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The Americas
Hardcover. Offers a look at the extraordinary ways that architecture mirrors our values - and shapes our everyday lives. This title gathers the best of the author's writings along with reflections on an era framed by the destruction of the World Trade Center and the opening of the world's tallest skyscraper. Num Pages: 320 pages, 83 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMC; AMVD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226423111
- ISBN
- 9780226423111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.83
€ 43.83
Paperback. Through a reexamination of the earliest struggles against Jim Crow, the author exposes the fullness of African American efforts to resist the passage of segregation laws dividing trains and streetcars by race in the early Jim Crow era. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871010
- ISBN
- 9780807871010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.25
€ 41.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Blair, Robert. Num Pages: 406 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; RNF; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870813788
- ISBN
- 9780870813788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.36
€ 32.99
€ 29.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 153 x 94 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Quirk Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594747106
- ISBN
- 9781594747106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.57
€ 11.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Highlights both the decades of failure by Arkansas' government to live up to the state's motto of Regnat Populus ("The People Rule") and the positive trends of democracy. This book argues that Arkansas' political and governmental entities are sharply limited as effective instruments of "the people". Series: Politics & Governments of the American States Series. Num Pages: 499 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 499
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803261983
- ISBN
- 9780803261983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.61
€ 44.61
Hardcover. Blaise Cendrars, one of twentieth-century France's most gifted men of letters, came to Hollywood in 1936 for the newspaper "Paris-Soir". This book records Cendrars' experiences on Hollywood's streets and at its studios and hottest clubs. Illustrator(s): Guerin, Jean. Translator(s): White, Garrett. Num Pages: 195 pages, photograph, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KNTC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520078079
- ISBN
- 9780520078079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.73€ 41.28
€ 51.73
€ 41.28
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; FA; FH; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447297581
- ISBN
- 9781447297581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Identifies the features of college towns, explains why they have developed as they have in the United States, and examines the various characteristics that make them unusual. This title explores the aspects of college towns - their distinctive residential and commercial districts, and their unconventional political cultures. Num Pages: 468 pages, 82 illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 921.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498136
- ISBN
- 9781558498136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
Hardback. This resource provides information on a popular literary genre - the 20th-century American short story. It contains articles on stories that share a particular theme, and over 100 pieces on individual writers and their work. There are also articles on promising new writers entering the scene. Editor(s): Gelfant, Blanche H. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110983
- ISBN
- 9780231110983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.10€ 105.37
€ 139.10
€ 105.37
Paperback. This resource provides information on a popular literary genre - the 20th century American short story. It contains articles on stories that share a particular theme, and over 100 pieces on individual writers and their work. There are also articles on promising new writers entering the scene. Editor(s): Gelfant, Blanche H. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110990
- ISBN
- 9780231110990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.56
€ 53.99
€ 38.56
The First Lady of Radio: Eleanor Roosevelts Historic Broadcasts
Blanche Wiesen Cook Stephan Drury Smith
Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Stephen Drury. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 211 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620970423
- ISBN
- 9781620970423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70
Hardback. How Stephen Harper changed Canadian foreign policy, and how Justin Trudeau is trying to turn it around. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773548756
- ISBN
- 9780773548756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Paperback. Handy, authoritative, and easy to read, National Geographic's series of beginners field guides continues to build its presence in the natural history field guide category with the release of a Pocket Guide to Trees. Num Pages: 184 pages, 160 colour photos, 160 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426214752
- ISBN
- 9781426214752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.36
€ 13.99
€ 13.36
Hardback. Coasts of Carolina: Seaside to Sound Country Num Pages: 136 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807834398
- ISBN
- 9780807834398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.32
€ 38.99
€ 36.32
Paperback. The extraordinary wreck of a ship, a missing crew, a message in a bottle, the lost captain's determined daughter - these are all elements of a great sea yarn. The fate of the Carroll A. Deering has remained one of the mysteries of maritime history. Simpson's chronicle keeps the story alive, a memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew. Num Pages: 256 pages, 38ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1QSAN; 3JJG; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856178
- ISBN
- 9780807856178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.77
€ 30.99
€ 25.77
Paperback. Blending history, oral history, autobiography, and travel narrative, this title explores the islands that lie in the sounds, rivers, and swamps of North Carolina's inner coast. Each chapter covers a single island or group of islands, many of which, were it not for the buffering Outer Banks, would be lost to the ebbs and flows of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 232 pages, 54 illustrations, 4 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; WN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871256
- ISBN
- 9780807871256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.36
€ 30.99
€ 27.36
Paperback. This memoir blends Bland Simpson's personal experience with travel narrative, oral history and natural history to create a portrait of the Great Dismal Swamp and its people. Num Pages: 208 pages, 39 illustrations, 2 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847527
- ISBN
- 9780807847527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.99
€ 27.99
€ 23.99
The Astonishment Tapes. Talks on Poetry and Autobiography with Robin B...
Blaser, Robin. Ed(S): Nichols, Miriam
Paperback. "The Astonishment Tapes" is the edited transcript of revealing autobiographical audiotapes recorded by the groundbreaking poet Robin Blaser, a founding member of the Berkeley contingent of the San Francisco Renaissance in New American Poetry. Editor(s): Nichols, Miriam. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817358099
- ISBN
- 9780817358099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.40
€ 59.40
Hardcover. Reflecting the increased pace of research and the many recent advances in organic chemistry, this series serves as a single-source compendium of the most up-to-date and significant procedures currently in use. Series: Organic Syntheses Collective Volumes. Num Pages: 644 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 38. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1943
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- Collective Volume 2
- Number of pages
- 644
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471079866
- ISBN
- 9780471079866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 307.83
€ 307.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Blau, Joseph Leon. Series: American Heritage S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206892
- ISBN
- 9780872206892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.16
€ 16.99
€ 14.16
Editor(s): Blau, Joseph Leon. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206908
- ISBN
- 9780872206908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.48€ 45.52
€ 57.48
€ 45.52
Paperback. All populations, including people living in the United States experience new vulnerabilities with globalization. Other countries have revised their constitutions to protect their citizens from these turbulent forces. The US is a major exception, and this book proposes how Americans might think about constitutional revisions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545601
- ISBN
- 9780742545601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.91
€ 57.91
Hardback. Provides an engaging, beautifully illustrated introduction to North Carolina's interconnected webs of plant and animal life. From dunes and marshes to high mountain crags, through forests, swamps, savannas, ponds, pocosins, and flatrocks, this reveals in words and photographs natural patterns of the landscape. Num Pages: 184 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; RNKH; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 254 x 21. Weight in Grams: 993.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807834671
- ISBN
- 9780807834671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.32
€ 38.99
€ 36.32
Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742556997
- ISBN
- 9780742556997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.89
€ 77.89