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Paperback. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the people they met. This book explores the social lives of the inhabitants. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158212
- ISBN
- 9780300158212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.72
€ 25.99
€ 19.72
Hardcover. The spectacular legacy and importance of early American cartographers. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 330 x 304 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393060324
- ISBN
- 9780393060324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.81€ 62.28
€ 68.81
€ 62.28
Hardback. Presents the Asian American heritage through various sources including speeches, diary entries, editorials, and more. This work tells the story of South and Southeast Asians' transplantation to a new culture, and covers the issues of gender relations and sexuality, racial profiling and stereotyping, and diasporic connections to homeland cultures. Editor(s): Odo, Franklin. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110303
- ISBN
- 9780231110303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.10
€ 132.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 316 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Brash Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781895208023
- ISBN
- 9781895208023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 23.49
€ 35.99
€ 23.49
Paperback. Through a comparative examination of institutions and testing theories of the use of policy analysis, Hird draws conclusions that are more useful than those derived from single cases. Hird examines nonpartisan policy research organizations established by and operating in U.S. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589010499
- ISBN
- 9781589010499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.46
€ 71.46
hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771815
- ISBN
- 9780814771815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.46
€ 39.46
Paperback. Series: Camper's Guides. Num Pages: 180 pages, maps, colour and b&w photographs, charts, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 208 x 11. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Gulf Publishing Co United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884152453
- ISBN
- 9780884152453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.89
€ 19.99
€ 19.89
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ransen, Jonathan P. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621004943
- ISBN
- 9781621004943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.39€ 110.10
€ 163.39
€ 110.10
Hardback. Although soccer had long been the world's game when the author first encountered it in 1982, here it was just a poor cousin to American football, to be found on obscure UHF channels and in foreign magazines. Offering the perspective of fan, player, and journalist, this book chronicles his obsession with the sport and its phenomenal evolution. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803240476
- ISBN
- 9780803240476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.86
€ 30.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; WNC; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632204868
- ISBN
- 9781632204868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.23
€ 18.99
€ 17.23
Num Pages: 144 pages, 266 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764344329
- ISBN
- 9780764344329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.99
€ 30.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486795737
- ISBN
- 9780486795737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.13
€ 14.99
€ 12.13
Paperback. Reproducing over 70 maps, 15 in full color, from John White's 1590 map of Virginia showing "Chesepiooc Sinus," the first appearance of the name Chesapeake Bay on any map, to the meticulous maps of the late 19th century. Num Pages: 64 pages, 70, 70 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Maryland Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938420644
- ISBN
- 9780938420644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.34
€ 24.99
€ 21.34
Paperback. "The squeezed middle" brings together leading experts from both sides of the Atlantic to ask what the UK can learn from the US experience of stagnating wages and rising living costs. Editor(s): Parker, Sophia. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447308935
- ISBN
- 9781447308935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.75
€ 35.99
€ 33.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Dimension: 233 x 184. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Madison Books
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819171474
- ISBN
- 9780819171474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.88
€ 26.99
€ 24.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sokolski, Henry. Num Pages: 224 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923856
- ISBN
- 9781606923856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.70€ 111.61
€ 165.70
€ 111.61
Paperback. What did it mean to be a 'half caste' in early twentieth-century North America? This collection of short works ranges from magazine romance to story melodrama and provides an introduction to a unique literary personality - Onoto Watanna. It includes nineteen - thirteen stories and six essays - intended to show the versatility of her writing. Editor(s): Moser, Linda Trinh; Rooney, Elizabeth. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070945
- ISBN
- 9780252070945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.25
€ 24.99
€ 23.25
paperback. The first history of the battered women's shelter movement in Canada, this book traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFFE3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814225
- ISBN
- 9780774814225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.12
€ 44.99
€ 39.12
Paperback. A collection of interdisciplinary essays that examine the various contexts - political, social, and cultural - that have shaped the study of Canadian literature and the role it plays in our understanding of the Canadian nation-state. Editor(s): Kamboureli, Smaro; Zacharias, Robert. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554583652
- ISBN
- 9781554583652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.19
€ 45.99
€ 44.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631827
- ISBN
- 9781578631827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.71
€ 19.99
€ 17.71
Hardback. From the Acteal Massacre to Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, this exciting reference, created for a high school audience, explores the rich culture, the depth of achievement, and the creative energy of Mexico and its people. Num Pages: 376 pages, 65 b&w halftones & line illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; GBC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 222 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810842915
- ISBN
- 9780810842915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.19
€ 142.19
Hardback. This volume contains a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama, as written by American and English playwrights. The plays discussed reflect the transformation of gay men in 20th-century British and American societies. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075107
- ISBN
- 9780231075107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.94€ 76.28
€ 100.94
€ 76.28
Paperback. World War II was the largest and greatest conflict in US history. This book presents a collection of diary entries, letters, and photographs from that era. Num Pages: 292 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; DNF; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027977
- ISBN
- 9780842027977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.32
€ 65.32
Paperback. On April 18, 1906, San Francisco was in ruins after a terrifying earthquake and fire. Over 170 vintage photographs, some never published before delve into the first earthquake to be photographed. Historians, collectors of vintage photographs, and anyone interested in California history will surely want this book. Num Pages: 143 pages, 175. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJC; AJCR; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 280 x 13. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324048
- ISBN
- 9780764324048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.52
€ 30.99
€ 25.52