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Hardback. Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a little-known chapter in the city's history - the failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. It offers a lesson - both of things gone wrong and a glimpse of how they might be improved. Num Pages: 289 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238503
ISBN
9780520238503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 65.17

Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820311418
ISBN
9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 59, 51 black & white halftones, 5 maps, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801454028
ISBN
9780801454028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.40

Hardback. Headline Britons is a series of short books that paint a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characters. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785782091
ISBN
9781785782091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. As well as providing an authoritative history of art therapy, it covers such diverse topics as the philosophy of art therapy, the way attitudes to insanity have changed, the role of art therapy in the context of post-war rehabilitation and the treatment of tuberculosis patients, Surrealism, and Britain's first therapeutic community. Series: Arts Therapies. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: HBT; MMZ; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853027994
ISBN
9781853027994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.57

Paperback. Set against a backdrop of war and revolution, this book brings sixty years of missionary nursing out of the shadows by examining how Canadian nurses shaped health care in the province of Henan and how China, in turn, influenced the nature of missionary nursing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 44 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRLP; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774814003
ISBN
9780774814003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardback. This study of caregiving during WW I looks anew at life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069741
ISBN
9780719069741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.83

Hardback. The aim of this book is to present a broad survey of those captions and headlines that demonstrate the evolution of popular thinking about the practice of human health. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; GBCR; HBTB; KNTP; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834866
ISBN
9780810834866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.60

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; HBTB; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137597144
ISBN
9781137597144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Hardcover. An exploration of the health, sanitation, and cleanliness of one of England's most important medieval and early modern cities. Num Pages: 276 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153604
ISBN
9781903153604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. This book examines the problems of public health provision in historical perspective. It outlines the development of public health in Britain from the ancient world, through the medieval and early modern periods to the modern state. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JKSW; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415200363
ISBN
9780415200363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Paperback. Norman Davies travels back in time to highlight the long-term themes and traditions which have influenced contemporary attitudes. His account reveals Poland as the heart of Europe in more than the geographical sense. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pp black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801265
ISBN
9780192801265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Diana. Num Pages: 255 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
255
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974288
ISBN
9781894974288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Diana. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos & drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974080
ISBN
9781894974080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Gurman, Hannah. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JWA; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595588258
ISBN
9781595588258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.77

Paperback. A fascinating look at the symbiotic relationships between the US security state and the US culture industry, and their drive to promote the US Empire as a way of life through the production, packaging, and selling of cultural commodities in world markets. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774830157
ISBN
9780774830157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how Portuguese immigrant - merchants, professionals, and intellectuals, for the most part - reasserted their Judaism, while maintaining their Iberian heritage. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213518
ISBN
9780253213518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.00

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HPCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350007925
ISBN
9781350007925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Tells how the scions of the mythical gods and their descendants, the Swedish kings, colonised and subdued Norway, shire by shire, until King Harald Fairhair united the whole realm. This book reflects the attitude of Norway, torn by bloody feuds. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292730618
ISBN
9780292730618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.71

Paperback. A study of civil rights in the USA. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level examination. Series: Heinemann Advanced History. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 4KL; HBJK; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Heinemann Secondary Education
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435327224
ISBN
9780435327224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.59

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