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The Americas
Hardback. Gondwana Landscapes in southern South America Editor(s): Rabassa, Jorge; Ollier, Cliff. Series: Springer Earth System Sciences. Num Pages: 545 pages, 102 black & white illustrations, 211 colour illustrations, 25 black & white tables, biogr. BIC Classification: 1KLS; RBGD; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1099.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400777019
- ISBN
- 9789400777019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.53
€ 254.53
Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands: The Legac...
. Ed(S): Quiroga, Diego; Sevilla, Ana Maria
hardcover. Editor(s): Quiroga, Diego; Sevilla, Ana Maria. Series: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands. Num Pages: 179 pages, 6 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSEG; PSAJ; RNC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- SKU
- V9783319340500
- ISBN
- 9783319340500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
Hardback. Editor(s): Puri, Shalini; Putnam, Lara. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JMC; DSBH5; HBJK; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590589
- ISBN
- 9781137590589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.67
€ 117.67
Paperback. This collection examines the intersection between the products of the Disney Corporation and popular culture's fascination with the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Pugh, Tison; Aronstein, Susan. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 300 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137550880
- ISBN
- 9781137550880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Vilnius, Lithuania, October 3-6, 1996 Editor(s): Prunskiene, Kazimiera; Altvater, Elmar. Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 4. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 1DV; 1FC; 1KB; JH; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346890
- ISBN
- 9780792346890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.88
€ 130.88
Hardback. The marine Eocene-Oligocene transition of 34 million years ago was a critical turning point in Earth's climatic history, when the warm, high-diversity 'greenhouse' world of the early Eocene ceded to the glacial, 'icehouse' conditions of the early Oligocene. This book surveys the advances in stratigraphic and paleontological research. Editor(s): Prothero, Donald R.; Ivany, Linda C.; Nesbitt, Elizabeth A. Num Pages: 560 pages, 186 line, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127165
- ISBN
- 9780231127165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.72
€ 153.72
Enemies Within: Italian and Other Internees in Canada and Abroad
. Ed(S): Principe, Angelo; Iacovetta, Franca;...
paperback. Bringing together national and international perspectives on Italian and other wartime internees, the essays in this book assess the differing interpretations offered of Italian internment in Canada, the UK, the USA, and Australia during WWII. Editor(s): Principe, Angelo; Iacovetta, Franca; Perin, Roberto. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFS; JPF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082350
- ISBN
- 9780802082350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.53
€ 50.99
€ 45.53
The Black Church and Hip-hop Culture. Toward Bridging the Generational...
. Ed(S): Price, Emmett G., III
Hardback. In this collection of provocative essays, leading thinkers, preachers, and scholars from around the country challenge both the Black church and the hip-hop generation to realize their shared responsibilities to one another and to the greater society. Editor(s): Price, Emmett G., III. Series: African American Cultural Theory and Heritage. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGR; AVGR; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810882362
- ISBN
- 9780810882362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.78
€ 125.78
Hardback. This book cogently demonstrates that scientific rigor and the goals of health promotion are less in conflict than commonly thought. The book synthesizes multiple traditions from countries throughout the Americas for a volume that is diverse yet unified. Editor(s): Potvin, Louise; McQueen, David V. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387797328
- ISBN
- 9780387797328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.72
€ 73.72
This student-friendly introduction combines both thematic andchronological approaches in exploring the pivotal role religionplayed in American history - and of its impact across a range ofissues, from identity formation and politics, to race, gender, andclass. Editor(s): Porterfield, Amanda; Corrigan, John. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161374
- ISBN
- 9781405161374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.90
€ 170.90
Hardback. Community Action for Conservation: Mexican Experiences Editor(s): Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Ruiz-Mallen, Isabel; Camacho-Benavides, Claudia; McCandless, Susannah R. Num Pages: 179 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461479550
- ISBN
- 9781461479550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.81
€ 193.81
hardcover. This book addresses a variety of regional humor traditions such as exploitation cinema, Brazilian chanchada, the Cantinflas heritage, the comedy of manners and light sexuality, iconic figures and characters, as well as a variety of humor registers evident in different Latin American films. Editor(s): Poblete, Juan; Suarez, Juana. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549457
- ISBN
- 9781137549457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
hardcover. This study surveys the problem of US government relations with pro-American authoritarian rulers. Working over a three-year period, a group of specialists and government officials draw conclusions that offer guidelines to help understand the problem and to make policy for the future. Editor(s): Pipes, Daniel; Garfinkle, Adam M. Num Pages: 567 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 873.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 567
