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The Americas

Paperback. The Seminole of Florida were one of five so-called 'Civilized Tribes' who for many years lived in peace with the settlers. However, by 1815, frontier Americans had grown increasingly envious of their relative wealth and land, and resentful of their harbouring of former slaves. This book reveals the dramatic stories behind the Seminole wars. Illustrator(s): Hook, Richard. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 5. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Original
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846034619
ISBN
9781846034619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.14

Paperback. Analyses the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ADF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846315008
ISBN
9781846315008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456664
ISBN
9780801456664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.63

Hardback. Explores the strange, enduring power of sentimental language in the face of a rapidly changing culture Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245529
ISBN
9780823245529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.95

Paperback. A selection of Jonathan Edward's sermons, which seeks to recognise their crucial role in his life and art. The 15 sermons reflect a life dedicated to experiencing and understanding spiritual truth, and address a wide range of occasions, situations and states. Editor(s): Kimnach, Wilson H.; Minkema, Kenneth P.; Sweeney, Professor Douglas A. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; DNF; HRCM; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300077681
ISBN
9780300077681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470182390
ISBN
9780470182390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.89

Paperback. This work presents two groups of papers: an analysis of the interdependence among the service and the industrial sectors of the economy; and contributions mainly concerned with the problem of the possible differences in productivity among market services and manufacturing industries. Editor(s): Felli, Ernesto; Rosati, F. C.; Tria, Giovanni. Series: Contributions to Economics. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1QFE; KCC; KND; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9783790808759
ISBN
9783790808759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPQB; KCP; KFFK; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610393652
ISBN
9781610393652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.50

Paperback. Offers readers a chance to look back on a time in American history when the family and the natural world were central in a child's understanding of how to be a conscientious adult. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062210647
ISBN
9780062210647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.12

Hardback. This stunningly illustrated book describes how NASA is planning a seventh landing on the Moon. The book reveals the very latest strategies for how we'll get to the Moon, what we know today, what we want to find out, and what life on the Moon will be like. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 75 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PGG; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387938806
ISBN
9780387938806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.46

paperback. Most would agree that American culture in the 1980s differed dramatically from that of the 1960s. Yet the 1970s is still thought of as a cultural wasteland. This text debunks this notion by examining a wide range of political and cultural phenomena. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822321668
ISBN
9780822321668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Presents facts about what Americans think and feel about sex, including: more men than women turn down sex because of stress; men are more willing to wait until marriage before copulating than women; 64 per cent of Americans have sex at least once a week; missionary is the preferred position (go figure); and, more. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616084196
ISBN
9781616084196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.21

Paperback. Discusses the significant connections between sexuality and Mexican immigrant men Editor(s): Naples, Nancy A.; Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758496
ISBN
9780814758496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birch Brook Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913559741
ISBN
9780913559741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.25

Paperback. Although the linking of 'ethics' and 'politics' may seem more like the ingredients for a comedian's monologue, it is a sober issue and one that affects every American. This title offers an exploration with that moment when New York became the first state to enact a general ethics law, setting standards and guidelines for behavior. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589010451
ISBN
9781589010451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68

Paperback. The fascinating story of how a beautiful nineteenth-century Irishwoman came to be the Eva Peron of her day Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Headline Review
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755311156
ISBN
9780755311156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

hardcover. The intimate guide to life as a Shaker in 19th century America Editor(s): Morse, Flo; Newton, Vincent. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC99; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581574999
ISBN
9781581574999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.92

Hardback. Comprehensive study of one of the world's great indigenous arts explores issues surrounding dreams and visions, ranging from what shamanic vision is to how artists use vision and how they perceive the soul in relation to their art Num Pages: 311 pages, 43 b&w, 24 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; AFW; HRLK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728769
ISBN
9780292728769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80

Paperback. During the forty years of the Dutch presence in colonial America, their intrusion led to the betrayal of their own values and the betrayal of the indigenous peoples. They reaped the shame of reproaching themselves for unjust wars and faced a native insurgency that they could neither negotiate nor satisfactorily quell. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222722
ISBN
9780812222722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.73

As a leader of the Southern Regional Council in the 1960s and later as director of the Field Foundation, Leslie Dunbar's advocacy and behind-the-scenes organizing made him one of the most significant people in the civil rights movement. This text gathers 14 of Dunbar's essays and speeches. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122618
ISBN
9780813122618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.54

Paperback. Offers information on how race-sensitive admissions policies work and defines the effects they have had on over 45,000 students of different races. This book reveals demonstrates what effect the termination of these policies would have on the number of minority students at different kinds of selective institutions. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 544 pages, 103 line illus. 93 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMF; JNMN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050195
ISBN
9780691050195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. A critique of the ideas espoused in In The Liberal Tradition in America (1955), Louis Hartz, and those of its detractors, such as Bernard Bailyn, who argued that preliberal, republican values initially held sway in eighteenth-century American politics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226216843
ISBN
9780226216843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. Explores the shared parish through an in-depth ethnographic study of a Roman Catholic parish in a small Midwestern city demographically transformed by Mexican immigration in recent decades. Through its depiction of shared parish life, this book argues for new ways of imagining the US Catholic parish as an organization. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479854394
ISBN
9781479854394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.86

Hardback. A complete reference to all the sharks inhabiting North American waters, with excellent colour illustrations of all the species. Num Pages: 640 pages, 269 line drawings, 292 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSPM; PSVW1; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 226 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195392944
ISBN
9780195392944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 269.07

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