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The Americas

Paperback. From the cutting-edge young historian and reporter Christian Parenti, a vivid, chilling history of surveillance in American life-from the antebellum South to the computerized landscape of the futuristic present. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465054855
ISBN
9780465054855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Paperback. What do contemporary American movies and directors have to say about the relationship between nature and art? This book surveys American cinema from 1990 to 2002 with substantial descriptions of sixty films, emphasizing small-budget independent American film. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713451
ISBN
9780292713451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 131 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 1KBB; AJC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 255 x 13. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816654574
ISBN
9780816654574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Hardback. Series: Postmillennial Pop. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479890439
ISBN
9781479890439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.14

Paperback. Series: Postmillennial Pop. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 336 x 2. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479889341
ISBN
9781479889341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Series: Arkana S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BG; VXWM; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
6th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140193664
ISBN
9780140193664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. A crucial testament - bringing together work from seven of Mexico's finest journalists - that lays bare the outrageous circumstances of more than a hundred journalists who have been murdered while investigating corruption and criminality Translator(s): Schnee, Samantha; Adcock, Jennifer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DNJ; DQ; JKVG; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857056221
ISBN
9780857056221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JPB; JWA; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781501703195
ISBN
9781501703195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. This book explores human creativity to illustrate how the legal system can protect a wide variety of authors from attribution failures and other assaults to the intended messages of their works. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763677
ISBN
9780804763677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Series: Native American. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 162 x 5. Weight in Grams: 95.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486430898
ISBN
9780486430898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.79

Hardback. Richard Brown's window onto the soul-of Vermont. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50+ full-color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEV; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 280 x 17. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881504675
ISBN
9780881504675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift S. Num Pages: 176 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; FC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages, music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; FC; HBJK. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight: 140.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486280417
ISBN
9780486280417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 274 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300195828
ISBN
9780300195828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Provides insights into life at the turn of the 20th century. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140189988
ISBN
9780140189988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. The Souls of Black Folk is a classic study of race, culture, and education at the turn of the twentieth century. A singular combination of essays, memoir, and fiction, the book is a searing account of the situation of African Americans in the United States. This edition includes an invaluable appendix of contextualizing material. Editor(s): Edwards, Brent Hayes. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555833
ISBN
9780199555833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Explores one of the oldest traditions of American religious folksong: unaccompanied congregational singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist churches. Using interviews, field observations, historical research, song transcriptions, and musical analysis, the author explores the dynamic relationship between singing and theology in these churches. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; HRCC92. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252070037
ISBN
9780252070037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. The Sound of Gravel is Ruth Wariner's unforgettable and deeply moving story of growing up in a polygamist Mormon doomsday community. The thirty-ninth of her father's forty-one children, Ruth is raised on a farm in the hills of Mexico, where polygamy is practiced without fear of legal persecution. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BM; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250077707
ISBN
9781250077707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.21

Paperback. From the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more to sell goods and establish brand identities. This book tells the history of music used in advertising in the United States and is an original contribution to this little-studied part of our cultural history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 26 halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJSA; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226151625
ISBN
9780226151625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. A detailed historical analysis of popular music in American film, from the era of sheet music sales, to that of orchestrated pop records by Henry Mancini and Ennio Morricone in the 1960s, to the MTV-ready pop songs that occupy soundtrack CDs of today. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 illus., 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; AVA; KNTC; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231108638
ISBN
9780231108638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Documents the benefits of affirmative action for minority students, their communities, and the nation at large. This book investigates the roots of minority underperformance in selective colleges and universities. It explains how such factors as neighborhood, family, peer group, and early schooling influence the academic performance of students. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 304 pages, 66 tables. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125978
ISBN
9780691125978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. One of the significant differences between the New World's major areas of high culture was that Mesoamerica had no beasts of burden and wool, while the Andes had both. Four members of the camelid family - wild guanacos and vicunas, and domestic llamas and alpacas - were native to the Andes. This work offers a study of the South American camelids. Translator(s): Marcus, Joyce. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 628 pages, , maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2064.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
628
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745406
ISBN
9781931745406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.84

Hardback. One of the significant differences between the New World's major areas of high culture was that Mesoamerica had no beasts of burden and wool, while the Andes had both. Four members of the camelid family - wild guanacos and vicunas, and domestic llamas and alpacas - were native to the Andes. This work offers a study of the South American camelids. Translator(s): Marcus, Joyce. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 628 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
628
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745413
ISBN
9781931745413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.45

Hardcover. Series: New perspectives on the South. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813118369
ISBN
9780813118369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.24

Paperback. When Franklin D Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. This work examines the effect of the New Deal on the rural and urban South, its black and white citizens, its poor, and its politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813191690
ISBN
9780813191690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

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