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Hardback. At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school's basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until the flip of an electrical switch triggered a colossal blast. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map; 36 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJG; HBLW; JFFC; JNB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781612341538
- ISBN
- 9781612341538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.87
€ 37.99
€ 33.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 colour plate, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808321
- ISBN
- 9780226808321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Katz shares his vivid and moving memoir tat describes the survival of a Jewish child in the hell of Nazi-occupied Poland. The text is remarkable for the ability of its author to recall so many events in detail and for the way he is able to be fair to all those caught up in the tragic dilemmas of those years. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618112347
- ISBN
- 9781618112347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.30€ 102.56
€ 103.30
€ 102.56
Paperback. Tells the story of the individuals who have struggled to assert the moral legitimacy of a pro-choice position in the Catholic Church. This book addresses questions about the separation of church and state, including what concessions society should make in public policy to matters of religious doctrine, such as the Catholic ban on contraception. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSJ1; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287532
- ISBN
- 9780520287532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684847818
- ISBN
- 9780684847818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.56
€ 42.99
€ 31.56
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638393
- ISBN
- 9780691638393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.58
€ 144.58
Good Girls, Good Germans (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and...
Professor Jennifer Drake Jennifer Drake Askey
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135629
- ISBN
- 9781571135629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.17
€ 98.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552664384
- ISBN
- 9781552664384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.68
€ 24.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. This work suggests that gossip has unexpected virtues. The contributors argue that gossip contributes to community cohesion and helps individuals better understand their own predicaments, problems and personal idiosyncrasies in the light of knowledge about the life experiences of others. Editor(s): Goodman, Robert F.; Ben-Ze'ev, Aaron. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606702
- ISBN
- 9780700606702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99
€ 35.99
paperback. An endless New England vacation becomes a way of life for one woman and her family Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEV; 3JM; BGA; JFSJ1; VFV; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781581573213
- ISBN
- 9781581573213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.25
€ 18.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. Good Grief has been designed to explore and demystify the experience of loss - in different contexts - within the framework of the National Curriculum. Suitable for all professionals, carers and parents, Good Grief 1 facilitates the use of children's own experiences and encouraging improvisation and extension. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBZ; JNH; JNKC; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 298 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853023248
- ISBN
- 9781853023248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 drawing, 1 halftone, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469627892
- ISBN
- 9781469627892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.16
€ 38.16
Paperback. Catch a new vision of leadership that fosters school communities that are socially just and academically excellent with this accessible guide. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845145
- ISBN
- 9780810845145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.14
€ 113.14
hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JH; JKSN1; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 267 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691128
- ISBN
- 9780816691128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.37
€ 94.37
paperback. This book examines why consumers assign value judgments to murder, rather than accept murder as a deliberately negative act. Consumers make such judgments because they perceive murder as an entertaining product of information, and also because they see in this product a positive, problem-solving strategy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: GPF; JFD; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- SKU
- V9780761804505
- ISBN
- 9780761804505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.12
€ 87.12
Paperback. A memoir of recovering the history of a German village where Jews' and Christians' claims of congeniality were often proved true. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226401
- ISBN
- 9780803226401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414395388
- ISBN
- 9781414395388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.06
€ 17.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Presents a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British popular music. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; APW; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571327898
- ISBN
- 9780571327898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 122 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSL; JNU; YQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873517836
- ISBN
- 9780873517836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.20
€ 20.99
€ 20.20
Hardback. Drawing on key concepts in sociology and management, this history describes a remarkable institute that has elevated medical research and worked out solutions to the troubling practices of commercial pharmaceutical research. Good Pharma is the answer to Goldacre's Bad Pharma: ethical research without commercial distortions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 48 figures. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBGR; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 214 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388339
- ISBN
- 9781137388339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Paperback. Good Practice in Child Protection is a practical handbook for use by all professionals who work with child abuse cases as they get to grips with the new legislation on child protection. The book is soundly based on theory, but its main emphasis is on practice, and it includes exercises to improve practice in specific areas of child protection work. Editor(s): Owen, Hilary; Pritchard, Jacki. Series: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022050
- ISBN
- 9781853022050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.74
€ 44.99
€ 44.74
Paperback. Incorporating the voices of professionals counselling survivors of abuse, and those of the survivors themselves, this book provides the reader with a theoretical understanding of people who have endured abuse, as well as practical approaches to counselling them. The effects of different types of abuse and abusive environments are explored. Editor(s): Bear, Zetta. Series: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853024245
- ISBN
- 9781853024245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.74
€ 44.99
€ 44.74
Paperback. Good Practice in Recovery and Healing from Abuse: Adult Survivors is an extensive guide that gives insight on how to be creative in helping adult victims of abuse through the recovery and healing processes. The book features chapters written by practitioners and researchers involved in the different sectors of working with abuse. Series Editor(s): Pritchard, Jacki. Series: Good Practice. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w diagrams. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKSN; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053723
- ISBN
- 9781849053723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.96
€ 40.99
€ 40.96
Paperback. This is a practical and trans-disciplinary guide for professionals working with vulnerable adults, who include the frail elderly, those with mental health problems or physical disabilities, learning disabilities or serious physical illness. The contributors address key problems and dilemmas in working to protect these groups from abuse. Editor(s): Pritchard, Jacki. Series: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853029820
- ISBN
- 9781853029820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44