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Paperback. Birmingham has been a key innovator in the gun trade since the seventeenth century and the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof house operates to this day. This book tells the story of the technology and history of gun making. Covering the period 1720 to 1950, it sees the mechanical engineering technology of the 'lock, stock and barrel' firearm change. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; HBTB; KNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752432373
- ISBN
- 9780752432373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.42
€ 24.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. Confronts head-on the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, this book demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; KCF; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749695
- ISBN
- 9780804749695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.14
€ 42.99
€ 38.14
Hardback. Documents the work of America's first major film company, Vitagraph, from its beginnings in the 1890s through its sale to Warner Bros. in 1925. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations plans transparencies :Bibliography: p124-133. - Includes index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBT; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810820302
- ISBN
- 9780810820302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.11
€ 146.11
Paperback. Why do truckers accept these conditions and pay? Why can't they achieve what workers did in the past through collective action and union organization? This book looks at what has happened to blue-collar jobs since the trucking industry was deregulated. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278127
- ISBN
- 9780520278127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Hardback. This volume provides a history of the domination of the Big Four in the Chinese accounting industry, explaining why China was unable to keep the market for its own accounting firms. The book details how easy access to U.S. capital markets led to major accounting scandals, and a clash between U.S. and Chinese regulators. Series: Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KFC; KNST. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783504855
- ISBN
- 9781783504855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.29
€ 162.29
Hardcover. Sir Kenneth Bloomfield was the only Governor to serve on the Board of Governors of the BBC through the entire period from John Birt's accession to the Director Generalship to the choice of Greg Dyke to succeed him. This book offers his critical judgements on the Birt and Dyke regimes, the Hutton Inquiry, and events leading up to and following it. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JMC; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311604
- ISBN
- 9781846311604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00
€ 59.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781506308104
- ISBN
- 9781506308104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.39
€ 123.39
Paperback. The meteoric rise of "Killer Diller" Barry Diller has been a major player in the entertainment industry for more than thirty years. Always on the cutting edge, he revolutionized television with such groundbreaking concepts as the movie-of-the-week and the miniseries. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTC; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471299486
- ISBN
- 9780471299486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.62
€ 27.99
€ 22.62
hardcover. The Italian banking system underwent major transformations during the 1990s. This book seeks to depict the effects of those changes on the Italian economy. Using credit rationing as an indicator of financial development, it also explores to what extent financial development serves as an incentive for an individual to start his or her own business. Editor(s): Silipo, Damiano Bruno. Num Pages: 243 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 77 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; KCZ; KFFK; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Physica Germany
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783790821116
- ISBN
- 9783790821116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.57
€ 146.57
paperback. In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. This work offers a glimpse into a Japanese boy's life at the time of the Sino-Japanese (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese (1904-5) wars. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077607
- ISBN
- 9780520077607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.48
€ 34.99
€ 25.48
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGBA; KNJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486496375
- ISBN
- 9780486496375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.72
€ 16.99
€ 12.72
Paperback. * This is a major new work from one of the world s leading historians of print culture and the book. * Chartier shows that, in the early history of the book, the roles played by the printer and the typesetter were just as important as the role played by the author: they were often invisible but they were crucial. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745656021
- ISBN
- 9780745656021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Hardcover. * This is a major new work from one of the world s leading historians of print culture and the book. * Chartier shows that, in the early history of the book, the roles played by the printer and the typesetter were just as important as the role played by the author: they were often invisible but they were crucial. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSBD; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745656014
- ISBN
- 9780745656014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback. This book introduces the dynamics of the Australian political system. It sets out the key concepts and institutions of democratic politics and demonstrates how the actors and institutions of Australian politics interact and develop. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: KNTJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 191 x 12. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195518368
- ISBN
- 9780195518368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.77
€ 91.77
paperback. Series: Spokesman University Paperback. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Coronet Books Inc. United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851243122
- ISBN
- 9780851243122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.24
€ 9.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Hevley, Bruce; Findlay, John M.; Hevly, Bruce. Series: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JWMN; KNBN; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Washington
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977164
- ISBN
- 9780295977164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. The Athletic Trap will be of interest to university presidents, board members, and administrators, sport sociologists concerned with the balance of power between academics and athletics, and anyone else with a serious interest in college sports and its future. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNM; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411958
- ISBN
- 9781421411958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.82
€ 35.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Practical advice (supported by extensive case studies) for fixing troubled arts organizations Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: ABQ; KJM; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584657354
- ISBN
- 9781584657354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.66
€ 32.99
€ 25.66
Paperback. Using sketches of shots from classic films, from silents onwards, this book leads you through the history and evolution of this craft to help you get to grips with translating your vision onto paper, from the rough sketch to the finished storyboard. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780240809601
- ISBN
- 9780240809601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
Hardback. Sexy, provocative, playful, beautiful: from their earliest days, LP covers have been objects of art and fascination. This celebration of album artistry presents more than 350 of the best covers, and departs from the usual approach by organising the images by visual theme. Num Pages: 400 pages, full colour photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AKC; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 313 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2340.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781454918066
- ISBN
- 9781454918066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.51
€ 33.99
€ 27.51