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Hardback. In Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor Tim Lawrence examines the city's party, dance, music, and art culture between 1980 and 1983, tracing the rise, apex, and fall of this inventive, vibrant, and tumultuous scene. Num Pages: 600 pages, 115 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; AVGV; AVRS; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 38. Weight in Grams: 984.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361862
ISBN
9780822361862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.79

Paperback. In this ethnography of the Cancha mega-market in Cochabama, Bolivia, Daniel M. Goldstein examines what it means for the market's poorest vendors to maintain personal safety and economic stability by navigating systems of informality and illegality and how this dynamic is representative of the neoliberal modern city. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360452
ISBN
9780822360452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. By exploring the use of film in mid-twentieth-century institutions including libraries, classrooms, and professional organizations, film scholars show how moving images became an ordinary feature of American life. Editor(s): Acland, Charles R.; Wasson, Haidee. Num Pages: 400 pages, 56 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634. 400 pages, 56 illustrations. Editor(s): Acland, Charles R.; Wasson, Haidee. Challenges preconceived notions about just what cinema is. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 26. Weight: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350095
ISBN
9780822350095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.78

Paperback. A people's history of the global space race in the 1960s, beginning with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and astronaut Alan Shepard and ending with the close of the Mercury and Voskhod programs in 1965. Series: Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 images and a frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBLW3; PDX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226395
ISBN
9780803226395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Through a narrative brimming with honesty and grace, Dance Lest We All Fall Down unfolds the story of how friendship, when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams of a better world into reality. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFA; JKSB1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780295990583
ISBN
9780295990583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Presents an account of conceptualism in Latin American art. Placing the evolution of conceptualism within the history Latin America, this work explores conceptualism as a strategy, rather than a style, in Latin American culture. It shows how the roots of conceptualism reach back to the early nineteenth century in the work of Simon Rodriguez. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 364 pages, 85 color and 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716292
ISBN
9780292716292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Examining how nineteenth-century Black women writers engaged radical reform, sentiment and their various readerships Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076640
ISBN
9780252076640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage and multiculturalism. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817995829
ISBN
9780817995829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.88

Paperback. "Golway's revisionist take is a useful reminder of the unmatched ingenuity of American politics."-Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490033
ISBN
9781631490033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJK; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888394910
ISBN
9780888394910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. A social and cultural history of African American arts activity in Los Angeles between the Second World War and the 1992 riots. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; AB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346791
ISBN
9780822346791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Presents a sociological analysis of lesbians' use of medical fertility treatments. This book describes how reproduction is an intensely medicalized process for lesbians, transforming them into patients more often due to their sexual identities than because of their physical conditions. It explores questions about the legal rights of co-parents. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340782
ISBN
9780822340782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.67

Paperback. An account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently. Num Pages: 596 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735223
ISBN
9780804735223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 52.60

Hardback. This book identifies the forces behind the explosive growth in Asian American literature. It charts its emergence and explores both the unique place of Asian Americans in American culture and what that place says about the way Americanness is defined. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734004
ISBN
9780804734004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.37
€ 114.32

Hardcover. Focusing on women of the counterculture, this book describes how gender was perceived within the movement, with women taking on much of the responsibility for sustaining communes. It examines the lives of younger runaways and daughters who shared the lifestyle. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illustrations, 8 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616336
ISBN
9780700616336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48

Paperback. Series: Native American. Num Pages: 248 pages, 460 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486257778
ISBN
9780486257778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. Series: Native American. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486220376
ISBN
9780486220376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 171 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ACQ; AFKB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 188 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1619.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022228
ISBN
9780268022228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.89

Hardcover. Lacking DJ but not obvious if called for. Original cloth. Some minor shelf wear to edges, but overall remains good to very good. Previous owner's signature to ffep. Good clean copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1945
Publisher
Victor Gollancz
Edition
First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0001413
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Arrow London
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0006914
ISBN
9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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