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The Americas

Paperback. Serves as a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fiction, and an essay. This book talks about the legends and tales from oral tradition and used experiences from the author's life and community to educate others about the Yankton Sioux. It bridges the gap between her own culture and mainstream American society. Num Pages: 196 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DQ; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803299177
ISBN
9780803299177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Successfully communicating with people from another culture requires learning more than just their language. This practical guide for deciphering and following 'the rules' that govern cultures demonstrates how these rules apply to the communication issues that exist between the United States and Mexico. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GPF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292755710
ISBN
9780292755710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Series: War Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; APFA; HBJK; HBLX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564029
ISBN
9780813564029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.75

Paperback. Presents a pioneering exploration of Asian American visual art. This title focuses on works produced during the watershed 1990s, when surging Asian immigration had significantly altered the demographic, cultural, and political contours of Asian America, and a renaissance in Asian American art and visual culture was well underway. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, 65 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; ACX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342045
ISBN
9780822342045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Dealing with the civil war, this title takes a close look at the battlefield doctors in whose hands rested the lives of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers. It also examines the impact on major campaigns - Manassas, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Shiloh, Atlanta - of ignorance, understaffing, inexperience, and overcrowded hospitals. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 534. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780252070105
ISBN
9780252070105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Photos Throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 53. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804140430
ISBN
9780804140430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.78

Hardcover. Examining the dynamics of industry, recreation, and environment; Chiang explores the social history of Monterey's development from a seaside resort to a working-class fishing town and, finally, to a tourist attraction again Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; KNAF; KNSG; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991399
ISBN
9780295991399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Simeonovski, Velizar. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 320 pages, 197 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; RBX; WNCF; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780253020840
ISBN
9780253020840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.91

Hardcover. This work weaves the stories of individual Alabamians and Alabama-related military units into a brief narrative history of World War II. Interviews with veterans of the war-front and home-front supplement research from archives, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs and secondary sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Edition
3rd ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0236714
ISBN
9780817307370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This work weaves the stories of individual Alabamians and Alabama-related military units into a brief narrative history of World War II. Interviews with veterans of the war-front and home-front supplement research from archives, newspapers, scrapbooks, photographs and secondary sources. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Edition
3rd ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0236713
ISBN
9780817307370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Harrowing and redeeming, this is the history of a unique 'adoption' system. For generations, local families, grateful for the sacrifice of their liberators from Nazi occupation, have cared for not only the graves, but the memories, of over 10,000 US soldiers in the cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230346642
ISBN
9780230346642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Paperback. Days of Valor tells the story of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, a major combat unit of the US Army that served in the Vietnam War. The brigade was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was sent out to Vietnam in December 1966. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages of b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Casemate Publishers United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781935149385
ISBN
9781935149385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.40

Hardcover. An insider's look at the Jim Beam brand, from a 7th generation Master Distiller Written by the 7th generation Beam family member and Master Distiller, Frederick Booker Noe III, Beam, Straight Up is the first book to be written by a Beam, the family behind the 217-year whiskey dynasty and makers of one of the world's best-selling bourbons. Num Pages: 206 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJ; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118378366
ISBN
9781118378366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550023787
ISBN
9781550023787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.34

Paperback. Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memories. Num Pages: 178 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781598745498
ISBN
9781598745498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.08

Paperback. Being Red is an intimate memoir of an extraordinary time--the years Howard Fast, one of our nation's most popular authors, spent in the American Communist Party, and under the constant surveillance of the FBI. 8-page photo insert. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; FV; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781563244995
ISBN
9781563244995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; HBTB; JFSG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560009832
ISBN
9781560009832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays on various aspects of the new discipline of Latin American cultural studies. Essays in this work are grouped in five sections focusing on: the theory of Latin American cultural studies; the icons of culture; culture as a commodity; culture as a site of resistance; and everyday cultural practices. Editor(s): Hart, Stephen; Young, Richard A. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340808221
ISBN
9780340808221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Hardback. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Covarrubias, Ana. Num Pages: 494 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL4; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415842389
ISBN
9780415842389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 270.73

Paperback. The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. This work tells the story of how changes in patenting - an institutional process that was created to nurture innovation - have wreaked havoc on innovators, businesses, and economic productivity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJMV6; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127941
ISBN
9780691127941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Based on evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions - such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems - impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136042
ISBN
9780691136042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. The White House Situation Room is arguably the most important facility in the most important building in the world. As the president's intelligence and alert center, it provides vital communication and crisis management capabilities to the chief executive and his advisers. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781574887006
ISBN
9781574887006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. History, Culture, Politics. Series: Latin America Readers. 688 pages, 105 illustrations, 10 colour plates, 1 map. Editor(s): Grandin, Greg; Levenson, Deborah; Oglesby, Elizabeth. Brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTB; HBJK. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 44. Weight: 990.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351078
ISBN
9780822351078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. From the 1920s through the 1960s, scores of small, independent record companies nurtured distinctly American music: jazz, blues, gospel, country, rhythm and blues, and the 1950s offspring of R&B, rock n' roll. This title profiles ten such companies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; AVX; HBTB; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214348
ISBN
9780253214348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

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