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Hardcover. The fundamentals of urban drainage and wastewater disposal are presented in this handbook and this new edition has been reworked to reflect new US technology, practices, and conditions. Chapters cover calculation of drainage systems, urban stormwater and combined sewer overflow management. Num Pages: 416 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471810377
ISBN
9780471810377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 234.58

hardcover. Upon its publication, "The Origin of Species" was critically embraced in Europe and North America. But how did Darwin's theories fare in other regions of the world? This title offers the history and interpretation of the reception of Darwinism in Argentina, illuminating the ways culture shapes scientific enterprise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; PDR; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226596167
ISBN
9780226596167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 54.48

Paperback. Throughout his writings, Michael Novak has urged America to adopt a tripartite system of democratic capitalism that would nourish the values and virtues on which free societies depend. These essays are an introduction to Novak's portrait of democratic capitalism. Editor(s): Younkins, Edward W. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511712
ISBN
9780742511712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.09

Hardback. Throughout his writings, Michael Novak has urged America to adopt a tripartite system of democratic capitalism that would nourish the values and virtues on which free societies depend. These essays are an introduction to Novak's portrait of democratic capitalism. Editor(s): Younkins, Edward W. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511705
ISBN
9780742511705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.90

Hardcover. This photographs in this volume celebrate nature's cycles in a diverse southern garden - the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens. A general introduction traces the history and development of this public garden, and brief sectional essays describe the special features of the Garden. Num Pages: 144 pages, 143 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AJC; WMB; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820323275
ISBN
9780820323275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 38.02

Paperback. Focuses on six contemporary Native Americn artists - James Luna, Gerald Clarke, Dana Claxton, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Larry Tee Harbor Jackson McNeil, and Will Wilson. This volume is accompanied DVD that presents James Luna's in-your-face performance works that question stereotypes about Native Americans. Editor(s): Nottage, James H. Num Pages: 120 pages, 79 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987811
ISBN
9780295987811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 1088 pages, Heavily illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AM; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1188.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
1080
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195383867
ISBN
9780195383867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Tells how aboriginal Americans and then early Spanish and Mexican immigrants contrived to use and share the available water and how American settlers, arriving in ever-increasing numbers after the Gold Rush, transformed California into the home of the nation's preeminent water seekers. Num Pages: 832 pages, 94 b/w photographs, 25 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224568
ISBN
9780520224568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. An account of the numerous struggles - national, state, and local - that have occurred over western American water rights since the late 1800s. Num Pages: 433 pages, 7 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
433
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260115
ISBN
9780520260115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white halftones, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589799141
ISBN
9781589799141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.56

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465013722
ISBN
9780465013722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 896 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1794.
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
6th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781133947622
ISBN
9781133947622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370804
ISBN
9781681370804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Series: Beer Lovers Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 95 colour illustrations, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WBXD2; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 191 x 19. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493007523
ISBN
9781493007523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then he shot them in cold blood. For those murders Gilmore was sent to languish on Death Row - and could confidently expect his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. In America, no one had been executed for ten years. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 50. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
1072
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099688600
ISBN
9780099688600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226450353
ISBN
9780226450353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.87

Paperback. Brings together a lifetime's experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRCX7; JFSL9; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270. 256 pages. Brings together a lifetime's experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRCX7; JFSL9; WTL. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight: 266.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011529
ISBN
9781906011529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.00

Paperback. Retelling of the historic 1934 Princeton/Yale american football game Num Pages: 168 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; WSB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234017
ISBN
9780803234017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. Using biographical sketches, this book aims to create a composite portrait of the United States during and immediately after the Civil War. Subjects covered include Stephen A. Douglas, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Stonewall Jackson and Thaddeus Stevens. Series: Representative Americans. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521698
ISBN
9780742521698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.68

Paperback. Norman Denzin uses a series of performance pieces with historical, contemporary, and fictitious characters to provide a cultural critique of how a version of Indians, one that existed only in the western imagination, was commodified and sold to a global audience. Num Pages: 227 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611320893
ISBN
9781611320893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.08

Hardback. Contains hundreds of sources, both primary and secondary, and seeks to foreground the perspective of heretofore largely ignored groups such as women and blacks, and frequently misrepresented cultures of native North Americans. Series: Native American Resources Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810835528
ISBN
9780810835528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.69

Paperback. Formal education is important in creating enlightened and active citizens. However, despite an increase in education attainment since the 1970s, political engagement has not risen at a commensurate level. This text explores how and why education affects citizenship in these ways. Num Pages: 290 pages, 33 line drawings, 44 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JNA; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226583891
ISBN
9780226583891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. A unique examination of ethnography as a theory-constructive endeavour focused on indigenous and Afro-descended Ecuadorian people Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 color photographs, 1 line drawing, 1 map, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077975
ISBN
9780252077975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. The Andean nation of Ecuador derives much of its revenue from petroleum that is extracted from its vast Upper Amazonian rain forest, which is home to ten indigenous nationalities. This book presents a trenchant ethnography of history, ecology, imagery, and cosmology to focus on shamans, ceramic artists, myth, ritual, and political engagements. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 photographs; 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 535.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074790
ISBN
9780252074790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.20

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