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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487804
ISBN
9780801487804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Eleven experts provide a complete, objective assessment of mara gang violence in Central America Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 figure, 7 charts, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JFFE; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292729285
ISBN
9780292729285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLW3; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496. From Stalinism to the New Cold War. 328 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLW3; JPB. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight: 496.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148979
ISBN
9780231148979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.43

paperback. Examines differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin America and mainland North America since the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 444 pages, 4 b/w illus. 60 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620. Endowments and Institutions. 444 pages, 4 b/w illus. 60 tables. Examines differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin America and mainland North America since the seventeenth century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1K; KCZ. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight: 608.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521251372
ISBN
9780521251372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.61

Paperback. This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these "realist" novelists created fiction using rhetoric and excess of melodrama. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300065534
ISBN
9780300065534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.10

Hardcover. Presents a photographic and narrative survey of the major sites of the Inca empire, including the famed city of Machu Picchu, the Inca town and sun temple of Ollantaytambo, the mighty temple-fortress of Sacsahuaman, and the steeply terraced ruins of Pisac. This book also includes chapters about Choquequirao, Chinchero, and Vitcos. Num Pages: 240 pages, 174 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 1QDAK; 3H; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 274 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1546.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500051634
ISBN
9780500051634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. In 1992 the author embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this memoir, she charts their twenty years together, from the brutal beauty of the Zambezi to the mountains of Wyoming - the new adventures, the unexplored paths, and the many signals that they missed along the way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 1KBBWY; BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700591
ISBN
9781784700591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Hardback. Takes on received wisdom about gay identities and gay rights, arguing that we are not "almost there," but on the contrary have settled for a watered-down goal of tolerance and acceptance rather than a robust claim to full civil rights. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 343 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770573
ISBN
9780814770573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 15.30

Paperback. Over 60 of the most scandalous stories from Hollywood. Murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more, from the 1920s to Hollywood's Golden Age in the 1960s and right up to the present day. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472100337
ISBN
9781472100337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810860407
ISBN
9780810860407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.63

Hardcover. Recent political and economic changes sweeping Latin America are strengthening the power of the business class, as the failure of state-led development strategies makes the business sector the primary engine of growth. These six essays deal with this transition in six Latin American countries. Editor(s): Bartell, Ernest; Payne, Leigh. Series: Pitt Latin American Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JPHV; KCP; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139. . An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KRS0017360
ISBN
9780822938538
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812993547
ISBN
9780812993547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. Through a discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, this title investigates what the author terms 'the paradox of negative emotion' and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. It describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. American Film and the Spectator's Experience. 296 pages, illustrations. Through a discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, this title investigates what the author terms 'the paradox of negative emotion' and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. It describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight: 424.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Trade Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256965
ISBN
9780520256965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.04

Paperback. An analysis of the foundations of autobiography in America Num Pages: 255 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390. Fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
New Hampshire
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KST0009829
ISBN
9781584651321
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Why do severe recessions happen? Could we have prevented the Great Recession and its consequences? And what actions are needed to prevent such crises going forward? This book offers convincing answers to some of the most important questions faced by the economy. Num Pages: 227 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition, Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226271651
ISBN
9780226271651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. One of the world's biggest and most successful banks, Lehman Brothers bank's downfall was the event that sparked the slide of the world economy toward a Great Depression II. This title presents the inside story of the dark characters who ruled Lehman and the crash that didn't have to happen. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091936150
ISBN
9780091936150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. Represents a view of her work Elizabeth Bishop herself would have recognised and approved. A chronology and a set of maps serve as practical guides to the poet's life and travels. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272. 176 pages, maps. Represents a view of her work Elizabeth Bishop herself would have recognised and approved. A chronology and a set of maps serve as practical guides to the poet's life and travels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight: 272.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247256
ISBN
9781852247256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. This bookproposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFFN; JFSL; JPS; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230321762
ISBN
9780230321762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.47
€ 64.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Aaron, Craig. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 204 x 28. Weight in Grams: 743. Illustrated 4to.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. New York
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Seven Stories Press 1st Ed
SKU
KEX0242827
ISBN
9781583222751
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The York Notes series covers major works from medieval to modern English literature, and classic and contemporary works from Europe, America, the Commonwealth and the Third World. This text covers the selected poems of Sylvia Plath. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582424777
ISBN
9780582424777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.04

Paperback. Insurgent citizenships have arisen in cities around the world. This book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries of Sao Paulo, Brazil, its entanglement with entrenched systems of inequality, and its contradiction in violence. It argues that contradictory realizations of citizenship characterize all democracies. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 halftones. 6 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHBA; JPA; JPHV; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142906
ISBN
9780691142906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.25

Hardback. A revealing and inspiring memoir by the father of American distance running. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 page black and white insert, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; WSBB; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Rodale Press Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623367244
ISBN
9781623367244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.62

Paperback. Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BM; CF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846680403
ISBN
9781846680403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.80

Paperback. Ranging from the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics, this book points out that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. It shows us the deep influence that the Egyptians and Babylonians had on the Greeks. Num Pages: 584 pages, 6 halftones. 164 line illus. 18 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135267
ISBN
9780691135267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.36

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