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Paperback. Why do severe recessions happen? Could we have prevented the Great Recession and its consequences? And what actions are needed to prevent such crises going forward? This book offers convincing answers to some of the most important questions faced by the economy. Num Pages: 227 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition, Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226271651
- ISBN
- 9780226271651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.62
€ 16.62
Paperback. One of the world's biggest and most successful banks, Lehman Brothers bank's downfall was the event that sparked the slide of the world economy toward a Great Depression II. This title presents the inside story of the dark characters who ruled Lehman and the crash that didn't have to happen. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091936150
- ISBN
- 9780091936150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. This bookproposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFFN; JFSL; JPS; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321762
- ISBN
- 9780230321762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.94€ 66.96
€ 106.94
€ 66.96
Paperback. The York Notes series covers major works from medieval to modern English literature, and classic and contemporary works from Europe, America, the Commonwealth and the Third World. This text covers the selected poems of Sylvia Plath. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582424777
- ISBN
- 9780582424777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Hardcover. A New World of Labor connects developments in seventeenth-century Britain with the British experience of slavery on the West African coast and with the initial development of African chattel slavery in Barbados, whose labor system played a foundational role in defining how plantation slavery developed throughout British America. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812245196
- ISBN
- 9780812245196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. Insurgent citizenships have arisen in cities around the world. This book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries of Sao Paulo, Brazil, its entanglement with entrenched systems of inequality, and its contradiction in violence. It argues that contradictory realizations of citizenship characterize all democracies. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 halftones. 6 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHBA; JPA; JPHV; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142906
- ISBN
- 9780691142906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BM; CF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846680403
- ISBN
- 9781846680403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQG; YQN. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 281 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570919657
- ISBN
- 9781570919657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.70
€ 11.70
Paperback. Ranging from the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics, this book points out that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. It shows us the deep influence that the Egyptians and Babylonians had on the Greeks. Num Pages: 584 pages, 6 halftones. 164 line illus. 18 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135267
- ISBN
- 9780691135267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Forgotten Dead uncovers a neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the first comprehensive study of lynching of hundreds of persons of Mexican origin or descent. Num Pages: 322 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190610692
- ISBN
- 9780190610692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.87
€ 55.87
Paperback. Offers a provocative historical and philosophical treatment of the religious life of African Americans. Glaude argues that the phrase "African American religion" is meaningful only insofar as it singles out the distinctive ways religion has been leveraged by African Americans to respond to different racial regimes in the United States. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195182897
- ISBN
- 9780195182897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.67
€ 14.99
€ 13.67
Paperback. Written in an informed and accessible by one of the leading authorities in the field, A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers alike a concise and thoroughly up-to-date history of the American literary tradition. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192309
- ISBN
- 9781405192309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.02
€ 42.02
Hardcover. Keywords: "Humour - Love, Sex & Marriage,Humour - Political,Humour - Satire, General,Subjects - Humour - General,Su"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Sanctuary Publishing Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KHS0047909
- ISBN
- 9781860746147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Sanctuary Publishing Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0010222
- ISBN
- 9781860746147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The Big Apple in miniature. Special photographic techniques create a bird's eye perspective thus transforming the City. Accompanied by quotes about the City, this is for tourists and New Yorkers alike. Series: Resized. Num Pages: 144 pages, 140 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJB; AJG; AJR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195. .
- Publisher
- Lannoo Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401443395
- ISBN
- 9789401443395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.16
€ 9.16
Paperback. Translator(s): Chiappari, Christopher L.; Lopez, Silvia L. Num Pages: 328 pages, 59ill. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646685
- ISBN
- 9780816646685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. Deals with economic and political issues and the unity between them. This book focuses on Latin America. Editor(s): Zarembka, Paul. Series: Research in Political Economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1FBS; 1KL; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762313839
- ISBN
- 9780762313839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.35
€ 178.35
Paperback. A blistering critique of how America's drift toward authoritarian intolerance is dividing the nation and intensifying social and political conflicts. Series: City Lights Open Media. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPHL; JPHV; JPV; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872867321
- ISBN
- 9780872867321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.09
€ 17.99
€ 17.09
Paperback. Amazon Highlights Guide - Expert travel tips including highlights in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil, tour planning, operators and suggested itineraries. Also featuring wildlife guides and tracking advice, endemic species, when and where to visit, canopy trips and cloudforests hikes, Manu National Park, Manaus, Leticia and Tres Fronteras. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). Num Pages: 296 pages, Full colour throughout & 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSE; 1KLSR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542. Peru - Ecuador - Colombia - Brazil. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). 296 pages, Full colour throughout & 12 maps. The Amazon is the world's biggest rainforest, falling within the confines of nine countries and luring millions of visitors. This title showcases the best of the region - ideal starting points, a selection of 'tried and tested' lodges, and a review of leading tour operators and tour guides. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSE; 1KLSR; WTH. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight: 544.
- Publisher
- Bradt Travel Guides
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841623740
- ISBN
- 9781841623740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.72
€ 24.99
€ 19.72
Hardcover. This comparative analysis of small firms in Northern Ireland and Massachusetts focuses on industrial location and economic activity. It aims to add to the understanding of peripheral regions in terms of their economic position and advocates corporate flexibility as a basis for success. Editor(s): Hewitt-Dundas, Nola. Num Pages: 300 pages, tables, figures, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KBB; KCC; KFFH; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 225. Weight in Grams: 525. 8vo. Illustrated. Very good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0287870
- ISBN
- 9781859723708
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115252
- ISBN
- 9780691115252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Hardcover. A gripping tale of racial cleansing in the American South and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393293012
- ISBN
- 9780393293012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.57
€ 27.99
€ 24.57
Paperback. The life of Frederick Douglass is nothing less than the history of America in the 19th century from slavery to reconstruction. His influence was felt in the political sphere, major social movements, literary culture, and even international affairs. This is a collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a writer, and civil rights leader. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis; Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106814
- ISBN
- 9780143106814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Parallel Lines "describes how post-9/11 cinema, from Spike Lee's 25th Hour (2002) to Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty (2012), relates to different, and competing, versions of US national identity in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks."--Page 4 of cover. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172035
- ISBN
- 9780231172035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15