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The Americas

Paperback. Available in one volume, these two works represent both a triumph over personal adversity and an unsparing saga of religious imperialism. Num Pages: 1328 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 218 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
1328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815410041
ISBN
9780815410041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.21
€ 56.78

Paperback. An ethnography of Afro-Brazilian religious traditions including Candomble shows that the lines separating one tradition from another are much less fixed than anthropologists and Afro-Brazilian religious elites have maintained. Translator(s): Grant, Lucy Lyall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 photographs, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; HRKT; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346364
ISBN
9780822346364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. Focused on the intimate effects of large-scale economic transformations, this book illuminates how everyday efforts to imagine, resist, and enact market reforms shape sexual desires and subjectivities. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFC; JFSK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356851
ISBN
9780822356851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.03

Paperback. Houston's meteoric rise from a bayou trading post to the world's leading oil supplier owes much to its geography, geology, and climate. This title presents the history of the development of Houston, examining the factors that have facilitated unprecedented growth - and the environmental cost of that development. Editor(s): Melosi, Martin V.; Pratt, Joseph A. Series: History of the Urban Environment. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTK; KNBP; RNP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822959632
ISBN
9780822959632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554887392
ISBN
9781554887392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Hardback. Does America's "pro-Israel lobby," including the legendary American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), have as much power as is commonly believed? Does it have an unbreakable stranglehold on America's Middle East policies? The answer is no, according to Dan Fleshler, an American Jewish activist who has worked within his community to try .. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972222
ISBN
9781597972222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.67

Paperback. The former general in chief of the Union armies during the Civil War .. the two-term president of the United States .. the beloved ambassador of American goodwill around the globe .. the respected New York financier-Ulysses S. Grant-was dying. The hardscrabble man who regularly smoked 20 cigars a day had developed terminal throat cancer. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 125 images, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611211603
ISBN
9781611211603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1217.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905847075
ISBN
9781905847075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Casemate Publishers United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935149361
ISBN
9781935149361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Sherwood, Jay. Num Pages: 239 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJG; BM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Royal British Columbia Museum Canada
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780772660602
ISBN
9780772660602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.02

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847834839
ISBN
9780847834839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 207.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583672242
ISBN
9781583672242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Longstreth explores the early development of two kinds of retail space that have become ubiquitous in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 164. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; AC; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262621427
ISBN
9780262621427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.77

Paperback. This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin s The Speech of Miss Polly Baker in 1747 to The Joy Luck Club . Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470655429
ISBN
9780470655429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 46.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 341 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; AFKG; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347276
ISBN
9780764347276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. Disturbing and provocative, Cartographies of Violence explores Japanese-Canadian women's memories in order to map the effects of forced displacements, incarcerations, and the separations of family, friends, and communities. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802096012
ISBN
9780802096012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 45.81

Paperback. This book is an updated edition of the classic history of the development of the American atomic bomb, the decision to use it against Japan, and the origins of U.S. atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBT; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739573
ISBN
9780804739573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines. Num Pages: 216 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780807861769
ISBN
9780807861769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

Paperback. Nine of America's top legal experts rewrite the landmark desegregation decision as they would like it to have been written. Editor(s): Balkin, Jack M. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798904
ISBN
9780814798904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. A newly updated account of the struggle for disability rights in the U.S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
2nd
SKU
V9781439907443
ISBN
9781439907443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.93

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