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The Americas

Paperback. 'Part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer' Guardian. ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT is a brilliant book on writing from the number one bestselling writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723250
ISBN
9781444723250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. A roller coaster ride through the ruins of modern America from the most influential journalist of his generation. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Verso
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781682951
ISBN
9781781682951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.77

Hardback. Presents biographical sketches and analytical overviews of 145 of the best-known American and Canadian writers of long fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries, arranged alphabetically by name. This volume surveys the novelists, whose works are included in core curricula of high school and undergraduate literature studies. Num Pages: 1536 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSR; GBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 184 x 140. Weight in Grams: 2910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Salem Press Inc
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587653933
ISBN
9781587653933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 349.53

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439906026
ISBN
9781439906026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.51

Paperback. Cultural study of the effects of sound technologies--from the phonograph to the Walkman--on African American literature, art, and music in the twentieth century Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVG; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335900
ISBN
9780822335900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Examines one of the fastest growing social movements in the United States, the movement for environmental justice. Tracing the movement's roots, this book provides case studies of communities across the US - towns like Kettleman City, California; Chester, Pennsylvania; and Dilkon, Arizona - and their struggles against corporate polluters. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPWD; RNB; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814715376
ISBN
9780814715376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. Chronicles the Minimal art movement of the 1960s. Num Pages: 284 pages, 59 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
First Paperback Edition, 1993
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295972367
ISBN
9780295972367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Powerfully evoking the unquenchable American spirit of exploration, award-winning photographer Dan Winters chronicles the final launches of Discovery, Endeavour, and Atlantis in this stunning photographic tribute to America's space shuttle program Num Pages: 90 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 311 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Firsttion ed.
SKU
V9780292739635
ISBN
9780292739635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.29

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717084
ISBN
9780292717084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. Reveals how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. This book focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually made magic with moving pictures between 1895 and 1929. It combines film and theatre history to uncover the evidence of the exchanges between magic and filmmaking in the United States and France. Num Pages: 200 pages, 27 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; ASZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252076978
ISBN
9780252076978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. The most complete history of birth control ever written. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSJ1; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
3rd ed.
SKU
V9780252074592
ISBN
9780252074592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230106611
ISBN
9780230106611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. Translator(s): Dennis, Philip A. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292708433
ISBN
9780292708433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253280299
ISBN
9780253280299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. First published in 1974, Fogel and Engerman's groundbreaking book reexamined the economic foundations of American slavery, marking "the start of a new period of slavery scholarship and some searching revisions of a national tradition" (C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books). Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393312188
ISBN
9780393312188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 188 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACXJ; AGH; JFCA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Cernunnos France
Edition
Bilingual Edition: English & Spanish ed.
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9782374950419
ISBN
9782374950419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. The author was the long-time editor of "Field and Stream" magazine and helped to establish both the Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. This title takes his classic work on the Cheyenne Indians and condenses it into 240 fully-illustrated pages of his writings. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Joseph A. Num Pages: 240 pages, full colour and black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
World Wisdom Books United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933316604
ISBN
9781933316604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.37

Paperback. Living in the U.S.A., has for many years provided the sojourner with just the information and advice needed to deal with the expected and the unexpected. Now, under Davies' skilled editorship, this sixth edition continues in that tradition. Living in the U.S.A. Editor(s): Davies, Jef. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436. 248 pages. Editor(s): Davies, Jef. Living in the U.S.A., has for many years provided the sojourner with just the information and advice needed to deal with the expected and the unexpected. Now, under Davies' skilled editorship, this sixth edition continues in that tradition. Living in the U.S.A. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; VSW. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
Sixth Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931930192
ISBN
9781931930192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Henry Kissinger claimed that, because of the Watergate crisis, he could do nothing to stop the Greek colonels' coup on the island of Cyprus in 1975. This book argues that the coup was, in fact, no failure of American foreign policy, but the realization of a long-term Washington plot. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860647376
ISBN
9781860647376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.05

Paperback. Helps you meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has hired to operate in international war zones and on American oil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20,000 troops. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846686528
ISBN
9781846686528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. A critical moment in the Civil War, the Battle of Shiloh has been the subject of many books. However, none has told the story of Shiloh as Timothy Smith does in this volume, the first comprehensive history of the two-day battle in April 1862 - a battle so fluid and confusing that its true nature has eluded a clear narrative telling until now. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 606 pages, 30 illustrations, 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780700623471
ISBN
9780700623471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than 40 years of television and news-magazine stories on poverty, this book demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor. Series: Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 line drawings, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFA; JFSL1; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293653
ISBN
9780226293653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. A study of the organization, life and meaning of the "Nation of Islam" and, by extension, all Black Nationalist movements. This work dispels the common conception that the movement functioned primarily for political purposes. Num Pages: 368 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226218533
ISBN
9780226218533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Uses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b&w photos, and 4 photo color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329886
ISBN
9780822329886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.59

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