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The Americas

Paperback. Chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Angelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987). Num Pages: 872 pages, 61 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 64. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629142371
ISBN
9781629142371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASZH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629144962
ISBN
9781629144962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. The essential guide to hiking the majestic Catskill Mountains Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 color photographs and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781682680407
ISBN
9781682680407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.11

Paperback. Hikes and walks in the Badger State Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 color photographs and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781682680902
ISBN
9781682680902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.38

Paperback. A memoir of Michael Quealey's six years in the Basilian order in the 1960s. During his priesthood, Quealey was director of the Newman Centre at the University of Toronto and engaged in Church reform. This is a story that blends Toronto history with Catholic Church history and an inside look at 1960s counterculture. Publisher territorial rights Num Pages: 228 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; BGX; HRCC7; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771122429
ISBN
9781771122429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, Color and B&W photos throughout, Maps, Charts. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WNW; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books Canada
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771601542
ISBN
9781771601542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGBA; KJMB; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771640671
ISBN
9781771640671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.42

Hardback. This excellent book is about Western morality as it interacts with law. The authors examine the history and great diversity of Western thought, the substance of moral ideas, ranging from the ancients to the new old order of the New World. Hazard and Pinto see the various voices articulating moral, political and legal thought as "pregnant with futur Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Intersentia Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780681443
ISBN
9781780681443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.91

Hardcover. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383697
ISBN
9781782383697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.05

Hardcover. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs.. Series: Explorations in Mobility. Num Pages: 820 pages, 37 ills, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 263 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782383772
ISBN
9781782383772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.09

Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384052
ISBN
9781782384052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.66

Hardcover. Rivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands. Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBTB; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384311
ISBN
9781782384311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.82

Hardcover. Nighttime breastfeeding and sleep for many new parents in the United States is fraught with intense challenges. Through a close ethnographic examination, this volume explores the impact of conflicting medical guidelines about breastfeeding and infant sleep, and uncovers cultural tensions about expectations for children and parents. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384359
ISBN
9781782384359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.72

Hardcover. John Quincy Adams warned Americans not to search abroad for monsters to destroy, yet such figures have frequently habituated the discourses of U.S. foreign policy. This collection of essays focuses on counter-identities in American consciousness to explain how foreign policies and the discourse surrounding them develop. Editor(s): Cullinane, Michael Patrick; Ryan, David. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. Num Pages: 276 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384397
ISBN
9781782384397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.23

Hardback. Using novel methodological approaches and new data, The Bilingual Advantage draws together researchers from education, economics, sociology, anthropology and linguistics to examine the economic and employment benefits of bilingualism in the US labor market, countering past research that shows no such benefits exist. Editor(s): Callahan, Rebecca M.; Gandara, Patricia C. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFDM; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783092420
ISBN
9781783092420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.60

Hardback. The book explores how struggles for land, rights, and political power are embedded within physical landscapes, and how indigenous identity is reformed as globalizing forces simultaneously threaten and promote the notion of indigeneity. Editor(s): Sarmiento, Fausto O; Hitchner, Sarah. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; JFSL9; JHMC; JPVH3; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333965
ISBN
9781785333965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.43

Hardback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JMH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450076
ISBN
9781845450076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.32

Hardback. Num Pages: bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451073
ISBN
9781845451073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.77

Hardback. Based on fieldwork conducted among middle-class university students primarily at the national university (UNAM) in Mexico City, this study explores gender relations as reflected in the words macho and machismo. The author concludes that the students use them to denote aspects of their families of origin that they consider unfavorable and aspects of Num Pages: 156 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454616
ISBN
9781845454616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.54

Paperback. The first full-length poetry collection from art historian David C. Ward, Call Waiting combines wry meditations on twenty-first-century life, work and family with observation of America - its landscapes, its history, its social and foreign policy. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772268
ISBN
9781847772268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.42

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