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Paperback. One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Num Pages: 340 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474. A Titan is Born. 340 pages, illustrations. One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight: 474.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271791
ISBN
9780520271791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. The acknowledged expert on all things related to the battle of Atlanta, the author of A Long and Bloody Task tells the tale of the Atlanta campaign as only a native can. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 images and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611213171
ISBN
9781611213171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Malley, Brendan; Foley, Michael. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728. T. The US has been at war for 70 of the past 100 years. This startling collection of wartime letters, songs, poems, editorial cartoons, newspaper articles and government documents reveals the profound influence war has had on the country. Home Fronts offers a vivid cross-section of American intellectual, political and cultural life over the past century. Across the rich variety of social commentary, political critique and artistic expression, this title brings into sharp focus the startling continuities and contrasts of these experiences. 627pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
THE NEW PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KMR0002887
ISBN
9781595580146
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Malley, Brendan; Foley, Michael. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
THE NEW PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0237147
ISBN
9781595580146
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280663
ISBN
9780520280663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. How do politicians manage the flood of information from a wide range of sources? How do they interpret and respond to such inundation? Which issues do they pay attention to and why? Based on an information-processing perspective, this study of American politics answers these questions on decision-making processes and prioritization. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 tables, 62line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226406534
ISBN
9780226406534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408123119
ISBN
9781408123119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Hardcover. For the first time ever, comes the book John Derian fans have been waiting for. Culled from the thousands of images that have appeared in his biannual collections, here is an astoundingly beautiful assortment of more than 400 full-bleed images in their original form. Num Pages: 368 pages, 400 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; 3JM; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 376 x 293 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2822.
Publisher
Artisan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781579656478
ISBN
9781579656478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.22

Hardcover. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170427
ISBN
9781590170427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199987269
ISBN
9780199987269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. Sex, the Kennedys, Monroe and the Mafia; the controversial American bestseller - 'Hersh has found more muck in this particular Augean stable than most people want to acknowledge' Gore Vidal Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 b/w illus, 8 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006530770
ISBN
9780006530770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJH; BGH; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Barricade Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569805176
ISBN
9781569805176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. How to start, grow, and succeed in the food truck business.

Food trucks have become a wildly popular and important part of the hospitality industry. Consumers are flocking to these mobile food businesses in droves, inspiring national food truck competitions and even a show dedicated to the topic on The Food Network. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJH; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118208816
ISBN
9781118208816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781334247200
ISBN
9781334247200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 4.14

Paperback. From 1861 to 1865, the region along the Missouri-Kansas border was the scene of unbelievable death and destruction. This book presents a report of life in this merciless guerrilla war. It features bushwhackers and jayhawkers, soldiers and civilians, scouts, spies, runaway slaves, the generals and the guerrillas, who describe their ordeals. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213037
ISBN
9780253213037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.45

Hardback. Americans' long and restless search for identity through family trees illuminates the story of America itself, according to Francois Weil, as preoccupation with social standing, racial purity, and national belonging gave way to an embrace of diversity in one's forebears, pursued through Ancestry.com and advances in DNA testing. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 33. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674045835
ISBN
9780674045835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.32

Paperback. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld. 288 pages. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841953861
ISBN
9781841953861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 line illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161075
ISBN
9780691161075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.15

Paperback. Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild. Editor(s): Sutherland, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555574
ISBN
9780199555574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Hardcover. A major new biography of the Civil War general and American president, by the author of the New York Times bestseller, A. Lincoln. Num Pages: 816 pages, 30 MAPS; 120 PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 246 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1208.
Publisher
Random House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400069026
ISBN
9781400069026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Anchor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised, Expanded, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385483995
ISBN
9780385483995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.79

paperback. The definitive Collected Poems by Jamaica's Poet Laureate Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 2ZP; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 21. .
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784104580
ISBN
9781784104580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. An engrossing account of a World War II legend. This is the explosive retelling of the career of Captain Ed Shames with appeal to enthusiasts of World War II and Band of Brothers fans. Num Pages: 328 pages, 48pp plate section in colour and black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472819383
ISBN
9781472819383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. A true-life mystery of a pair of red-tailed hawks who, in the spring of 1992, built a nest on a high ledge of a building on New York City's Fifth Avenue. It chronicles the adventures not only of the hawks, but also of Central Park's other wildlife residents and of the birdwatchers. Num Pages: 331 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
331
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747542032
ISBN
9780747542032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

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