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The Americas

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

Paperback. In a valuable addition to the debate on the nature of contemporary working-class culture, Thomas Dunk shows that the function and meaning of gender, ethnicity, popular leisure activities, and common-sense knowledge are intimately linked with the way an individual's experience is structured by class. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773524835
ISBN
9780773524835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.24

hardcover. The most thorough review of the national political ethos written in a generation, In Search of Canadian Political Culture offers a bottom-up, regional analysis that challenges how we think and write about Canada. It will interest specialists in Canadian political culture and generalists in Canadian politics. Num Pages: 708 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
708
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813884
ISBN
9780774813884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.57

paperback. The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 halftones, 4 figures, 4 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802086136
ISBN
9780802086136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.57

Paperback. Examines the mutually influential interactions of gender and the state in Latin America from the late colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. This book locates watershed moments in the processes of gender construction by the organised power of the ruling classes and in the processes by which gender has conditioned state-making. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFSJ; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324690
ISBN
9780822324690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.58

Paperback. In Encounters on the Passage, present day Inuit tell the stories that have been passed down from their ancestors of the first encounters with European explorers. Num Pages: 196 pages, 48, 27 images. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442611030
ISBN
9781442611030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.90

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968260
ISBN
9780241968260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.29

hardcover. This investigation of slavery on the northwest coast of North America argues that slaves and slavery were central to these hunting-fishing-gathering societies. It examines how important slaves were to the Northwest economies for their labour and for their value as major items of exchange. Num Pages: 375 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
California University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520206168
ISBN
9780520206168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. 1972. A plane has crashed in the Andes mountains. The passengers are hopelessly lost in one of the most isolated places on earth. Almost three months later, two of the survivors, emaciated and frozen, reach the authorities and lead a rescue team to the remaining fourteen passengers. The rescue team are shocked when they reach the crash-site. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JJPL; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
9780099574521
ISBN
9780099574521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. "Parker Tyler (1904-1974), one of the few great American film critics, was intimate with and enormously respected by many of the underground and experimental filmmakers of his time. In this book, Tyler" Num Pages: 265 pages, 67 film stils and frame enlargements. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306806322
ISBN
9780306806322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.17

paperback. Tales of hauntings, strange happenings and other local lore throughout the Yellowstone National Park! Series: Spooky. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 16.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762781461
ISBN
9780762781461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.21

paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138261129
ISBN
9781138261129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.61

Paperback. Examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s. This book provides a holistic view of the theory, practice and consequences of these prisons. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843924081
ISBN
9781843924081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.12

An analysis of the impact of the growing numbers of foreign biomedical scientists employed by American firms. It seeks to shed light on this development through an examination of the experience of foreign biomedical scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Num Pages: 134 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCFM; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765801043
ISBN
9780765801043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.56

Ruin and Redemption is the first full-length study of the origins of Canadian bankruptcy law, making it an important contribution to the study of Canada's commercial law. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAZ; LNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802093431
ISBN
9780802093431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.43
€ 64.06

hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AVGR; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226348759
ISBN
9780226348759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.56
€ 78.11

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 52 halftones. 31 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; RNF; RNP; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 260 x 29. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164342
ISBN
9780691164342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.17
€ 39.22

Calls attention to the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTZ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224803
ISBN
9780803224803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.22

Through an examination of the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicine in Central America, this book considers whether health is a human right or a commodity, and whether human rights advocacy is an antidote to the advance of neoliberal social policy or the very vehicle through which it now advances. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JPVH; KCLT; LNR; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785600
ISBN
9780804785600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.57

Paperback. Describes the career of Senator McCarthy and explains how he was able to gain so much influence over the U.S. Senate. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870235559
ISBN
9780870235559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.58

In tracing the rapid changes of the 1960s, Harold Troper draws upon a wealth of historical documentation, including more than eighty interviews, to demonstrate that the expression of Canadian Jewishness was an increasingly public - and political - commitment. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 715.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442641143
ISBN
9781442641143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.46

Through analysis of cultural production that often countered governmental intentions for official diplomacy, Jennifer Ruth Hosek offers a broad-reaching history of the influence of the global South on the global North. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442641389
ISBN
9781442641389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.15

Drawing on educational materials, textbooks, adventure tales, plays, and Sunday-school papers, Boys and Girls in No Man's Land explores the role of children in the nation's war effort. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442642249
ISBN
9781442642249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.23

As race and politics become increasingly intertwined in both academic and popular discourse, The Politics of Race aids readers in evaluating different approaches for promoting racial justice and transforming states. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 Figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1MBF; JFSL1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442642423
ISBN
9781442642423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.80

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