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The Americas

Hardback. Broad in scope and stylistically diverse, these essays offer a fascinating overview of the links between thought, public exposition, and action in the fields of politics, science, and culture. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645264
ISBN
9781442645264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.86

hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804714846
ISBN
9780804714846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.15

Hardback. Part of a series on the papers of the governors of Kentucky, this volume deals with Brereton Jones (54th incumbent), who claimed that "This administration is committed to having the most positive, progressive, exciting four years in our state's history." The papers are organized thematically. Series: Public Papers of the Governors of Kentucky. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121963
ISBN
9780813121963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.04

Presents the important speeches and correspondence of Governor Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman to be elected governor of Kentucky. This work contains papers from the state archives that chronicle the agenda and rhetoric that Collins used to accomplish the intertwining goals of education reform and economic development. Series: Public Papers of the Governors of Kentucky. Num Pages: 656 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJPN; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813106083
ISBN
9780813106083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.48

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226088884
ISBN
9780226088884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.66

Paperback. Nearly the whole of America's partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. This title offers evidence to undercut this belief, showing that public schools in fact outperform private ones. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line drawings, 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226088914
ISBN
9780226088914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 11 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGX; HBJK; HRAX; HRCC97. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801454134
ISBN
9780801454134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.95

Hardcover. "Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute." Num Pages: 120 pages, 51 colour & b/w photos, 9 illus & 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBTB; JFC; WBN; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 262 x 16. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136195
ISBN
9780890136195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.25

Paperback. An account of the "Pueblo" incident. In January 1968, the USS Pueblo was attacked and captured by North Korean gunships on its maiden voyage. Diplomacy prevailed in the end, but not without great cost to the lives of the imprisoned crew and to a nation already mired in an unwinnable war in Vietnam. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 21 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612963
ISBN
9780700612963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801474828
ISBN
9780801474828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783606962
ISBN
9781783606962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; WNGD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751553529
ISBN
9780751553529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.39

Paperback. Deals with the development of the concept of American identity. Centering upon the interaction of language, myth, and society, this title explores the Puritan achievement in its broadest cultural context. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC93. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300172416
ISBN
9780300172416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.96

Paperback. Uses writings by Puritan authors, testimony from witchcraft trials, and selections from diaries to document Puritan attitudes toward religion, politics and culture. Editor(s): Heimert, Alan; Delbanco, Andrew. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674740662
ISBN
9780674740662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 271.
Publisher
Seal Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580053143
ISBN
9781580053143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Barricade Books
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569804940
ISBN
9781569804940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulations and oversight mechanisms designed to prevent or root out corruption seriously undermine the ability to govern. Series: Studies in Crime & Justice. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226020525
ISBN
9780226020525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.83

Paperback. Illustrating "conversational narcissism" with sample dialogues, this book analyses the pursuit of attention in conversation - as well as in politics and celebrity culture - and demonstrates the importance of gender, class, and racial differences in competing for attention. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195135497
ISBN
9780195135497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.34

Hardback. The Pursuit of Justice is the first book to examine three separate instances of soldiers risking their lives during wartime to protest injustices being perpetrated by military authorities. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JH; HBWN; HBWQ; JWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462981065
ISBN
9789462981065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.95

Hardback. Editor(s): The Pushcart Prize Editors. Series: The Pushcart Prize. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSB; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 50. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pushcart Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888889796
ISBN
9781888889796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Henderson, Bill. Num Pages: 595 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pushcart Press United States
Edition
2013 Edition
Number of pages
595
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888889659
ISBN
9781888889659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.57

Paperback. How do we explain judges' decisions? Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472083350
ISBN
9780472083350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.88

hardcover. The first comprehensive account of how the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court achieve consensus. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804784726
ISBN
9780804784726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.14

Hardcover. Prior to the Quakers' large-scale migration to Pennsylvania, Barbados had more Quakers than any other English colony. This work shows that Barbados Quakers were a critical part of a transatlantic network of Friends and explains how they established a 'counterculture' on the island. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, bibliography, index, table. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; HBLH; HBTB; HBTS; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826218476
ISBN
9780826218476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.17

Paperback. A history of the Religious Society of Friends. This book provides an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends. It reflects the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. It also examines commonalities among American Friends. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123631
ISBN
9780231123631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

hardcover. A history of the Religious Society of Friends. This book provides an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends. It reflects the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. It also examines commonalities among American Friends. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123624
ISBN
9780231123624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.09

Paperback. Series: Wildavsky Forum Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 33 line illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282001
ISBN
9780520282001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. In parks and cafes, homes and stadium stands, Cubans talk baseball. This work contends that when they are analyzing and debating plays, teams, and athletes, Cubans are exchanging ideas not just about baseball but also about Cuba and cubanidad, or what it means to be Cuban. It explores the interconnections between baseball and Cuban identity. Num Pages: 239 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHBS; WSJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342762
ISBN
9780822342762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9781477313008
ISBN
9781477313008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817308148
ISBN
9780817308148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.45

Paperback. Quants - quantitative analysts - were the maths masterminds let loose on Wall Street in the belief that their brilliant, impregnable computer programs would always beat the market. This book charts their rise from obscurity to boom and then to bust, explaining why they were so confident - and how they got it so disastrously wrong. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847940599
ISBN
9781847940599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46 Photographs In Text. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804172486
ISBN
9780804172486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.74

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 934 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651026
ISBN
9780691651026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 476.64

Paperback. Focuses on the need to revitalise public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, this title addresses the triumph of the idea of private life over that of public life borne in the right-wing agenda of the Reagan revolution. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 320 pages, 57 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319245
ISBN
9780822319245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.80

Hardback. Includes two transcriptions of Mary Estelle Elizabeth Cutts's manuscript as well as a study of Cutts's authorship and women's historical writing in the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Allgor, Catherine. Series: Jeffersonian America (Hardcover). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932989
ISBN
9780813932989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.62

Hardcover. Virginia Claypool Meredith's role in directly managing the affairs of a large and prosperous farm in east-central Indiana opened doors that were often closed to women in late nineteenth century America. Her status allowed her to campaign for the education of women, in general, and rural women, in particular. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSJ1; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557535122
ISBN
9781557535122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.75

Hardback. Not since the publication of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 500 years ago has a member of the political opposition written so candidly about the strengths and weaknesses of the strongest member of his opposing political party. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455562510
ISBN
9781455562510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755556
ISBN
9780814755556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.27

Hardback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692781
ISBN
9780816692781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.82

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692798
ISBN
9780816692798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.67