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Hardback. Throughout the Cold War, theorists argue, nuclear arms stopped war, as both sides could retaliate with "mutual assured destruction". This fact begs the question: why did the USA not strike preemptively before the USSR developed atomic arms? This text sets the case for such a preventive nuclear war. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765800220
ISBN
9780765800220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.27

Paperback. Series: International Monographs in Prehistory, Archaeological S. Num Pages: 418 pages, 99 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 300. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
International Monographs in Prehistory United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879621220
ISBN
9781879621220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
30th anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933859125
ISBN
9781933859125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.36

paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 984.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pearson United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780133067941
ISBN
9780133067941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 249.61

Paperback. A great man on an even greater stage: Benjamin Franklin arrives in London at the very moment it becomes the epicentre of the greatest power in the world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227351
ISBN
9781780227351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Ranging from the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics, this book points out that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. It shows us the deep influence that the Egyptians and Babylonians had on the Greeks. Num Pages: 584 pages, 6 halftones. 164 line illus. 18 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135267
ISBN
9780691135267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFCA; WBN; WTHR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 292 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1284.
Publisher
Santa Monica Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595800893
ISBN
9781595800893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.73

Paperback. Driving Detroit paints a portrait of metropolitan Detroit through an imaginative application of social science, song lyrics, poems, and oral history to explain why the city has fallen from industrial powerhouse into urban dysfunction. Series: Metropolitan Portraits. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; JFSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222951
ISBN
9780812222951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Offers a revealing portrait of New York at the moment it was emerging as a major metropolis. This book is suitable for students of urban social history, popular culture, literature, and journalism. Editor(s): Blumin, Stuart M. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520067226
ISBN
9780520067226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 b/w photos & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; JFHF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764335945
ISBN
9780764335945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.57

Hardback. Focuses on constructing a safer and more efficient financial system based on the lessons learned from the financial debacles of the 1980s. This book contains essays that discuss the economic and political forces (both propelling and opposing banking reform) and describe the intellectual history of the deposit insurance reform provisions of FDICIA. Editor(s): Kaufman, George G. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792393832
ISBN
9780792393832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.55

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 542 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652764
ISBN
9780691652764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 266.91

Paperback. The true story of covert operations during the War on Terror, written by the founder of one of the most respected private intelligence agencies in the world, dubbed the 'shadow CIA' Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Abacus London
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349118925
ISBN
9780349118925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Editor(s): Fragopoulos, George; Naydan, Liliana M. Num Pages: 258 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFC; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319406534
ISBN
9783319406534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.34

Paperback. Though originally an interloper in a system of justice mediated by courtroom battles, plea bargaining now dominates American criminal justice. This book traces the evolution of plea bargaining from its beginnings in the early 19th century to its present pervasive role. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751353
ISBN
9780804751353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.22

Paperback. Presents an overview of extensive research carried out by archeologist George MacDonald in the 1960s and 1970s to document the history of the Haida villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5817 x 8. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007295
ISBN
9780774803311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A landmark collection, spanning ninety years of U.S. history, of the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, America's most famous diplomat. Editor(s): Costigliola, Frank. Num Pages: 768 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; BJ; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 155 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1246.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
736
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393073270
ISBN
9780393073270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.90

Paperback. Offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of an emerging great power whose claims to rightness often spill over into self-righteousness, whose ambitions conflict with power realities, whose judgmentalism precludes the interests of other states, and whose domestic politics frequently prevent prudent policies and result in overstretch. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226431482
ISBN
9780226431482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.99

Recounts the evolution and development of the US Army's modern mechanized cavalry and the doctrines necessary to use it effectively, and explores the debates over how best to use cavalry. Illustrated with many photographs, maps, and charts, this book examines how technology revolutionized US forces in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 512 pages, 96 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBW; JWD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 989.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124032
ISBN
9780813124032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.53

Paperback. In 1968, Mexico prepared to host the Olympic games amid growing civil unrest. In this study of the afterlives of the '68 Movement, the author explores how urban spaces - material but also literary, photographic, and cinematic - became an archive of 1968, providing a framework for de facto modes of justice for years to come. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291072
ISBN
9780520291072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888396426
ISBN
9780888396426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Governor General's Award-winning author George Elliott Clarke identifies African-Canadian literature's distinguishing characteristics, argues its relevance to both African Diasporic and Canadian Studies and critiques several of its key creators and texts. Num Pages: 504 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802081919
ISBN
9780802081919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 49.59

Paperback. Founded in 1965, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an American institution with an international reputation. This work establishes the full importance and vitality of the AACM. It uncovers a vibrant, multicultural universe and reveals a major piece of the history of avant-garde music and art. Num Pages: 690 pages, 4 colour plates, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
690
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226476964
ISBN
9780226476964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.19

Hardcover. Toxic Plants of North America, Second Edition is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference for both wild and cultivated toxic plants on the North American continent. Num Pages: 1390 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 225 x 57. Weight in Grams: 3578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
1390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813820347
ISBN
9780813820347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 363.50

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