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Paperback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285347
ISBN
9780520285347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. The first dual biography of the most remarkable political friendship of the twentieth century Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8 B&W. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340923467
ISBN
9780340923467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. This collection of Paul Roberts essays explores the dangers in Washington's imposition of vassalage and Washington's resurrection of distrust among nuclear powers, the very distrust that Reagan and Gorbachev worked to eliminate. He explains how the collapse of the Soviet Union removed the only check on Washington's ability to act unilaterally. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPFM; JPQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Clarity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780986076992
ISBN
9780986076992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. Reveals one of the most remarkable but unreported facts of the Second World War: that key Wall Street banks and American businesses supported Hitler's rise to power by financing and trading with Nazi Germany. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPFQ; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414. The Astonishing True Story of the American Financiers Who Bankrolled the Nazis. 224 pages, illustrations. Reveals one of the most remarkable but unreported facts of the Second World War: that key Wall Street banks and American businesses supported Hitler's rise to power by financing and trading with Nazi Germany. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPFQ; KNST. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight: 406.
Publisher
Clairview Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905570270
ISBN
9781905570270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JMP; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
50486th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807001271
ISBN
9780807001271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.51

Paperback. An In Cold Blood for our time, a chilling, compulsive story of a writer unwittingly caught in the wake of a grifter-turned-murderer. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472115898
ISBN
9781472115898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Hardback. Explores the Apollo missions and the most successful years of America's space program. Editor(s): Burgess, Colin. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 520 pages, 55 illustrations, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 918.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226654
ISBN
9780803226654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.56

Paperback. What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 118. Series: 33 1/3. 128 pages. What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Dimension: 165 x 120 x 10. Weight: 118.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826416339
ISBN
9780826416339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Presents the author's journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. This title offers a portrait of the glory of the African landscape and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DNF; WSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099460954
ISBN
9780099460954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 182 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607745624
ISBN
9781607745624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.31

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456756
ISBN
9780801456756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. From education to tax reform to jobs, this is a citizen's guide to influencing lawmakers, candidates, and reporters. It reveals fifteen proven actions each taking less than one hour that show readers how to speak out effectively on a host of issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CJB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 289.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787973001
ISBN
9780787973001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.26

Paperback. The Apache wars were the final episode in the subjugation of the American Indian peoples. Featuring larger-than-life characters such as Geronimo, Cochise and General Cook, this is an account of the battles between the Apache and the US Army for land and freedom. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPVH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666282
ISBN
9780712666282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world's dominant sea power. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16 pp b/w photos on text stock, 3 b/w photos run w/text, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
4.7.2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316097833
ISBN
9780316097833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, the author asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 halftones. 17 tables. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJP; JFSG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162553
ISBN
9780691162553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Hardcover. Num Pages: 340 pages, 649 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. Weight in Grams: 1842.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349119
ISBN
9780764349119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.12
€ 46.73

Paperback. Although built in small numbers for the USAF, the F-104C fought and survived for almost three years in Vietnam. This book covers the technical characteristics of the F-104 Starfighter, one of the most widely-used and popular aircraft in history. It also features photographs detailing the variety of nose-paint schemes and weapons configurations. Illustrator(s): Ugolini, Rolando; Hector, Gareth. Series: Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 250 x 5. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780963136
ISBN
9781780963136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 114 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Jonglez Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9782361950767
ISBN
9782361950767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. Versatile warships, the heavy cruisers of the Baltimore class, and their successors in the Oregon City and Des Moines classes, commonly acted as carrier escorts throughout World War II, but also performed bombardment duties in support of amphibious landings. This is a guide to the US' heavy cruiser classes. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 186 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782006329
ISBN
9781782006329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Series: American Music Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311363
ISBN
9781477311363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Take a virtual tour of picturesque Niagara Falls and see images of the "Maid of the Mist" steamer passing the American Falls, and powerful rushing waters at Bridal Falls. From early twentieth century hand-colored postcards and photographic views, you ca Num Pages: 112 pages, 123 color / 3 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 12. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764328015
ISBN
9780764328015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. Colombia Travel Guide - Expert holiday and travel advice on everything from Bogota cuisine and accommodation to rainforest walks, national parks and birdwatching. Also covering suggested itineraries, Amazon wildlife guide, historic archaeological sites, Cartagena, Medellin, Los Llanos, Leticia, San Andres Archipelago, indigenous people and culture. Series: Bradt Travel Guides. Num Pages: 520 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841629216
ISBN
9781841629216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.01

Paperback. The only edition of the celebrated Autobiography that includes the long-missing and recently identified "Wagon Letters." Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393935615
ISBN
9780393935615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 278 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556528040
ISBN
9781556528040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.16

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