152 x 215 x 25. Weight: 494.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272408
- ISBN
- 9780520272408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.70
€ 33.99
€ 24.70
Paperback. Presents the story of the battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812, wherein, despite the odds, the Americans managed to thwart the British, the world's strongest naval power. This title explores the immediacy and immensity of the British threat, the bloody reality of naval warfare, and the consequences of the American victory against odds. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map, 1 image. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803227941
- ISBN
- 9780803227941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.61
€ 20.99
€ 20.61
Hardback. Visit our website for sample chapters! Num Pages: 328 pages, 50 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411390
- ISBN
- 9780815411390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.89
€ 29.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764334726
- ISBN
- 9780764334726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.03
€ 18.99
€ 14.03
Paperback. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book focuses on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284609
- ISBN
- 9780520284609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; WSBT; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 246 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Triumph Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629371993
- ISBN
- 9781629371993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.74
€ 17.99
€ 17.74
Hardback. In World War I the 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other American division. In World War II it spent more consecutive days in combat than almost any other outfit. Recruited mainly from the Carolinas and George and Tennessee, they were one of the hardest-fighting units the U.S. ever fielded in Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBWN; HBWQ; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003016
- ISBN
- 9781612003016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.50
€ 33.99
€ 30.50
Hardback. The story of baseball's most violent incident-August 22, 1965-when Giants pitcher Juan Marichal clobbered Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with his bat: the stories of the players, the American cultural backdrop, and the baseball competition and culture that led to the explosive moment, plus the incident's lasting effects. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762787128
- ISBN
- 9780762787128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.44
€ 26.99
€ 21.44
Hardback. Series: American Institutions and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 3 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JNB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700804
- ISBN
- 9781501700804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92
€ 52.92
Hardback. Though Massachusetts banned slavery in 1780, prior to the Civil War a law prohibiting marriage between whites and blacks reinforced the state's racial caste system. Amber Moulton recreates an unlikely collaboration of reformers who sought to rectify what they saw as an indefensible injustice, leading to the legalization of interracial marriage. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967625
- ISBN
- 9780674967625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.04€ 49.38
€ 54.04
€ 49.38
Paperback. Series: American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294912
- ISBN
- 9780520294912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.83
€ 20.99
€ 16.83
Paperback. Covering the tumultuous period of the 1950s, this work explores the divorce of movie studios from their theater chains; the panic of the blacklist era; the explosive emergence of science fiction as the dominant genre; and the rise of television and Hollywood's response with widescreen spectacles. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 396 pages, 110 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 253 x 21. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249660
- ISBN
- 9780520249660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 33.95
€ 47.99
€ 33.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 811 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 48. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 811
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780449909331
- ISBN
- 9780449909331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.39
€ 21.99
€ 21.39
Paperback. Where did affirmative action in employment come from? This book presents a fresh perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan conflicts over fair employment practices (FEP) legislation from the 1940s to the 1970s. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 424 pages, 9 halftones. 8 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFL; JPVH; LNHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139531
- ISBN
- 9780691139531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, 474 photos, charts, drawings & 24 colour profiles. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 229 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347382
- ISBN
- 9780764347382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.26€ 56.69
€ 75.26
€ 56.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 189 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764345777
- ISBN
- 9780764345777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 31.88
€ 48.99
€ 31.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815728306
- ISBN
- 9780815728306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.50
€ 45.50
Paperback. "A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340662
- ISBN
- 9780393340662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.20
€ 19.99
€ 18.20
Hardback. The Fierce Urgency of Now offers an impassioned call to take the practices of musical improvisation often associated with jazz performance as a model for social-justice activism. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354642
- ISBN
- 9780822354642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354789
- ISBN
- 9780822354789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.22
€ 31.99
€ 30.22