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The Americas

Paperback. An epic history of the battle of Quebec, the death of General James Wolfe and the beginnings of Britain's empire in North America. Military history at its best. Num Pages: 560 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007286218
ISBN
9780007286218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.52

Hardcover. Focuses on the failure of the efforts to cleanup the Chesapeake Bay and suggests an approach often used in cleaning up environmentally damaged sites. This book presents a view of the environmental condition of Chesapeake Bay. It covers a part of the history of the Bay that is not widely known, including how the Bay was formed. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; 1QSAN; JW; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118686270
ISBN
9781118686270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614704799
ISBN
9781614704799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.94
€ 114.05

Paperback. Examines the negotiations and controversies that took place during the planning and construction of The Dalles Dam and the profound impact the project had on both the Indian community of Celilo Village and the non-Indian town of The Dalles, intertwined with local concerns that affected the entire American West. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFSL9; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 351.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985466
ISBN
9780295985466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487880
ISBN
9780801487880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.17

Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816640812
ISBN
9780816640812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.98

Paperback. A revealing and dramatic chronicle of the twelve months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316332774
ISBN
9780316332774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. This award-winning social history of death and funeral rites during the early decades of Brazil's independence from Portugal focuses on the Cemiterada movement in Salvador, capital of the province of Bahia. Translator(s): Gledhill, Sabrina. Series: Latin America in Translation/enTraduccion/em Traducao. Num Pages: 400 pages, 51 illustrations, 15 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTB; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807854457
ISBN
9780807854457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.98

Paperback. Flash floods, avalanches, lightning strikes, cougar attacks - these wilderness dangers give a new meaning to the moniker Wild West. This title features tales that recount the misfortune of both tenderfooted tourists and seasoned adventurers that can make anyone who is unprepared think twice before venturing out into the western landscape. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northland Publishing United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873588935
ISBN
9780873588935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.95

Paperback. Through a series of engrossing narratives, Death in the New World uses the customs surrounding death among Indians, Africans, and Europeans as a lens through which to examine the cross-cultural interactions in North America and the Caribbean in the three centuries following Columbus. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221947
ISBN
9780812221947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.96

Paperback. Though they were acquitted, these same defendants were soon being ostracized by their own neighbors, and within four months of Till's death, Southern blacks were staging the historic Montgomery bus boycott-the first major battle in the coming war against racial injustice that would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation a decade later. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; BGH; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801843266
ISBN
9780801843266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.02

Paperback. Based on the experiences of a First World War pilot. Num Pages: 256 pages, Images included in a central plate section. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848328785
ISBN
9781848328785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.09

Hardcover. Boaz Hagin carries out a philosophical examination of the issue of death as it is represented and problematized in Hollywood cinema of the classical era (1920s-1950s) and in later mainstream films, looking at four major genres: the Western, the gangster film, melodrama and the war film. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. 216 pages. Boaz Hagin carries out a philosophical examination of the issue of death as it is represented and problematized in Hollywood cinema of the classical era (1920s-1950s) and in later mainstream films, looking at four major genres: the Western, the gangster film, melodrama and the war film. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230236226
ISBN
9780230236226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.38

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KNW0010416
ISBN
9780719560163
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. On July 21, 1578, a small Mexican town awoke to the news of a scandal. Nailed to the door of its church was a double-faced effigy denouncing a neighbor as a Jew who should burn at the stake. Nine trials over the course of four years revealed a story of dishonor, revenge, and the Inquisition's relentless determination to defend its symbols. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HRAM9; HRCC7. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223163
ISBN
9780812223163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.31

Hardback. A Pittsburgh doctor's brutal poisoning of his physician wife, and his riveting trial for first-degree murder Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of New England
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611689037
ISBN
9781611689037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.90

Hardcover. Contemporary Mexican food from Shay Ola, founder of Death by Burrito, one of east London's trendiest eateries. Num Pages: 160 pages, Over 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Mitchell Beazley
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845339067
ISBN
9781845339067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.98

Paperback. Unravels the following mystery: how is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support? This work is a portrait of American politics as viewed through the lens of the death tax repeal saga. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; JPQB; KFFD1; LNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127897
ISBN
9780691127897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Death Blow to Jim Crow: The National Negro Congress and the Rise of Militant Civil Rights Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469618999
ISBN
9781469618999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.71

Paperback. The history of Mexico's fearless intimacy with death--the elevation of death to the center of national identity. Num Pages: 584 pages, 52 black & white illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
581
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951542
ISBN
9781890951542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.75

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