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Paperback. In 2014, the arrest and detention of thousands of desperate young migrants at the southwest border of the United States exposed the US government's shadowy juvenile detention system, which had escaped public scrutiny for years. This book shows how the US government got into the business of detaining children and what we can learn from this. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281493
- ISBN
- 9780520281493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.74
€ 38.74
Paperback. Series: Climbing Mountains Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 110 colour illustrations, 100 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; WSZG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Falcon Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762784950
- ISBN
- 9780762784950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.36
€ 27.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483882
- ISBN
- 9780801483882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Offers insights into the potential for sex education to address adolescent challenges, particularly for girls. This book illuminates the tensions between and among adults and youth attempting to make sense of sex in a society that was then, as much as today, both sex-phobic and sex-saturated. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075315
- ISBN
- 9780252075315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Hardback. Series: Postwestern Horizons. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBBW; 2AB; DSB; HBJK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803226999
- ISBN
- 9780803226999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of Asian-white miscegenation from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century, Koshy traces the shifting gender and racial hierarchies produced by antimiscegenation laws and their role in shaping cultural norms. These laws thus turned sex acts into race acts and engendered new meanings for both. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747295
- ISBN
- 9780804747295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Contemporary Native American artist. Num Pages: 87 pages, 59 illus., 52 in color. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5193 x 5193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984834
- ISBN
- 9780295984834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.69
€ 33.69
Paperback. Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257313
- ISBN
- 9780520257313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Investigates the effects of victim-offender dialogue programs that allow victims of violent crime to meet their incarcerated attackers. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Edition
- 49839th
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795538
- ISBN
- 9780814795538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Investigates the effects of victim-offender dialogue programs that allow victims of violent crime to meet their incarcerated attackers. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795521
- ISBN
- 9780814795521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. From ritual killings to subtle acts of self-denial, the practice and rhetoric of sacrifice has a special centrality in modern American literature. This book portrays an episode in American cultural history when the literary movement of realism and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015064
- ISBN
- 9780691015064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.39€ 51.34
€ 65.39
€ 51.34
Tourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it?Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers' understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20, 4 maps, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JFSR; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404196
- ISBN
- 9781421404196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardback. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter's fifty-year career, this book reassesses De Forest's art-historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context. Num Pages: 200 pages, 185 color images, 25 black/white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292208
- ISBN
- 9780520292208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. A full-color guide to California, from Redwood National Park to Death Valley National Park. Num Pages: 128 pages, 129 full-colour photos & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762743032
- ISBN
- 9780762743032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.25
€ 21.99
€ 18.25
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489853
- ISBN
- 9780801489853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.27
€ 50.27
Paperback. A hard look at an ugly chapter in America's history Series: History of Disability. Num Pages: 443 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFG; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 443
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814783610
- ISBN
- 9780814783610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ; JPQB; KCP; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press ne
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227907
- ISBN
- 9780801439841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Seniors are America's most dependable voters; they vote in all elections and contests on the ballot. But definitions of seniors are changing and so, too, must the campaign outreach techniques and strategies used by candidates, consultants, political parties, and advocacy groups, especially to reach seniors with limited sight, hearing, and mobility. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501119
- ISBN
- 9780742501119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.60
€ 168.60
Paperback. Seniors are America's most dependable voters; they vote in all elections and contests on the ballot. But definitions of seniors are changing and so, too, must the campaign outreach techniques and strategies used by candidates, consultants, political parties, and advocacy groups, especially to reach seniors with limited sight, hearing, and mobility. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501126
- ISBN
- 9780742501126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.91
€ 57.91
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Career Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781601630704
- ISBN
- 9781601630704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.68
€ 18.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. A dream tour for food-obsessed New Yorkers and tourists alike. Num Pages: 192 pages, 500 colour phoptographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847848645
- ISBN
- 9780847848645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.99
€ 30.99
€ 27.99
Paperback. Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This book constructs Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Precolumbian Maya art and confirmed by the practices of living Maya peoples. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 382 pages, 48 figures, 22 b&w plates, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ACBK; JFHF; JHMC; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292752269
- ISBN
- 9780292752269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.45
€ 37.99
€ 34.45
Tour New Jersey's southern shore. Comprised of fifteen beach communities including Atlantic City, Cape May, Wildwood, Ocean City, Stone Harbor, Avalon, Sea Isle, Margate, Ventor, and Brigantine. Gently sloping white sand beaches appear on 268 color postca Num Pages: 128 pages, 268 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764330094
- ISBN
- 9780764330094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.45
€ 37.99
€ 25.45
Hardback. Proposing that its roots can be found in Great Plains nonfiction writing, this book explores the many facets of this vital form of critique, exploration, and celebration that weaves together such elements of narrative as natural history, cultural history, geography, memoir, and intertextuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245020
- ISBN
- 9780803245020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76