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The Americas
Paperback. Known for his eccentric lifestyle and trillion-watt smile, Branson's hot air balloon flights, innovative leadership, and world record attempts have made him an instantly-recognizable global icon. Born into a wealthy family in London, Branson suffered from dyslexia. His knack for business started early with a parakeet-breeding enterprise at age 11. Num Pages: 112 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNM; YNT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Dgs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780448483153
- ISBN
- 9780448483153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.35
€ 8.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780576220
- ISBN
- 9781780576220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.35
€ 32.99
€ 28.35
Paperback. An ambitious study that addresses some of the most important questions in contemporary American politics: Do presidents pander to public opinion by backing popular policy measures that they believe would actually harm the country? Why do presidents "go public" with policy appeals? And do those appeals affect legislative outcomes? Series: Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 tables, 7line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092829
- ISBN
- 9780226092829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038310
- ISBN
- 9781594038310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.57
€ 27.99
€ 24.57
Hardback. Post gives the reader a behind-the-scenes view of internal tempests as they brewed and how different personalities and experts passionately argued about the best way to present the story of America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 49, 49 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411002
- ISBN
- 9781421411002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.84
€ 37.99
€ 31.84
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813536064
- ISBN
- 9780813536064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.50
€ 44.99
€ 39.50
Hardback. After the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch proclaimed that his staff would do more than confirm the victims' identity. They would attempt to return to families every human body part larger than a thumbnail. As Jay D. Aronson shows, delivering on that promise proved to be a monumentally difficult task. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 243 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971493
- ISBN
- 9780674971493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.11
€ 47.99
€ 40.11
Hardback. There is still widespread disagreement about many aspects of America's property rights paradigm. The prominent contributors to this volume explore numerous theoretical and empirical possibilities for remedying these problems. Series: The Political Economy Forum. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 655.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690817
- ISBN
- 9780847690817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.51
€ 191.51
Hardback. Where did the common law of property originate and how applicable was it to new technologies? Where in the skies could the boundaries between the power of the federal government and the authority of the states be traced?This book tells this forgotten story of elusive property. It is a collection of tales questioning the ownership of airspace. Num Pages: 330 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNCB6; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030824
- ISBN
- 9780674030824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. In the West during the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherised possession. This text documents a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom were instruments - whether they knew it or not - of America's secret service. Num Pages: 544 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPFK; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Granta
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862073272
- ISBN
- 9781862073272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Paperback. Presents various legal, political, historical, and financial arguments about the two types of auto insurance. Series: Controversies in Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFN; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408870
- ISBN
- 9780878408870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.91
€ 69.91
Paperback. Surprising proof that conservatives really are more compassionate--and more generous--than liberals Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465008230
- ISBN
- 9780465008230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.94
€ 20.99
€ 15.94
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lazarus, Milton H. Num Pages: 276 pages, graphs, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 182 x 22. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608769810
- ISBN
- 9781608769810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 348.26€ 233.87
€ 348.26
€ 233.87
Paperback. CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr.'s memoir about the extraordinary turnaround of IBM and his transformation of the company into the industry leader of the computer age - the great American business story of our time. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KJC; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007170876
- ISBN
- 9780007170876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.94
€ 23.99
€ 15.94
Twentieth-century America has witnessed the most widespread movement of African-Americans from the South to urban centres in the north. This study examines the impact of this dislocation identifying the resulting migration narratives as a major genre in African-American cultural production. Series: Race & American Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, halftones, line figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195088977
- ISBN
- 9780195088977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.91
€ 82.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451270
- ISBN
- 9780801451270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816642595
- ISBN
- 9780816642595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.79
€ 21.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. From Peter Bogdanovich - director, screenwriter, actor, and cinema scholar - 25 portraits of Hollywood's most acclaimed movie actors and actresses: stars whom he has known, admired, and occasionally worked with. Bogdanovich captures the personality, the work, the style and the enduring iconic appeal of America's movie greats. Num Pages: 544 pages, 120 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571224319
- ISBN
- 9780571224319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.59
€ 19.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. Compares the demographic characteristics and political views of voters and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral reforms and the choices offered by candidates influence voter turnout. Num Pages: 232 pages, 44 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159355
- ISBN
- 9780691159355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Filled with broken hearts and black ravens, Edgar Allan Poe's ghastly tales have delighted readers for centuries. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age two. Poe devoted his life to writing and his tragic life often inspired his work. He is considered to be the inventor of detective fiction and the father of American mystery writers. Num Pages: 112 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNL; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 137 x 193 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Dgs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780448483115
- ISBN
- 9780448483115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.47
€ 8.47
Paperback. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He was so impressive that he became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 137 x 193 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780448479118
- ISBN
- 9780448479118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.92
€ 7.92
Paperback. He would go on to become the first and only three-time World Heavyweight Champion. Nicknamed "The Greatest," Ali was as well known for his unique boxing style, consisting of the Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope, as he was for the catchphrase "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Read Who Is Muhammad Ali? And discover "The Greatest." Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; YNM; YNW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 138 x 259 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780448479552
- ISBN
- 9780448479552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.47
€ 8.47
Paperback. Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and travelled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780448486789
- ISBN
- 9780448486789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.94
€ 7.94
Paperback. America is getting older. By the year 2010, almost one in five Americans will be 65 years of age or older. This title examines the racial and ethnic diversity among the elderly in the contemporary US in terms of living arrangements, economic well-being, and reliance on formal and family-based sources of support. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814706831
- ISBN
- 9780814706831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71