×


 x 

Shopping cart

The Americas

Results 4081 - 4104 of 31509

The Americas

Cards. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; JNZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 128 x 73. Weight in Grams: 930. Fine copy
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Peterson´s Guides,U.S.
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0000326
ISBN
9780764167706
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Follows six top-level film directors, from the origins of their careers through the making and release of their signature films. This book uses the development, writing, shooting, editing, and release of each director's major film, and also explores the lives and struggles each of them faced. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060540180
ISBN
9780060540180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.26

paperback. This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816403
ISBN
9780774816403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.49

Hardback. This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816397
ISBN
9780774816397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.65

Paperback. Challenging the prevailing view that taverns tended to break down class and gender differences, Salinger persuasively argues they did not signal social change so much as buttress custom and encourage exclusion. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16, 6 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801878992
ISBN
9780801878992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AFKG; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. Weight in Grams: 1510.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352348
ISBN
9780764352348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 31.77

Paperback. Living together is a typical romantic rite-of-passage in the United States today. In fact, Census data shows a 37 per cent increase of couples that choose to commit to and live with one another, foregoing marriage. This book delivers surprising insights about the impact of class and education on how relationships unfold. Num Pages: 270 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286986
ISBN
9780520286986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. A penetrating examination of how most Americans die today--how the patients and their families' conflicting desires about a "good death" collide with the politics and routines of American hospitals. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP; MMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226426853
ISBN
9780226426853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.50

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of American culture, African-American literature, literary theory, gender studies, queer theory, and cultural studies, this book presents an exploration of death's relation to subjectivity in twentieth-century American literature and culture. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 2 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324997
ISBN
9780822324997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.08

Paperback. The ultimate guide to New Mexico's premier destination Series: Explorer's Complete. Num Pages: 216 pages, 50 color photographs and 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
9 Rev ed
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581574111
ISBN
9781581574111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. If you think New Mexico cooking is all about burritos and enchiladas, you're in for a surprise! Series: The Farm Table Cookbook. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100+ color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581572087
ISBN
9781581572087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.49

Hardback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America -- fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography -- and influential texts of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 175.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619467
ISBN
9780748619467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.45
€ 95.24

Paperback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America -- fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography -- and influential texts of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619474
ISBN
9780748619474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.48

Hardcover. Examines the efforts of American Catholics to thwart eugenic policies, illuminating the ways in which Catholic thought transformed the public conversation about individual rights, the role of the state, and the intersections of race, community, and family. This title deals with the history of religion, science, politics, and human rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRCC7; HRCX6; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038988
ISBN
9780226038988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.14

Hardcover. The Education of the Presidents. 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). Presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton, this book features memoirs and souvenirs reflecting on their lives and formative experiences in youth, and brief summaries of their careers showing how each developed a special regard for schooling and the i. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JN; JPHL. Dimension: 262 x 187 x 14. Weight: 574.
Publisher
D Giles Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832430
ISBN
9781904832430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 74 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665655
ISBN
9780816665655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.31

Paperback. The author describes here the various perceptions of the principalship, based on interviews with students, teachers, parents and community members. She then offers some implications these perceptions might have for the profession. Viewpoints of practising or former principals are also included. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844698
ISBN
9780810844698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.19

Paperback. According to the author, to help students love books and reading, their skills must go beyond merely recognizing words and turning pages without comprehension. The author frames the situation with an insightful overview of research on reading and how children learn. She then outlines a seven-step reading strategy. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFC; GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Amer Library Assn Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838909126
ISBN
9780838909126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.76
€ 49.84

Hardcover. What is the role of civic associations in generating electoral accountability, and how do efforts by national groups to ensure free and fair elections advance democratic consolidation? Lean advances our understanding of how civic activism can strengthen election processes and provides new insight into role of elections for democratic consolidation. Series: Elections, Voting, Technology. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPHF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230339798
ISBN
9780230339798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Paperback. Questing the educational suitability of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the classroom, this work argues that the book teaches misguided lessons about race relations. It aims to challenge the typical understanding of "Huck Finn", and guides readers through an analysis that demonstrates how racism functions in the book and the classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742545205
ISBN
9780742545205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.15

Hardback. Questing the educational suitability of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the classroom, this work argues that the book teaches misguided lessons about race relations. It aims to challenge the typical understanding of "Huck Finn", and guides readers through an analysis that demonstrates how racism functions in the book and the classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742545199
ISBN
9780742545199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.83

Paperback. The Evolution of American Ecology, 1890-2000 offers an innovative study not only of the scientific landscape in turn-of-the-century America, but of current questions in ecological science. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; PDX; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890871
ISBN
9780801890871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, xiv, 258 p., 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226092348
ISBN
9780226092348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226091327
ISBN
9780226091327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.85

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!