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hardcover. Catholic institutions of higher learning are at a crossroads: How can they remain true to their roots while recognizing that many of their administrations, faculties, and student bodies have little connection with the tradition? This book explores what constitutes the Catholic identity of Catholic colleges and universities. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589014862
ISBN
9781589014862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926455846
ISBN
9781926455846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. The 1973 military coup in Chile deposed the democratically elected Salvador Allende and installed a dictatorship that terrorized the country for almost twenty years. This title examines cultural sites and representations in postdictatorship Chile - what the author calls "memory symbolics" - to uncover the impact of state-sponsored violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFC; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255845
ISBN
9780520255845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338. The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. 400 pages, maps. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 389.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873025
ISBN
9781848873025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Hardback. Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, this book includes essays that take a cultural measure of the region's great technological milestones, including San Diego's Panama-California Exposition, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam in the Sierras, and traffic planning in Los Angeles. Editor(s): Janssen, Volker. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289109
ISBN
9780520289109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.50
€ 64.09

Paperback. Argues that almost all successful nation-state projects have been associated with a particular political institution prior to independence: the segment-state, a jurisdiction defined by both human and territorial boundaries. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPFN; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134673
ISBN
9780691134673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 45.86

Paperback. A creative, narrative approach to environmental destruction in urban waterscapes, focusing on neighborhood activists who pressure their governments to follow existing law Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; RNK; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909317
ISBN
9781439909317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.54

Paperback. An examination of Victoria Adams' exquisite landscape scenes. Num Pages: 80 pages, 38 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 205 x 7. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Tacoma Art Museum United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924335303
ISBN
9780924335303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.47

Paperback. Pummeled by a century of drought, depopulation, and soil erosion, America's Great Plains are in dire straits. Frank and Deborah Popper have a solution: create a Buffalo common by returning 139,000 acres in ten states to prairie and reintroducing the buffalo that once roamed there. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RGBC; RNKH; RPG; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226510965
ISBN
9780226510965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.73

Paperback. This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
6th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444350500
ISBN
9781444350500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.14

Paperback. A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the natural and human elements that comprise the Upper Connecticut River watershed Editor(s): Brown, Rebecca A. Num Pages: 284 pages, 206 illus. (178 colour), 32 colour figures, 51 col. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; 1KBBEV; RBKF; RGL; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 254 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1451.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584657651
ISBN
9781584657651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPHL; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453618
ISBN
9780801453618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.31

Paperback. Where the River Ends examines the response of the Cucapa people of Mexico's northwest coast to the state's claim that they are not "indigenous enough" to merit the special fishing rights which would allow them to subsist during environmental crisis. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354451
ISBN
9780822354451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.39

"Examines the historical debate surrounding Texas's identity: investigates whether Texas, with its heritage of slavery, segregation, and cotton production, is 'Southern' or, with its cowboys, cattle drives, mountains, and desert, is 'Western'"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896727243
ISBN
9780896727243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.61

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Familius LLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781942934400
ISBN
9781942934400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. This lovely volume is both a fitting tribute and a stirring reminder of the values we Americans hold dear. Num Pages: 192 pages, 175 colour photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426204562
ISBN
9781426204562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.15

Paperback. Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415929134
ISBN
9780415929134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.19

Hardback. A companion to the NBC documentary in which 46 people remember the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated and speculate on what might have been since then. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 46.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762794560
ISBN
9780762794560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Focusing on the significance of place in North American fiction, this work includes chapters on Indian tent rings, the black search for place in America, the sense of place in William Styron's "Sophie's Choice", and Flannery O'Connor's "Displaced Persons". Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883700
ISBN
9788772883700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. .
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555977672
ISBN
9781555977672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.43

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