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Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution & Civil Unrest. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1007.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810872295
- ISBN
- 9780810872295
Condition: New
€ 246.93
€ 246.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMG; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822963134
- ISBN
- 9780822963134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.72
€ 30.99
€ 27.72
Paperback. This work draws ideas from two projects which took place in French Guiana - the Ariane Rocket programme and the Devil's Island penal experiment. The two are compared and connected with developments and events, with a focus on place, and the incorporation of this place into greater extended systems. Num Pages: 361 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; JHM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219854
- ISBN
- 9780520219854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. The two-month long election day in Florida made one thing clear: we need to find ways to make the American political system more responsive to the demands of all citizens. This book provides a critical assessement of a broad range of electoral reforms proposed to enhance responsive government. Editor(s): Hayduk, Ronald; Mattson, Kevin. Series: People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations and the Political Process. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517493
- ISBN
- 9780742517493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.19
€ 162.19
board_book.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Our World of Books United States
- Edition
- Brdbk
- Number of pages
- 28
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602190382
- ISBN
- 9781602190382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.77
€ 11.77
Hardback. A complete reference to all the sharks inhabiting North American waters, with excellent colour illustrations of all the species. Num Pages: 640 pages, 269 line drawings, 292 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSPM; PSVW1; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 226 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195392944
- ISBN
- 9780195392944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.12
€ 287.12
Paperback. Matt Frei, the BBC's former Washington correspondent, goes under the skin of the nation's capital to unravel the paradoxes of the world's last remaining superpower.The paperback has been fully updated to provide a unique view into the weird, wonderful and totally bizarre workings of America's political world and the 2008 Presidential election. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0245677
- ISBN
- 9780007248933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels
Federal Writers Project Of The Works Progress...
Paperback. A document of Depression-era Los Angeles, that illuminates a pivotal moment in L A's history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations - and the mystique - for which the City of Angels is still known. Num Pages: 504 pages, 111 b/w photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268838
- ISBN
- 9780520268838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 250 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479843626
- ISBN
- 9781479843626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
hardcover. This book is a comprehensive guide for educators and policy makers who are ready to create schools for Latinos (particularly Mexican Americans), such that students will be successful in learning and achieving in K-12 grades and college and help to advance society in the 21st century. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JNFR; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475806250
- ISBN
- 9781475806250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.35
€ 110.35
Hardcover. Michael Rinella provides careful editing, historical context and analysis to a memoir of a friendship with Oswald during his Dallas days. Editor(s): Rinella, Michael A.; De Mohrenschildt, George. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620135
- ISBN
- 9780700620135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.56
€ 60.56
Paperback. Representing dancers, scholars, admirers, and critics, this title offers a diverse collection of primary documents and articles about the place and shape of dance in the United States from colonial times onwards. It offers a lively counterpoint between observers of the dance and dancers' views of what they do when they dance. Editor(s): Needham, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; ASD; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069994
- ISBN
- 9780252069994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.65
€ 30.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. A primer on a topic rarley discussed in public debate: corporations who engage in both criminal and legal but socially harmful behaviours in their relentless pursuit of profit. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552667330
- ISBN
- 9781552667330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.18
€ 20.99
€ 19.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607098942
- ISBN
- 9781607098942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.24
€ 149.24
Hardcover. This volume contains diverse essays on the works of Susan Fenimore Cooper. They discuss Cooper's uses and manipulations of various literary conventions and illuminate her positions on conservation, religion, and woman's place in society. Editor(s): Johnson, Rochelle; Patterson, Daniel. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820323268
- ISBN
- 9780820323268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardback. Perhaps best known for his iconic paintings and sculptures of love, also featured on a US postage stamp, and hope, created in support of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, Robert Indiana has been living and working in Maine since 1978. This book offers an examination of how Indiana's work has unfolded since his move to Vinalhaven. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration + 99 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300154702
- ISBN
- 9780300154702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Daryle; Chazkel, Amy; Knauss De Mendonca, Paulo. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 408 pages, 72 illustrations, incl. 11 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359746
- ISBN
- 9780822359746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.79
€ 212.79
Paperback. Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405803
- ISBN
- 9781421405803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.16
€ 38.99
€ 33.16
Paperback. Work has always been central to the African American experience. Whether as slaves or freedmen, African Americans have struggled to gain economic opportunity. This title analyzes the position of African American workers in the US economy and social order over the past century and a half. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192598
- ISBN
- 9780813192598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.19
€ 33.19
Paperback. I didn't realise my mother was a person until I was thirteen years old and she pulled me out of bed, put me in the back of her car, and we left home and my dad with no explanations. I thought that Ma was all that she was and all that she had ever wanted to be. I was wrong.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099510642
- ISBN
- 9780099510642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.92
€ 10.99
€ 9.92
Paperback. An analysis of the policy decision by the Carter Administration on how to cope with the Mariel boatlift from Cuba in 1989. The work argues that a faulty decision making structure and ignorance of the historic dynamics of Cuban immigration contributed to the mishandling of the refugee crisis. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFFN; JPQB; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684144
- ISBN
- 9780847684144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.80
€ 68.80
paperback. A guide to the rich culinary traditions of the American Indians of the Southwest. It features 150 authentic fruit, grain, and vegetable recipes - foods that have been prepared by generations of Apaches, Zunis, Navajos, Havasupais, Yavapais, Pimas, and Pueblos. Num Pages: 191 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803283756
- ISBN
- 9780803283756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.30
€ 23.99
€ 23.30
Paperback. When Cuba's centralized system for providing basic social services began to erode in the early 1990s, Christian and Afro-Cuban religious groups took on new social and political responsibilities. This book analysis how the Cuban state and local religious groups collaborate on community-development projects. Num Pages: 232 pages, 21 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSR; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341963
- ISBN
- 9780822341963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.99
€ 33.99
€ 30.99
Recent national achievement data reveal significant outcome disparities between African American boys and other student groups by grade 4. This book presents and discusses a multi-strategic framework for teachers, administrators, librarians, and parents to implement collaboratively to combat this issue. Num Pages: 128 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFR; JNLB; JNU; YQCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475801286
- ISBN
- 9781475801286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.52
€ 81.52