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Hardback. The US sees itself as being locked into a confrontation with Iran, its number one enemy since the invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. This book argues that by attempting to isolate Iran, the US may in fact be undermining its own power. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845112493
- ISBN
- 9781845112493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 49.75
€ 53.51
€ 49.75
Paperback. In this series, contemporary poets select and introduce a poet of the past who they have particularly admired. By their selection and personal and critical reactions, they offer an insight into their own work, as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets in history. Editor(s): Hofman, Michael. Series: Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 92
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571217816
- ISBN
- 9780571217816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Paperback. This is a study of school desegregation in Virginia. It traces the evolution of the Richmond public schools from segregation to desegregation to resegregation in the decades following the "Brown" decision. It analyses the "separate but equal" system and its impact on life in the city. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 151 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFF; JFSL1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914817
- ISBN
- 9780813914817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.51
€ 36.51
Paperback. What are the key foreign economic policy issues facing the US in the second half of this decade? How can the administration and Congress meet the global economic challenges that lie ahead? This book analyzes the importance of the world economy to both the domestic prosperity and overall foreign policy of the US. Num Pages: 454 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Number of pages
- 454
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323801
- ISBN
- 9780881323801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.38
€ 30.99
€ 22.38
Paperback. This is an annotated edition of El laberinto de la soledad, a classic text on Mexican culture and identity, first published in 1950 by Nobel prize winner Octavio Paz. It includes a wide-ranging introduction, hundreds of explanatory notes and four appendices. Editor(s): Stanton, Anthony. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DNF; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719048746
- ISBN
- 9780719048746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.29
€ 16.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- LMH Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- COOK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789768202079
- ISBN
- 9789768202079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.30
€ 8.99
€ 8.30
Paperback. Series: Backroads. Num Pages: 176 pages, 160 color & 3 b-w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 281 x 13. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Voyageur Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780760350539
- ISBN
- 9780760350539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.85
€ 29.99
€ 25.85
Hardcover. "An acclaimed historian explodes the myth about the 'special relationship' between Americans and their guns, revealing that savvy 19th century businessmen--not gun lovers--created American gun culture"-- Num Pages: 528 pages, B/W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 48. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465048953
- ISBN
- 9780465048953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.31
€ 32.99
€ 29.31
Paperback. Since the crime explosion of the 1960s, the prison population in the United States has multiplied fivefold, to one prisoner for every hundred adults - a rate unprecedented in American history and unmatched anywhere in the world. This book explains how we got into the trap and how we can get out of it: to cut both crime and the prison population. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JKV; JPRB; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148649
- ISBN
- 9780691148649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Process Media United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934170403
- ISBN
- 9781934170403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.02
€ 30.99
€ 22.02
Paperback. Examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the US - Mexico border. This book explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers: those living at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of "the war on drugs." Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276789
- ISBN
- 9780520276789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Explores the incredible body of art from Graphicstudio (GS), the print atelier at the University of South Florida. Num Pages: 160 pages, 125 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; ACXJ; AFH; AFKB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 250 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804359
- ISBN
- 9781907804359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.89
€ 40.99
€ 27.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Angle, Paul McClelland. Num Pages: 490 pages, 2 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226020846
- ISBN
- 9780226020846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardcover. This volume presents an ethnographic study of Dominicans in New York City through their participation in small businesses. Krohn-Hansen demonstrates how Dominican enterprises work, how people find economic openings, and how Dominicans who own small commercial ventures have formed political associations to promote and defend their interests. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KJD; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244618
- ISBN
- 9780812244618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262015486
- ISBN
- 9780262015486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 41.86
€ 53.51
€ 41.86
Hardback. In Germany the end of World War II calls forth images of obliterated cities, hungry refugees, and ghostly monuments to Nazi crimes. Drawing on diaries, photographs, essays, reports, fiction and film, Werner Sollors makes visceral the sorrow and anger, guilt and pride, despondency and resilience of a defeated people--and the paradoxes of occupation. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; AJC; APFA; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052437
- ISBN
- 9780674052437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Explores how author-activists in the United States, Cuba, and Mexico defined their local struggles Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJK; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343660
- ISBN
- 9780822343660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm. Similarly, the upward spiral of college tuition fees is cause for serious concern. In this book, the author explores the causes of these seemingly intractable problems and offers a surprisingly simple explanation. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198157
- ISBN
- 9780300198157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. The history of Wal-Mart uncovers a complex network that united Sun Belt entrepreneurs, evangelical employees, Christian business students, overseas missionaries, and free-market activists. Through the stories of people linked by the world's largest corporation, the author shows how a Christian service ethos powered capitalism at home and abroad. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HRC; KCZ; WJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 8.8.2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057401
- ISBN
- 9780674057401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. A biographical account of the physical barrier that divides the United States of America from the United Mexican States. This is a journey along a wall that cuts through a "third nation"- the Divided States of America. Num Pages: 200 pages, 37 color photos, 47 black/white photos, 35 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; AMV; JPS; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 12. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283947
- ISBN
- 9780520283947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Offers an account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history, told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion. Num Pages: 188 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; 3JJPN; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616082277
- ISBN
- 9781616082277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.00€ 23.74
€ 24.00
€ 23.74
Paperback. Provides a set of dialogues with one of the writer-directors in American film. Editor(s): Jackson, Kevin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; APFB; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571221769
- ISBN
- 9780571221769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.69
€ 25.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Billie Holiday's signature tune, 'Strange Fruit', with its graphic and heart-wrenching portrayal of a lynching in the South, brought home the evils of racism as well as being an inspiring mark of resistance. In 1939, its performance sparked controversy (and sometimes violence) wherever Billie Holiday went. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; AVGK; AVH; BGF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 129.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841952840
- ISBN
- 9781841952840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 268 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publisher
- Royal British Columbia Museum Canada
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780772657428
- ISBN
- 9780772657428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.91
€ 36.99
€ 28.91