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The Americas

Paperback. Traces the origins of American cinema's century-long fascination with Italy and Italian immigrants to the popularity of the pre-photographic aesthetic - the picturesque. Num Pages: 464 pages, 64 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221285
ISBN
9780253221285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Feral House,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781627310116
ISBN
9781627310116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with 115 families, the authors look at how parents plan to use this annual cash windfall to build up savings, go back to school, and send their kids to college. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFFM; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275355
ISBN
9780520275355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Explores the affinity between the French and American film industries, breaking down myths of American imperialism and French cultural protectionism. This book illuminates the vital role that cinema has played in the globalization of culture. It also probes the profitable influences that Hollywood and Paris exerted on each other. Num Pages: 272 pages, 62 colour plates, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226742434
ISBN
9780226742434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.34

Hardback. Editor(s): Slide, Anthony. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition ~1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167086
ISBN
9780231167086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. A groundbreaking ethnography on race, desire, and belonging among black Cubans in the early twenty-first-century Series: Perverse Modernities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349501
ISBN
9780822349501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Presents the story of Annie Dodge Wauneka (1918-1997). A daughter of the popular Navajo leader Chee Dodge, Wauneka spent most of her early years herding sheep and raising nine children. After her father's death, she entered politics and was often the only woman on the Navajo Tribal Council during the quarter century that she served. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 293 pages, 14 photographs, map, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3404 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803283848
ISBN
9780803283848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 200 x 49. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520251762
ISBN
9780520251762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524. The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood's Cold War. 264 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Dimension: 161 x 240 x 23. Weight: 524.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780801450082
ISBN
9780801450082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.28

Paperback. "The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo."-Newsweek Num Pages: 848 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321289
ISBN
9780393321289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Hardcover. J Paul Taylor was born to a pioneering New Mexico family. He was first elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 1986, a position he held until his retirement in 2004. This title recounts the life of this legislator, educator, community leader, and arts patron. Num Pages: 128 pages, 55 b/w & 12 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; BGA; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135440
ISBN
9780890135440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800. A Life Raised High. 480 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight: 796.
Publisher
Pomona
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904590231
ISBN
9781904590231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Streitfeld, David. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612195896
ISBN
9781612195896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Hardcover. The acknowledged authority on Hoover unravels the popular charges of his "homosexuality" and explains why the FBI director was so interested in sex-related information, and why he failed to combat organized crime. "A meticulous account of the real excesses perpetrated by the FBI under Hoover's direction."-Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKV; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630719
ISBN
9781566630719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.23

Paperback. This book explores Kerouac's fiction, poetry, religious writing, journals, and correspondence to reveal an aesthetic vision for American belle-lettres. Features chapters on Some of the Dharma, On the Road, Desolation Angels, and Mexico City Blues with a discussion of his influence on later writers, including Hunter Thompson and Bob Dylan. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230623620
ISBN
9780230623620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.51

Hardback. Series: In Parole. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Contrasto
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788869656392
ISBN
9788869656392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.57

Hardback. Offers a portrait of home front Ohio, and how a young boy, his sister, and his mother waited out their war, scanning newspapers and magazines for news of Dad and devouring letters full of humor and expressions of love for and pride in his family and dreams of a good life after the war. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229796
ISBN
9780823229796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Publisher
Trine Day
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240154
ISBN
9781634240154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.08

Hardback. As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. Behind the bitterness were deep and differing beliefs about the fight for civil rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803246331
ISBN
9780803246331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594545580
ISBN
9781594545580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.67
€ 52.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781630761264
ISBN
9781630761264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
Trade ed.
SKU
V9780446564632
ISBN
9780446564632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.19

Paperback. First-timers and old-timers alike will be entertained and enlighted as they discover and rediscover this unique part of America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; WTH; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556224843
ISBN
9781556224843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.35

Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560728313
ISBN
9781560728313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.87
€ 71.61

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