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The Americas
Paperback. Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In this book, he gives an account of his captivity. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BM; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106708
- ISBN
- 9780143106708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 bw integrated, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780763873
- ISBN
- 9781780763873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.06
€ 23.06
Paperback. After the American Civil War, southern black women, such as household labourers and washerwomen, constructed their own world of work, play, negotiation, resistance and community organization. This book traces their struggles as they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed. Num Pages: 322 pages, 15 halftones; 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674893085
- ISBN
- 9780674893085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.26
€ 34.99
€ 29.26
Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327218
- ISBN
- 9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.93
€ 36.93
Hardback. Arranged according to the recognized mammal families, it will serve as a valuable reference for both students and professional mammalogists. Num Pages: 224 pages, 500, 500 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 267 x 214 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884948
- ISBN
- 9780801884948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.22€ 54.39
€ 59.22
€ 54.39
Paperback. Draws on a variety of eyewitness accounts, letters, and governmental documents to examine the causes of the Haitian Revolution and the impact it had on the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Num Pages: 262 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208650
- ISBN
- 9780872208650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.30
€ 25.99
€ 19.30
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 179
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319005171
- ISBN
- 9783319005171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.98€ 46.06
€ 128.98
€ 46.06
Paperback. Telling the story of the drive to create consumer capitalism abroad through political pressure, this book explains that the primary goal of the foreign and economic policies of the United States is a world which reflects their way of doing business. It shows how this drive for global hegemony is now backfiring. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131532
- ISBN
- 9781592131532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.52
€ 47.99
€ 42.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, over 400 b/w paragraphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1600.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300882
- ISBN
- 9780764300882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.93€ 39.09
€ 53.93
€ 39.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Streitfeld, David. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612195896
- ISBN
- 9781612195896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.05
€ 17.99
€ 14.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 200 illustrations, 25 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Publisher
- Monacelli Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885254009
- ISBN
- 9781885254009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.63
€ 33.99
€ 22.63
Paperback. This informative guide makes it easy to identify birds in your backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Series: Falcon Field Guide Series. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WNCB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Falcon Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762774173
- ISBN
- 9780762774173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.13
€ 10.13
Hardcover. A guide to the archival holdings and manuscript collections located in various depositaries throughout the 14 provinces of Cuba, this title locates and identifies all Cuban manuscript collections, archival records and unpublished and rarely published materials that are open for research. Editor(s): Perez, Louis A., Jr.; Scott, Rebecca J. Series: Pitt Latin American Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3J; GBCR; GLM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822941958
- ISBN
- 9780822941958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.27
€ 60.27
Paperback. Affirmative Reaction explores the cultural politics of heteronormative white masculine privilege in the United States. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APT; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349488
- ISBN
- 9780822349488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709879
- ISBN
- 9780198709879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.23
€ 15.23
Paperback. "Opening Day" is sportswriter Jonathan Knight's inning-by-inning look at the opening game at Jacobs Field on April 4, 1994. New home to the Cleveland Indians, "The Jake" was for fans symbolic of the team's turnaround. For the regional community this new ballpark marked the beginning of Cleveland's long awaited renaissance. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228361
- ISBN
- 9780873388153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the US film industry had overtaken aeronautics and car industries to become one of the highest exporters of American products. This work provides both a political history of Hollywood and a reflection on the relationship between cinema and politics in America since 1900. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844571369
- ISBN
- 9781844571369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.67
€ 44.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. How to hire, manage, motivate, strategize and grow a business in today's disruptive world from Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, and Jonathan Rosenberg, advisor to Google CEO Larry Page. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJM; KNTX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444792492
- ISBN
- 9781444792492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. A lucid assessment of the achievements and films of actress Barbara Stanwyck. Celebrating her flexibility and range, Andrew Klevan explores Stanwyck's skilful execution in performance and her relation to the wider concerns of the classic Hollywood films she starred in, which include Stella Dallas, The Lady Eve and Double Indemnity. Series: Film Stars. Num Pages: 152 pages, 31 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; BGF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 192 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844576487
- ISBN
- 9781844576487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.49
€ 30.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Presents a study of American film musical. This book combines genre theory with film criticism and history. It is suitable for film enthusiasts and scholars of film, theater, popular culture and communications. Num Pages: 400 pages, 91 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 205 x 23. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253205148
- ISBN
- 9780253205148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64