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333543757
- ISBN
- 9780333543757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.80
€ 196.80
This volume gathers many of the best known writers on the avant-garde from three continents to write on the cinema of Ken Jacobs, who is arguably the most important living experimental filmmaker. Editor(s): Pierson, Michele; James, David E.; Arthur, Paul. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195384970
- ISBN
- 9780195384970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.89
€ 94.89
Hardback. A study of five advanced capitalist countries - The United States, The United Kingdom, France, Federal Republic of Germany and Sweden - which wonders if the welfare state can compete. Editor(s): Pfaller, Alfred; Gough, Ian; Therborn, Goran. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFGW; 1DNS; 1KBB; JKSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333487556
- ISBN
- 9780333487556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Paperback. This volume offers a scientific assessment of the effects of climatic variability and change on forest resources in the United States. It serves as a framework for managing U.S. forest resources in the context of climate change. Editor(s): Peterson, David L.; Vose, James M.; Patel-Weynand, Toral (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA). Series: Advances in Global Change Research. Num Pages: 293 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 38 colour illustrations, 14 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; KNAL; RNPG; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402402728
- ISBN
- 9789402402728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.61
€ 138.61
paperback. This work emphasizes the coherence and intelligibility of the social compact theory which, in spite of the partisan politics of the founding period, was one of the founders' unifying philosophical positions. It presents a comprehensive overview of the social compact theory. Editor(s): Pestritto, Ronald J.; West, Thomas G. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739106655
- ISBN
- 9780739106655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
hardcover. This is the first English-language book-length text to trace the development of bioethics in the Ibero-American context. Coverage is given to many countries within Latin America with an aim to present the historical development of bioethics therein. Editor(s): Pessini, Leo; Barchifontaine, Christian de Paul de; Stepke, Fernando Lolas. Translator(s): Bulcock, Jennifer; Sobral, Adail; Goncalves, Maria Stella. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 397 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402093494
- ISBN
- 9781402093494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.84
€ 135.84
Improving Access and Quality of Public Services in Latin America
. Ed(S): Perry, Guillermo; Angelescu-Naqvi, R...
Hardback. Editor(s): Perry, Guillermo; Angelescu-Naqvi, Ramona. Series: Latin American Political Economy. Num Pages: 188 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPP; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137593436
- ISBN
- 9781137593436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Perez-Espejo, Rosario H.; Constantino-Toto, Roberto M.; Davila-Ibanez, Hilda R. Series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace. Num Pages: 269 pages, 72 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319288222
- ISBN
- 9783319288222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. Landscape ecology has generated a wealth of knowledge that could enhance forest policy, but little of this knowledge has found its way into practice. This title introduces landscape ecologists to the discipline of knowledge transfer. Editor(s): Perera, Ajith H. (Ontario Forest Research Institute); Buse, Lisa J.; Crow, Thomas. Num Pages: 223 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 17 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSAF; RGBL; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387342436
- ISBN
- 9780387342436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.50
€ 193.50
The Brazilian Economy Today. Towards a New Socio-Economic Model?.
. Ed(S): Pereira, Anthony W.; Mattei, Lauro; ...
Hardback. Pereira and Mattei bring contributors together in this exciting volume to further understanding about the recent Brazilian Economic Development Model and discuss the related social conditions. The authors analyze both the political economy and social public policies to highlight new opportunities to create a sustainable development model. Editor(s): Pereira, Anthony W.; Mattei, Lauro; LeCouteur, Amanda. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549808
- ISBN
- 9781137549808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive overview of human history from two million years ago to the historic period. This volume focuses on South America. Editor(s): Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Melvin. Num Pages: 379 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBLA; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1289.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306462610
- ISBN
- 9780306462610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.93
€ 199.93
Hardback. Presents an overview of human history from two million years ago to the historic period. This book focuses on North America. Editor(s): Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Melvin. Num Pages: 509 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3B; HBG; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 509
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306462603
- ISBN
- 9780306462603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.86
€ 234.86