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The Americas
Paperback. Analyzes film distribution and exhibition practices in order to reconstruct a context for understanding moviegoing at a time when American cities were coming to grips with new groups of immigrants and women working outside the home. This book talks about the history of the film industry, and about the process of imaging a national community. Num Pages: 391 pages, 61 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247437
- ISBN
- 9780520247437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Demonstrates how crucial French films were in making 'going to the movies' popular in the United States, first in vaudeville houses and then in nickelodeons. This book exposes the consequences of that popularity. It offers a revealing cultural history of American cinema's nationalization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; JFC; JPFN; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214781
- ISBN
- 9780520214781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. The San Francisco Bay Area is more greensward than asphalt jungle, more open space than hardscape. This book tells the story of how San Francisco managed to save large areas of natural open space? Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 424 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988153
- ISBN
- 9780295988153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Beginning signers can now improve their recognition of the most commonly used signs with this easy-to-follow handbook. Illustrates 800 common signs organized by topics including food, travel, family, sports and more. 800 illustrations. Num Pages: 176 pages, 800 sign illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 248 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563681301
- ISBN
- 9781563681301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Finally, Stevick contemplates the potential of electronic media to significantly alter traditional Amish practices, culture, and staying power. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99; HRCV; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413716
- ISBN
- 9781421413716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.43
€ 30.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. Analyzing various decisions made by the Director of National Intelligence and examining in detail, issues from Hurricane Katrina to the national security computer networks, this book demonstrates the dangers of an overly centralized intelligence system. It also offers clear ideas for reform that go beyond risky organizational changes. Series: Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742551275
- ISBN
- 9780742551275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.56
€ 23.99
€ 22.56
Paperback. Are the elderly posing a threat to America's political system with their enormous clout? Are they stretching resources to the breaking point with their growing demands for care? This text seeks to offer fresh insight into a wide range of social and political issues relating to the elderly. Num Pages: 382 pages, 18 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675688
- ISBN
- 9780226675688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.00€ 27.93
€ 31.00
€ 27.93
Hardcover. In this revised edition of "Antitrust Law", Richard A. Posner explains his call for an economic approach to antitrust law to new generations of lawyers and students. He updates and amplifies his approach as it applies to the developments, both legal and economic, in the antitrust field since 1976. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675763
- ISBN
- 9780226675763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.55€ 60.43
€ 71.55
€ 60.43
Paperback. This is a concise compendium of America's sex laws, summarizing the laws regulating personal sexual activity; revealing gaps, anachronisms, anomalies, inequalities and irrationalities; and providing an empirical basis for studies of sexual regulation. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNDA; LNF; LNM; LNT; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675657
- ISBN
- 9780226675657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.13
€ 31.99
€ 25.13
Paperback. In this comprehensive study of the modern American public intellectual - that individual who speaks to the public on issues of political or ideological moment - Richard Posner charts the decline of a venerable institution that included worthies from Socrates to John Dewey. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012462
- ISBN
- 9780674012462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.84
€ 37.99
€ 31.84
Paperback. The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 is the most alarming of our lifetime because of the warp-speed at which it is occurring. This title presents a non-technical examination of this mother of various financial disasters and of the, as yet, stumbling efforts to cope with it. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCL; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 122 x 27. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060395
- ISBN
- 9780674060395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.90
€ 36.99
€ 30.90
Hardcover. The author of Physics for Future Presidents returns to educate all of us on the most crucial conundrum facing the nation: energy. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; TH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780393081619
- ISBN
- 9780393081619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.44
€ 29.99
€ 27.44
Hardback. A trenchant analysis of U.S.-Soviet confidential channel diplomacy from President Richard Nixon's inauguration through the apex of detente Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace. Num Pages: 390 pages, 20 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 306 x 2. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813167879
- ISBN
- 9780813167879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.17
€ 52.17
Paperback. Presents an account of the author's adventures in Haiti. This work includes Art Deco-style woodcuts, and it chronicles the African traditions of the island's people. Translator(s): Vesey, Desmond Ivo. Num Pages: 274 pages, 61 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBTB; VXW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589803626
- ISBN
- 9781589803626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.01
€ 18.01
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JF; GBCB; JNB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1285.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642864
- ISBN
- 9780691642864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 322.25
€ 322.25
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 542 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JF; GBCB; JNB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642352
- ISBN
- 9780691642352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.47
€ 279.47
Hardback. Considers really big animals and how they lived Illustrator(s): Tambusso, Sebastian. Series: Life of the Past. Num Pages: 448 pages, 11 color illus., 237 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002303
- ISBN
- 9780253002303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.69
€ 71.69
Paperback. At a time when most Americans have come to distrust government at all levels, the author aims to show how a consistent application of economic and political theory allows for a middle path between too much and too little. Num Pages: 378 pages, 1 table, notes, indices. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ; KCA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674808218
- ISBN
- 9780674808218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.25
€ 51.99
€ 43.25
hardcover. Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's scholarly biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an engaging examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of pre-confederation Nova Scotia. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 340 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 663.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802050014
- ISBN
- 9780802050014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.26
€ 86.26
Paperback. A discussion of the "savage side" of market capitalism in Appalachia and the social, political and economic roles that mediating structures play in mitigating it. It profiles the work of 23 such structures and distils the practical lessons to be found in their successes and shortcomings. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17 illustrations, 8 tables, 6 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; JPA; JPHV; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228356
- ISBN
- 9780807848241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Traces the rise of the cyber age and profiles the characters at its epicenter, including criminals, spies, soldiers, and hackers. This title outlines how our national security has already been compromised, and what America stands to lose if we continue to follow policies that block our ability to defend ourselves against a cyber attack. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061962240
- ISBN
- 9780061962240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.49
€ 21.99
€ 18.49
Hardback. Do presidents inevitably lose support the longer they are in office? Drawing its case material from the modern presidency from Kennedy through Reagan, with looks backward as far as Truman, this work shows how the standing of the president with the American people has come to have a political life of its own. Num Pages: 220 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719070
- ISBN
- 9780804719070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.48
€ 126.48
Paperback. Do presidents inevitably lose support the longer they are in office? Does the public invariably rally behind presidents during international crises? What are the criteria by which the public forms its judgment about whether or not the president is doing a good job? This book addresses these questions. Num Pages: 220 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3404 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Anniversary and Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780804720960
- ISBN
- 9780804720960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.55
€ 27.99
€ 26.55
Hardback. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. Suitable for curious naturalists who want to understand this ubiquitous and ecologically critical component of our biosphere, this introduction to spider biology and anatomy explains spider relationships. Illustrator(s): Buchanan, Steve. Num Pages: 288 pages, 88 color illustrations, 25 b/w photographs, 27 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1174. 288 pages, illustrations. Illustrator(s): Buchanan, Steve. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. Suitable for curious naturalists who want to understand this ubiquitous and ecologically critical component of our biosphere, this introduction to spider biology and anatomy explains spider relationships. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVT7. Dimension: 187 x 261 x 26. Weight: 1166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274884
- ISBN
- 9780520274884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.66€ 65.32
€ 84.66
€ 65.32