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Hardback. Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife. Editor(s): Frank, Michael B.; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 850 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 850
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203600
- ISBN
- 9780520203600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.70€ 91.86
€ 120.70
€ 91.86
Paperback. This book explains why, when, and how political actors create administrative agencies in such a way as to insulate them from political control, particularly presidential control. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPQ; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745901
- ISBN
- 9780804745901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639680
- ISBN
- 9780691639680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 365.28
€ 365.28
Paperback. Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States - the first since de Tocqueville - in 1942 at the beginnning of the Second World War, when Americans were confronted by foreign powers from both Europe and Asia in a particularly challenging manner. Mead's work became an instant classic. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812186
- ISBN
- 9781571812186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.22
€ 31.99
€ 31.22
Paperback. SquiresMichael J. WattsElvin Wyly Editor(s): Chakravartty, Paula; Silva, Denise Ferreira da. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410012
- ISBN
- 9781421410012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.05
€ 37.99
€ 32.05
hardcover. Addresses the Venezuelan exceptionalism thesis, which claims that Venezuela is characterised by relative stability, low levels of violence and non-interventionist armed forces. Ellner argues that this theory has has fostered misleading perceptions of organised labour. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 247 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JJP; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024433
- ISBN
- 9780842024433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.37
€ 168.37
Hardback. Presents over 200 selected original artworks from the collection Betsy Beinecke Shirley bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. This volume offers to study the reading lives of children throughout American history. It invites reader to recollect images from the treasured books of his or her own childhood. Series: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; AKLB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 248 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1647.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126730
- ISBN
- 9780300126730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.44
€ 38.99
€ 28.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 186 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894384315
- ISBN
- 9781894384315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.97
€ 27.99
€ 18.97
Hardback. Explore the stunning architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of America's first peoples (and the archaeological stories behind them) in this accessible guide to fifty historically- and culturally-significant sites, all open to the public and located across the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 106 black & white halftones, 31 colour illustrations, 4 m. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HDD; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 18. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442263123
- ISBN
- 9781442263123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.88
€ 73.88
Paperback. Almost 35 years before New York saw the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumours of a slave conspiracy spread in the city, leading to the conviction and execution of over 70 slaves. This text retells the dramatic story of these landmark trials. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612468
- ISBN
- 9780700612468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.08
€ 34.08
paperback. A collection of the most influential work on the Ojibwes by noted anthropologist A Irving Hallowell. Editor(s): Brown, Jennifer S. H.; Gray, Susan Elaine. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 664 pages, 7 photos, 2 maps, 5 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803223912
- ISBN
- 9780803223912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.73€ 51.58
€ 51.73
€ 51.58
Hardback. Here are the personal philosophies, opinions, thoughts, witticisms, and feelings of Some of America's most upstanding and quintessential first ladies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 43. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878332731
- ISBN
- 9780878332731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.97
€ 26.99
€ 24.97
Hardcover. Editor(s): Frankel, Jordan M. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617619946
- ISBN
- 9781617619946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.50€ 156.80
€ 235.50
€ 156.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826334114
- ISBN
- 9780826334114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.52
€ 40.52
Hardback. Instead, these movies were infused with the same current of liberalism and popular notion of democracy that flow through the American imagination. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; HBJK; HBLW; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801871498
- ISBN
- 9780801871498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.72
€ 53.99
€ 45.72
A School of Our Own: The Story of the First Student-Run High School an...
Levin, Samuel, Engel, Susan
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620971529
- ISBN
- 9781620971529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.49
€ 27.99
€ 24.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; VXQG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339189
- ISBN
- 9780764339189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.81
€ 24.99
€ 17.81
Hardcover. An in-depth historical analysis of partisan transformations of the Federal Judiciary Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; LNAA; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472106349
- ISBN
- 9780472106349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.09
€ 111.09
Paperback. The all-new Stokes guide to the birds of eastern North America sets a new standard - with more species, more photographs and easier identification than any other regional field guide. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2000 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNCB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 140 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316213936
- ISBN
- 9780316213936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.02
€ 21.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Taiwan has a special status for the US, as a leading high-technology economic partner and a place of political and security concern. This text looks at the quantitative and qualitative evidence on the potential effects of a US-Taiwan free trade agreement for maximizing US economic benefits and for securing a prosperous and secure future for Taiwan. Num Pages: 53 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1KBB; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323672
- ISBN
- 9780881323672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.50
€ 21.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. This biography of an America religious figure draws on newly available sources to reveal how he was shaped by the cultural and religious battles of his time. Num Pages: 640 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGR; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300105964
- ISBN
- 9780300105964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.14
€ 29.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813101392
- ISBN
- 9780813101392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.17
€ 32.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 55 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 55
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604568721
- ISBN
- 9781604568721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.62€ 41.56
€ 58.62
€ 41.56
Paperback. Focuses on the indigenous cultures of Puerto Rico prior to 1493. Traditional studies of the cultures of indigenous peoples of the Caribbean have centered on ceramic studies. Analyzing the technological styles involved in the production of stone artifacts Series Editor(s): Curet, L. Antonio. Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356095
- ISBN
- 9780817356095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.85
€ 37.85