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Hardcover. In a suburb just north of Philadelphia stands Beth Sholom Synagogue, Frank Lloyd Wright's only synagogue and one of his finest religious buildings. This book takes us deep inside the synagogue's design, construction, and reception to bring us an illuminating portrait of the crowning achievement of this important aspect of Wright's career. Num Pages: 736 pages, 10 colour plates, 295 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AMB; AMN; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226761404
ISBN
9780226761404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 580 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMB; AMGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 263 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226761343
ISBN
9780226761343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.88

Paperback. Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also represents a milestone in the development of architecture. This study traces the origins of the building's design and analyzes its role in commercial, urban, and architectural history. Series: Chicago Architecture and Urbanism. Num Pages: 298 pages, 132 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMB; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 580. Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Department Store. Series: Chicago Architecture and Urbanism. 298 pages, 132 halftones. Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also represents a milestone in the development of architecture. This study traces the origins of the building's design and analyzes its role in commercial, urban, and architectural history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMB; AMG. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226761374
ISBN
9780226761374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 55.00

Paperback. Aims to give readers a feeling for what it means to be Catholic and put one's faith into action. Tracing the practices of a group of parishioners in Oakland, California, and another in Guadalajara, this work reveals parallels - and contrasts - in the ways these ordinary Catholics receive and act on a church doctrine that emphasizes social justice. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HRCC7; HRCX6; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645018
ISBN
9780226645018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.72

Hardcover. Examines the manner in which pottery traits cross-cut taxonomic types, tests the proposition that communities of practice existed at several scales, and questions the fundamental notion of ceramic types as ethnic markers. This study intends to interpret the meaning of pottery as an indicator of social activity on the North Carolina coast. Num Pages: 352 pages, 68 illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; AFP; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817316389
ISBN
9780817316389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.66

Paperback. Bush administration. Editor(s): Bessette, Joseph M.; Tulis, Jeffrey K. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHL; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892967
ISBN
9780801892967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.20

Hardcover. Recounted by an ordinary Confederate soldier turned Southern guerrilla, this memoir provides a perspective on the fighting that took place behind Union lines in Federal-occupied northwest Arkansas during the American Civil War. It contains descriptions of military campaigns and Bailey's observations on the causes and nature of the guerrilla war. Editor(s): Baker, T. Lindsay. Num Pages: 157 pages, 3 photographs, 1 illustration, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557288387
ISBN
9781557288387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBTZ; HBWS5; JPQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Progressive Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781615777921
ISBN
9781615777921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. Presents a collection of eighteen essays that explore the advantages and disadvantages that Pittsburgh and its surrounding region face in the global economy, from the perspectives of technology, natural resources, workforce, and geography. This book shows how other cities can learn from the steps Pittsburgh has taken. Editor(s): Scarpaci, Joseph L.; Patrick, Kevin J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 96 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBTK; RGCM; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822942825
ISBN
9780822942825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.06

hardcover. This is the story of a spectacular naval rebellion in which ordinary Brazilian seamen (mostly black and led by a black sailor) overpowered their officers on Dreadnought-class battleships in 1910, to abolish flogging and secure civic rights; it also tells how the sailors suffered lethal retribution, although flogging would never return. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804781060
ISBN
9780804781060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.75

hardcover. This innovative study compares the history of economic ideas and ideologies in Rumania and Brazil--and more broadly, those in East Central Europe and Latin America--in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Comparative Studies in History, Institutions & Public Policy. Num Pages: 364 pages, 5 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 1KLSB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804725460
ISBN
9780804725460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.82

Paperback. Considers the general course and significance of the European witch craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253204226
ISBN
9780253204226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.93

Paperback. Essential primary sources reveal the central tensions between American politics and religion throughout the nation's history Editor(s): Kosek, Joseph Kip. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBL; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203516
ISBN
9780300203516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.28

Paperback. Montana is a ruggedly diverse and strikingly beautiful state, a land that takes hold and won't let go. This title describes the idiosyncratic personalities, restless landscape, unforgettable peoples, and history of the Treasure State. Num Pages: 349 pages, Map, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803273399
ISBN
9780803273399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.30

Hardback. Series: American Institutions and Society. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451225
ISBN
9780801451225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 63 colour photos & 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; AJC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811735551
ISBN
9780811735551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803286788
ISBN
9780803286788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Hardback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803268449
ISBN
9780803268449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.95

hardcover. Reference Sources for Canadian Literary Studies offers the first full-scale bibliography of writing on and in the field of Canadian literary studies. Approximately one thousand annotated entries are arranged by reference genre, with sub-groupings related to literary genre. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 42. Weight in Grams: 819.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802087409
ISBN
9780802087409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583673485
ISBN
9781583673485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.61

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