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Presents the first history of stuntwomen in the film industry from the silent era to the twenty-first century. Featuring sixty-five interviews, Stuntwomen showcases the absorbing stories and uncommon courage of women who make their living planning and performing action-packed sequences that keep viewers' hearts racing. Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813166223
- ISBN
- 9780813166223
Condition: New
€ 39.64
€ 39.64
Paperback. Bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG, Giles Milton takes us on another fascinating and extraordinary historical adventure. Num Pages: 432 pages, B/W maps and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KB; 1QDB; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- SKU
- KKD0005696
- ISBN
- 9780340748824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. The book also explores what it means to be authentic within popular culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226662855
- ISBN
- 9780226662855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.22
€ 35.99
€ 28.22
Hardcover. This text shows how strands of racial thinking and behaviour have become institutionalized and are crucial for maintaining the unequal distribution of wealth that is more pronounced in the US than any other advanced country. It proposes an understanding of racism as a divide-and-conquer mechanism. Editor(s): Spears, Arthur K. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814324530
- ISBN
- 9780814324530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
€ 48.83
State Monitoring of National School Lunch Program Nutritional Content:...
Hiatt, Liisa; Klerman, Jacob A.
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL; JPQ; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833029799
- ISBN
- 9780833029799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.84
€ 19.84
Hardcover. An in-depth study of women congressional candidates over the past two decades Series: The Cawp Series in Gender and American Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472072316
- ISBN
- 9780472072316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.85€ 85.22
€ 94.85
€ 85.22
Paperback. "Into New Territory "charts how the concept of US imperialism became prevalent in the writing of American diplomatic history, and how empire evolved into an effective analytical framework for the study of US foreign policy. Series: Studies in American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299300449
- ISBN
- 9780299300449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 153 x 94 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Quirk Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594747106
- ISBN
- 9781594747106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.37
€ 11.99
€ 11.37
Paperback. Renk demonstrates how contemporary Anglophone Caribbean women's writing radically subverts the myth of the family as it is constructed in 19th century British and colonial texts. These women writers reconfigure Caribbean identity, family, and nation according to cross-cultural, trans-national and transtemporal paradigms. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918365
- ISBN
- 9780813918365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.37
€ 26.99
€ 23.37
Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy
Panel On Research And Development Statistics ...
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Lawrence D.; Plewes, Thomas J.; Gerstein, Marisa A. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- National Academies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309093200
- ISBN
- 9780309093200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.04€ 52.38
€ 55.04
€ 52.38
Paperback. Draws on oral histories and interviews with approximately 100 women across several cities to provide an overview of women's historical contributions and their varied experiences of the NOI, including both its continuing community under Farrakhan and its offshoot into Sunni Islam under Imam W D Mohammed. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737866
- ISBN
- 9780814737866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
€ 36.99
€ 33.49
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271064215
- ISBN
- 9780271064215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.25€ 70.02
€ 84.25
€ 70.02
Paperback. How did Tennessee become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? More than Petticoats: Remarkable Tennessee Women recognizes the women who shaped the "Volunteer State." Female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies and archival photographs and paintings. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 12.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762769810
- ISBN
- 9780762769810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.30
€ 17.99
€ 15.30
Hardcover. Editor(s): Johnsen, Vernin D. Num Pages: 248 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP; JW; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611224351
- ISBN
- 9781611224351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 343.08€ 231.19
€ 343.08
€ 231.19
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Barnes, Cornell; Olu, Yaounde. Num Pages: 108 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913543061
- ISBN
- 9780913543061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.55
€ 19.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Celebrating the roaming life of a professional magazine photographer, "Texas Highways "has joined with Smith to assemble a collection of signature images from three decades of work, including memorable pictures of Texas icons, landscapes, people, and historical and cultural destinations. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AJCR; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623491833
- ISBN
- 9781623491833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. In the 19th-century debate over whether the United States should be an explicitly Christian nation, California emerged as a central battleground. This book sheds light on reconstruction's impact on Indians and Asian Americans by illustrating how groups fought for a political voice, refuting racist assumptions with their lives, words, and faith. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HRC; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289055
- ISBN
- 9780520289055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.14€ 63.14
€ 83.14
€ 63.14
Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America's most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640822
- ISBN
- 9780745640822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.74
€ 68.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 225+ colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764338106
- ISBN
- 9780764338106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.99
€ 18.99
€ 13.99
Paperback. Drawing on accounts by clerical authorities, ordinary Catholics, doctors, and journalists - as well as on medicine, anthropology, and gender studies - Kane explores American Catholic mysticism, setting it in the context of life after World War I and showing the war's impact on American Christianity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC7; HRCS1; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626581
- ISBN
- 9781469626581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
Paperback. How childbearing among enslaved women became commodified-and was exploited by slaveowners as well as slaves. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218732
- ISBN
- 9780812218732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. "The most sensitive treatment of Irish culture.. [and] the most complete history we have of the Irish female experience." -- Labor History Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801828720
- ISBN
- 9780801828720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.11
€ 36.99
€ 31.11
Hardback. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM1; HRCC2; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479810383
- ISBN
- 9781479810383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.78
€ 102.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742538412
- ISBN
- 9780742538412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.27
€ 49.27