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Hardcover. The Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path launched its violent campaign against the government in Peru's Ayacucho region in 1980. Focusing on the peasant community of Sarhua that was at the epicenter of the conflict, the author follows the tangled thread of a public secret: the disappearance of Narciso Huicho. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 colour plates, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; JHMC; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226302706
ISBN
9780226302706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 550 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 279 x 2. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226418261
ISBN
9780226418261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Hardback. When Thomas Jefferson struck a deal for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, he knew he was adding a new national power to those specified in the Constitution, but he also believed his actions were in the nation's best interest. This book reveals that the president to be the nation's most important law interpreter and and more. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 875.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226211107
ISBN
9780226211107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.81

paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JFSJ1; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231051552
ISBN
9780231051552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Paperback. American urban ruins have become increasingly prominent, whether in debates about home foreclosures, images of 9/11, or postapocalyptic movies. Recovering numerous scenes of urban desolation, this title argues that this association between American cities and ruins dates back to a much earlier period in the nation's history. Num Pages: 416 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226946641
ISBN
9780226946641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PM Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604867947
ISBN
9781604867947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.41

Paperback. Until the Last Man Comes Home: POWs, MIAs, and the Unending Vietnam War Num Pages: 433 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 252 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
433
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807872727
ISBN
9780807872727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158992
ISBN
9780231158992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.89

Hardback. 18th-century Danish explorer Vitus Bering led historic expeditions to the Russian Far East and Alaska under the patronage of Peter the Great, and his wife Anna Christina accompanied him on his expedition to Okhotsk in 1739. This volume presents the letters that they wrote over the following year. It looks into 18th-century customs. Editor(s): Moller, Peter Ulf; Lind, Natasha Okhotina. Translator(s): Halager, Anna. Series: Historical Translation Series. Num Pages: 178 pages, 22 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JF; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Alaska Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781889963945
ISBN
9781889963945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

hardcover. For centuries, people have been thinking and writing - and fiercely debating - about the meaning of marriage. This book offers a fresh account of marriage as it appeared in fiction, journalism, legal decisions, scholarly work, and private correspondence at the start of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJC; DSBH; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226085661
ISBN
9780226085661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.55

Paperback. For centuries, people have been thinking and writing - and fiercely debating - about the meaning of marriage. This book offers a new account of marriage as it appeared in fiction, journalism, legal decisions, scholarly work, and private correspondence at the start of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJC; DSBH; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226085838
ISBN
9780226085838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Paperback. Groundbreaking study of theoretical, political, and environmental issues around the culture and ethics of petroculture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120363
ISBN
9781772120363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.03

Paperback. Gives political-economic analysis that provides historical background on the way American social policy has evolved and compares the situation in the US to the social policies and ideologies of other countries. This book introduces courageous population of women committed to their families, holding fast to quintessential American values. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247727
ISBN
9780520247727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. The Navajo Code was the only battlefield code that Japan never deciphered. This book details the history of the men who created this secret code and used it on the battlefield to help the United States win World War II in the Pacific. Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 images, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSL9; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803224568
ISBN
9780803224568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.64

Hardback. Explores high-level career executives who make positive contributions to Americans' quality of life. This title profiles six "unsung heroes", the people behind the scenes of some of the most successful programs in American government, and identifies the tools, skills, and strategies that make them effective leaders. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405923
ISBN
9780878405923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.71

Paperback. The nearly half-million American airmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories. In Unsung Eagles, award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay Stout has saved an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32pp photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Casemate Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003948
ISBN
9781612003948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.38

Hardcover. A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut's Life and Novels. 358 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 32. Weight: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609803490
ISBN
9781609803490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.07

Hardback. Unspeakable Violence argues that racialized and gendered violence in the U.S. Mexico borderlands from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth was fundamental to U.S., Mexican, and Chicano/a nationalisms. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350576
ISBN
9780822350576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.65

