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Hardcover. Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. Wright's designs for office and public buildings were equally groundbreaking and unique. From Fallingwater to New York's Guggenheim Museum, his works are among the most famous in the history of architecture. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AMB; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 266 x 13. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836560498
- ISBN
- 9783836560498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.90
€ 21.99
€ 21.90
Paperback. Following the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes in Salvador, this text analyzes the ways that they modify their bodies, explores their motivations, examines their complex relationships and discovers how prostitution for most travestis is a positive and affirmative experience. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226461007
- ISBN
- 9780226461007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.12
€ 33.99
€ 27.12
paperback. An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANB; APFB; APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099502838
- ISBN
- 9780099502838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Covering all the moments and behind-the-scenes details of comics in the JFK and Beatles era, this book helps offers an account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends, including: DC Comics' rebirth of Green Lantern, Hawkman, and others, and the launch of Justice League of America and multiple earths. Editor(s): Dallas, Keith. Num Pages: 224 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 283 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- TwoMorrows Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605490458
- ISBN
- 9781605490458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.03
€ 47.99
€ 34.03
Paperback.
- Edition
- NULL
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press Nebraska
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227702
- ISBN
- 9780803288515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book combines film studies with environmental history and politics, aiming to establish a cultural criticism informed by 'green' thought. David Ingram argues that Hollywood cinema has largely perpetuated romantic attitudes to nature and has played an important ideological role in the 'greenwashing' of ecological discourses. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFD; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896092
- ISBN
- 9780859896092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.29
€ 34.29
Hardback. A history of negative campaigning in American politics, and an examination of how candidates and political consultants have employed this often-controversial technique. This book includes case studies on races throughout the television era, in which negative campaign strategies were introduced, or existing tactics were refined and amplified upon. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545007
- ISBN
- 9780742545007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.92
€ 75.92
Paperback. Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219678
- ISBN
- 9780812219678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. A political biography of one of the 20th century's most emblematic political figures. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJ; JPFF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333076
- ISBN
- 9780745333076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552993661
- ISBN
- 9780552993661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. El Alto, Rebel City combines ethnography and political theory to explore the astonishing political power exercised by the indigenous citizens of El Alto, Bolivia in the past decade. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341543
- ISBN
- 9780822341543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Illustrates how the divided spheres of Civil War experience created social and political conflict far removed from the better-known battlefields of the war. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729199
- ISBN
- 9780814729199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardback. An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts Editor(s): Beckerdite, Luke. Num Pages: 204 pages, 384 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 222 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1928.
- Publisher
- Chipstone Foundation
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982772232
- ISBN
- 9780982772232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.11
€ 84.11
Hardback. The U.S. Army Air Forces Against Germany in World War II. 432 pages, 30 b/w photos. In order to defeat Germany in World War II, the Allies needed to destroy the Third Reich's industry and invade its territory, but before they could effectively do either, they had to defeat the Luftwaffe, whose state-of-the-art aircraft and experienced pilots protected German industry and would batter any attempted invasion. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 40. Weight: 734.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811706599
- ISBN
- 9780811706599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.08
€ 31.99
€ 25.08
Paperback. The Story of American Vernacular Dance Num Pages: 508 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; AVGJ; AVGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306805530
- ISBN
- 9780306805530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. Collects the accounts that provide a narrative of the author's voyages in the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442175
- ISBN
- 9780140442175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. A traveller's guide filled with anecdotes, maps and descriptions of the often-surprising connections between English and American culture. Num Pages: 295 pages, col. Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904832386
- ISBN
- 9781904832386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.68
€ 26.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 9th Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142004944
- ISBN
- 9780142004944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. At the center of Lincoln's political thought and career is an intense passion for equality that runs so deep in the speeches, messages, and letters that it has the force of religious conviction for Lincoln. George Kateb examines these writings to reveal that this passion explains Lincoln's reverence for both the Constitution and the Union. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWJ; HPQ; HPS; JFFJ; JFSL; JPF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368163
- ISBN
- 9780674368163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JN; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546. Nice clean copy in good dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0250703
- ISBN
- 9780801438868
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228137
- ISBN
- 9780807853481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen English North American colonies. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190046
- ISBN
- 9781405190046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894384568
- ISBN
- 9781894384568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.98
€ 18.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. John Miller tasks himself with the care and safe transportation of billions of bees. He is descended from N E Miller, America's first migratory beekeeper, and trucks his hives from crop to crop, working the North Dakotan clover in summer and the Californian almonds in winter. This title tells his story and that of his bees. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TVHH; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061873256
- ISBN
- 9780061873256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.39
€ 18.99
€ 16.39