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Paperback / so. "The Alaska River Guide" provides up-to-date information for planning a river trip whether a beginner or experienced paddler. A special section on traveling with children is included. Series: Alaska River Guide: Canoeing, Kayaking, & Rafting in the Last Fronti. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WSSN5; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Menasha Ridge Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 3
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897329576
- ISBN
- 9780897329576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.71
€ 21.99
€ 20.71
Hardcover. Environmental debates often pit the protection of nature against economic growth. This book reveals that environmentalism has unsuspected roots in consumerism that extend deeper than our everyday dilemmas. It tells of an early confrontation that set the stage for Silent Spring, pushing the dawn of environmental politics back several decades. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; 3JJ; RNK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614868
- ISBN
- 9780700614868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Paperback. Features several interviews, giving detailed and personal stories from veteran screenwriters of the seventies and eighties, focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Looking at how movies get made, this work offers a different perspective on many of the great movies, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties. Editor(s): McGilligan, Patrick. Num Pages: 434 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245181
- ISBN
- 9780520245181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 29.52
€ 35.00
€ 29.52
Paperback. The first volume to examine young girls' culture in the U.S. in the 20th century. Essays address such topics as board games and the socialization of adolescent girls, dolls and political ideologies, female juvenile delinquency, and more, to demonstrate how cultural discourses shape both the young and teenage girl in America. 9 illustrations. Editor(s): Inness, Sherrie A. Num Pages: 332 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737651
- ISBN
- 9780814737651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.83
€ 29.83
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631455
- ISBN
- 9780691631455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.42
€ 147.42
Hardback. Shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, a young U.S. Navy Lieutenant waged a one-man war against the Japanese. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306823404
- ISBN
- 9780306823404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.68
€ 29.99
€ 20.68
Hardback. Alexander Hamilton is one of the Founding Fathers of the American republic. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028776
- ISBN
- 9780842028776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.08
€ 167.08
Hardcover. A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and incredibly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 35. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393088717
- ISBN
- 9780393088717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.77
€ 31.99
€ 29.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 120 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 282 x 14. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331176
- ISBN
- 9780764331176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.15
€ 30.99
€ 21.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470369
- ISBN
- 9781611470369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.54
€ 152.54
Hardcover. Which college was the first in the world to award a degree in jazz? Which state had the most drive-in movie theaters? Who was the first person to push a peanut up Pike's Peak with his nose? Who invented Frito Pie? This book describes achievements of Texans and their state. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 photos, bib. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653853
- ISBN
- 9780875653853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.16
€ 12.16
Paperback. The dynamics of identity politics frequently have been studied from the perspective of 'outsider' groups, those outside the bounds of the imagined community. But how does this dynamic play out in the construction of the 'national imaginary'? This book helps reformulate how we use rights - to what end and through what means. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; 1KBC; 1MBF; 1QFE; HRA; JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JFSK; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 210 x 39. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396240
- ISBN
- 9781566396240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.91
€ 37.99
€ 34.91
Paperback. The volume is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing an enormously significant region in ways that clarify the kind of everyday life and work that is generated in a major urban global manufacturing site amid insecurity, inequality, and a virtually absent state. Editor(s): Staudt, Kathleen; Fragoso, Julia E. Monarrez; Fuentes, Cesar M. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFSG; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310. The Paso Del Norte Metropolitan Region. 272 pages, Illustrations, maps. Editor(s): Staudt, Kathleen; Fragoso, Julia E. Monarrez; Fuentes, Cesar M. The volume is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing an enormously significant region in ways that clarify the kind of everyday life and work that is generated in a major urban global manufacturing site amid insecurity, inequality, and a virtually absent state. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFSG; JPVH1. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 14. Weight: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230100329
- ISBN
- 9780230100329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
paperback. Explains how the American military's anti-gay policy is fundamentally misdescribed by its common nickname, 'Don't Ask/Don't Tell.' This title shows that this ubiquitous phrase implies that it discharges service members not for who they are, but for what they do. It is suitable for legal scholars, policymakers, activists, and military historians. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK2; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323174
- ISBN
- 9780822323174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.39
€ 25.99
€ 24.39
Hardback. This study concerns a pivotal but unexamined surge in frontier violence that engulfed the eastern forests of eighteenth-century Brazil. It focuses on social, cultural, and racial relations among settlers, slaves, and native peoples accused of cannibalism. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures, 26 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751803
- ISBN
- 9780804751803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.83
€ 138.83
Paperback. Features a character study of Giuliani, one of America's most charismatic public figures, a history of New York, and an inquiry into the issue of how cities thrive or die. This book also presents an account of September 11, 2001, revealing how Giuliani's s eight years in office had prepared him and the city to rise to this tragic occasion. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594031496
- ISBN
- 9781594031496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
Paperback. More than 200 waterfalls, from town centers to roadsides to isolated natural areas Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEV; WND; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581572407
- ISBN
- 9781581572407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.80
€ 22.80
hardcover. This book will be indispensable for understanding why a movement so powerful amongst American conservativeshas been distinctively less important in Canada and how the character of Canadian conservatism means it will likely remain so. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 17. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644311
- ISBN
- 9781442644311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.61
€ 68.61
Paperback. An attempt to understand the complexity of the vision and contributions of the African-American writer, James Baldwin, without needing to name him as exclusively homosexual, expatriate, black or activist. A group of scholars discuss Baldwin's life, his presence and his political thought and work. Editor(s): McBride, Dwight A. Num Pages: 356 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814756188
- ISBN
- 9780814756188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.90
€ 29.90
Hardback. This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-"a writer whom few know. " Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405131575
- ISBN
- 9781405131575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.13
€ 118.13
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the recent changes - both quantitative and qualitative - that have occurred in the wake of the landmark 1992 elections. Comprehensive statistics and other data cover the campaign finances and roll-call voting behaviour of all 40 members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819195616
- ISBN
- 9780819195616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.35
€ 74.35
Hardback. Editor(s): Groban, Charles; Kulicki, John. Num Pages: 126 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624177576
- ISBN
- 9781624177576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.16€ 136.11
€ 197.16
€ 136.11
Hardback. Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893971
- ISBN
- 9780801893971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.32
€ 48.99
€ 41.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403976703
- ISBN
- 9781403976703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51