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The Americas
Behind the glories and tragedies that make headlines and move the nation, the story of the space shuttle is inextricably bound to the lesser-known drama of the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. In this book, Andrew J. Butrica tells this story. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873386
- ISBN
- 9780801873386
Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36
Paperback. While acknowledging the political context of all public administration systems, they argue that effective management of these systems nevertheless provides the key to good government performance. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801872280
- ISBN
- 9780801872280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.03
€ 37.03
Firmly establishing the importance of the topic for understanding eighteenth-century English literature and culture, her work is bound to spur further discussion of the significance of incest discourses in the early modern period and beyond. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801872044
- ISBN
- 9780801872044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.05
€ 58.05
Paperback. DiPrizio concludes with a discussion of the possible impact of America's ongoing antiterrorism campaign on the current Bush administration's policy on humanitarian interventions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870675
- ISBN
- 9780801870675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
The only full-length study of existentialism in America, this highly engaging and original work provides an invaluable guide to the history of American culture since the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870378
- ISBN
- 9780801870378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
Paperback. Luciak cautions that while active measures to advance the political role of women have strengthened formal gender equality, only the joint efforts of both sexes can lead to a successful transformation of society based on democratic governance and substantive gender equality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; JFSJ1; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867804
- ISBN
- 9780801867804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe's discovery of the New World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 79, 62 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3H; HBJD; HBJK; HBLC; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866609
- ISBN
- 9780801866609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Paperback. We invent the past, Wood concludes, in our own image-as nineteenth-century villagers did quite literally and as suburban developers do today. Num Pages: 248 pages, 82, 82 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866135
- ISBN
- 9780801866135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.51
€ 41.51
Paperback. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship,the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 13 maps, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801865060
- ISBN
- 9780801865060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.95
€ 40.95
Paperback. By providing an in-depth analysis of the news media's role in the American political system, Uncertain Guardians challenges us to re-evaluate much of what we take for granted as news consumers and to think about how to improve political communication. Series: Interpreting American Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JP; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801860362
- ISBN
- 9780801860362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.45
€ 38.45
Paperback. For a million soldiers, sailors and marines, Hawaii was the "first strange place" on a journey to war - and to the new American post-war society. Drawing on documents, diaries, memoirs and interviews, this book shows how these changes were tested and explored in the environment of wartime Hawaii. Num Pages: 296 pages, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801848674
- ISBN
- 9780801848674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Paperback. An evocative history of long frustration and ultimate failure, A Spirited Resistance tells of a creative people, whose insights, magic, and ritual add a much-needed dimension to our understanding of the American Indian. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801846090
- ISBN
- 9780801846090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Paperback. Though they were acquitted, these same defendants were soon being ostracized by their own neighbors, and within four months of Till's death, Southern blacks were staging the historic Montgomery bus boycott-the first major battle in the coming war against racial injustice that would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation a decade later. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; BGH; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801843266
- ISBN
- 9780801843266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.81
€ 30.81
Paperback. In this text, the first in a series of books on international economic integration, the contributors examine the experience of MERCOSUR in the Latin American integration progress. Editor(s): Coffey, Peter. Series: International Handbooks on Economic Integration. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530. Mercosur. Series: International Handbooks on Economic Integration. 366 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Coffey, Peter. In this text, the first in a series of books on international economic integration, the contributors examine the experience of MERCOSUR in the Latin American integration progress. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KLS; KCL. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792381532
- ISBN
- 9780792381532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 236.85
€ 236.85
Economic Imperatives and Ethical Values in Global Business: The South ...
S. Prakash Sethi~Oliver F. Williams
Hardcover. Intends to learn from the experience of the Sullivan Principles, and interpret how this experience might be translated into developing 'rules of the game' and 'codes of business ethics' as large multinational corporations continue to confront the issues of human rights. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Dublin, Ireland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792378938
- ISBN
- 9780792378938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardcover. Contains discussions by a wide range of philosophers and historians of philosophy. This book is suitable for philosophers interested in scepticism. It presents in English the work of philosophers from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Editor(s): Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337690
- ISBN
- 9780792337690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.63
€ 186.63
Hardcover. Knowledge of the principles and methods of petroleum sedimentology is essential for oil and gas exploration and exploitation. This guide is designed as an introductory text in petroleum geology and applied sedimentology. It uses seven documented case histories to aid the discussion. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1DVUA; 1FBXS; 1FPC; 1KBB; 1KLCM; RBGB; RBGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792334187
- ISBN
- 9780792334187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.61
€ 188.61
Hardcover. Road pricing as a means of generating revenue for infrastructure investment has become a major policy option in both Europe and the US. This text assembles and assesses theoretical knowledge, empirical results and experiences of actual road pricing. Future policy formulation is also considered. Editor(s): Johansson, B.; Mattsson, Lars-Goran (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFSG; KC; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506. Theory, Empirical Assessment and Policy. Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. 247 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johansson, B.; Mattsson, Lars-Goran (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). Road pricing as a means of generating revenue for infrastructure investment has become a major policy option in both Europe and the US. This text assembles and assesses theoretical knowledge, empirical results and experiences of actual road pricing. Future policy formulation is also considered. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFSG; KC; KNG. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331346
- ISBN
- 9780792331346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.51
€ 185.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781813044
- ISBN
- 9780781813044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.72
€ 26.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781812191
- ISBN
- 9780781812191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.67
€ 15.99
€ 14.67