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Hardcover. A compendium of the best food in the USA. Num Pages: 288 pages, 125. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 187 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1148.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714865829
ISBN
9780714865829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.72

Hardback. This "living" text provides readers with a solid understanding of the three cuisines that have had the greatest impact on the globe historically. Deep knowledge of Italian, Mexican, and Chinese cuisines illuminates many of the great historical themes of the past 10,000 years as well as why we eat the way we do today. Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FPC; 1KLCM; TTVC; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 183 x 26. Weight in Grams: 871.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759121256
ISBN
9780759121256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307886118
ISBN
9780307886118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Looks at the multi-faceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions. Featuring 22 full-color two-page-spread maps, this title plumbs the depths of this major tourist destination, pivotal scene of American history and culture and, most recently, site of monumental disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Num Pages: 176 pages, 39 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 303 x 15. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274044
ISBN
9780520274044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBA; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499043
ISBN
9780801499043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Series: Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474941
ISBN
9780801474941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Examines the literature of the Revolutionary era to explore the ways in which American patriots employed the classics and to assess antiquity's importance to the early political culture of the United States. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928333
ISBN
9780813928333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Paperback. Presents the view that the courts offer the best chance for achieving a set of rights for gays and lesbians, particularly those courts whose judges draw on the expansive interpretation of liberalism. This book guides readers through a discussion of liberalism, court rulings on sodomy laws and same-sex marriage, and a look at the example of Canada. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134014
ISBN
9781592134014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199916863
ISBN
9780199916863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.11

paperback. An account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. It traces the Comanches' rise to power, from their prehistoric origins to their domination of the high plains for more than a century until their demise in the face of Anglo-American expansion. Num Pages: 592 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520559
ISBN
9780099520559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback. Robert Tsai's history invites readers into the circle of defiant groups who refused to accept the Constitution's definition of who "We the People" are and how their authority should be exercised. It is the story of America as told by dissenters: squatters, Native Americans, abolitionists, socialists, internationalists, and racial nationalists. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059955
ISBN
9780674059955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.12

Paperback. In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. In this study of the afterlives of the '68 Movement, the author explores how urban spaces - material but also literary, photographic, and cinematic - became an archive of 1968, providing a framework for de facto modes of justice for years to come. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291072
ISBN
9780520291072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 28, 8 colour plates, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453526
ISBN
9780801453526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jensen, Merrill. Series: American Heritage S. Num Pages: 498 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 784.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
498
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206946
ISBN
9780872206946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.16
€ 49.94

Hardcover. An online travel journal that presents the author's observations and taglines that celebrate the special details of each city (that is Paris and New York). Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBBEY; WH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143120254
ISBN
9780143120254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Comic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53, 53 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874505
ISBN
9780801874505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. Examines the recent and diverse proliferation of responses that challenge, reform, and even retrench neoliberalism's hegemony in Latin America. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784535
ISBN
9780804784535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Invites us to step back into an era when the hourglass figure was in vogue and striptease was a true art form. This title reveals the personal journeys of yesteryear's icons of female sexuality and power, restoring their legacy to an age that has all but forgotten them - despite resurgence of the art of burlesque. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062011817
ISBN
9780062011817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 799.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162942
ISBN
9780691162942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. John Gledhill examines how and why governments across Latin America are failing to provide security to disadvantaged citizens whilst painting them as a menace to the rest of society. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JFFA; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783603022
ISBN
9781783603022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Paperback. On April 14, 1994, two US Air Force F-15 fighters accidentally shot down two US Army Black Hawk Helicopters over Northern Iraq, killing all twenty-six peacekeepers onboard. This book attempts to make sense of this tragedy - a tragedy that on its surface makes no sense at all. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 table, 12 line illus., 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBXK; 1KBB; JMAL; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095189
ISBN
9780691095189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Offers an insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. This book provides an investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first three of which, the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, formed the US Navy's main force in the inter-war period. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472806963
ISBN
9781472806963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.40

Paperback. Jim Bridger was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. At eighteen, he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. This biography provides a portrait of Bridger. Num Pages: 333 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803257207
ISBN
9780803257207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.04

Paperback. A blockbuster adventure about life, death and obsession in the Amazon Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages b-w plate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471164910
ISBN
9781471164910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

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