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The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World ...
Nicholas P. Klingaman William K. Klingaman
Paperback. In the tradition of "Krakatoa" and "Guns, Germs, and Steel" comes a sweeping history of the year 1816, when there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months and in the U.S., the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and extensive migration. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250042750
- ISBN
- 9781250042750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.09
€ 21.99
€ 19.09
Paperback. A biography of Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884-1950), a Winnebago educator, scholar, and minister who was one of the most renowned Native Americans of his time. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344216
- ISBN
- 9780822344216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Presents a cross-national, comparative study to examine a Mexican-origin community's experience with international migration and transnationalism. This book elaborates how various forms of colonialism, institutional biases, and emergent forms of domination have shaped Xaripu labor migration across the Mexican/U.S. border. Series: Latino Perspectives. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022129
- ISBN
- 9780268022129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. A dissection of the language of the far right, showing the continued, although masked, biases inherent in their message. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFFJ; JFSL1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479826797
- ISBN
- 9781479826797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. A provocative argument revealing the inherent racism in governmental responses Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799932
- ISBN
- 9780814799932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.74
€ 97.74
Paperback. How well do you know the Bible? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340980040
- ISBN
- 9780340980040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
The Writing on the Cloud. American Culture Confronts the Atomic Bomb.
Scott, Alison M.; Geist, Christopher D.
Hardback. This book is a path-breaking collection of essays which explore the diverse and complex ways American culture has been shaped by the looming presence of the atomic bomb, the central icon of technology, diplomacy, and war, of the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807452
- ISBN
- 9780761807452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.75
€ 136.75
Hardcover. This study suggests that it was the representation of anxiety, rather than trauma and memory, that emerged most forcefully in mid-century wartime culture. Thinking about anxiety, Lyndsey Stonebridge argues, was a way of imagining how it might be possible to stay within a history that frequently undermined a sense of self and agency. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013278
- ISBN
- 9780230013278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813571386
- ISBN
- 9780813571386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
paperback. Examines the emergence of a new generation of Jewish immigrant authors in America, most of whom grew up in formerly communist countries. This collection chronicles and clarifies issues of personal and cultural dislocation and loss, but also affirms the possibilities of reorientation and renewal. Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Alvin H. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219817
- ISBN
- 9780253219817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Buchanan, Judith. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; DSA; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339341
- ISBN
- 9781349339341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Containing three interconnected essays, this book sets Ha Jin's own work and life alongside those of other literary exiles, creating a conversation across cultures and between eras. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226399881
- ISBN
- 9780226399881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.63
€ 16.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. In a powerful evocation of the spirit and drama of the American West, the harrowing story of the feud that ignited the Apache Wars. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472110923
- ISBN
- 9781472110923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.67
€ 19.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742839
- ISBN
- 9780814742839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.95
€ 33.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. Drawing on the work of authors such as Oliver Sacks, Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, and Audre Lorde, as well as the people he met during the years he spent among different illness groups, the author recounts a collection of illness stories. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFH; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004976
- ISBN
- 9780226004976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. In this work, originally published in 1600, the author creates a conversation among seven Venetain noblewomen. The dialogue explores women's experience in both theoretical and practical terms. The women take as their broad theme men's curious hostility towards women and the possible cures for it. Editor(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Translator(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226256825
- ISBN
- 9780226256825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.64
€ 35.99
€ 28.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 496 pages, 901 images. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1690.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764342028
- ISBN
- 9780764342028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.61
€ 48.99
€ 32.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Drawn and Quarterly
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770461505
- ISBN
- 9781770461505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.57
€ 26.99
€ 18.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 159 pages, over 300 color images. BIC Classification: AF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764334986
- ISBN
- 9780764334986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.54
€ 48.99
€ 32.54
Hardback. TEXT IN ARABIC. Covers topics ranging from plant-fibre skirts of the Neolithic, Ancient Egyptian linen shifts and togas of Classical Age, to 19th-century Tyrolean dirndls, contemporary African ceremonial attire and Middle Eastern burqas of our own age, historical period and style of dress. This book is a glorious celebration of ethnographic clothing. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 236 x 53. Weight in Grams: 3150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500516065
- ISBN
- 9780500516065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.99€ 55.00
€ 69.99
€ 55.00