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North America
Paperback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257058
- ISBN
- 9780823257058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816692163
- ISBN
- 9780816692163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, 71 b/w photos, 14 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Tidewater Pub
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870334801
- ISBN
- 9780870334801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 25.02
€ 36.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. The United States asserts the right to use military force against 'failed states' around the globe. Offering an examination of America, this title argues that America shares features with many of the regimes it insists are failing and constitute a danger to their neighbours. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023038
- ISBN
- 9780141023038
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 122. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Universe Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780789331205
- ISBN
- 9780789331205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.62
€ 16.99
€ 15.62
Paperback. The growing Irish population of the Lowell, Massachusetts, "paddy camps" in the nineteenth century proved a tempting source of cheap labor for local mill owners. This work demonstrates how the Irish community in Lowell overcame adversity to develop strong religious institutions, an increased political presence, and a sense of common traditions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photographs; 16 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBES; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073380
- ISBN
- 9780252073380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618859
- ISBN
- 9780748618859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.77
€ 36.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Logically organized and richly illustrated-with more than two hundred color photographs and fifty-two maps-Turtles of the United States and Canada remains the standard for libraries, museums, nature centers, field biologists, and professional and amateur herpetologists alike. Num Pages: 840 pages, 303, 52 maps, 11 black & white line drawings, 240 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVW5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 285 x 223 x 59. Weight in Grams: 3236.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 840
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891212
- ISBN
- 9780801891212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 96.44
€ 103.49
€ 96.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JNMN; KJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062347176
- ISBN
- 9780062347176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.46
€ 35.99
€ 31.46
Paperback. Series: Discovering Vintage. Num Pages: 224 pages, 75 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493012657
- ISBN
- 9781493012657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.25
€ 17.99
€ 17.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 239 pages, 214 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1706.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764337963
- ISBN
- 9780764337963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.09€ 38.92
€ 54.09
€ 38.92
Paperback. Tells the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero, and fantasizing about hookers. He is idle, boastful, thin-skinned and egotistic; has no manners, and no curiosity. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781787330207
- ISBN
- 9781787330207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.54
€ 24.99
€ 21.54
Paperback. When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Zephyr Teachout shows that Citizens United was both bad law and bad history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659988
- ISBN
- 9780674659988
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.23
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€ 23.23
Hardcover. Drawing on recently declassified documents and elite interviews with key protagonists that reveal candid recollections, Sally-Ann Treharne highlights the pivotal moments in Reagan and Thatcher's shared history from a new vantage point. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Anglo-American Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748686063
- ISBN
- 9780748686063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Paperback. Examines language, gender, and the body from infancy to adulthood, showing how Hasidic girls in Brooklyn become women responsible for rearing the next generation of nonliberal Jewish believers. This work investigates how Hasidic women and girls conceptualize the religious, the secular, and the modern. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HRLM7; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139173
- ISBN
- 9780691139173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.65
€ 42.99
€ 30.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 342 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 263 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351518
- ISBN
- 9780764351518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 34.99
€ 53.99
€ 34.99
Paperback. "For more than a century, the United States has been the world s most powerful state. Now some analysts predict that China will soon take its place. Series: Global Futures. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 189 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690070
- ISBN
- 9780745690070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.50
€ 13.99
€ 11.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 948 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1408.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764345630
- ISBN
- 9780764345630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.00
€ 42.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580053143
- ISBN
- 9781580053143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.12
€ 18.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. Discusses the contradictions whereby Asians have been included in the workplaces and markets of the US nation-state, yet, through exclusion laws and bars from citizenship, have been distanced from the terrain of national culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318644
- ISBN
- 9780822318644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.33
€ 29.99
€ 27.33
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction provides a narrative interpretation of key themes that emerge in the history of Asian migrations to North America, highlighting how Asian immigration has shaped the evolution of ideological and legal interpretations of America as a 'nation of immigrants'. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 268 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190219765
- ISBN
- 9780190219765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. Of many slave narratives published before the Civil War, this is one of the few written by a woman. It blends and manipulates several narrative techniques, including those of sentimental novel, of autobiography, and of the classical slave narrative. Series: The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DNF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 117 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195066708
- ISBN
- 9780195066708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.64
€ 23.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. Just as economists struggle today to justify the free market after the global economic crisis, an earlier generation revisited their worldview after the Great Depression. In this intellectual history of that project, Burgin traces the evolution of postwar economic thought in order to reconsider the most basic assumptions of a market-centered world. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 226 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503762
- ISBN
- 9780674503762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Hardback. A House in the Sun describes a number of experiments in solar house heating in the 1940s and 1950s. It shows how resource limitations were seen as an opportunity for design to attain new relevance for social and cultural transformations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 136. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AMX; PDX; TBX; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 261 x 23. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199394012
- ISBN
- 9780199394012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.46
€ 69.46