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Paperback. Patterson's adventures are as swift and unpredictable as the river he canoes. Editor(s): Davis, Richard C. Num Pages: 316 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644770
- ISBN
- 9780888644770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.40
€ 35.99
€ 26.40
paperback. Series: Civil War. Num Pages: 112 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122. Good copy showing some shelf wear and light toning. Clean interior, remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. New York
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024769
- ISBN
- 9780486427614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardback. Providing perspectives from five Western capitals, this multinational study examines the political and structural conditions for effective collaboration between NATO and the United Nations in performing peacemaking and peacekeeping missions. Editor(s): Brenner, Michael J. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JPH; JPSD; JPSN; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711132
- ISBN
- 9780333711132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.93
€ 128.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bonus Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566251815
- ISBN
- 9781566251815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.81
€ 16.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. Series: Rivergate Regionals Collection. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565842
- ISBN
- 9780813565842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Talking to the Dead: Religion, Music, and Lived Memory among Gullah/Ge...
Lerhonda S. Manigault-Bryant
Paperback. Presents an ethnography of seven Gullah/Geechee women from the South Carolina lowcountry. By looking in depth at this long-standing spiritual practice, this book highlights the subversive ingenuity that lowcountry inhabitants use to thrive spiritually and to maintain a sense of continuity with the past. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HRLF; JFSL3; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356745
- ISBN
- 9780822356745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.43
€ 30.99
€ 28.43
paperback. Looks at how the belief in abduction by extraterrestrials is constituted by and through popular discourse and the images provided by print, film, and television. This work contends that the abduction phenomenon is symptomatic of a period during which people have come to feel divested of the ability to know what is true about themselves. Num Pages: 247 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFCX; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799222
- ISBN
- 9780814799222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. This bipartisan study analyzes how American presidents have used intellectuals to shape their images and advance their agendas. Tevi Troy examines how these advisers - the president's links to the academic community - create, nurture and bring ideas into the public policy realm. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508255
- ISBN
- 9780742508255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.85
€ 45.99
€ 37.85
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 117 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717803910
- ISBN
- 9780717803910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
Hardcover. Features a lyrical writing style and insights into the traumas and triumphs of the human spirit that can make you feel. Published in the "Star-Telegram" from 1991 through 2007, this title contains stories that look at a variety of Texans and include a half-dozen essays from the author about her own colorful life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 b&w photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653839
- ISBN
- 9780875653839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.64
€ 30.99
€ 28.64
Hardcover. For more than a century, Harlem has been the epicenter of black America, the celebrated heart of African American life and culture - but it has also been a byword for the problems that have long plagued inner-city neighborhoods: poverty, crime, violence, disinvestment, and decay. This title offers an unprecedented record of urban change. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 268 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 279 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226853369
- ISBN
- 9780226853369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.02€ 52.20
€ 56.02
€ 52.20
Paperback. The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over, the economy was doing well, and the arts were invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists, institutions, and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Translator(s): Kahn, Dr. Peter. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 illustrations (22 color/16 pg insert, 41 b&w). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338932
- ISBN
- 9780822338932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.10
€ 45.99
€ 31.10
Hardcover. A thorough survey of the origins and development of the major distinct American commercial entertainments that emerged between over the course of the 19th century and into the 20th, including P.T. Barnum_s American Museum, freak show, and circus, as well as blackface minstrelry, Buffalo Bill_s Wild West Show, and vaudeville. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604490
- ISBN
- 9780230604490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback. Applying concepts derived from the study of international and comparative politics, this book offers an analysis of the impact of globalization on United States domestic politics. It is of interest to politicians, policymakers, and students looking for a discussion of globalization that is grounded in political history of the United States. Series: Essential Texts in American Government Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408276
- ISBN
- 9780878408276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.24
€ 75.24
Paperback. This text combines ethical theory and personal experience to explore family and community influences on individual behaviour within an ethnic setting. Concentrating on Italian-Americans, the author assesses the links with often conflicting groups such as family, friends, neighbourhood and country. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607303
- ISBN
- 9780700607303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Only one tribe of American Indians is known ever to have successfully revolted against the empire of Spain and to have thwarted all subsequent attempts by the Spaniards to reconquer them: the Jivaro (hee'-va-ro), the untsuri suarii of eastern Ecuador. This book is about their culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 49.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520050655
- ISBN
- 9780520050655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.13
€ 33.99
€ 25.13
Paperback. How will the changing ethnic and racial composition of American society affect the long struggle for black political power and inclusion? To what extent will these racial and ethnic shifts affect the already tenuous nature of racial politics in American society? This title deals with this questions. Editor(s): Alex-Assensoh, Yvette; Hanks, Lawrence J. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814706633
- ISBN
- 9780814706633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. A report on the architecture and pottery of Late Intermediate Cerro Azul. It is illustrated, showing both the details of the tapia architecture and the individual pottery collections from each room and midden. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745550
- ISBN
- 9781931745550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.30
€ 30.30
Hardback. These essays by scholars and popular historians cover every aspect of Washington's life and provide rich new insights into his legacy. Editor(s): Lengel, Edward G. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 678 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1196.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 678
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444331035
- ISBN
- 9781444331035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.73
€ 202.73
Hardback. Examines various aspects of guerrilla warfare in Latin America. Editor(s): Castro, Daniel. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 236 pages, suggested readings and films. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTV; JPWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026253
- ISBN
- 9780842026253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.08
€ 169.08
Paperback. The movement of a work of art from artist's studio to gallery, to collector, and to curator sometimes follows a clear and distinct route, easily discernable from start to finish. This book contributes to an understanding of the collecting process and the convoluted courtship rituals involving collectors, donors, museum staff, and board members. Editor(s): Ice, Joyce. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AFTB; AGC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988887
- ISBN
- 9780295988887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.45
€ 36.99
€ 34.45
Hardback. This volume explores the life of John Randolph Haynes (1853-1937) who, for four decades, was at the forefront of social-reform crusades and political action in Los Angeles and California with his legacies in the fields of direct leglisation and public ownership of utilities. Num Pages: 348 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720670
- ISBN
- 9780804720670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.78
€ 75.78
Paperback. Andrew Schlesinger tells the fascinating story of Harvard College as an American institution. He examines the important actions and decisions of its leadership from Puritan times to the present. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566637312
- ISBN
- 9781566637312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.15
€ 20.99
€ 20.15
Paperback. Twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed to reflect the new world climate. Editor(s): Dixon, Wheeler W. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; APF; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809325566
- ISBN
- 9780809325566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.26
€ 44.26