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Paperback. Like his poetry, Middleton's prose pieces are alive with incongruity, collage, and surprising juxtapositions. Series: Recencies Series: Research and Recovery in Twentieth-Century. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826355195
ISBN
9780826355195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.23

Paperback. In homage to Michael Lesy's cult classic, Wisconsin Death Trip, Hollars pairs reports from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century journalists with fictional versions, creating a hybrid text complete with facts, lies, and a wide range of blurring in between. Num Pages: 216 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826355034
ISBN
9780826355034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.87

Hardback. 'Tai-Me' is a traditional medicine bundle used by the Kiowa in their Sun Dance. The bundle has been handed down from generation to generation, through the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. The author set out on his quest to learn and document the Kiowa heritage, stories, and folklore. This book gathers these stories. Illustrator(s): Momaday, N. Scott. Num Pages: 106 pages, 6 black-&-white drawings. BIC Classification: DN; JFHF; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826348210
ISBN
9780826348210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

Paperback. A collection of essays that explores personal issues and political responsibilities. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826345271
ISBN
9780826345271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.96

Paperback. For one month each year, the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque brings together New Mexico teens for a creative writing program. This book features a collection of poems, essays, and stories written in the Voces program between 2002 and 2006. Editor(s): Renz, Mikaela Jae; VanEtten-Luaces, Shelle. Num Pages: 213 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; DCQ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826343604
ISBN
9780826343604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.63

Paperback. Keen observation and astute interviews lead journalist Sam Quinones on the quest to find the authentic modern Mexico--both in Mexico and East L.A., and other parts of the U.S. Num Pages: 336 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BT; DNJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826322968
ISBN
9780826322968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826220288
ISBN
9780826220288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.82

Hardcover. One of two volumes which bring together Voegelin's miscellaneous papers, this text gathers crucial writings from the early formative period of this scholar's thought. It begins with Voegelin's dissertation on sociological method, which he completed in 1922. Editor(s): Petropulos, William; Weiss, Gilbert. Translator(s): Bollans, Sue; Cockerill, Jodi; Petropulos, William. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPC; HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826214881
ISBN
9780826214881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.05

Hardcover. This volume of "The Collected Works" contains essays published by Eric Voegelin between 1929 and 1933. They reflect the intellectual and political tumult of the period and their author's maturing grasp of political reality as he moved away from positivism toward a more open philosophical stance. Editor(s): Heilke, Thomas W.; Heyking, John von. Translator(s): Hanak, Miroslav John; Cockerill, Jodi. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826214829
ISBN
9780826214829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.32

Hardcover. Although Langston Hughes had a lifelong engagement in theatre and other performance arts, his work in this area is the least known of his contributions to African American expressive culture. This volume focuses on Hughes's plays after 1942, along with all of his other work written for performance. Series: The collected works of Langston Hughes vol. 6. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AN; DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1193.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826214775
ISBN
9780826214775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.64

Hardcover. This volume contains essays that were published by Eric Voegelin from 1922 to 1928. They trace his intellectual formation in the 1920s, exemplify key moments in his career and cover a number of topics ranging from the highly speculative to more pragmatic questions. Translator(s): Hanak, Miroslav John. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826214423
ISBN
9780826214423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.55

Hardcover. "The Collected Works of Langston Hughes" is a compilation of the novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and other published work by one of the 20th century's most prolific and influential African American authors. This volume contains the later of his Simple stories. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826214096
ISBN
9780826214096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.87

Hardcover. Part of "The Collected Works of Langston Hughes" series, this volume features his essays, from his radical pieces praising revolutionary socialist ideology in the 1930s to the more conservative, previously unpublished "Black Writers in a Troubled World". Editor(s): De Santis, Christopher C. (Assistant Professor of American and African American Literature, Illinois State University, USA). Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 632 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826213945
ISBN
9780826213945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.26

Hardcover. This volume contains Langston Hughes's collections of biographies for children and young adults - "Famous American Negroes", "Famous Negro Music Makers" and "Famous Negro Heroes of America". These works tell of African Americans who contributed to the construction of the American identity. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 312 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DNF; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826213723
ISBN
9780826213723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.02

Hardcover. Jesse B. Simple sprang to life in Langston Hughes's weekly "Chicago Defender" column in 1943. This is an examination of Hughes's "Simple stories". Through the conversations between Simple and his foil, Boyd, Hughes makes clear that both are alike - black men in a racially unbalanced society. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FYB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826213709
ISBN
9780826213709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.35

Hardcover. Although best known as a poet, Langston Hughes was also the author of two novels that richly evoke the black experience in America. In his introduction to this combined edition of both novels, Hubbard addresses how a black aesthetic tradition shaped Hughes' art and his imagination. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826213426
ISBN
9780826213426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.17

Hardcover. This volume presents the first-hand account of World War I through the eyes of a 17-year old enlisted American soldier, William Triplet. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: BG; DN; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826212900
ISBN
9780826212900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07

Hardcover. The period covered by the essays published in this volume marks the transition in Eric Voegelin's career from Louisiana to Munich. The themes most prominent here reflect the concerns of this transition and the development of Voegelin's understanding of the stratification of reality. Editor(s): Sandoz, Ellis. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826212825
ISBN
9780826212825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.99

Paperback. This volume, which offers 20 female rhetoricians, is designed as a classroom text that will allow students to hear women speaking to each other across centuries, and to see how women have added new places from which arguments can be made. Editor(s): Ritchie, Joy S.; Ronald, Kate. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822957539
ISBN
9780822957539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.13

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822955733
ISBN
9780822955733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.52

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