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The Americas

Hardback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360230
ISBN
9780822360230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ying, Sarah W. Num Pages: 85 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
85
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594547546
ISBN
9781594547546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.49
€ 50.67

Paperback. Discusses the gendered and racialized assumptions behind tough-on-crime policies while offering a vivid account of how the contemporary penal system impacts individual lives Num Pages: 283 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVG; JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814761496
ISBN
9780814761496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.20

Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Arrow London
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0006914
ISBN
9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow London
Edition
New Ed
Publication date
2006
SKU
KTG0007136
ISBN
9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A study of target marketing, this text exposes the advertising industry's strategies for homing in on American consumers. Combining analysis of contemporary practices with an historical perspective, it examines the mid-1970s when mass marketing was dropped in favour of aggressive target marketing. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJSA; KJSM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226817507
ISBN
9780226817507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 377 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
377
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931859998
ISBN
9781931859998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.77

Hardback. Illuminates the extraordinary power of organized crime at the center of legitimate society Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVM; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814743089
ISBN
9780814743089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.80

Hardcover. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers Nashville
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Special ed.
SKU
KEX0222404
ISBN
9780785260462
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; BGB; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143130000
ISBN
9780143130000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.90

paperback. Introduces us to the violent, secret world of domestic abuse that cops must not only navigate, but which some also perpetrate. The author draws on lessons learned on the job to make powerful arguments for drug decriminalization, abolition of the death penalty, and radically revised approaches to prostitution and gun control. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JKV; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Avalon Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560258551
ISBN
9781560258551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. The Regulator Rebellion of 1766-71 pitted thousands of farmers against political and economic elites who opposed the Regulators' proposed reforms. This work delves deeply into the world and ideology of free rural colonists, examining the rebellion's economic, religious and political roots. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807849996
ISBN
9780807849996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; BT; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816514298
ISBN
9780816514298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. The story of neophyte outdoorsman Edwards's seven months as a caretaker of the Dutch Henry Ranch, a wilderness homestead in Oregon's Klamath Mountains Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226531
ISBN
9780803226531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Paperback. In 1969, an ice-breaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. This title details this historic voyage. Num Pages: 300 pages, 25 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1MTN; 3JJPK; HBTM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Alaska Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602231696
ISBN
9781602231696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 75 black & white halftones, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493030606
ISBN
9781493030606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.24

Paperback. An account that begins with the history of Tse-whit-zen village, and the 19th- and 20th-century impacts of contact, forced assimilation, and industrialization. It explores how the site was chosen, and how the decisions were made first to proceed and then to abandon the project, and the aftermath and implications of those controversial choices. Series: Capell Family Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, 92 colour illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988788
ISBN
9780295988788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.85

Paperback. The first book to transform school choice from an abstract policy issue into a question of basic personal freedom--and indeed, for minority children at the bottom of the social ladder, into a question of survival. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594030581
ISBN
9781594030581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.31

Paperback. A frank and funny account of how Ed copes when his misbehaving 13 year old niece, Tiffany, moves into his Manhattan life. This is a book about growing up, families, parenting and about having no idea what to do next. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; JFSP2; VFXC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. Keywords: "An Uncle's Memoir" 310pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNW0010038
ISBN
9781416511175
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JKSR; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated, Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277540
ISBN
9780520277540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282438
ISBN
9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.95

Hardback. Brazil's Steel City presents a social history of the National Steel Company (CSN), Brazil's foremost state-owned company and largest industrial enterprise in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 tables, 5 figures, 20 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804771689
ISBN
9780804771689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.14

Paperback. The Yanomami and Kayapo, two indigenous groups of the Amazon rainforest, have become internationally known through their dramatic and highly publicized encounters with 'civilization'. This title examines the relationship of the Kayapo and Yanomami to Brazilian society and the wider world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983622
ISBN
9780295983622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPZ; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Updated Olympics ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608465897
ISBN
9781608465897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JKVK; JPZ; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 37. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781253878
ISBN
9781781253878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. How gender and politics intersect in Brazilian women's cinema Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 black and white photographs, filmography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; APF; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078736
ISBN
9780252078736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. Covering more than one hundred years of history, this multidisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the important links between citizenship, national belonging, and popular music in Brazil. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528. 376 pages, 22 photographs. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Explores the vital connections between popular music and citizenship in Brazil. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight: 528.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349068
ISBN
9780822349068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. Brazilian Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary politics of South Americas largest democracy. Accessibly written for students, the book traces the major trends in Brazils political development and analyses the main challenges facing the country today. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745633619
ISBN
9780745633619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.09

Hardback. Brazilian Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary politics of South Americas largest democracy. Accessibly written for students, the book traces the major trends in Brazils political development and analyses the main challenges facing the country today. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745633602
ISBN
9780745633602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.71

Paperback. Brazilian Jive uncovers the genius of Brazilian song, both as a sophisticated, articulate art form crafted out of the dialogue between music and language and as a powerfully eloquent expression of the country's social and political history. Series: Reverb. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGE; AVGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230856
ISBN
9781780230856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.91

Hardback. This book provides a quantitative, applied guide to the offshore and onshore Brazilian markets, with a focus on the financial instruments unique to the region. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 black & white tables, 87 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137477262
ISBN
9781137477262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. Series: Film and Culture Series. 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
third edition
Number of pages
491
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102674
ISBN
9780231102674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.49

Paperback. After the Brazilian military took power in a coup in 1964, many artists tried to distance themselves from politics; others went into exile. This book covers culturally repressive years of the regime, from 1968-74 and looks at artists who found their visual language of resistance, outside government-controlled cultural centres or the militant left. Num Pages: 232 pages, 72 illustrations, including 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 265 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351535
ISBN
9780822351535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Griffin, Lisa M.; Sanders, Robert J. Num Pages: 391 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622577415
ISBN
9781622577415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 332.11
€ 220.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216974
ISBN
9780300216974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. Good clean copy with light age wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
SKU
KSG0009831
ISBN
9780140214963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 232pp. First English language edition
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
SKU
KHS1030297
ISBN
9780140214963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This is a systematic account of Brazil's historical development from 1798 to 1852. The book analyses the process that brought the sprawling Portuguese colonies of the New World into the confines of a single nation-state. Editor(s): Barman, Roderick J. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723305
ISBN
9780804723305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861894007
ISBN
9781861894007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 107 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633212534
ISBN
9781633212534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.39
€ 70.02