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The Americas
Hardback. Proposing that its roots can be found in Great Plains nonfiction writing, this book explores the many facets of this vital form of critique, exploration, and celebration that weaves together such elements of narrative as natural history, cultural history, geography, memoir, and intertextuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245020
- ISBN
- 9780803245020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.68
€ 52.68
Paperback. Winner of the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. It is a unique first-hand account of what many consider to be the last great era in British climbing. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1DBKWN; 1KLS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308. Climbing the World's Most Dangerous Routes. 168 pages, 8pp colour plates. Winner of the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. It is a unique first-hand account of what many consider to be the last great era in British climbing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1DBKWN; 1KLS; WSZG. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight: 308.
- Publisher
- Vertebrate
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906148584
- ISBN
- 9781906148584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Presents a documented investigation that uncovers the secrets surrounding John F Kennedy's assassination. Offering a different perspective - that JFK's death was not just an isolated case, but rather a symptom of hidden processes - this title examines the deep politics of early 1960s American international and domestic policies. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JKV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205192
- ISBN
- 9780520205192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.43
€ 35.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Focuses on the role of African American folk music in Renaissance aesthetic and political debates about racial performance, social memory, and national identity. This book elucidates how spirituals, African American concert music, the blues, and jazz became symbolic sites of social memory and anticipation in the era of the Harlem Renaissance. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325918
- ISBN
- 9780822325918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. The definitive Southern cookbook for a new generation, from the star chef and creator of PBS's A Chef's Life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 175 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 264 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2028.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316381109
- ISBN
- 9780316381109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.42
€ 48.42
Paperback. Deep South of America is a place of contradictions. There is the warm, open spirit of the soul food cafes, found in every town, no matter how small. There is the ruined grandeur of numberless ghostly towns, long abandoned by the industries that built them. This book is about this place. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241969359
- ISBN
- 9780241969359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. This work presents a mixture of anecdotes, memories, interviews and observations from a minister's son whose father performed missionary work in the deeply religious communities of the Bible Belt in America. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; HRCC9; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820317168
- ISBN
- 9780820317168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.17
€ 27.99
€ 25.17
Hardcover. Editor(s): Michaels, Denis A.; Aston, Gregorio S. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619424999
- ISBN
- 9781619424999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.50€ 113.56
€ 166.50
€ 113.56
Paperback. Documents the trading relationship in the eighteenth century between the Creek Indians and the Anglo-American peoples who settled in what is now the southeastern US. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of this trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 13 images; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218567
- ISBN
- 9780803218567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.79
€ 23.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 273 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226364162
- ISBN
- 9780226364162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.94
€ 41.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. A revealing investigation into the origins, development, and impact of Canada's space program from 1945 to 1974. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774819602
- ISBN
- 9780774819602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.86
€ 36.99
€ 36.86
Hardback. By examining the Cold War court-martial, this book opens a window on conflicts that divided America at the time, such as the competing demands of work and family and the tension between individual rights and social conformity. Using military justice records, it demonstrates the criminal consequences of the military's violent mission. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118048
- ISBN
- 9780691118048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.36€ 54.40
€ 70.36
€ 54.40
Hardcover. Arms control and missile defense are once again at the forefront of the American national security agenda. Not surprisingly, the debate has broken down along well-worn lines. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KI20002055
- ISBN
- 9780815700081
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Karalis, Darryl. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JKSB1; LNMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626180079
- ISBN
- 9781626180079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.16€ 133.70
€ 198.16
€ 133.70
paperback. Defending Illusions examines the science, philosophy, and law of ecosystem management. Allan Fitzsimmons clearly illustrates how efforts to make federal protection of ecosystems the centerpiece of national environmental policy rest on weak science and a worldview that places concern for the well-being of nature ahead of the well-being of people. Series: The Political Economy Forum. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCN; KCP; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847694228
- ISBN
- 9780847694228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.35
€ 77.35
Hardback. They then propose a set of strategies to strengthen the role of community colleges in providing both access and opportunities for achievement for all students. Num Pages: 305 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884474
- ISBN
- 9780801884474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.09
€ 37.09
Hardback. Presents a cultural history of science and engineering (SandE) policymaking in the United States, from World War II to the post 9/11 era. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; PD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761831563
- ISBN
- 9780761831563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.81
€ 111.81
Hardback. A visual and textual journey through the cultural contributions of Puerto Rican artists in the United States Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFC; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252036460
- ISBN
- 9780252036460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.15
€ 126.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Towell, Pat; Daggett, Stephen; Belasco, Amy. Num Pages: 163 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604566987
- ISBN
- 9781604566987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.79€ 42.80
€ 59.79
€ 42.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Brown, Preston I.; Robinson, Travis E. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJC; KNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620816721
- ISBN
- 9781620816721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.61€ 126.88
€ 187.61
€ 126.88
Paperback. This thought provoking strategic analysis of NATO's Northern Front and U.S. military policy questions a number of the assumptions currently held in Norway, Denmark and the United States. Concrete and specific measures are proposed to strengthen conventional defense of this vital northern NATO front and deterrence of conflict in Europe as a whole. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819173416
- ISBN
- 9780819173416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Lehner, Matthew R. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 68
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629480886
- ISBN
- 9781629480886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.07€ 57.58
€ 82.07
€ 57.58
Hardback. Editor(s): Fleming, Angelina. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; JWJ; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634837392
- ISBN
- 9781634837392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.30€ 144.31
€ 192.30
€ 144.31
Paperback. Constructs ethnohistories of the Xiximes, Acaxees, Conchos, Tepehuanes, and Tarahumaras to explain why only two of the five groups successfully resisted Spanish conquest and colonization. This title offers an analysis of each group's past from the time the Spaniards first attempted to settle them in missions up to the middle of eighteenth century. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 maps, 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292705517
- ISBN
- 9780292705517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41