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The Americas
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Widener, Terry. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNM; YNW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781101934210
- ISBN
- 9781101934210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.71
€ 10.71
Paperback. In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A J Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling's withering gaze. This book weaves the story of author's coming-of-age as a young outsider who made his way into the inner circles and upper levels of Chicago journalism. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; DNF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226104157
- ISBN
- 9780226104157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.49
€ 19.99
€ 17.49
Hardcover. As the 1960s ended, Herbie Hancock embarked on a grand creative experiment. Having just been dismissed from the celebrated Miles Davis Quintet, he brought a new group of musicians together into what would become a revolutionary band. This book offers a comprehensive study of this seminal group. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 halftones, 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300047
- ISBN
- 9780226300047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Americans have been divided along political lines for so long that they have nearly forgotten how to talk to one another, much less how to listen. This is not likely to improve as long as differences between them continue to be cast in overly simplistic terms, such as "ignorance" vs. "enlightened awareness" or "morality" vs. "reprobate immorality. Num Pages: 230 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612344614
- ISBN
- 9781612344614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.66
€ 42.66
Paperback. Many people are familiar with the story of Al Capone, the "untouchable" Chicago gangster best known for orchestrating the St Valentine's Day Massacre. But few are aware that Capone's remarkable story began in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn, New York. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620871096
- ISBN
- 9781620871096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.99
€ 16.99
€ 15.99
Hardcover. A traveller's observations of a nation emerging from war Editor(s): Grant, H. Roger. Translator(s): Veenendaal, Augustus J. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356093
- ISBN
- 9780253356093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.64
€ 33.64
Paperback. Based on the findings of a unique longitudinal study, this volume provides experts with unprecedented analysis of prospectively collected data following the road from childhood to early adulthood of 1,517 boys and young men from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Series: Longitudinal Research in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: an Interdisciplinary Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JKVQ2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461428237
- ISBN
- 9781461428237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.10
€ 127.10
Hardback. Based on the findings of a unique longitudinal study, this volume provides experts with unprecedented analysis of prospectively collected data following the road from childhood to early adulthood of 1,517 boys and young men from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Series: Longitudinal Research in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: an Interdisciplinary Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JHB; JKVQ2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441999481
- ISBN
- 9781441999481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.93
€ 131.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226450353
- ISBN
- 9780226450353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.36
€ 24.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. From The Wolf of Wall Street to Liar's Poker, Wall Street's stories of greed and ambition are legendary. Young Money offers a fresh view for the new generation. As well as being an expose of recent excess, it is the story of how the financial crisis changed a generation and remade Wall Street from the bottom up. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCLF; KFFH; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473611610
- ISBN
- 9781473611610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; APFB; BGF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 50. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062112491
- ISBN
- 9780062112491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.50
€ 21.50
Hardback. Editor(s): Zinn, Howard. Num Pages: 450 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5AN; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583228869
- ISBN
- 9781583228869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. The author chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. For young black men, he argues, they represent a new version of the American dream, one embodying the hopes and desires of those excluded from the original version. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFSL3; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216754
- ISBN
- 9780803216754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. This study shows how the feminist movement of the 1960s first found momentum in the seemingly peaceable time of the 1950s. It explores white middle class America and argues that mixed messages given to girls during this decade lent fuel to the fire that would later become known as feminism. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226072616
- ISBN
- 9780226072616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; HBWJ; JM; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171328
- ISBN
- 9780231171328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.36
€ 52.36
Paperback. In this book one of the most esteemed contemporary historians of the Middle Ages presents a concise examination of the problem that usury posed for the medieval Church, which had long denounced the lending of money for interest. Translator(s): Ranum, Patricia. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLC; HRA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zone Books – MIT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299151
- ISBN
- 9780942299151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.01
€ 24.99
€ 21.01
Hardback. Ahead of his time-Fuller's visions on globalization and the "rescue through technology" Editor(s): Krausse, Joachim; Lichtenstein, Claude. Num Pages: 528 pages, 600 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AKB; AMA; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Lars Muller Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037785249
- ISBN
- 9783037785249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.21
€ 47.99
€ 34.21
Paperback. The ICFP Personal Wealth Building Guides offer proven strategies and invaluable information for putting together the many pieces of a financial plan and reaching personal, long-term financial goals. Highly readable and interactive, these guides will help you establish clear-cut objectives and furnish you with the wherewithal for achieving them. Series: ICFP Personal Wealth Building Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471539667
- ISBN
- 9780471539667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.23
€ 30.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Michael Wiese Productions United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932907452
- ISBN
- 9781932907452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.44
€ 25.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement with black churches at its center, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. In this title, the author counters this assumption. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066274
- ISBN
- 9780674066274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 204 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Gulf Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884150244
- ISBN
- 9780884150244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.06
€ 35.06
Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Brazil, Vietnam, and Zambia, this volume integrates youth studies with urban studies, and argues that youth is an experience in its own right, not merely a transition from childhood to adulthood. It includes case studies in three cities - Recife, Hanoi, and Lusaka. Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1HFMZ; 1KLSB; JFSG; JFSP2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219695
- ISBN
- 9780253219695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. Editor(s): Chaskin, Robert, Ph.D. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVC; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146845
- ISBN
- 9780231146845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.88€ 109.48
€ 143.88
€ 109.48
hardcover. Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling examines the formation of Vietnamese American youth gangs in Southern California. Lam addresses the particularities of racism, violence, and schooling in an era of anti-youth legislation and frames gang members as post-colonial subjects, offering an alternative analysis toward humanization and decolonization. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSL1; JKVQ2; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137475589
- ISBN
- 9781137475589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.39
€ 149.39