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Paperback. "A finely crafted tale of the enigmatic world of big-wave surfers."-Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342406
ISBN
9780393342406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.32

Paperback. Stock market multimillionaire at 26, federal convict at 36, he partied like a rock star, lived like a king, and barely survived his rise and fall as an American entrepreneurial icon. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; JKVK; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444778120
ISBN
9781444778120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271764
ISBN
9780823271764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.33

Paperback. Clearly, a great deal has changed in the last four decades in terms of English language teaching in Colombia, which puts this book, in many ways, at the interface of where ELT in Colombia was, where it is now, and where it could be headed in the immediate future. Series: English Language Teacher in Context. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Incorporated (TESOL) United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781942223504
ISBN
9781942223504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.83

Paperback. Tales of "how the other half lives" experienced a surge in popularity. People looking to go slumming without leaving home turned to these narratives for revelations of underworld and sordid details about the deviants who populated it. This book explores how a group of authors manipulated this genre to evade the confines of sexual identification. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327914
ISBN
9780226327914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.17

Paperback. Presents an ethnohistorical survey of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche military societies. This book examines their structure, functions, rituals, and martial symbols, showing how they fit within larger tribal organizations. It also explores how military societies, like powwows, have become a distinct public format for cultural and ethnic continuity. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705180
ISBN
9780292705180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.75

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312233983
ISBN
9780312233983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.27

Hardback. Includes Thoreau's reminiscences of his 1839 excursion with his brother John along the Concord and Merrimack rivers and all his impressions and observations entered in journals during the famous Walden sojourn. Editor(s): Sattelmeyer, Robert. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 680 pages, Ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691061863
ISBN
9780691061863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.67
€ 99.07

Paperback. Presents the Harlem Renaissance, exploring early challenges to the idea that race is a static category. Drawing on vernacular theories of African American literature from figures such as Henry Louis Gates Jr and Houston Baker, this book looks at the work of four fiction writers: James Johnson, Nella Larsen, George Schuyler, and Jean Toomer. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323457
ISBN
9780822323457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press United States
Edition
Expanded and Updated
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865752
ISBN
9781604865752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 14.61

Paperback. Conundrums, puzzles, and perversities: these are the author's stock-in-trade. In this book, he focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system, all of which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation. It contains explanations and apt examples that show why the perversity of the law resists any easy resolutions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005812
ISBN
9780226005812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.36

Paperback. The Old South is a collection of primary documents and previously published essays introducing students to recent themes found in scholarship on the social and cultural history of the Old South. Editor(s): Smith, Mark M. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KLS; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219279
ISBN
9780631219279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.08

Hardback. This is a discussion of the contribution and effects of East Asian art on American culture. The author portrays the assembling of the great American collections of East Asian art and explains how this art became part of the cultural consciousness of the people of the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; ACBP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076449
ISBN
9780231076449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.22
€ 76.15

Paperback. This books brings together the narrated autobiographies of black New Orleanians, united by their residence in New Orleans, Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JFSL3; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458. African American Voices from the Crescent City and Beyond. 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. This books brings together the narrated autobiographies of black New Orleanians, united by their residence in New Orleans, Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JFSL3; RNR. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230608719
ISBN
9780230608719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 27.11

Paperback. Gives voice to Latinos and Asian-Americans place in Americas increasingly complex racial mosaic Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814762158
ISBN
9780814762158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Hardcover. Offers everyday people a sneak peek into life at the chief executive's side - providing an intriguing glimpse of White House inhabitants and the professionals who capture their images. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AJC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1109.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Edition
Mti
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426206764
ISBN
9781426206764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 22.87

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mink, Gwendolyn; O'Connor, Alice M. Num Pages: 895 pages, 65. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; GTB; JFFA; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1955.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
895
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576075975
ISBN
9781576075975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.07

Hardcover. This text shows how different collective identities in Latin America shape the access to, and participation in, the public domain. Collective identities were previously thought to be primordial components that would not survive the modern world, but now theorists think of them as a modern creation. Editor(s): Roniger, Luis; Sznajder, Mario. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898723776
ISBN
9781898723776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

paperback. This volume brings together essays by 14 accomplished Lincoln scholars. They provide an insight into how Lincoln's administration dealt with the issues of war and slavery. The work covers facets of three general themes, the problems of emancipation, presidential politics, and the Lincoln legacy. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 383.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823219605
ISBN
9780823219605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Deals with the idea of a family level society, discussed and disputed by anthropologists for nearly half a century. This work states that the Matsigenka people of southeastern Peru cannot be understood or appreciated except as a family level society; the family level of sociocultural integration is for them a lived reality. Num Pages: 275 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 13 line illustrations, 29 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232426
ISBN
9780520232426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Hardback. This book examines the vibrant twentieth-century political history of rural Ayacucho, the region where Shining Path militants launched a bloody armed struggle in 1980. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804770941
ISBN
9780804770941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349581535
ISBN
9781349581535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.94

Hardcover. Who tends to volunteer and why? What causes attract certain types of volunteers? What motivates people to volunteer? Making use of survey information to offer a detailed portrait of the volunteer in America, this work provides a resource for everyone who works with volunteers or is interested in their role in contemporary society. Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. Num Pages: 680 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253349293
ISBN
9780253349293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.59

hardcover. For much of the year, the Florissant region of central Colorado is alive with butterflies - nearly 100 species. This is an illustrated treatment of and guide to all the known fossil and present-day species in one of the richest areas in North America for butterfly diversity and study. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations, references, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; PSVT7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804719384
ISBN
9780804719384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.45

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