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Paperback. Examines several topics, including the business of baseball (industrial and labour relations, Curt Flood, law and organised baseball); social commentary biographies (the work of Stephen Jay Gould and Ken Burns, for example); and, culture of the game as it spreads across the globe to places like Australia, Japan, and Latin America. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935412243
ISBN
9781935412243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. For the 25th anniversary of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), this title brings to you some of the most uplifting stories in sporting history, featuring student-athletes, professional athletes, athletics administrators, civic leaders, coaches, parents, and more who have had a positive and great impact on sport and society. Num Pages: 580 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 214 x 47. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935412229
ISBN
9781935412229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. Much more than a group of stories that feature the talents, triumphs, and tempests of the careers of Latino's in sport, this is a book of living history, rich in culture and tradition. It contains inspiring stories that were, at times, created out of dire hardship and oppression. Num Pages: 532 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935412182
ISBN
9781935412182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. Translator(s): McNamara, Vincent; Schwartz, Michael. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932589481
ISBN
9781932589481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Num Pages: 264 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; AMX; HBJK; HBTB; HD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745673
ISBN
9781931745673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 556 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JJG; HBJM; HBTB; JFFA; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Otago University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927322260
ISBN
9781927322260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.87

Paperback. With eleven new contributions, this second edition of essays on the sources and principles of Dominican values in education offers an extended sample of the many settings in which Dominican education, broadly understood, finds expression. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ATF Press Australia
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922239921
ISBN
9781922239921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.06
€ 39.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759762
ISBN
9781894759762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPR; KCZ. Dimension: 240 x 160. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868147717
ISBN
9781868147717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DD; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145607
ISBN
9781868145607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145447
ISBN
9781868145447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145409
ISBN
9781868145409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. South Africa's future is increasingly tied up with that of India. While trade and investment between the two countries is intensifying, they share long-standing historical ties and have much in common: apart from cricket, colonialism and Gandhi, both countries are important players in the global South. Editor(s): Hofmeyr, Isabel; Williams, Michelle. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; HBJ; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145386
ISBN
9781868145386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? Editor(s): Mangcu, Xolela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145324
ISBN
9781868145324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145300
ISBN
9781868145300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Focuses on a talented, brave, but tiny minority of whites - liberals, radicals, communists, Trotskyists, humanists, Christians, idealists - who rejected the growing racism of post-war South Africa and worked to breach the dividing line between black and white. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145003
ISBN
9781868145003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity. This book provides a survey of the special place that Aksumite Ethiopia has held in European and African conceptual worlds as the site of 'worthy Ethiopia'. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrated in full colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144990
ISBN
9781868144990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Was the "mfecane" a figment of historians' imagination? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection. Editor(s): Hamilton, Carolyn. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBAH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868142521
ISBN
9781868142521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, photos throughout. BIC Classification: HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 260 x 15. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780731025
ISBN
9781780731025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.00

Hardback. This is the first of three volumes detailing the history of the Fleet Air Arm, during the Second World War. It deals with the formative period between 1939 and 1941, incorporating an in depth coverage of significant operations, including the Norwegian campaign, and incidents involving the loss of and damage to aircraft carriers. Editor(s): Jones, Ben. Series Editor(s): Jones, Ben. Series: Navy Records Society Publications. Num Pages: 624 pages, Includes 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 233 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409452577
ISBN
9781409452577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.36

Paperback. "Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived"-- Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 323.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349308385
ISBN
9781349308385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.22

Paperback. Told from the perspective of its former Foreign minister, this is a uniquely candid account of Chechnya's struggle for independence and its two wars against Russia which will revise our understanding of the conflict and explain how it continues. Features new insights, intimate portraits of key personalities and a foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBJ; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349289745
ISBN
9781349289745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTQ; JFSJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349268870
ISBN
9781349268870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
8 Rev ed
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966266
ISBN
9780913966266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.00

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