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The Americas

Paperback. In thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches, the author tells of the days when he made a specialty of catching wild cows. Readers of this book learn where the broken bones came from. He tells of his adventures with wild steers, sharing with readers the years he worked in thorny brush and canyon country delivering those animals. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270886
ISBN
9780803270886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Between the Orinoco and the Amazon lies a fabulous forested land, barely explored. Much of Guiana seldom sees sunlight, and new species are often tumbling out of the dark trees. Beautiful and occasionally brutal, it is one of the great forgotten corners of the Earth: the Wild Coast. The author sets off along this coast, gathering up its story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 1KLSG; 1KLSS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682537
ISBN
9781846682537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 230 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 284 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764341977
ISBN
9780764341977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Explores the two-hundred-year-old American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, and asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. This work examines the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the nineteenth century onwards, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 66 illus., 48 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WFBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983097
ISBN
9780295983097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Excavating the reality behind the myth, this work delves into the exploits and ego that defined Wild Bill Hickok, a notorious character of the Wild West, and shows how the man was overtaken by his own legend. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615230
ISBN
9780700615230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 150 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974936
ISBN
9781894974936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.21

Hardback. The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774819510
ISBN
9780774819510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. These witty, sharp and carefully crafted poems focus on marriage, intimacy, relationships, power and the body, looking both at the minutiae of domestic space and wider contexts of family, church, village and nation. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVVS; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 206 x 319. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232948
ISBN
9781845232948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. This anthology of primary materials-the words of American women writers on the act of authorship and their participation in the literary cultures of the nineteenth century- offers revealing insight into Hawthorne's "damned mob of scribbling women." Editor(s): Boyd, Anne E. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892752
ISBN
9780801892752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.25

Hardcover. Series: Harvard College Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, 64 illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1KBBES; GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016682
ISBN
9780674016682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 70. Series: Focus on. 44 pages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 156 x 5. Weight: 70.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Number of pages
44
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075347
ISBN
9781906075347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.47

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hyperion United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401308209
ISBN
9781401308209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.52

Paperback. Written by the author who was President Bill Clinton's Press Secretary, this book tells how when Clinton was elected, she was told she would act as his Press Secretary, but only for the transition. But in January of 1993, she did become Press Secretary in spite of the odds. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061140419
ISBN
9780061140419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.43

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPA; JPFK; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 270 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171678
ISBN
9780691171678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780452298156
ISBN
9780452298156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.63

Hardcover. A study of Congress at the crossroads between the New Deal and the postwar era, showing that the wartime political dynamic established the dominant patterns for national politics through the remainder of the century. Reveals that moderates, not conservatives, determined the outcomes in key policy debates and examines how compromises were reached. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619177
ISBN
9780700619177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.91

Paperback. Series: King Legacy (Paperback). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807001127
ISBN
9780807001127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.17

Hardcover. From this historic collaboration between a beloved naturalist and a great American photographer emerges a South we've never encountered before. Num Pages: 240 pages, 115 color photographs; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; AJC; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 277 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404701
ISBN
9780871404701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.12

Paperback. American public policy has become demonstrably more conservative since the 1960s. In demonstrating a strong link between public opinion and policy outcomes, this book represents a substantial contribution to the study of public opinion and voting behavior, policy, and American politics generally. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128702
ISBN
9780691128702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Four historians consider the popularly held explanations for Southern defeat in the US Civil War - state-rights disputes, inadequate military supply and strategy, and the Union blockade - supporting their discussion with a chronological account of the war's progress. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 maps, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 40. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820313962
ISBN
9780820313962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. In this collection of essays on the Vietnam War, eminent scholars of the second Indo-China conflict consider several key factors that led to the defeat of the United States and its allies. Editor(s): Gilbert, Marc Jason. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295271
ISBN
9780312295271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.34

Hardcover. Focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226426037
ISBN
9780226426037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.04
€ 48.48

Paperback. Conundrums, puzzles, and perversities: these are the author's stock-in-trade. In this book, he focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system, all of which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation. It contains explanations and apt examples that show why the perversity of the law resists any easy resolutions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005812
ISBN
9780226005812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.16

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782797012
ISBN
9781782797012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.35

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