The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. In this brillant meditation on conceptions of history, Le Goff traces the evolution of the historian's craft. Examining real and imagined oppositions between past and present, ancient and modern, oral and written history, History and Memory reveals the strands of continuity that have characterized historiography from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Europe. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075916
- ISBN
- 9780231075916
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
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Paperback. Explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. This book unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked 'race records' recorded between 1923 and 1949. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KB; 3JJG; AVGK; GBC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076602
- ISBN
- 9780252076602
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
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Paperback. Challenges popular notions of a uniform Hollywood style by disclosing uncanny networks of incongruities, coincidences, and contingencies at the margins of the cinematic frame Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253006929
- ISBN
- 9780253006929
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
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€ 27.48
Paperback. The Go-Go Years "The Go-Go Years is not to be read in the usual manner of Wall Street classics. You do not read this book to see our present situation reenacted in the past, with only the names changed. You read it because it is a wonderful description of the way things were in a different time and place. Series: Wiley Investment Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471357544
- ISBN
- 9780471357544
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.83
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€ 27.83
Paperback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13, 7 black & white halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478994
- ISBN
- 9780801478994
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Series: King Legacy (Hardcover). Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807000717
- ISBN
- 9780807000717
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.53
€ 23.99
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Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807003329
- ISBN
- 9780807003329
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.67
€ 16.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814325384
- ISBN
- 9780814325384
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Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
Paperback. An ethnographic study of cultural policy in Jamaica as seen from above and below in relation to race, class, and nation Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334194
- ISBN
- 9780822334194
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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€ 29.51
Hardback. Mario Batali's delicious deep dive into American Regional Cooking--with 250 simple and delicious recipes from San Diego Fish Tacos to Boston Cream Pie. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 264 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455584710
- ISBN
- 9781455584710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 34.08
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFP; JHBK; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479866298
- ISBN
- 9781479866298
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.39
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Hardcover. Everything you need to know about the United States' and Canada's most enjoyable hiking routes and backcountry excursions. Num Pages: 224 pages, color illustrations; maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393065138
- ISBN
- 9780393065138
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.79
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Hardcover. Even two hundred years after Abraham Lincoln's death, we, like Walt Whitman, "love the President personally." Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393065305
- ISBN
- 9780393065305
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.67
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Hardcover. How skirting the law once defined America's relation to the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393065336
- ISBN
- 9780393065336
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.65
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Hardcover. A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book From an "imaginatively twisted and fearless" writer (Los Angeles Times), a hilarious memoir of middle age. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JM; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393088687
- ISBN
- 9780393088687
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.49
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Hardcover. An eminent scholar finds a new American history in the Hispanic past of our diverse nation. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239539
- ISBN
- 9780393239539
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.58
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Hardcover. This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illlustrations, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240207
- ISBN
- 9780393240207
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.62
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Hardcover. A timely, provocative account of how military justice has shaped American society since the nation's beginnings. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; LNDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393243406
- ISBN
- 9780393243406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.60
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Hardcover. A former American diplomat reveals a disconnect between Washington policymakers and those who work in US embassies. Num Pages: 320 pages, ---. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393246582
- ISBN
- 9780393246582
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.74
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Hardcover. One of our most eminent historians reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in America's enduring struggle against economic inequality. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393285024
- ISBN
- 9780393285024
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.60
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Hardcover. From across the political spectrum, a group of American leaders have come together to change the course of their nation-to Rework America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393285130
- ISBN
- 9780393285130
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.60
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Hardcover. A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense of a black man accused of rape calls to mind To Kill a Mockingbird. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393285826
- ISBN
- 9780393285826
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.79
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Paperback. "Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard White Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company New York
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780393304978
- ISBN
- 9780393304978
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
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Paperback. Newsweek hailed Paul Krugman as "a superstar among economists" and went on to praise Peddling Prosperity as "the best primer around on recent U.S. economic history." Others joined the chorus. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co New York
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393312928
- ISBN
- 9780393312928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
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€ 18.29