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The Americas
Paperback. Rebecca West's never-before-published 'Survivors in Mexico' brings to readers a work by a major 20thh-century author. An exhilarating exploration of Mexican history, religion, art and culture, it explores the inner lives of figures ranging from Corres and Montezuma to Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky. Editor(s): Schweizer, Bernard (Assistant Professor of English, Long Island University, Brooklyn). Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3H; 3JJ; HBJK; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven, CT
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300105216
- ISBN
- 9780300105216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.07
€ 19.00
€ 17.07
Paperback. This study of the contemporary American faith healing movement, the Catholic Charismatic Revival, blends ethnographic details with case histories to provide a cultural analysis of the healing experience. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508. A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing. 344 pages, 10 b&w photographs. This study of the contemporary American faith healing movement, the Catholic Charismatic Revival, blends ethnographic details with case histories to provide a cultural analysis of the healing experience. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCM; JFC. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight: 496.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208841
- ISBN
- 9780520208841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.73
€ 36.99
€ 26.73
Hardcover. Set primarily on a plantation called Arcadia, overlooking the sea and a distant Cuba from on high, the author alternates between the acceptable pursuits of a Victorian gentlewoman - sewing, social visits, riding - and trying to find a more meaningful role for herself in this man's world. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011833
- ISBN
- 9781906011833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.38
€ 23.99
€ 16.38
Hardcover. Helps you discover the origins of the different people who live in the most northerly reaches of the Earth - including the Inuit, Nenet, Saami and Chukchi races - and how they have managed to survive in such harsh conditions. This book examines Arctic habitation through the ages. Num Pages: 64 pages, over 350 pictures. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1MTN; 5AJ; YNH; YNPH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 228 x 303 x 12. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843229940
- ISBN
- 9781843229940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Abraham Lincoln confronted the great questions of his age: slavery, democracy and nationalism. This biography explains the national and international factors that shaped the life and career of an ambitious, brilliant and rather strange man who rose to power at a moment when the modern world was taking shape. Series: Pocket Giants. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752497754
- ISBN
- 9780752497754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.34
€ 10.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877736394
- ISBN
- 9780877736394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.22
€ 32.99
€ 26.22
Paperback. Tells the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and Brazil's most notorious criminal. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584650
- ISBN
- 9780099584650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196172
- ISBN
- 9781845196172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.70
€ 46.99
€ 41.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 560 pages, over 560 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 225 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1560.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764342783
- ISBN
- 9780764342783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.25
€ 54.65
€ 39.25
Paperback. Explores not only cruel acts but the discriminatory thinking that made them possible, their long-term effects, the precariousness of memory, and the pathos of survival Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; 3JM; AB; HBTB; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354567
- ISBN
- 9780822354567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Dance was a fundamental part of the art world in the 1960s, the most volatile decade in American art, offering a radical image of bodily presence in a moment of revolutionary change. Halprin, Forti, and Rainer - all with Jewish roots - found themselves at the epicenter of this upheaval. This book tells their stories. Editor(s): Bennahum, Ninotchka; Perron, Wendy; Robertson, Bruce. Num Pages: 192 pages, 127 duotones (4 are details). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; AFKP; AGH; ASD; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 277 x 18. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293366
- ISBN
- 9780520293366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.66€ 42.86
€ 54.66
€ 42.86
Paperback. The fall of Enron was much more than a business scandal. Not only did the events of October 2001 have a more damaging effect on the markets than 9/11 but, like Watergate, it was an event that sent shivers throughout the whole world. This is an in-depth investigation of the fall of Enron. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; KJ; KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141011455
- ISBN
- 9780141011455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. This comprehensive introduction to Hollywood cinema provides an account of the world's most powerful film industry and examines its cultural and aesthetic significance. Num Pages: 712 pages, 43. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216155
- ISBN
- 9780631216155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.97
€ 50.99
€ 50.97
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- For Beginners United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934389898
- ISBN
- 9781934389898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.91
€ 17.99
€ 16.91
Hardback. Number One New York Times bestselling photography book Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 188 x 25. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447294252
- ISBN
- 9781447294252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.64
€ 33.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. This book aims to 'reinvent' diplomacy for our current era. The original and comparative research provides a foundation for thinking about what successful outreach, negotiation, and relationship-building with foreign actors should look like. Editor(s): Hutchings, Robert; Suri, Jeremi. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JM; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190226121
- ISBN
- 9780190226121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardcover. This book makes sense of the social, political, and conceptual consequences of the 2008 credit crisis by looking at the ways that our culture has sought to formally represent and politically respond to it. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 289 x 2. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804799058
- ISBN
- 9780804799058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Hardcover. Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the hidden hand of God that changed history Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGS; HRCV9; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718088804
- ISBN
- 9780718088804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.17
€ 26.99
€ 24.17
Paperback. Links health inequalities and worker struggles as it charts how people excluded from workplace and legal protections have found ways to challenge power structures and seek justice from states and transnational corporations alike. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFH; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278998
- ISBN
- 9780520278998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the ways in which participatory democracy can be used to effect social change. Using city-wide data and six neighborhood case studies, this book explores how determined Chicago residents, police officers, teachers, and community groups worked to banish crime. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSG; JPP; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126081
- ISBN
- 9780691126081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. A synoptic composition of Latin American philosophy of liberation and contemporary de-colonial thinking. Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HRA; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335728
- ISBN
- 9780745335728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.50
€ 40.99
€ 31.50
Paperback. David H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology. Num Pages: 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361251
- ISBN
- 9780822361251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Hardback. Commentators call the United States an empire: occasionally a benign empire, sometimes an empire in denial, often a destructive empire. In American Umpire Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman asserts instead that America has performed the role of umpire since 1776, compelling adherence to rules that gradually earned broad approval, and violating them as well. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 240 x 32. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055476
- ISBN
- 9780674055476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.96
€ 47.99
€ 39.96
Hardcover. The Engines of Empire explores the complex relationship between Victorians and their greatest invention: the steamship. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798068
- ISBN
- 9780804798068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.38
€ 46.99
€ 45.38