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Recreating Benjamin Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, the author chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. The author samples Franklin's apologues on the necessity of living reasonably even when life's circumstances may seem absurd. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123714
- ISBN
- 9780813123714
Condition: New
€ 36.74
€ 36.74
Hardback. Stephen Crane's short, compact life--"a life of fire," he called it--is surrounded by myths, distortions, and fabrications. Paul Sorrentino has sifted through garbled chronologies and contradictory eyewitness accounts, scoured the archives, and followed in Crane's footsteps. The result is the most accurate account of the poet and novelist to date. Num Pages: 452 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049536
- ISBN
- 9780674049536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.31
€ 45.99
€ 37.31
Paperback. Presents a theory of party identification, the central concept in the study of voting. Challenging the traditional idea that voters identify with a political party out of blind emotional attachment, this book explains why party identification in contemporary American politics and enables voters to make coherent policy choices. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154176
- ISBN
- 9780691154176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.20
€ 46.99
€ 33.20
Hardback. Presents a theory of party identification, the central concept in the study of voting. Challenging the traditional idea that voters identify with a political party out of blind emotional attachment, this book explains why party identification in contemporary American politics and enables voters to make coherent policy choices. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154145
- ISBN
- 9780691154145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.94€ 81.45
€ 108.94
€ 81.45
Paperback. Series: Backroads. Num Pages: 176 pages, 160 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 280 x 2. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Voyageur Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780760350362
- ISBN
- 9780760350362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.22
€ 27.99
€ 24.22
Paperback. Examines two equally important movements of the early sixties, the New Left and the New Right, both sides equally critical of existing society and both utopian in their visions. This book describes the ways in which the historical reality of the sixties has been dramatically distorted by popular political and social images. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFC; JHM; JPFF; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394789
- ISBN
- 9781566394789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.17
€ 45.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. The stories behind America's finest wines, and the people and places that have made them so admired today. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393329414
- ISBN
- 9780393329414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.38
€ 17.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. Provides a social history of the comic book over the years. This title analyzes the cultural production, reception, and consumption of American comic books throughout history. It charts the rise of superheroes, the proliferation of serials, and the emergence of graphic novels. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134434
- ISBN
- 9781592134434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.73
€ 37.99
€ 33.73
Hardback. How is it that comic books - the once reviled form of lowbrow popular culture - are now the rage for Hollywood blockbusters, the basis for bestselling video games, and the inspiration for literary graphic novels? This title provides a social history of the comic book over the years. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 585. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134427
- ISBN
- 9781592134427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.00
€ 89.00
Paperback. Presents lively, research-based essays by premier social scientists on the positive and negative roles of religious groups in American public life. Editor(s): Lichterman, Paul; Potts, C. Brady. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757966
- ISBN
- 9780804757966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. In this essential introduction to postwar America, central currents in art, film, theatre, intellectual history and media are explored alongside political and social change. The new edition has been revised and updated in the light of new scholarship and the last two chapters now cover recent events, including the rise of Obama. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251458
- ISBN
- 9780230251458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.10
€ 45.99
€ 38.10
Hardback. Luther Lee was one of the founders of Wesleyan Methodism, a 19th-century reformer and an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. This volume explores his life, politics and theology. One of the author's particular foci is the extent to which Lee impacted the antislavery movement. Series: Studies in Evangelicalism. Num Pages: 296 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; HRCC2; HRCC95. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837102
- ISBN
- 9780810837102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.63
€ 145.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTV; JFSC; JPF; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608466825
- ISBN
- 9781608466825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.58
€ 21.99
€ 21.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Wald, Alan; Breitman, George; Le Blanc, Paul. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608466856
- ISBN
- 9781608466856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.30
€ 22.30
Paperback. Can harsh interrogation techniques and torture ever be morally justified, for a nation at war or under threat of imminent attack? In this volume, the author takes on ethical debates about counterterrorism techniques that are increasingly central to US foreign policy in the aftermath of 9/11 and discusses ramifications for future of interrogation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH; JPWL; LATC; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019720
- ISBN
- 9781589019720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.61
€ 40.61
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive analysis of the politics behind the use of mandates requiring state and local governments to implement federal policy. This book reveals how mandates have changed the way policy is formed in the United States and the fundamental relationship between the federal government and the state and local governments. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407095
- ISBN
- 9780878407095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.14
€ 70.14
hardcover. Offers a comprehensive analysis of the politics behind the use of mandates requiring state and local governments to implement federal policy. This book reveals how mandates have changed the way policy is formed in the United States and the fundamental relationship between the federal government and the state and local governments. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407088
- ISBN
- 9780878407088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.98
€ 200.98
Hardback. A study of US imperialism that argues America's leaders have chosen to go to war for influence and power ever since the declaration of independence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327655
- ISBN
- 9780745327655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.65€ 82.07
€ 100.65
€ 82.07
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813543574
- ISBN
- 9780813543574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25
Paperback. Newsweek hailed Paul Krugman as "a superstar among economists" and went on to praise Peddling Prosperity as "the best primer around on recent U.S. economic history." Others joined the chorus. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co New York
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393312928
- ISBN
- 9780393312928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.14
€ 19.99
€ 18.14
Hardback. In Carefair, Paul Kershaw urges us to resist this private/public distinction, and makes a convincing case for treating caregiving as a matter of citizenship that obliges and empowers everyone in society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811606
- ISBN
- 9780774811606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.10
€ 121.10
Paperback. Lochner v. New York pitted a conservative activist judiciary against a reform-minded legislature, and is a frequently-cited case in Supreme Court history. In this guide Kens shows why the case remains an important marker in the ideological battles between the free market and the regulatory state. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCP; LND; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700609192
- ISBN
- 9780700609192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.36
€ 35.36
Paperback. This work is an analysis of the role of the vice president in foreign policy. Based on the experiences of the five vice presidents who were the most active in global affairs - Nixon, Mondale, Bush, Quayle and Gore - this work analyzes how he should, or should not, be used in US foreign policy. Series: The Presidency and Public Policy. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102183
- ISBN
- 9780739102183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
hardcover. Escape from the Staple Trap is a powerful critique of the dominant trend in Canadian political economy since the 1970s. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1QFG; GTF; HBJK; JP; KCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099419
- ISBN
- 9780802099419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.29
€ 75.29