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The Americas
Paperback. Born in Buenos Aires in 1899, Jorge Luis Borges was a voracious reader from childhood, perhaps in part because he knew he lived under a sentence of adult-onset blindness inherited from his father. This title chronicles Borges' life, charting the literary friendships, love affairs and polemical writings that formed the foundation of his youth. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892867
- ISBN
- 9781861892867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.38
€ 30.38
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893130
- ISBN
- 9781861893130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.53
€ 33.53
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894007
- ISBN
- 9781861894007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.25
€ 53.25
Paperback. The recent retirement of Fidel Castro turned the world's attention towards the island nation of Cuba and the question of what its future holds. Amid the talk and hypothesizing, it is worth taking a moment to consider how Cuba reached this point. The author provides this with his incisive history of Cuba since 1959. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894021
- ISBN
- 9781861894021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.80
€ 33.80
Hardcover. Unearths a network of relationships between the physical and the social city. The author takes the reader past local characters, neighbourhood stores, buildings, streets and blocks, providing an informative, witty and sometimes humorous travelogue of a part of Manhattan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894281
- ISBN
- 9781861894281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.85
€ 33.85
Paperback. Examines the profound transformation taking place in the way we experience film, from the abandonment of traditional venues, to the rise of digital media. Num Pages: 192 pages, 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APFA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861896452
- ISBN
- 9781861896452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.32
€ 34.32
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897701
- ISBN
- 9781861897701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.94
€ 41.94
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897732
- ISBN
- 9781861897732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.13
€ 37.13
Paperback. Over the years economists Kevin M Simmons and Daniel Sutter have been studying the economic impacts and social consequences of the approximately 1,200 tornadoes that touch down across the United States annually. This title presents their findings. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 halftones, 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878220998
- ISBN
- 9781878220998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.75
€ 40.75
hardcover. In the 1950s, C W Snedden, owner of the "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner", used his newspaper to crusade for statehood and the development of Alaska and its resources, particularly North Slope oil and gas. This book tells the story of how an independent news-paper publisher played a pivotal role in the making of modern Alaska. Num Pages: 350 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Alaska Foundation United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883309060
- ISBN
- 9781883309060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.00
€ 34.99
€ 32.00
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Harris, Phyllis. Num Pages: 32 pages, 32col.ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; YNTB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Missouri History Museum Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982423
- ISBN
- 9781883982423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.83
€ 16.99
€ 16.83
Paperback. Sterling Price began his career as commander of the Missouri State Guard, then served as a major general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Because of his early conditional unionism - he was for the Union, but not to the extent of suppressing the rights of individual states - Price was not completely trusted in Missouri. Editor(s): Schultz, Robert G. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Missouri History Museum Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982683
- ISBN
- 9781883982683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.74
€ 25.99
€ 23.74
Hardback. Fifty years ago, the post-World War II population boom produced a flood of new college students across the US. In St Louis County alone, the demand for higher education increased fivefold, and the State of Missouri responded. This book offers us a photographic history of the University of Missouri - St Louis. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JJP; 3JM; AJC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982775
- ISBN
- 9781883982775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. From the Mormon Wars to the Border Wars to gangs of Bald Knobbers and Bushwhackers, Missouri's reign of vigilante justice during the nineteenth century is unparalleled by any other state in the nation. This book chronicles the implications of vigilantism in Missouri. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982812
- ISBN
- 9781883982812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.45
€ 25.99
€ 24.45
Paperback. An introduction to the time-honoured tradition of Basque dancing. The Basques have managed to preserve a rich variety of folk dances, with the music, steps and costumes different from one village to the next. This text examines the dances, their origins and their journey to the USA with settlers. Num Pages: 120 pages, 25 b&w photographs, 10 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; ASDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781886609037
- ISBN
- 9781886609037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.93
€ 11.99
€ 11.93
Paperback. A staff photographer for the "Ketchikan Daily News", Hall Anderson counted among his early influences photographers like Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, who understood the visual bounty to be found in photographing the candid side of life. This title features Anderson's prize-winning black-and-white images. Num Pages: 118 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Alaska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781889963907
- ISBN
- 9781889963907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.13
€ 40.99
€ 33.13
Hardback. 18th-century Danish explorer Vitus Bering led historic expeditions to the Russian Far East and Alaska under the patronage of Peter the Great, and his wife Anna Christina accompanied him on his expedition to Okhotsk in 1739. This volume presents the letters that they wrote over the following year. It looks into 18th-century customs. Editor(s): Moller, Peter Ulf; Lind, Natasha Okhotina. Translator(s): Halager, Anna. Series: Historical Translation Series. Num Pages: 178 pages, 22 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JF; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Alaska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781889963945
- ISBN
- 9781889963945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
Paperback. The arrest in 1998 and subsequent detention in London of General Augusto Pinochet on the orders of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon occasioned worldwide debate and raised numerous issues of critical significance for politics, human rights and international law. This paper traces the progress of the case against Pinochet from its inception. Num Pages: 78 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBTV; JPVR; JPWQ; LB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900039352
- ISBN
- 9781900039352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.88
€ 47.88
Paperback. The 1990s witnessed significant changes in the Cuban economy. Here, the authors deal with questions of immediate relevance to the Cuban economy and its recent past, with emphasis on the implications for long-term prospects for development. Editor(s): Monreal, Pedro. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JPA; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900039482
- ISBN
- 9781900039482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.88
€ 47.88
Paperback. Analyses the factors underlying the economic crises in South Korea and Brazil, pointing out areas of similarity and divergence. It also reviews the paths of recovery taken by both economies, examining the role of policy and variations in structural characteristics. Editor(s): Amann, Edmund; Chang, Ha-Joon. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 1KLSB; JPS; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Institute for the Study of the Americas United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900039512
- ISBN
- 9781900039512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.33
€ 47.33