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The Americas

Paperback. One-third of America's adult population has passed through the criminal justice system and now has a criminal record. An assessment of the contemporary carceral state, this book argues that the broad reach of the criminal justice system has recast the relation between citizen and state, resulting in a sizable group of second-class citizens. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226137834
ISBN
9780226137834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.65

Paperback. When movie-making and gaming collide Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; KNT; UGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222312
ISBN
9780253222312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.96

Hardcover. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear. Hardback; dustjacket in good condition.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Warner Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0006554
ISBN
9780446520362
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 279 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Smithsonian Books United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588343895
ISBN
9781588343895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.12

paperback. Recounts the spectacular history of Esalen, the institute that has long been one of the world leaders in alternative and experiential education and stands at the center of the human potential movement. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 colour plate, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBJK; HRQC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 41. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453705
ISBN
9780226453705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.97

Paperback. This title argues that the interests of America and its European allies are diverging sharply. It makes clear how Europe's need to escape a bloody past has led to a new set of beliefs about conflict while at the same time the US has become the guarantor of the European order by dint of its might. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000269
ISBN
9781843541783
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), an African American Pentecostal denomination founded in 1896, has become the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States. This book examines the religious and social lives of the women in the COGIC Women's Department from its founding in 1911 through the mid-1960s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC96; HRCC99; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858080
ISBN
9780807858080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Number of pages
95
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571314383
ISBN
9781571314383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.38

Paperback. This collection of essays reveals the beauty and value of hornets, bats, katydids, mice, cicadas, and other tiny creatures. Allen M. Young records his keen observations of the natural world as he walks through urban woods near Lake Michigan, or sits on his deck in his own backyard. Illustrator(s): Huf, Judith. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299169640
ISBN
9780299169640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ciment, James; Russell, Thaddeus. Num Pages: 1478 pages, 165. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 99. Weight in Grams: 4345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
1478
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576078495
ISBN
9781576078495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 279.90
€ 253.56

Paperback. After a childhood spent in London, his family moved to California and by his twenties, Jack was PA and bodyguard to the Hollywood stars - most notably Michael Stipe, RuPaul and Mickey Rourke. His work took him around the world and led to bizarre encounters and requests, but also lured him into a smorgasbord of addictions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BM; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571331871
ISBN
9780571331871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hillstrom, Kevin; Hillstrom, Laurie Collier. Series: Industrial Revolution in America. Num Pages: 884 pages, 128. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
884
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781851097494
ISBN
9781851097494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.25
€ 102.70

Hardcover. Communications, Agriculture and Meatpacking, Overview/comparison. Series: Industrial Revolution in America S. 900 pages, Illustrations, ports. Editor(s): Hillstrom, Kevin; Hillstrom, Laurie Collier. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 71. Weight: 1824.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Number of pages
900
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851097197
ISBN
9781851097197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.25
€ 101.36

Hardcover. Editor(s): Van Horn, Carl E.; Schaffner, Herbert A. Num Pages: 741 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JHBL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1715.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
741
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576076767
ISBN
9781576076767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.29
€ 160.58

Hardcover. Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves. Editor(s): Williams, John A.; Williams, Lori. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
Adapted ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814333556
ISBN
9780814333556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.74

Paperback. Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. This title investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803265929
ISBN
9780803265929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fremont-Barnes, Gregory; Ryerson, Richard Alan. Num Pages: 2548 pages, 247. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 190. Weight in Grams: 8165.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
2548
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781851098392
ISBN
9781851098392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 460.69

Hardcover. Editor(s): Alexander, Leslie M.; Rucker, Walter C. Series: American Ethnic Experiences Series. Num Pages: 1136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 4060.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851097692
ISBN
9781851097692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 309.30
€ 277.90

Hardcover. Editor(s): Tucker, Spencer C.; Arnold, James R.; Wiener, Roberta. Num Pages: 1188 pages, 320. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 89. Weight in Grams: 3901.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851097524
ISBN
9781851097524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 279.90
€ 253.56

Paperback.

From acclaimed picture book author and illustrator S. D. Nelson comes the amazing true story of Black Elk

Num Pages: 56 pages, Full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5AH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 256 x 255 x 8. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Abrams
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419715280
ISBN
9781419715280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.83

Hardback. This book offers a concise yet comprehensive history of Puerto Rico, from the reign of Taino Indians through its centuries as a Spanish colony to its present-day standing as a thriving economic force in Latin America with a unique and ever-evolving relationship with the United States. Series: Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations. Num Pages: 155 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313354182
ISBN
9780313354182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.51
€ 58.01

Hardback. Details how, although the US constitution does not specify the structure of the federal court system, the federal court has succeeded in binding together the rule of law and rights-based democracy. Series: Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313312045
ISBN
9780313312045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.03
€ 78.31

Hardback. The documents in this volume outline the highs and lows of Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary reputation and the elevation of his first and best-known romance to the rank of masterpiece and classic. Also included is a selective bibliography of modern scholarship. Series: Critical Responses in Arts & Letters. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313275999
ISBN
9780313275999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.27
€ 68.16

Hardback. William Wellman was the director of the World War I epic, "Wings". This is his biography, and it describes the war hero, family man, occasional prankster, and underestimated visionary who changed Hollywood forever. Written by William Wellman's son, it traces how the director used his own war experience to bring a war epic to the screen. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275985417
ISBN
9780275985417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.70

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