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The Americas

Paperback. This text presents an approach to how Americans might resolve some of their most trying moral disagreements and live with those that will inevitably persist, on terms that all can respect. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674197664
ISBN
9780674197664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. Whether you are a tourist or a native New Yorker, you can enjoy this informative walking guide to New York City. The historic tours connect the contemporary city with the snapshots of yesterday, blending social and cultural history with the evolution of different ethnic and cultural communities. Num Pages: 390 pages, 50 illustrations, photographs, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 2591 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814747483
ISBN
9780814747483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.87

paperback. Analyses the Kennedy Administration and draws controversial parallels between the Presidency of JFK and that of Ronald Reagan. Series: Chomsky Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pluto Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780745335421
ISBN
9780745335421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.89

Paperback. An ethnography of Wall Street culture, this book offers a picture of how the market and its denizens work. Not merely masses of individuals striving independently, here, markets appear as socially constructed institutions in which the behaviour of traders is suspended in a web of customs. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 line illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006881
ISBN
9780674006881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.27

paperback. Shows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of places in the American landscape such as: Adak Island far off the coast of western Alaska; the Susquehanna River running through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland; Colton in California's Inland Empire; and, Alamogordo in southern New Mexico. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 scattered black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
KJH0000359
ISBN
9780300126297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.31

Paperback. Reconfiguring the national myth of Jamestown's failure, this book shows how the settlement's distinctly messy first decade actually represents a period of ferment in which individuals were learning how to make a colony work. Num Pages: 392 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030565
ISBN
9780674030565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. At a time when most Americans have come to distrust government at all levels, the author aims to show how a consistent application of economic and political theory allows for a middle path between too much and too little. Num Pages: 378 pages, 1 table, notes, indices. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ; KCA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674808218
ISBN
9780674808218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.49

Paperback. This volume explores the M10 and M36 tank destroyers used between 1942 and 1952 by the Allied forces. They played a key role in the battles for Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine and the final defeat of Germany, and continued to serve in Korea, Indochina and the Balkans. Illustrator(s): Sarson, Peter. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 7 colour & 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBG; HBWQ; JWL; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 182 x 5. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841764696
ISBN
9781841764696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Hardcover. Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393088885
ISBN
9780393088885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. May Sarton, poet and novelist, chronicles the year that began on 3rd May 1982, her 70th birthday. At her home in Maine, she savours "the experience of being alive in this beautiful place" reflecting on nature, friends and work. May Sarton also wrote "Journal of Solitude" and "As we are Now". Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJPN; BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393310306
ISBN
9780393310306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.46

paperback. Editor(s): Plenderleith, Kristina. Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415753784
ISBN
9780415753784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQG; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 241 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Random House USA Children's Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780517885673
ISBN
9780517885673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Conveying through 16 essays the continuing importance of American Studies and the excitement to be gained from its study, this book provides an evaluation of America's place in the world and the often tangled paths that led her there. It also examines ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pearson
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582894372
ISBN
9780582894372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666405
ISBN
9780940666405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574160253
ISBN
9781574160253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574160741
ISBN
9781574160741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.86

paperback. Contains the correspondence between Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph V Stalin. This collection of more than three hundred hot-war messages, helps in understanding the relationship that developed between these two great world leaders during a time of supreme world crisis. Editor(s): Butler, Susan. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300125924
ISBN
9780300125924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. Examines Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright August Wilson's published plays within the context of contemporary African American literature and in relation to concepts of memory and history, culture and resistance, race and representation. This book finds that each of Wilson's plays recaptures narratives lost, ignored, or avoided. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472031634
ISBN
9780472031634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.91

Paperback. An original study of U.S. congressional elections and electoral institutions for 1872 1944 from a contemporary political science perspective" Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making. Num Pages: 171 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472035861
ISBN
9780472035861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.02

paperback. Covering 20 species recognized since 2002, this edition illustrates 462 known mammal species in the United States and Canada - each in beautiful color and accurate detail. With distribution maps, updated common and scientific names, and track and scat illustrations, this volume is useful for identifying North American mammals. Series: Princeton Field Guides. Num Pages: 816 pages, 112 color illus. 102 line illus. 460 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780691140926
ISBN
9780691140926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.01

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