Paperback. Unspeakable Violence argues that racialized and gendered violence in the U.S. Mexico borderlands from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth was fundamental to U.S., Mexican, and Chicano/a nationalisms. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 563.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350750
ISBN
9780822350750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Friedman, Lester D. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252061523
ISBN
9780252061523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.01

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554887392
ISBN
9781554887392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.20

Hardback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JMH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450076
ISBN
9781845450076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.24

Paperback.
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817783
ISBN
9780774817783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.46

Hardback. Uncovers the effects of decades of war and gang violence on the lives of youths in Central America and in refugee communities in the United States Translator(s): Auyero, Javier. Num Pages: 184 pages, 105 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; AJCR; JFFE; JFSP1; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 276 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744394
ISBN
9780292744394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.00

Paperback. Presents a pioneering exploration of Asian American visual art. This title focuses on works produced during the watershed 1990s, when surging Asian immigration had significantly altered the demographic, cultural, and political contours of Asian America, and a renaissance in Asian American art and visual culture was well underway. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, 65 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; ACX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342045
ISBN
9780822342045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.19

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479889327
ISBN
9781479889327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Hardcover. Presents some of the emergent scholarship in American literary and cultural studies of the "long" nineteenth century. Featuring eleven essays from senior scholars across the discipline, this book responds to critical challenges to the boundaries, both spatial and temporal, that have traditionally organized scholarship within the field. Editor(s): Luciano, Dana; Wilson, Ivy. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479857722
ISBN
9781479857722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSL; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226289465
ISBN
9780226289465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

paperback. Writing in the New York Times Magazine, Max Frankel characterized Unsecular Media as a book that leaves you thinking about the saintly role that religion has acquired in our allegedly irreligious media.Mark Silk's book is the first to offer a comprehensive description and analysis of how American news media cover religion. Series: Public Express Religion America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067426
ISBN
9780252067426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

hardcover. Since 1987, when the global community first recognized the high frequency of women in developing countries dying from pregnancy-related causes, little progress has been made to combat this problem. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845457525
ISBN
9781845457525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.94

Hardcover. During the First World War it was the task of the US Department of Justice, using the Espionage Act and its later Sedition Act amendment, to prosecute and convict those who opposed America's entry into the conflict. This book shows that the Justice Department did not stop at this official charge but went much further. Series: Studies in American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299228903
ISBN
9780299228903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.31

Paperback. Far from fading away, anarchists dealt with major events such as the rise of Communism, the New Deal, atomic warfare, the black freedom struggle, and a succession of artistic avant-gardes. This book traces US anarchism as it evolved from the creed of poor immigrants militantly opposed to capitalism early in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286757
ISBN
9780520286757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.70

Hardcover. Takes readers into the courtroom to hear a streetwise convict verbally sparring with the DA, then brings us into the confines of the jury room to have us witness nervous chatter over the meaning of evidence. As an antidote, the author suggests that literary and historical texts can help us develop the capacity for prudential judgment. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826216380
ISBN
9780826216380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.87

Num Pages: 216 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442222977
ISBN
9781442222977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.31

Paperback. Exploring the fantastic in Spanish American literature as an expression of subversiveness that threatening to undermine the culture Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439902417
ISBN
9781439902417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Presents research on the educational experiences and achievement of Asian American youth. This book reveals the ways in which larger structures of race and class play out in the lives of Asian American high school students, especially regarding presumptions that the educational experiences of Koreans, Chinese, and Hmong youth are all the same. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807749739
ISBN
9780807749739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.41

Paperback. In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee, must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out. This title captures the irony - and tragedy - of America's water crisis. Num Pages: 396 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597268165
ISBN
9781597268165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 402 pages, 17 images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295858
ISBN
9780803295858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; VFJX; VFV; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998404
ISBN
9780295998404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.19

Paperback. Ranging from the realists to the abstract expressionists, from the famous to the obscure, Schultz reveals how various artists have tried to capture the essence of the meaning of "Moby-Dick" and to use it as a springboard for their own imaginations. Num Pages: 440 pages, 61 colour plates, 232 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACX; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1619.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607426
ISBN
9780700607426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.43