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hardcover. Drawing on more than one hundred original interviews and an eclectic array of sources, Striking Distance is an engrossing narrative that chronicles the pioneering martial arts scene that thrived on San Francisco Bay in the early 1960s and offers an in-depth look at a widely unknown chapter of Bruce Lee's iconic life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803269606
- ISBN
- 9780803269606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.24
€ 26.99
€ 26.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781813426
- ISBN
- 9780781813426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475443
- ISBN
- 9780801475443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Hardback. This text illuminates the forces that drive US global policy, from Vietnam and Colombia to Afghanistan and Iraq. It brings to light the intertwined patterns of drugs, oil politics, and intelligence networks that have been central to the larger workings of US intervention in Third World countries. Series: War and Peace Library. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742525214
- ISBN
- 9780742525214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.65
€ 122.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 1KBBER; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Burford Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580801096
- ISBN
- 9781580801096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.78
€ 18.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. How childbearing among enslaved women became commodified-and was exploited by slaveowners as well as slaves. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218732
- ISBN
- 9780812218732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.85
€ 32.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Is it "Stalinist" for a formerly communist country to tear down a statue of Stalin? Should the Confederate flag be allowed to fly over the South Carolina state capital? Is it possible for America to honour General Custer and the Sioux Nation, Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln? This title deals with these questions. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322207
- ISBN
- 9780822322207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.52
€ 32.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271048949
- ISBN
- 9780271048949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.30€ 73.29
€ 88.30
€ 73.29
Paperback. This important resource offers a comprehensive overview of the major U.S. environmental laws and approaches, strategies, standards, and enforcement techniques by which American law protects our environment and our health. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKJ; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118162347
- ISBN
- 9781118162347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.13
€ 132.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 117 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; WTHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493024322
- ISBN
- 9781493024322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.15
€ 17.99
€ 16.15
Hardback. Uncovers the story of how modernism and network television converged and intertwined in their mutual ascent during the decades of the cold war. This title shows how TV was instrumental in introducing the public to the different trends in art and design. Num Pages: 384 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226769684
- ISBN
- 9780226769684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.81
€ 32.99
€ 25.81
Paperback. Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. Series: Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JPRB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780774807685
- ISBN
- 9780774807685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648842
- ISBN
- 9780691648842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.30
€ 146.30
Across the Continent: Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and the Making of Am...
Edited By Douglas Seefeldt, Jeffrey L. Hantma...
Hardcover. Across the Continent is an examination of Lewis and Clark's expedition. Essays look at the global politics that provided the context for the expedition and at the interest in science that grew from it and justified its undertaking. It considers the legacies of it on Native Americans and the control of the expansion of the American Empire. Editor(s): Seefeldt, Douglas; Hantman, Jeffrey L.; Onuf, Peter S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; JPSL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923130
- ISBN
- 9780813923130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.38
€ 57.38
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
€ 45.58
€ 45.58
Paperback. Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America's most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640839
- ISBN
- 9780745640839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.09
€ 25.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781477310670
- ISBN
- 9781477310670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
King of the Delawares: Teedyuscung, 1700-1763 (Iroquois & Their Neighb...
University Professor Of Anthropology Emeritus...
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815624981
- ISBN
- 9780815624981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.87
€ 28.87
Paperback. Delving into the archives that document cross-cultural interactions between America and Germany, the author retraces these efforts to export culture as an instrument of nongovernmental diplomacy, paying particular attention to the role of conductors and uncovers the history of the musician as a cultural symbol of German cosmopolitanism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; AVG; GTJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226292168
- ISBN
- 9780226292168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.26
€ 40.99
€ 31.26
Hardcover. Choosing from the nearly 600 terrestrial vertebrates found on the Great Plains, Johnsgard focuses on the ecology, behaviour and life histories of 121 notable species that people are most likely to encounter when travelling in the region. Illustrator(s): Johnsgard, Paul A. Num Pages: 328 pages, 68 line drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; PSV; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612246
- ISBN
- 9780700612246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.68
€ 58.68
Hardback. Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This book explores the reasons behind the remarkable changes to American refugee policy, laws, and programs. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; JFFD; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123325
- ISBN
- 9780691123325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.80€ 50.66
€ 64.80
€ 50.66
Paperback. Integrating the experiences of one American teacher on a year-long internship in the preschools of Reggio, with a four-year adaptation effort in one American school, this text includes many ""mini-stories"" of journeys of learning. Series: Early Childhood Education Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; JNK; JNLA; JNLB; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807736609
- ISBN
- 9780807736609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.56
€ 34.99
€ 31.56
paperback. From 1905 to the crash of 1929, Sam Shubert and his brothers Lee and J.J., despite poor beginnings and near-illiteracy, created a theatre monopoly unrivalled in history. Num Pages: 374 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411031
- ISBN
- 9780815411031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.68
€ 20.99
€ 20.68
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259010
- ISBN
- 9780803259010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.14
€ 27.99
€ 26.14