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Paperback. During the American Civil War, William R.J. Pegram became one of the most prominent artillerists in the Army of Northern Virginia. Pegram shared the values of the South's ruling elite and this book argues that he entered Confederate service to defend a way of life he believed was ordained by God. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918280
ISBN
9780813918280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.17

Paperback. Based on research from over 1200 wartime letters and diaries written by more than 400 Confederate officers and enlisted men, this text offers a social history of Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during its final year, from May 1864 to April 1865. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 illustrations, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; BGH; DN; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807854143
ISBN
9780807854143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.44

Hardcover. In December of 1958, the author arrived the day before Fidel Castro took power and spent a week canvassing the island before finally coming into contact with his subject. This edition offers a telling portrait of Cuba and its enigmatic leader. It also features color photographs of the weeks the author spent travelling with Castro. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; 3JM; AJC; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 357 x 40. Weight in Grams: 3342.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836529983
ISBN
9783836529983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 75 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307889737
ISBN
9780307889737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 842.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632207180
ISBN
9781632207180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 72 pages, 34col.ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTM; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Thomasson-Grant Publishers United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565660632
ISBN
9781565660632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.19

Hardback. Editor(s): Kowalski, Stanley D. Num Pages: 122 pages, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616689490
ISBN
9781616689490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.11
€ 116.54

Paperback. Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and social security adopted such a warped and antiquated perspective of traditional family life? And what can be done about it? This work answers these questions. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742545465
ISBN
9780742545465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

Paperback. Anyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBJK; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411835
ISBN
9781421411835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.63

Hardback. Anyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405582
ISBN
9781421405582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Hardback. Graduate schools have faced attrition rates of approximately 50 per cent since 1960. This study examines what is wrong with the structure and process of graduate education in its aim to locate the root cause of attrition in the social structure and cultural organization. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JNMH; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509412
ISBN
9780742509412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.68

Paperback. Life appointments make Supreme Court justices among the most powerful officials in the US government and allow even dysfunctional judges to stay on long after they should have departed. This historical treatment of their deaths, resignations and retirements also suggests specific reforms. Num Pages: 262 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JPHC; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700610587
ISBN
9780700610587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.28

Hardback. Synthesizes research on student attrition and on actions institutions can and should take to reduce it. The key to effective retention, Tinto demonstrates, is in a strong commitment to quality education and the building of a strong sense of inclusive educational and social community on campus. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 tables, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226804491
ISBN
9780226804491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 78.75

Paperback. In 1992 the author embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this memoir, she charts their twenty years together, from the brutal beauty of the Zambezi to the mountains of Wyoming - the new adventures, the unexplored paths, and the many signals that they missed along the way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 1KBBWY; BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700591
ISBN
9781784700591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Leaving Atlantis is a suite of poems that explores the unstable territory between public and private, addressed to the great Barbadian novelist and thinker George Lamming. Num Pages: 64 pages, [DELETED]. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; DCF. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845233143
ISBN
9781845233143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. This new annotated edition inlcudes "Live Oak, with Moss" and prose selections from "Democratic Vistas" and "Specimen Days". The text also presents a collection of Whitman's statements about his role as a poet taken from his notebooks, letters, conversations and newspaper articles. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 944 pages, 11 illustrations, chronology, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2 Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974966
ISBN
9780393974966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Features the poem of the author. Editor(s): Cowley, Malcolm. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140421996
ISBN
9780140421996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNU; YQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643308
ISBN
9780888643308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.61

Hardback. Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. This book explores an issue central to political science and public administration: How do Congress and the president ensure that bureaucratic agencies implement their preferred policies? Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924403
ISBN
9780226924403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 88.89

Paperback. Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. This book explores an issue central to political science and public administration: How do Congress and the president ensure that bureaucratic agencies implement their preferred policies? Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924410
ISBN
9780226924410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

paperback. The instruction should be so delightful that the children love coming to school and find learning to be fun and exciting."-Janice Hale Num Pages: 256 pages, 8, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JNL; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801867767
ISBN
9780801867767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.22

Hardback. Editor(s): Olson, Jason M.; Carroll, Brian M. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNQ; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619428843
ISBN
9781619428843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.02
€ 149.67

paperback. Beginning with the earliest provincial education policies and taking readers right up to contemporary policy debates, Learning to School chronicles how, through learning and cooperation, the provinces gradually established a country-wide system of public schooling. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615892
ISBN
9781442615892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.95

Beginning with the earliest provincial education policies and taking readers right up to contemporary policy debates, Learning to School chronicles how, through learning and cooperation, the provinces gradually established a country-wide system of public schooling. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647817
ISBN
9781442647817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

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