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Hardback. Detailed history and understanding of the screenplay from 1963-1980. Series: Guide to Critical Reviews. Num Pages: 708 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 43. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 708
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810815537
- ISBN
- 9780810815537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.99
€ 175.99
Hardback. Every Closed Eye Ain't Sleep examines the origins and perpetuation of the achievement gap from the perspective of the African-American community. Num Pages: 126 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610481045
- ISBN
- 9781610481045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.41
€ 77.41
paperback. Editor(s): Katz, Friedrich. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 606 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607993
- ISBN
- 9780691607993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.48
€ 94.74
€ 72.48
Paperback. That is, the public was reassured by bioethical oversight of biomedicine; in reality, however, bioethicists belonged to the same mainstream that produced the doctors and researchers whom the bioethicists were guiding. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874482
- ISBN
- 9780801874482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.54
€ 36.99
€ 31.54
Paperback. The Worlds of Carol Shields is the first book to examine Shields' extraordinary career and life through the lens both of close friends and of literary critics. Editor(s): Staines, David. Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ of Ottawa Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776622064
- ISBN
- 9780776622064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.73
€ 42.99
€ 40.73
Paperback. A collection of primary source materials and original essays, "Perspectives on American Book History" is designed for the growing number of courses in American print culture, as well as a supplement for courses in American literature and history. Editor(s): Casper, Scott E.; Chaison, Joanne D.; Groves, Jeffrey D. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 480 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNTP; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493179
- ISBN
- 9781558493179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.26
€ 51.26
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226118949
- ISBN
- 9780226118949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
paperback. Rancheros hold a distinct place in the culture and social hierarchy of Mexico. This work provides insight into the lives of rancheros, as seen from their own perspectives. It focuses on three culturally salient styles of speaking that characterize rancheros: franqueza; respeto; and relajo. Num Pages: 342 pages, 26 b&w photos, 4 maps, 4 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 663.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714830
- ISBN
- 9780292714830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hester, Ervin F.; Dillon, Timothy. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JKS; LNTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619424395
- ISBN
- 9781619424395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.15€ 115.87
€ 168.15
€ 115.87
Hardback. John Compton shows how evangelicals, not New Deal reformers, paved the way for the most important constitutional developments of the twentieth century. Their early-1800s crusade to destroy property that made immorality possible challenged founding-era legal protections of slavery, lotteries, and liquor sales and opened the door to progressivism. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM2; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726796
- ISBN
- 9780674726796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.79€ 52.65
€ 56.79
€ 52.65
Paperback. Explores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. This book finds that weddings - as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation - are sites for imagining and enacting forms of social intimacy other than monogamous heterosexuality. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329893
- ISBN
- 9780822329893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Such grappling, Rawls concludes, results in a nuanced, durable machine, producing better laws that have benefited from minority input. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894039
- ISBN
- 9780801894039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.07
€ 27.07
Paperback. Manchester, the "Queen City" of New Hampshire. Named after Manchester, Great Britain, it is New Hampshire's largest city. Over 300 vintage hand-tinted postcards will take readers on a journey through the streets of old Manchester and beyond showcasing some of the city's, and the surrounding areas, most famous and interesting spots. Num Pages: 128 pages, 334 postcard images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; WCU; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325588
- ISBN
- 9780764325588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.13
€ 26.99
€ 25.13
Paperback. This anthology on race in early cinema examines the origins, dynamics, and ramifications of racism and Eurocentrism and the resistance to both during the early years of American motion pictures. It addresses such subjects as miscegenation and assimilation and their impact on early cinema. Editor(s): Bernardi, Daniel. Num Pages: 350 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813522760
- ISBN
- 9780813522760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.45
€ 51.45
Hardback. This work uses the geography of the United States to portray the history of the land and its people. An indispensable tool for students and educators alike, this book is destined to become a classic in the field. Num Pages: 304 pages, 300 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP; RGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1065.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415941112
- ISBN
- 9780415941112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.51
€ 230.51
Hardback. A companion to the NBC documentary in which 46 people remember the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated and speculate on what might have been since then. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 46.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762794560
- ISBN
- 9780762794560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.49
€ 32.99
€ 24.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604569742
- ISBN
- 9781604569742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.65
€ 52.99
€ 34.65
Hardback. Links health inequalities and worker struggles as it charts how people excluded from workplace and legal protections have found ways to challenge power structures and seek justice from states and transnational corporations alike. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFH; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278981
- ISBN
- 9780520278981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.77
€ 94.74
€ 72.77
Num Pages: 624 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139106
- ISBN
- 9780231139106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.82
€ 133.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordware Publishing Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556226984
- ISBN
- 9781556226984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.85
€ 19.99
€ 18.85
Paperback. Using illustrations and biographical sketches, Peter Martin relates the experiences of colonial gardeners who shaped the natural beauty of Virginia's wilderness into varied displays of elegance. He demonstrates that ornamental gardening was a scientific, aesthetic and cultural enterprise. Num Pages: 264 pages, 104 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3J; AMV; HBJK; HBLH; WMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920535
- ISBN
- 9780813920535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.72
€ 46.72
Hardback. Canning Gold is a meticulously researched examination of how sweet corn canning helped shape the economy, landscape and people of rural Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont during the "corn shop century," 1860-1960's. Paul Frederic powerfully demonstrates the strong community bond essential for the industry's initial success. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761821991
- ISBN
- 9780761821991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.73
€ 128.73
Paperback. The Mandan Indians, iconic plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the centre of the North American universe. Why don't we know more? Who were they, really? This book retrieves their history by piecing together important discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, and more. Num Pages: 480 pages, 73 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 41. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374535117
- ISBN
- 9780374535117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.35
€ 23.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Examines the feminist, African-American and avant-garde counter-cultures that flourished in the USA between the two World Wars. It discusses such topics as public art in the Depression, the proletarian subculture and the social poetics of Kenneth Fearing, Muriel Rukeyser and Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 316 pages, 128 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082792
- ISBN
- 9780231082792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10