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Paperback. Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth, so when journalist Helen Russell finds herself spending a year in rural Jutland, she decides she'll do all she can to uncover the secrets of the Danes' happiness. But will the long, dark winters and pickled herring take their toll? Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785780233
- ISBN
- 9781785780233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.97
€ 16.99
€ 11.97
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€ 19.01
€ 21.99
€ 19.01
Hardback. An annual narrative bibliography which aims to provide a comprehensive collection of theoretical essays with bibliographies for work published in a given year. Volume 7 covers work published in 1997. Editor(s): McGowan, Kate. Series: Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219309
- ISBN
- 9780631219309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.74
€ 262.74
Hardback. The third set in the series, "The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 78" edited by Peter Kitson, and "The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Volume 7" edited by Kate McGowan, aims to provide comprehensive, narrative bibliographical coverage of the best work of 1997. Editor(s): Kitson, Peter. Series: Year's Work. Num Pages: 1600 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; GBCR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 142 x 100. Weight in Grams: 2132.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218166
- ISBN
- 9780631218166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 410.84
€ 410.84
Hardback. Now combined in a new series, "The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 76" and "The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Volume 5" aim to provide comprehensive, narrative bibliographic coverage of the best work in their respective fields in a given year, in this instance 1995. Editor(s): Kitson, Peter. Series: Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 900 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; DSBH; GBCR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 126 x 101. Weight in Grams: 2198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 900
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210009
- ISBN
- 9780631210009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 314.94
€ 314.94
Studies the rise and fall of the Yellow Press. This book documents the fierce competition that characterized yellow journalism, the social realities and trends that contributed to its success (and its ultimate demise), its accomplishments for good or ill, and its long-term legacy. Series: Medill School of Journalism Visions of the American Press. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810123311
- ISBN
- 9780810123311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; JFSK2; UD; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510713604
- ISBN
- 9781510713604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.96
€ 21.99
€ 20.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 75ill.(25col.). BIC Classification: JFHF; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892815623
- ISBN
- 9780892815623
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.39
€ 25.99
€ 17.39
Paperback. Focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology allows students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Childs, Matt D. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 472 pages, 10 b&w photos, 8 figures, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1K; GTB; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217165
- ISBN
- 9780253217165
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. A stunning collection of essays, photographs, speeches and ephemera from this historic activist organisation Editor(s): Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. Num Pages: 269 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KJP; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722411
- ISBN
- 9780814722411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.34
€ 96.34
Paperback. A stunning collection of essays, photographs, speeches and ephemera from this historic activist organisation Editor(s): Enck-Wanzer, Darrel. Num Pages: 269 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722428
- ISBN
- 9780814722428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Paperback. In two closing essays, the author considers how her experiences as a Latin American woman with ties to the United States has brought to her writing a dual cultural perspective. Her works include Sweet Diamond Dust and The House on the Lagoon. Translator(s): Ferre, Rosario. Series: Latin American woman writers. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803268746
- ISBN
- 9780803268746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. David Wrone, one of the nation's foremost authorities on the JFK assassination, reexamines Zapruder's film with a fresh eye and a deep knowledge of the forensic evidence. Num Pages: 388 pages, , black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; JFCA; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619436
- ISBN
- 9780700619436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; VXA; WHC; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629147826
- ISBN
- 9781629147826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.16
€ 15.16
Paperback. A healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy even begins. This book examines the dramatic shift in ideas about reproductive risk and birth outcomes over the last several decades, unearthing how these ideas intersect with the politics of women's health and motherhood at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 292 pages, 2 line drawings and 3 halftones, scattered. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288072
- ISBN
- 9780520288072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.08
€ 39.08
The Zimbabwe Culture. Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian States...
Pikirayi, Innocent; Vogel, Joseph O.
Hardback. This volume examines the growth of precolonial states in Southern Zambezia, and its historical and cultural developments through the evolution of the small-scale, farming societies. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 81 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBTB; HDD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100909
- ISBN
- 9780759100909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.85
€ 182.85
Paperback. This volume examines the growth of precolonial states in Southern Zambezia, and its historical and cultural developments through the evolution of the small-scale, farming societies. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 81 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBTB; HDD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100916
- ISBN
- 9780759100916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.19
€ 77.19
Hardback. Covers the first half of "Exodus". This book discusses the mystical explorations of Pharaoh's enslavement of the Israelites, the birth of Moses, the deliverance from Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, and the Revelation at Mount Sinai. It probes the biblical text and seeks deeper meaning of the nature of evil and its relation to the divine realm. Translator(s): Matt, Daniel Chanan. Series: The Zohar: Pritzker Edition. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Pritzker ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757126
- ISBN
- 9780804757126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.11€ 59.42
€ 62.11
€ 59.42
Paperback. Series: CMAS Mexican American Monograph. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 b&w illus., 13 pages of cartoons. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292798038
- ISBN
- 9780292798038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.96
€ 21.99
€ 20.96
Paperback. Now back in print after more than thirty years, The Zunis: Self-Portrayals offers forty-six stories of myth, prophecy, and history from the great oral literature of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Translator(s): Quam, Alvina. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- [1st ed. ]
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826302533
- ISBN
- 9780826302533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28