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Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
None ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813538068
ISBN
9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.65

Paperback. Here, journalists can find the facts they need to cover complex and controversial environmental health stories accurately. It is also a resource for librarians, students, editors and anyone who wishes to better understand the who, what, where, why and how of the media reports on the environment. Editor(s): West, Bernadette M. (Assistant Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, USA); Greenberg, Michael R. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; KNTJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813532875
ISBN
9780813532875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Hardcover. In The Great War and American Foreign Policy, 1914-1924, Robert E. Hannigan challenges the conventional belief that the United States entered World War I only because its hand was forced and disputes the claim that Washington was subsequently driven by a desire "to make the world safe for democracy." Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248593
ISBN
9780812248593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Hardback. In Skyscraper, Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape. Num Pages: 240 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
y First printing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812241846
ISBN
9780812241846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

paperback. A classic rediscovered. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; HBJH; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 1476 x 114 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217759
ISBN
9780812217759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This is the story of a spectacular naval rebellion in which ordinary Brazilian seamen (mostly black and led by a black sailor) overpowered their officers on Dreadnought-class battleships in 1910, to abolish flogging and secure civic rights; it also tells how the sailors suffered lethal retribution, although flogging would never return. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781091
ISBN
9780804781091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. A comprehensive analysis of theories of statutory interpretation and their use in the Rehnquist Court. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 tables, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LNZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759120
ISBN
9780804759120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756402
ISBN
9780804756402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Paperback. This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history-the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatan against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740012
ISBN
9780804740012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

paperback. The title of a poem is often seen as no more than a convenient means of reference. But in shorter lyric poems the title can often be as long as a line of verse, and as allusive. This is a theoretical, critical, and historical exploration of the traditions for titling shorter English poems. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735179
ISBN
9780804735179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. This edition of Louis Filler's classic account carries the muckraking tradition through World War II, McCarthyism, the civil rights movement, Korea, Vietnam, Ralph Nader, and Watergate. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 569.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722360
ISBN
9780804722360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardback. An event of rare literary distinction, this book records the conjunction between two distinguished American poets, illuminating not only their work and their connection but also the deep strain of pantheistic mysticism in the American tradition. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714150
ISBN
9780804714150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804711234
ISBN
9780804711234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Hardback. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269859
ISBN
9780803269859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

Hardback. Ring Lardner's influence on American letters is arguably greater than that of any other American writer in the early part of the twentieth century. Ron Rapoport has gathered the best of Lardner's journalism from his earliest days at the South Bend Times through his years at the Chicago Tribune and his weekly column for the Bell Syndicate. Editor(s): Rapoport, Ron. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DNJ; KNTJ; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269736
ISBN
9780803269736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 39.74

Paperback. Leading personalities, civilian and military, Mexican and American, are given incisive and fair evaluations. The coming of war is seen as unavoidable, given American expansion and Mexican resistance to loss of territory, compounded by the fact that neither side understood the other. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803261075
ISBN
9780803261075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Robbers Roost is a hideout for outlaws and hunted men long before Butch Cassidy found it in 1884. This book features an introduction by Floyd A O'Neil, director of the American West Center at the University of Utah that discusses landscape, the law and the Wild Bunch, and the author's lifelong preparation for this subject. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 14. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260894
ISBN
9780803260894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 40 illustrations, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259683
ISBN
9780803259683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259201
ISBN
9780803259201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

paperback. 'The Civil War was a major event in the lives of southern Indians who had been removed to Indian Territory in the antebellum period. The author describes the 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, a bloody disaster for the Confederates but a glorious moment for Colonel Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles. Num Pages: 403 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259195
ISBN
9780803259195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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