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The Americas

Paperback. Cited by politicians as diverse as Hillary Clinton and John McCain, this title focuses on the incongruity between personal ideals and political reality which is both an indictment of American moral complacency and a warning against the arrogance of virtue. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226583983
ISBN
9780226583983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.91

Hardcover. This study examines the history of telecommunications - both telephone and broadcast - with particular reference to attempts to regulate these media in the USA. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 755.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195054453
ISBN
9780195054453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. This is a comprehensive account of the five tribes -- Onandagas, Senecas, Mohawks, Oneidas and Cayugas -- who together made up the Iriquois nation, form their origins in prehistory to their dispersal and confinement after the American Revolution. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3H; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557869388
ISBN
9781557869388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.90

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 240 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stenlake Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840336498
ISBN
9781840336498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.12

Hardback. In 2002, sixty prominent American intellectuals released an open letter defending the use of military force against al-Qa'ida. The letter sparked an impassioned international debate. This volume chronicles that debate and includes contributions from both sides of the political spectrum in America and the Middle East-and even from al-Qa'ida. Editor(s): Blankenhorn, David; Filali-Ansary, Abdou; Mneimneh, Hassan I.; Roberts, Alex. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742550063
ISBN
9780742550063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.19

Paperback. In 2002, sixty prominent American intellectuals released an open letter defending the use of military force against al-Qa'ida. The letter sparked an impassioned international debate. This volume chronicles that debate and includes contributions from both sides of the political spectrum in America and the Middle East-and even from al-Qa'ida. Editor(s): Blankenhorn, David; Filali-Ansary, Abdou; Mneimneh, Hassan I.; Roberts, Alex. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742550070
ISBN
9780742550070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.66

Paperback. A richly nuanced portrait of the unknown history of New York City. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349140209
ISBN
9780349140209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. A nuanced look at traditional Ojibwe religion and its structure, interpretation, and revival. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 illustrations, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803238329
ISBN
9780803238329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Features a three-generational family holiday in Cuba. This book also builds a complex picture of a people struggling to retain their identity in the face of insistent hostility, and to stand against the all-but-overwhelming fire-power of capitalism. Num Pages: 421 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd London
Number of pages
421
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011468
ISBN
9781906011468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Long forgotten in England, Providence Island is a microcosm of the 400-year-old Atlantic story, a narrative of colonial struggle and empire, slavery and drugs, pirates and puritans and amazing reversals of fortunes. At once intimate and global, this book casts new light on the part England played in the making of the modern world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Explore Books (London)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911184041
ISBN
9781911184041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.80

paperback. Shows that by encouraging unconditional US financial and diplomatic support for Israel and promoting the use of its power to remake the Middle East, the pro-Israel lobby has jeopardized America's and Israel's long-term security and put other countries - including Britain - at risk. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin U.K.
Edition
01st Edition
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141031231
ISBN
9780141031231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Hardcover. This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 280 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393241297
ISBN
9780393241297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.29

Hardcover. Intended for all those interested in architecture and the visual arts, this book ranges from the Neoclassicism of Thomas Jefferson design of Monticello and sketches of the White House, to allitaliana gardens and parks, to the strong Roman classicism of the Jefferson Memorial, to Costantino Brumidis frescoes in Congress and the National Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; ACQ; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1580.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
214
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9788861303041
ISBN
9788861303041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.33

Paperback. Meyers's book is a major study in Jacksonian democracy and in the art of analyzing political communications. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780804705066
ISBN
9780804705066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Paperback. This pathfinding ethnography investigates how Indian concepts of the soul offer a new way of understanding personhood and historical memory in highland Chiapas, Mexico. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737471
ISBN
9780292737471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

Paperback. Presents a portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua. This book brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of revolution. It shows us the true Nicaragua, where nothing is simple, everything is contested, and life-or-death struggles are an everyday occurrence. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; JP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285229
ISBN
9780099285229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Hardback. An important new way of viewing the prehistoric art of the Americas, The Jaguar Within demonstrates that understanding a work of art's connection with shamanic trance can lead to an appreciation of it as an extremely creative solution to the inherent challenge of giving material form to nonmaterial realities and states of being. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, 137 b/w photos, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ACBK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726260
ISBN
9780292726260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.00

Paperback. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; JFSL3; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619269
ISBN
9780700619269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.30

Paperback. Japanese migration to Latin America began in the late nineteenth century, and today the continent is home to 1.5 million persons of Japanese descent. Combining detailed scholarship with personal histories, this title offers a study of the patterns of Japanese migration on the continent as a whole. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KL; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071447
ISBN
9780252071447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.54

Paperback. A comprehensive collection of essays, speeches, and interviews on the impact of jazz on other arts, on politics, and on the rhythm of everyday life, including an essay on poet and novelist James Weldon Johnson as a cultural critic, an interview with Wynton Marsalis, a speech on the heroic image in jazz, and a newspaper review of Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk. Editor(s): O'Meally, Robert G. Num Pages: 576 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 306 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104494
ISBN
9780231104494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. In this volume Levi-Strauss explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels are interwoven with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. Translator(s): Chorier, B. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 colour plate, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HPCF; HRQ; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226474823
ISBN
9780226474823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.65

Paperback. The first full history of the pioneering Special Forces units of World War II -- dropped behind German lines into France to assist with the D-Day landings -- told by a former U.S. Special Forces colonel with unique access to surviving veterans Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDB; 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586484620
ISBN
9781586484620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Puts to rest the unfounded allegations surrounding Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819178213
ISBN
9780819178213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172155
ISBN
9781590172155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.63

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