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Paperback. During the 1930s and 1940s William Grant Still was known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers". He worked as an arranger for early radio, on Broadway, and in Hollywood. This text brings William Grant Still out of the archives and examines his place in America's musical heritage. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 1 table, 22 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHN0001970
ISBN
9780520215436
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Bobo demonstrates that African-American women, as a separate interpretive community, view cultural products in a unique way. In interviews with black women, she examines their specific responses as spectators and consumers of films and novels, including Waiting to Exhale, The Color Purple, and Daughters of the Dust. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231083959
ISBN
9780231083959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.83

paperback. A brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays from the award-winning author of the bestseller INFINITE JEST Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
9780349119526
ISBN
9780349119526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.33

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPVR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816645619
ISBN
9780816645619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. A collection containing over 300 pieces of literature by, about, and in the interests of the working class in America. Organized in an historical fashion, with texts are grouped around key historical and cultural developments in working-class life, this volume records the literature of the working classes from the early laborers of the 1600. Num Pages: 960 pages, 17 halftones, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 245 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
960
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195144567
ISBN
9780195144567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 164.03

Paperback. Focuses on crack cocaine. In reinterpreting the crack story, this book offers fresh understandings of both drug addiction and drug prohibition. It shows how crack use arose in the face of growing unemployment, poverty, racism, and shrinking social services. It examines the crack scare as a phenomenon in its own right. Editor(s): Reinarman, Craig; Levine, Harry G. Num Pages: 359 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JPQB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202429
ISBN
9780520202429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

Paperback. The story of the fighting at Monocacy, known as the "Battle that Saved Washington." A pivotal day and an even more pivotal campaign that went right to the gates of Washington, D.C. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 maps, 150 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611213461
ISBN
9781611213461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.53

Hardcover. Focuses on the early years of statehood and statesmanship in three pivotal western territories. This work explores the conquest, immigration, and settlement of the first three states of the western region. It investigates the building of local political customs, habits, and institutions, as well as the socioeconomic development of the region. Num Pages: 474 pages, 23 half-tones, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520073487
ISBN
9780520073487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.00
€ 49.27

Hardcover. This unforgettable narrative follows the astonishing career and epic manhunt for Whitey Bulger--a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393087727
ISBN
9780393087727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.43

paperback. Series: ILR Press Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
ILR Press United States
Edition
Updated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487330
ISBN
9780801487330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. The landscape of the Calumet, an area that sits astride the Indiana-Illinois state line at the southern end of Lake Michigan was shaped by the glaciers that withdrew toward the end of the last ice age - about 45,000 years ago. This book deals with this region. Num Pages: 264 pages, 150 b&w photos, 20 figures, 2 color photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; RGBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012227
ISBN
9780253012227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

hardcover. Shedding light on British war aims and maritime strategy, this book is suitable for scholars of Napoleonic Wars and British political, diplomatic, economic and maritime/military history. Series: International Library of Historical Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSP; 1KLS; 3JH; HBLL; HBWH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
I B TAURIS
Condition
New
SKU
9781848851962
ISBN
9781848851962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.81

paperback. The U.S. economy faced the prospect of a serious recession even prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks. The afflictions that had deepened under both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush - wage stagnation, rising inequality and wildly inflated stock markets - sharpened further. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
VERSO
Condition
New
SKU
9781844675340
ISBN
9781844675340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 7.02

unknown_binding. October 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis: the confrontation that brought the world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before or since. Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTW; HBWS; JWMN. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780748696307
ISBN
9780748696307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 29.39

paperback. From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. This book offers a devastating analysis of American Imperialism, drawing alarming connections between its repression of information inside the US and its aggressive empire-building abroad. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099135012
ISBN
9780099135012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.52

paperback. Journeying to the dusty heartlands of America's Bible Belt, the author goes in search of the truth behind a startling statistic: 50 million Americans believe the apocalypse will take place in their own lifetimes. Are they devout or deranged? Why do they seem so cheerful about the end of the world? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780091910884
ISBN
9780091910884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 7.02

Paperback. The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour to Canada and United States. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. This book speaks to the Canadian and American beginning of the West Indian cricket culture that emerged a century later as a powerful performance force of the game. Num Pages: 140 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JH; HBTB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Canoe Press Jamaica
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9789768125866
ISBN
9789768125866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 48.60

Paperback. The fascinating, definitive chronicle of the timber rattlesnake and its fate in the northeast Num Pages: 228 pages, 12 illus. 8 ht. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSVW5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584656562
ISBN
9781584656562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.22

paperback. Explains how the American military's anti-gay policy is fundamentally misdescribed by its common nickname, 'Don't Ask/Don't Tell.' This title shows that this ubiquitous phrase implies that it discharges service members not for who they are, but for what they do. It is suitable for legal scholars, policymakers, activists, and military historians. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK2; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323174
ISBN
9780822323174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786472680
ISBN
9780786472680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.60

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