The Americas
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The Americas
Hardback. Hiram Bingham describes the Peruvian expedition to the Inca capitals of Vitcos and Vilcapampa, lost for three centuries under the shadow of Machu Picchu mountain. Here is all that is known about Machu Picchu, its origin, how it came to be lost, and how it was finally discovered. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313229503
- ISBN
- 9780313229503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.88
€ 89.88
Paperback. First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. Editor(s): Thomson, Hugh. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Phoenix London
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842125854
- ISBN
- 9781842125854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226418438
- ISBN
- 9780226418438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. In his brief but productive life, noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873-1908) became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. This book presents a collection of the journals and shorter autobiographical works of Posey. Editor(s): Sivils, Matthew Wynn. Num Pages: 200 pages, photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; C; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216280
- ISBN
- 9780803216280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.40
€ 54.40
Paperback. A clear, authoritative guide to the crisis of 2008, its continuing repercussions, and the needed reforms ahead. Num Pages: 304 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393344103
- ISBN
- 9780393344103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.45
€ 26.99
€ 23.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764335686
- ISBN
- 9780764335686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.03
€ 18.99
€ 14.03
Paperback. Discusses films such as: "Five Easy Pieces"; "Chinatown"; "Carnal Knowledge"; "Straw Dogs"; "A Clockwork Orange"; "Mean Streets"; "The Conversation"; "Nashville"; "Shampoo"; "Taxi Driver"; and, "Apocalypse Now". Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 717 pages, 281 b/w photographs, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1522. American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 717 pages, 281 b&w photographs, 15 tables. Discusses films such as: "Five Easy Pieces"; "Chinatown"; "Carnal Knowledge"; "Straw Dogs"; "A Clockwork Orange"; "Mean Streets"; "The Conversation"; "Nashville"; "Shampoo"; "Taxi Driver"; and, "Apocalypse Now". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; APFA. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 42. Weight: 1440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 717
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232655
- ISBN
- 9780520232655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.01
€ 53.99
€ 38.01
Hardcover. Shows how Scottish imagination was shaped by its emigre experience with wilderness and the extreme. Drawing on journals, emigrant guides, memoirs, letters, poetry and fiction, this book examines patterns of survival, defeat, adaptation and response in North America's harshest landscapes. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KB; HBJD1; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748647392
- ISBN
- 9780748647392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 90.66
€ 94.08
€ 90.66
Paperback. Examines the lost films and directors of the 1950s. Contrasting traditional themes of love, marriage, and family, the author's 1950s film world unveils once-taboo issues of rape, prostitution, and gangs. Television shows such as "Captain Midnight" and "Ramar of the Jungle" are juxtaposed with the cheerful world of "I Love Lucy" and "Howdy Doody". Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809326549
- ISBN
- 9780809326549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13
€ 65.13
Hardback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252040900
- ISBN
- 9780252040900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
Paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082382
- ISBN
- 9780252082382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. A memoir that evokes with deep feeling the sense of uprootendess and exile created by this disruption, something which has been the experience of tens of thousands of people this century. It tells the story of Jewish post-war experience and the tragedies and discoveries born of cultural displacement. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428664
- ISBN
- 9780099428664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 1KBBEP; 1KBBEY; VXQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764341342
- ISBN
- 9780764341342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. Journey through New England and learn about the lost pirate riches of Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Edward Low, and other dastardly buccaneers. Consider hidden treasures in the Appalachian, Longfellow, White, and Green Mountains..and how you might find the l Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; VXQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328169
- ISBN
- 9780764328169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.09
€ 18.99
€ 14.09
Paperback. Takes the reader on a tour across the Buckeye State to a massive swamp that swallowed pioneers' wagons, a haunted prison, a faded German utopia, a town where they still chase horse thieves, a marriage mecca, a village where Buster the dog voted Republican, and a myriad of abandoned "ghost towns" and small cities. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations, notes, biblio., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBJK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388726
- ISBN
- 9780873388726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.43
€ 25.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. A collection and translation of seventeenth-century narratives about Europeans travelling across the great Ocean Sea and encountering a people who had maintained an independent existence in the lowlands of Guatemala and Belize. Editor(s): Feldman, Lawrence H. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JHM; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326243
- ISBN
- 9780822326243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. Features the history of the involvement of African Americans in the early recording industry and examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the surprising roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age and the remarkably wide range of black music and culture they preserved. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 656 pages, 57 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 255 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073076
- ISBN
- 9780252073076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.82
€ 38.99
€ 34.82
Hardback. Offers tribute to great unrealized states like West Florida, Forgotonia, Texlahoma, and Chicago (yes, Chicago wanted to be its own state). This title is suitable for fans of US history. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 Colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Quirk Books United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594744105
- ISBN
- 9781594744105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.42
€ 25.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 34 b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; HBJK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331978
- ISBN
- 9780764331978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.03
€ 18.99
€ 14.03
Hardcover. Describes the evolution of public health crises and solutions Num Pages: 251 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814787175
- ISBN
- 9780814787175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.43
€ 81.43
Paperback. From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, the author tells life as she has lived it. She acknowledges the passing years, from the generational shrinking of underwear to facing the fact that her knees make 'this noise like Rice Krispies' when she exercises. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559030
- ISBN
- 9780099559030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. Tracing the history of parking, this study with a range of interesting illustrations, discusses the role of parking in downtown revitalization efforts and, by contrast, its role in the promotion of outlying suburban shopping districts and its incorporation into our neighborhoods and residences. Num Pages: 308 pages, 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPC; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925196
- ISBN
- 9780813925196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.71
€ 34.71
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590338063
- ISBN
- 9781590338063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.49€ 58.35
€ 83.49
€ 58.35
Hardcover. The book focuses on the unique position of Tiffany and Tiffany Studios in advancing American religious art and design. Editor(s): Pongracz, Patricia C. Num Pages: 216 pages, 125 Colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AGR; AMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 285 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1552. 216 pages, 125 Colour. Editor(s): Pongracz, Patricia C. The book focuses on the unique position of Tiffany and Tiffany Studios in advancing American religious art and design. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AGR; AMN. Dimension: 248 x 285 x 25. Weight: 1552.
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804021
- ISBN
- 9781907804021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 31.60
€ 46.99
€ 31.60