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Paperback. Exploring the place of poetry in American culture and in the university, this text addresses issues such as: the role of the public intellectual; the poetics of scholarly prose; vernacular modernism; idiosyncratic postmodernism; identity politics; aesthetics; and poetry as a performance art. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044101
- ISBN
- 9780226044101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. An account of the first setback suffered by the Allies following the invasion of Europe. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218312
- ISBN
- 9780812218312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Probes New Orleans' history, uncovering a web of racial interconnections and animosities that was instrumental to the creation of a vital American art form - jazz. This book shows how musicians such as Jelly Roll Morton, Nick La Rocca, and Louis Armstrong negotiated New Orleans' complex racial rules to pursue their craft. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; AVGJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226328683
- ISBN
- 9780226328683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Lt Charles B Gatewood (1853-96), an educated Virginian, served in the Sixth US Cavalry as the commander of Indian scouts. Gatewood was largely accepted by the Native peoples with whom he worked because of his efforts to understand their cultures. Editor(s): Kraft, Louis. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218840
- ISBN
- 9780803218840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.05
€ 20.99
€ 20.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Flood, Charles B. Num Pages: 165 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 165
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626183353
- ISBN
- 9781626183353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.53€ 136.72
€ 200.53
€ 136.72
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kelly, Charles B.; Beasley, Francis V. Num Pages: 244 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606926499
- ISBN
- 9781606926499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.85€ 70.11
€ 100.85
€ 70.11
Hardcover. On March 31, 1929, seventy-seven men left New York City on an epic 3,554-mile footrace to Los Angeles nicknamed the Bunion Derby. For seventy-eight consecutive days, the men pushed their bodies and spirits to the breaking point as they chased a $25,000 first prize in what is arguably the greatest long distance footrace in history. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WSBX; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610366
- ISBN
- 9780815610366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.26
€ 26.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. Written by a leading critic, this invigorating introduction to modernist American poetry conveys the excitement that can be generated by a careful reading of modernist poems. * Encourages readers to identify with the modernists' sense of the revolutionary possibilities of their art. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121071
- ISBN
- 9781405121071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.77
€ 53.99
€ 53.77
Hardcover. Written by a leading critic, this invigorating introduction to modernist American poetry conveys the excitement that can be generated by a careful reading of modernist poems. * Encourages readers to identify with the modernists' sense of the revolutionary possibilities of their art. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121064
- ISBN
- 9781405121064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478727
- ISBN
- 9780801478727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.44
€ 42.99
€ 38.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451676
- ISBN
- 9780801451676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Paperback. Series: Native American. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 162 x 5. Weight in Grams: 95.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486430898
- ISBN
- 9780486430898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.79
€ 7.99
€ 7.79
Hardcover. A geography of William Faulkner's Mississippi. It offers an approach to writer and meditation on the relationship between literary imagination and place. It takes the reader on a tour of Faulkner's real and imagined worlds. Series: Center Books on the American South Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 61 b&w photos, 27 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820332192
- ISBN
- 9780820332192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.01
€ 50.01
Hardback. The Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, this title tells how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the global cultural scene. Num Pages: 472 pages, 47 b/w images, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250338
- ISBN
- 9780520250338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.34
€ 50.99
€ 36.34
paperback. SECDEF offers an expert's insights into one of the most difficult jobs in Washington. Of the twenty-one men who have held the post of secretary of defense since it was created in 1947, only half served more than eighteen months. The first, James Forrestal, committed suicide soon after leaving the Pentagon. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887952
- ISBN
- 9781574887952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
€ 20.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811706834
- ISBN
- 9780811706834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.94
€ 11.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811706223
- ISBN
- 9780811706223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.77
€ 15.99
€ 13.77
Paperback. Examines black newspapers in general and four in particular - the "Chicago Defender", the "Pittsburgh Courier", the "Black Dispatch", and the "Jackson Advocate" - and their coverage of national events. The beginnings of the black press are detailed, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. Num Pages: 205 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786426072
- ISBN
- 9780786426072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
Hardcover. Sports figures, events and organisations affect our society in vast, varied and sometimes unexpected ways. This title tackles some of the most compelling connections between the sports world and public policy. It begins by examining issues related to professional sports. It also explores amateur sports and public health. Editor(s): Santo, Charles A.; Mildner, Gerard C.S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBS; JPQB; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736058711
- ISBN
- 9780736058711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.05
€ 80.05
Paperback. In an earlier book, Indian Boyhood , Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) recounted the story of his traditional Sioux Childhood and youth. From the Deep Woods to Civilization , first published in 1916, continues the narrative, beginning with his abrupt entry into the mainstream of Anglo-American life in 1873 at the age of fifteen. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803258730
- ISBN
- 9780803258730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. The importance of Eastman's life story was reiterated for a new generation when the 2007 HBO film entitled "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" used Eastman, played by Adam Beach, as its leading hero. This book presents an account of the American Indian experience as seen through the eyes of the author. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Michael Oren. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316765
- ISBN
- 9781933316765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.35
€ 26.99
€ 26.35
Hardback. There are many master teachers who have excellent organizational and interpersonal relation skills who think about becoming assistant principals and principals. Becoming a School Leader is designed primarily for these master teachers as they contemplate the next step in their professional careers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475803594
- ISBN
- 9781475803594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.79
€ 124.79
Offers a collection of portraits of well-known culinary figures who have worked in different ways to shape our relationship with food. Each individual has offered different views of food and cooking and has encouraged us to appreciate good cooking, while considering other facets of our food. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123981
- ISBN
- 9780813123981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.75
€ 28.75
Hardcover. The juxtaposition of thirty black-and-white remastered Lindbergh images and thirty contemporary color images, provides a fascinating survey of the area over nearly a century allowing a unique view of the multi-layered, cultural landscape of the American Southwest over time. Num Pages: 108 pages, 30 colour & 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJ; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890136072
- ISBN
- 9780890136072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.68
€ 53.99
€ 38.68