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Paperback. Bill Russell was not the first African American to play professional basketball, but he was its first black superstar. This title provides a chronicle of the life and career of this brilliant champion and courageous racial pioneer. Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269798
- ISBN
- 9780520269798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Hardback. Americans learned how to make wine successfully about two hundred years ago, after failing for more than two hundred years. This title takes an engaging approach to the history of American wine by telling its story through the lives of 13 people who played significant roles in building an industry that now extends to every state. Num Pages: 311 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269538
- ISBN
- 9780520269538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.99
€ 41.99
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Paperback. Sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains - volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests - to explore how humans have made sense of our planet's marvelous landscapes. This book investigates how we live with the great shaping forces of nature - from fire to changing climates and the intricacies of adaptation. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269279
- ISBN
- 9780520269279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
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Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels
Federal Writers Project Of The Works Progress...
Paperback. A document of Depression-era Los Angeles, that illuminates a pivotal moment in L A's history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations - and the mystique - for which the City of Angels is still known. Num Pages: 504 pages, 111 b/w photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268838
- ISBN
- 9780520268838
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Hardback. Traces the development of California cuisine from its formative years in the 1970s to 2000, when farm-to-table, foraging, and fusion cooking had become part of the national vocabulary. This book shows how the inspirations that emerged in California went on to transform the experience of eating throughout the United States and the world. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268197
- ISBN
- 9780520268197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. Offers a look at the natural history and winemaking practices of the region by one of America's most respected wine critics brings the Russian into the exalted company of the great wine rivers of the world - the Loire, the Rhone, the Rhine, the Mosel, and the Douro. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268111
- ISBN
- 9780520268111
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
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Paperback. Explores the myriad ways in which the insects have enriched our lives - culturally, economically, and aesthetically. This book describes how many of the valuable products insects have given us are made, how they were discovered, and how they have been used through time and across cultures. Illustrator(s): Nardi, James. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 line illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268074
- ISBN
- 9780520268074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. A story of fits and starts that provides a chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. It explains how laws shape the wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing, appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic and international commerce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; KNDF; LAZ; WBXD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268005
- ISBN
- 9780520268005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.01
€ 31.99
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Paperback. Explores women's increasingly influential role in the wine industry, traditionally a very male-dominated domain. This book draws on interviews with dozens of women winemakers, estate owners, professors, sommeliers, wine writers, and others in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. Num Pages: 270 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267961
- ISBN
- 9780520267961
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.56
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Paperback. Explains how to transform backyard gardens into living ecosystems that are not only enjoyable retreats for humans, but also sanctuaries for wildlife. Num Pages: 248 pages, 141 color illustrations. BIC Classification: WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267817
- ISBN
- 9780520267817
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
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Paperback. A guide for both experienced and novice gardeners in California. It covers trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs, grasses, and vines, and also includes a plant selection guide. Illustrator(s): Merrick, Beth. Num Pages: 296 pages, 217 color illustrations, 27 line illustrations, 2 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WMP; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. 296 pages, illustrations. Illustrator(s): Merrick, Beth. A guide for both experienced and novice gardeners in California. It covers trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs, grasses, and vines, and also includes a plant selection guide. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WMP; WNP. Dimension: 147 x 204 x 16. Weight: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Second Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266698
- ISBN
- 9780520266698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
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Hardback. Presents the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving railroad revival. This book covers a range of topics and offers different types of railroad maps. Num Pages: 224 pages, 157 color illustrations, 396 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 249 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266162
- ISBN
- 9780520266162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
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Paperback. An illustrated field guide that gathers information about California's agriculture and its environmental context. It explores the full range of the state's agriculture, deftly balancing agribusiness triumphalism with the pride of boutique producers, sketching meanwhile the darker shadows that can envelop California farming. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 504 pages, 125 color illustrations, 4 line illustrations, 18 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; TV; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 119 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265431
