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Hardcover. In this monumental contribution to Hoover scholarship, eminent historian Gary Dean Best chronicles the post-presidential decades of this important historical figure, and the achievements of a distinguished career that extended far beyond Herbert Hoover's presidency. Num Pages: 550 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 924.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103108
ISBN
9780230103108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.14

Hardback. Explores the theoretical concerns of literary and cultural studies through a reappraisal of three innovative women writers of the modernist period: Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy and Gertrude Stein. In its provocative combination of cultural methodologies, this work significantly expands on existing aesthetic cartographies of modernism. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230500495
ISBN
9780230500495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. Peru Highlights Guide - Expert tips and holiday travel advice on everything from Lima highlights and trip planning to Inca Trail tours, guides and expeditions. This guide also features tour operators, itineraries, trekking routes, when to visit, must-see sights like Machu Picchu, Cusco, Arequipa, Manu Biosphere, Kuelap, history, culture, wildlife. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). Num Pages: 272 pages, 272pp full colour 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 510. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). 272 pages, 272pp full colour 9 maps. Peru is a country that enchants millions of visitors every year. In such a diverse country, deciding on whether to concentrate on history and culture, outdoor activities, ancient cultures or wildlife is a challenge for even most experienced traveller. This book offers best places to visit, the ultimate itineraries and the finest routes to follow. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSR; WTH. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841624402
ISBN
9781841624402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sentowski, Hank C. Num Pages: 171 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFR; LNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600219184
ISBN
9781600219184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.09
€ 70.85

hardcover. Editor(s): Watts, Edward; Holt, Keri; Funchion, John. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white photograph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348223
ISBN
9780820348223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. The Politics of Waiting in Argentina. 192 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. Describes the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. This title also describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JKS; JPQB. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 13. Weight: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352334
ISBN
9780822352334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. This Concise Companion gives readers a rich sense of how the poetry produced in the United States during the twentieth century is connected to the country's intellectual life more broadly. * Helps readers to fully appreciate the poetry of the period by tracing its historical and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Fredman, Stephen. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405120036
ISBN
9781405120036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.42

Paperback. An autobiography that explains what it means to be a black ""rebel sojourner"" and presents the exposes of the Harlem Renaissance. This book challenges readers to rethink the author's articulation of identity, art, race, and politics and situate these topics in terms of his oeuvre and his literary contemporaries between the World Wars. Editor(s): Jarrett, Gene Andrew. Series: Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (MELA). Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813539683
ISBN
9780813539683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 405 pages, colour photographs, plans, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WMD; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Gulf Publishing Co United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780891230779
ISBN
9780891230779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 58.09

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Anniversary Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451683233
ISBN
9781451683233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.39

Hardback. Editor(s): Fong, Rowena; Dettlaff, Alan; James, Joyce; Rodriguez, Carolyne. Num Pages: 432 pages, Figures: 2,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160803
ISBN
9780231160803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.77
€ 90.75

Paperback. Including an entire chapter of new material, 85 new illustrations, and updates to previous chapters, this edition of Ensminger's classic work will appeal to students and scholars in cultural and historical geography, folklore and vernacular architectural history, and American studies, as well as to general readers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 200 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMK; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871344
ISBN
9780801871344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 72 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 33.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lyons Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493008346
ISBN
9781493008346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.72

Along with a fresh translation of Azuela's classic novel, this volume offers an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and political contexts. Related texts include contemporary reviews of Azuela's work, excerpts from John Reed's "Insurgent Mexico", and selections from Azuela's correspondence. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208353
ISBN
9780872208353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Hardback. In this book we encounter the real men and combat missions on which Catch 22 was based. Blending fact, fancy, and history with full-blown original illustrations and rare, previously unpublished photos, the work includes twelve men of the Bomb Group relating twelve richly told tales of their own. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; FZC; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508. The Real Men and Missions of Joseph Heller's 340th Bomb Group in World War II. 288 pages, illustrated throughout. In this book we encounter the real men and combat missions on which Catch 22 was based. Blending fact, fancy, and history with full-blown original illustrations and rare, previously unpublished photos, the work includes twelve men of the Bomb Group relating twelve richly told tales of their own. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; FZC; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001036
ISBN
9781612001036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Studies the stirring literature of "Red Power," an era of Native American organizing that began in 1969 and expanded into the 1970s. This title shows instead that the movement engaged historical memory and oral tradition to produce more enabling knowledge of American Indian lives and possibilities. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342410
ISBN
9780822342410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Stearns, Peter N.; Lewis, Jan. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814780886
ISBN
9780814780886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Hardback. Dean Rusk compared his position as secretary of state in the 1960s to a soldier in a foxhole, defending America against the communist alliance. This title tells that the foxhole really represented the universalist ideals Rusk cherished. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 235 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026857
ISBN
9780842026857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.53

Paperback. This text is a history of how the obsession with homosexuality is deeply tied to changing American anxieties about social and sexual order in the modern age. It argues that homosexuality served as a marker of the "abnormal" against which contradictory concepts of the "normal" were defined. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 858.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226793672
ISBN
9780226793672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. A look at historical and contemporary restructuring, linking development of rural communities with resource development and Aboriginal marginalization. Num Pages: 360 pages, 45 tables, 9 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774810593
ISBN
9780774810593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. Conservatism has been the most important political doctrine in the United States for nearly four decades. It has dominated the intellectual debate and largely set the policy agenda, even during years of Democratic electoral control. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745664293
ISBN
9780745664293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. Mary Dudziak's original analysis of American wartime and its effect on law, policy, and our ideas about time itself, now available in paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199315857
ISBN
9780199315857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.79

paperback. This broad comparative survey focuses on five big case studies, starting with the English Revolutions in the Seventeenth century, and going on to the Mexican, Russian, Vietnamese and Iranian Revolutions. Series: Themes in World History. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1FBN; 1FMV; 1KLCM; HBG; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415224987
ISBN
9780415224987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 92 drawings, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629506
ISBN
9781469629506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.67

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