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Paperback. The intelligence failures exposed by the events of 9/11 has made one thing perfectly clear: change is needed in how the US intelligence community operates. This title argues that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence. Editor(s): Sims, Jennifer E.; Gerber, Burton. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589010697
ISBN
9781589010697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.26

Paperback. Words of a Century presents an anthology of the top 100 speeches of the twentieth-century. The selections were determined in a nationwide survey of communication scholars, based on rhetorical artistry and historical impact. Reprinted in full, these authoritative texts are preceded by headnotes that place the speeches into historical context. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 193 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195168051
ISBN
9780195168051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 146.06

Paperback. Describes the events leading to the August, 1863 attack on Lawrence, Kansas by William Quantrill and his Confederate irregulars. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Edition
3rd Print
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873384766
ISBN
9780873384766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.59

Paperback. The death penalty arouses more passion than almost any other issue. This comprehensive account of the death penalty in the United States tells the story of dramatic changes, over four centuries, in the ways capital punishment has been administered and experienced. Num Pages: 408 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010833
ISBN
9780674010833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM; KFFR; VSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601380401
ISBN
9781601380401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
African American Images United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543542
ISBN
9780913543542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820344980
ISBN
9780820344980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.51

Paperback. People often bemoan the spread of malls, suburban strips, subdivisions, and other sprawling places in contemporary America. But are these places as bad as critics claim? This work questions widely held assumptions about our built environments. Num Pages: 248 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329895
ISBN
9780820329895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.89

Paperback. The second, revised edition of a classic, 19th-century work which captures the pleasures of camping and canoeing in the Adirondacks. The letters of George Washington Sears should interest not only the wilderness lover, but also the boater and craftsman who longs to own the perfect canoe. Editor(s): Brenan, Dan; Lyon, Robert L.; Bond, Hallie (Curator of Collections and Boats, Adirondack Museum, New York, USA). Num Pages: 180 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WSSN5; WSZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Adirondack Museum/Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815625940
ISBN
9780815625940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Daley, James. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486447612
ISBN
9780486447612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.11

Publisher
United States
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199747252
ISBN
9780199747252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Rockman, Bert A.; Waterman, Richard W. Num Pages: 260 pages, Includes some graphs and diagrams. BIC Classification: JPH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195332513
ISBN
9780195332513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.07

hardcover. Photographs by New Mexico s most renowned documentarians such as Alex Harris, Jack Parsons, Miguel Gandert, Annie Sahlin, Meridel Rubenstein, Don J. Usner, and Siegfried Halus are included alongside photographers newer on the scene, creating a fascinating compilation of lowriders over time." Num Pages: 180 pages, 121 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; JFSL4; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 330 x 265 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136171
ISBN
9780890136171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.54

Hardcover. These documents illuminate the conduct of British trade in the Caribbean when slavery was at its height and Jamaica was the wealthiest territory in Britain's Atlantic empire. Detailing the commercial and plantation interests of two Bristol families, the volume sheds light on how fortunes were created by merchants striving for social improvement. Editor(s): Morgan, Kenneth O. Series: Records of Social and Economic History New Series. Num Pages: 726 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJQ; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1303.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
726
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264058
ISBN
9780197264058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.30

Hardcover. The story of the Civil War as told through the Wray Collection's many one-of-a-kind objects housed at the Atlanta History Center. More than six hundred of the rarest Confederate artifacts, including firearms, weapons, flags, uniforms, and accoutrements, reveal historical truths in their detail and help to contextualize the battles. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 261 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820346854
ISBN
9780820346854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Hardcover. TV on Strike examines the 2007 upheaval in the entertainment industry by telling the inside story of the hundred-day writers' strike that crippled Hollywood. The television industry's uneasy transition to the digital age was the driving force behind the most significant labour dispute of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTD; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610083
ISBN
9780815610083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 200 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1K; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939923748
ISBN
9780939923748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.44

Paperback. A fascinating look at Lakota lifeways and history through the voices of medicine men and White Hat s personal stories" Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 216 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607811848
ISBN
9781607811848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.15

Hardcover. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938042
ISBN
9780813938042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.96

Hardcover. "This book recounts how forward-looking Southern boosters, entrepreneurs, and architects in St. Augustine, Richmond, and Atlanta carefully crafted usable pasts to promote sectional reconciliation and attract northern tourists and investors after the Civil War"--Provided by publisher. Series: The American South. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; AMX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936703
ISBN
9780813936703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.49

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936284
ISBN
9780813936284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.72

Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935737
ISBN
9780813935737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933139
ISBN
9780813933139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. Tracing the history of parking, this study with a range of interesting illustrations, discusses the role of parking in downtown revitalization efforts and, by contrast, its role in the promotion of outlying suburban shopping districts and its incorporation into our neighborhoods and residences. Num Pages: 308 pages, 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPC; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925196
ISBN
9780813925196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.16

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