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The Americas

Hardback. Exhibition held at the National Gallery (U.S.), Washington, D.C., September 30, 2016-March 5, 2017, of a private collection of thirty-five works gathered by Meyerhoff and Becker produced by nineteen artists. Num Pages: 144 pages, 64 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; AGC; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 316 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1266.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172873
ISBN
9780691172873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.35

Paperback. Presents a study of Syrian immigration to the United States that places Syrians - and Arabs more generally - at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. This work focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255340
ISBN
9780520255340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with 115 families, the authors look at how parents plan to use this annual cash windfall to build up savings, go back to school, and send their kids to college. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFFM; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275355
ISBN
9780520275355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. The focus of this book is on speech production and speech processing associated with cleft palate, covering phonetic (perceptual and instrumental), phonological and psycholinguistic perspectives, and including coverage of implications for literacy and education, as well as cross-linguistic differences. Editor(s): Howard, Sarah; Lohmander, Anette. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470743300
ISBN
9780470743300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.09

Hardback. Not Fit to Stay reveals how officials used panic about public health concerns as a basis for excluding early twentieth-century South Asian immigrants from entering Canada and the United States. Num Pages: 584 pages, 8 images, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1; MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774832182
ISBN
9780774832182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.14

Hardcover. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas, on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, March 5-June 7, 2015, organized by Sarah J. Montross." Editor(s): Montross, Sarah J. Num Pages: 136 pages, 135 color illus. BIC Classification: 1K; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 303 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Publisher
Bowdoin College Museum of Art & The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262029025
ISBN
9780262029025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. "An exemplary study of public memory because of its wide vision, its attentiveness to context, and its careful delineation of change over time."-David Waldstreicher, author of In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221091
ISBN
9780812221091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.67

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Nation Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568585369
ISBN
9781568585369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.15

Hardcover. Offers readers a portrait of the American people - industrialists, labor leaders, federal officials, municipal leaders, social reformers, and industrial workers and their families - that lays bare the foundations of community, the high costs of racism, and the tangled process of negotiation between New Deal visionaries and wartime planners. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTK; HBWQ; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226025421
ISBN
9780226025421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNJ; LNJD; LNJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040283
ISBN
9780252040283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. How school-aged girls used the legal system to gain access to contact sports Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBS; LAZ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075841
ISBN
9780252075841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNJ; LNJD; LNJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081736
ISBN
9780252081736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

paperback. Illustrator(s): Janowitz, Sophia. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Write Bloody Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781938912481
ISBN
9781938912481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520067936
ISBN
9780520067936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.03

Paperback. Discusses dozens of classic and contemporary films ranging from "Bringing Up Baby" to "Terms of Endearment", from "Stagecoach" to "Reservoir Dogs". This book studies the use of dialogue in American film. It shows why dialogue has been neglected in the analysis of narrative film. Num Pages: 332 pages, 53 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 194 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221383
ISBN
9780520221383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

Hardcover. Including suffragists, civil rights activists, and movers and shakers in politics and in the music industries of Nashville and Memphis, as well as many other notables, this collective portrait of Tennessee women offers fresh perspectives and insights into their dreams, their struggles, and their times. Editor(s): Freeman, Sarah L. Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329482
ISBN
9780820329482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.28

paperback. In "Dolor y Alegria", 15 mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers in the Mexican City of Cuernavaca speak about the dramatic effects that urbanisation and rapid social change have had on their lives. Sarah LeVine combines these autobiographical vignettes with ethnographical material. Series: Life Course Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BG; JFFK; JFSG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299137946
ISBN
9780299137946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.11

Paperback. Immigrants in the United States send more than $20 billion every year back to Mexico - one of the largest flows of such remittances in the world. The author offers the first extended look at what is done with that money, and in particular how the building boom that it has generated has changed Mexican towns and villages. Num Pages: 336 pages, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226202815
ISBN
9780226202815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.74

Paperback. Offers a portrait of a frequently misunderstood religious movement - neo-paganism. This book explores larger issues in the United States regarding the postmodern self, utopian communities, cultural improvisation, and contemporary spirituality. Num Pages: 314 pages, 22 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRKP; HRLK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220867
ISBN
9780520220867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.17

paperback. Calls for a realignment of teaching and learning based on a guiding vision and a realistic interpretation of democracy. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612052298
ISBN
9781612052298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.82

Hardback. Everyday Exposure documents the adverse health effects experienced by Aamjiwnaang citizens in the heart of Canada's Chemical Valley and argues for a transformative and experiential "sensing policy" approach that takes the voices and experiences of Indigenous citizens seriously. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 photo essays, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LNKJ; MBNH2; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774832632
ISBN
9780774832632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Hardback. A memoir of Sarah Palin - the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate. It recounts her political experiences, her time as Mayor of Wasilla and as the first female governor of Alaska, as well as her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign. It includes her insights into the personal challenges she's faced. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16-Page Colour Insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 652. In good to very good condition. A fine reading copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRS0014083
ISBN
9780061939891
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Celebrates the strengths and virtues that have made the United States great. This book ranges widely over American history, culture, and current affairs, and reflects on the key values - both national and spiritual - that have been such a profound part of Governor Palin's life and continue to inform her vision of America's future. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harper New York
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062010964
ISBN
9780062010964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.00
€ 22.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; WBN; WJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 216. .
Publisher
Lone Star Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493025619
ISBN
9781493025619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.31

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174404
ISBN
9780231174404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.28

Paperback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926391
ISBN
9780813926391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.76

Hardback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926384
ISBN
9780813926384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.95

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

€ 24.45

Hardcover. Science of the Soul in Colonial New England Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; 3JF; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807835241
ISBN
9780807835241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30

Paperback. This book collects the only known group of letters from one of over an estimated 400 women who served in the Civil War under assumed male names and identities. Num Pages: 128 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 121.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195102437
ISBN
9780195102437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. A narrative of the family odyssey across the America and of their early years in California. It presents the portrait of a remarkable woman. Num Pages: 144 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258563
ISBN
9780803258563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8, 4 black & white tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBB; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450730
ISBN
9780801450730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68

paperback. Recalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to be replaced by gay conservative spokespeople and mainstream consumerism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280069
ISBN
9780520280069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.30

Paperback. Offers a part gossipy narrative, part behind-the-scenes glimpse into the New York theatre culture, and part polemic on how mainstream artists co-opt the work of marginal artists. This book uses the suspicions of copyright infringement to initiate a larger conversation on how AIDS and gay experience are represented in American art and commerce. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFD; JFSK; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham, North Carolina
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322641
ISBN
9780822322641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820345574
ISBN
9780820345574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.03

Paperback. It Happened in Kansas features over 25 chapters in Kansas history. Lively and entertaining, this book brings the varied and fascinating history of the Sunflower State to life. Series: It Happened in Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 14.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762758623
ISBN
9780762758623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.24

Hardback. GOT HERE AS SOON AS I COULD is a collection of syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley's most-loved columns about raising a family in Maine. In these 100 essays, readers will laugh, cry and nod their head "yes" as they remember a time when all of America was as simple and beautiful as it still is today in Vacationland. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 2AB; BM; DNF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608935765
ISBN
9781608935765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.36

Paperback. Investigates how effective good media coverage for American activists is during political campaigns Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPVL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814741375
ISBN
9780814741375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. * Provides an introduction to the study of death and remembrance in the past. * Focuses not only on material culture but also on theories of emotion and experience in the context of death. * Includes insights from outside archaeology, drawing on literary and historical sources. . Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; HD; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631206149
ISBN
9780631206149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496808646
ISBN
9781496808646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.82