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Paperback. Through a discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, this title investigates what the author terms 'the paradox of negative emotion' and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. It describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. American Film and the Spectator's Experience. 296 pages, illustrations. Through a discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, this title investigates what the author terms 'the paradox of negative emotion' and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. It describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight: 424.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256965
- ISBN
- 9780520256965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Ranging from wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington's transportation system during a century of technological revolution and dramatic transformation of its communities and landscapes. Num Pages: 128 pages, 300 color illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985619
- ISBN
- 9780295985619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.81
€ 18.81
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811710220
- ISBN
- 9780811710220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.63
€ 26.99
€ 21.63
Paperback. Points to a Third Way between liberals and conservatives, combining a commitment to government expenditures that enhance the incomes of working families Num Pages: 263 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JPA; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814790007
- ISBN
- 9780814790007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Finally in paperback comes Mo' Meta Blues Questlove's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed psychedelic, punch-drunk memoir Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; AVGR; BGFA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455501373
- ISBN
- 9781455501373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.71
€ 19.99
€ 16.71
paperback. He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGA; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784705909
- ISBN
- 9781784705909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.16
€ 19.00
€ 15.16
Paperback. The emergence of the presidential couple is one of the most contentious developments in US post-war political history. Reaction to the First Couple reflects the country's changing morality and attitudes. This work traces these shifts through ten presidential marriages, including the Clintons. Num Pages: 472 pages, 33 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JPA; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 2 Rev Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610341
- ISBN
- 9780700610341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24
hardcover. This volume collects together battlefront letters composed by Dunn Browne (the pseudonym of Captain Samuel Wheelock Fiske of the 14th Connecticut regiment) during the American Civil War. Fiske was both a fighting infantryman and an experienced newspaper correspondent. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218332
- ISBN
- 9780823218332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.78
€ 105.78
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 604 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 604
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649184
- ISBN
- 9780691649184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 308.26
€ 308.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBF; 3JH; GBC; HBJK; HBWJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867598
- ISBN
- 9780810867598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.57
€ 159.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 75 black & white halftones, 25 colour illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608931750
- ISBN
- 9781608931750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.10
€ 42.99
€ 37.10
Paperback. This volume chronicles the first five months of Truman's presidency, encompassing the destruction and defeat of the Axis Powers in Germany and Japan, the dropping of the first atomic bombs, the birth of the United Nations, the death of colonialism and the beginning of the Cold War. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700611843
- ISBN
- 9780700611843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.23
€ 44.23
Hardcover. Mrs. Howard, Room by Room is the follow-up to Phoebe Howard's critically acclaimed Joy of Decorating and takes readers even deeper in the design process, revealing the seemingly small but essential tips and tricks that will help them imbue Mrs. Howard's celebrated Southern style and taste into their own homes. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 302 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stewart, Tabori & Chang
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617691683
- ISBN
- 9781617691683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
paperback. Daughter of Alzace Lewis Landry - founder of the chain that would develop into the Don's Seafood Restaurant chain - Myrtle Landry Simms makes cooking New Orleans and Louisiana Cajun country dishes easy in this simple to follow collection of recipes. Num Pages: 159 pages, photograph, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing Company United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781565548411
- ISBN
- 9781565548411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.68
€ 12.68
paperback. Reprints stories from Mrs. Spring Fragrance by the first published Asian North American fiction writer Editor(s): Sui Sin Far; Ling, Amy; White-Parks, Annette. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; C. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Softcover Edition
- SKU
- V9780252064197
- ISBN
- 9780252064197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.07
€ 24.99
€ 23.07
paperback. This text looks at opinion polls, the news media, special interest groups, and interviews with congressional members, using the Iran-Contra hearing as a case study. It explores the construction, interpretation and uses of public opinion and questions the media's role in forming public policy. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPA; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108218
- ISBN
- 9780231108218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. An officially authorized collection, Muhammad Ali Unfiltered is an intimate look at one of the most inspiring figures of our age. Num Pages: 256 pages, est. 200 4-C t-o. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AJCP; BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 301 x 26. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501161940
- ISBN
- 9781501161940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.73
€ 37.99
€ 30.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJH; 3JJP; AJCR; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 283 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Publisher
- Reel Art Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909526389
- ISBN
- 9781909526389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.38
€ 52.99
€ 46.38
Paperback. Heroic women warriors as reflections of social and moral values Num Pages: 280 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- American Literatures Initiative
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592139712
- ISBN
- 9781592139712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; GBGP; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gulf Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884158653
- ISBN
- 9780884158653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.90
€ 17.99
€ 16.90