- ISBN
- 9780520265431
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Paperback. Offering information for both beginning and experienced native gardeners, this title lists gardening tasks, including repeated tasks and those specific to each season. It offers planting and design ideas, and explains core gardening techniques such as pruning, mulching and propagating. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85 color illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265356
- ISBN
- 9780520265356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Hardback. What constitutes beauty in wine, and how do we appreciate it? What role does wine play in a soulful, sensual life? The author describes how wine can be a portal to aesthetic, emotional, even mystical experience - and he frankly asserts that these experiences are most likely to be inspired by wines from artisan producers. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265332
- ISBN
- 9780520265332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.96
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Paperback. From sunny beaches where thousands escape the summer's heat to wild and isolated rocky cliffs, California boasts one of the most spectacular and diverse shorelines in the world. Accompanied by numerous color photographs, diagrams, and maps, this guide explains why California's Pacific Coast looks and works the way it does. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 328 pages, 183 color illustrations, 13 line illustrations, 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 114 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262904
- ISBN
- 9780520262904
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.28
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Paperback. Explains how the complex concepts of terroir and gout de terroir are instrumental to France's food and wine culture. This book explores the multifaceted connections between taste and place in both cuisine and agriculture in the United States. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350. A Cultural Journey into Terroir. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 320 pages, Illustrations. Explains how the complex concepts of terroir and gout de terroir are instrumental to France's food and wine culture. This book explores the multifaceted connections between taste and place in both cuisine and agriculture in the United States. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Dimension: 196 x 141 x 19. Weight: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261723
- ISBN
- 9780520261723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Paperback. Helps readers encounter humpback whales that build nets from bubbles, gain a disturbing maternal perspective on the dolphin-tuna issue, and uncover intimate details about whale sex. This book enables you to contemplate the meaning of the complex social networks that exist in the seas. Num Pages: 214 pages, 22 color illustrations, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: WNCF; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261587
- ISBN
- 9780520261587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Hardback. Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival. This book opens our eyes to a different way of looking at the animal kingdom. Including more than one hundred thirty images, it celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure. Num Pages: 224 pages, 132 color illustrations. BIC Classification: WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1232. A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure. 224 pages, col. Illustrations. Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival. This book opens our eyes to a different way of looking at the animal kingdom. Including more than one hundred thirty images, it celebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WNC. Dimension: 259 x 224 x 22. Weight: 1232.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260245
- ISBN
- 9780520260245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.65
€ 43.99
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Hardback. A collection that features an assortment of ephemera, or paper collectibles, related to food. Suitable for food lovers, collectors, designers, and curators alike, it includes images of postcards, match covers, menus, labels, posters, brochures, valentines, packaging, advertisements, and other materials from 19th- and 20th-century America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 354 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259775
- ISBN
- 9780520259775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Hardback. Offers a sampling from the pages of "Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture" - including essays, poetry, interviews, memoirs, and a selection of the artwork that has made Gastronomica so distinctive. This book investigates topics from early hominid cooking to Third Reich caterers to the Shiite clergy. Editor(s): Goldstein, Darra. Num Pages: 376 pages, 46 color illustrations, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 204 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259393
- ISBN
- 9780520259393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.48
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€ 34.48
Hardback. Hidden away within living tissues, parasites are all around us - and inside us. This book puts amoebae, roundworms, tapeworms, mites, and others at the center of the action as human cultures have evolved and declined. It shows their role in exploration, war, and even terrorist plots, often through an unpredictable ripple effect. Num Pages: 280 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259386
- ISBN
- 9780520259386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.47€ 64.45
€ 83.47
€ 64.45
Beaches and Parks in Southern California: Counties Included: Los Angel...
California Coastal Commission
Paperback. Stretching from Malibu to the Mexican border, Southern California's coast is justifiably famous. This guide features well-known beaches of soft, golden sand. It describes rocky shores and tide pools, hidden pocket beaches, historic lighthouses, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and much more. Series: Experience the California Coast. Num Pages: 352 pages, 303 color illustrations, 10 line illustrations, 55 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258525
- ISBN
- 9780520258525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
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€ 29.24
Hardback. Are selfishness and individuality - rather than kindness and cooperation - basic to biological nature? Does a 'selfish gene' create universal sexual conflict? This title intends to reject these and other ideas that have come to dominate the study of animal evolution. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258266
- ISBN
- 9780520258266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.96
€ 49.99
€ 35.96