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Paperback. This book interprets how ancient civilizations responded to various stresses, including environmental change, warfare, and the fragmentation of political institutions. It focuses on what happened during and after the decline of once powerful regimes, and posits that they experienced social resilience and transformation instead of collapse. Editor(s): Faulseit, Ronald K. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333998
- ISBN
- 9780809333998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.50
€ 75.50
Paperback. Surveys the full range of gay men's autobiographical writing from Walt Whitman onwards. This title guides the reader chronologically through selected writings that give voice to every generation of gay writers since the nineteenth century, including a diverse array of American men of African, European, Jewish, Asian, and Latino heritage. Editor(s): Bergman, David. Series Editor(s): Bergman, David; Larkin, Joan. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 5SG; BG; DSBH; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299230449
- ISBN
- 9780299230449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Hardcover. Looking beyond the story related in Sophocles' drama, this book examines variations of the Oedipus tale from around the world. Taking sociological, psychological, anthropological and structuralist perspectives, the 19 essays reveal the complexities and multiple meanings of this centuries-old tale. Editor(s): Edmunds, Lowell; Dundes, Alan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299148508
- ISBN
- 9780299148508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.50
€ 50.50
Paperback. This is the official Record of the Report of the Human Rights Committee Volume II Part 1, 108th session (8-26 July 2013) 109th session (14 October-1 November 2013) 110th session (10-28 March 2014). Editor(s): United Nationsl Publications. Series: Official Records. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- United Nations (Un)
- Edition
- Supplement
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789218301512
- ISBN
- 9789218301512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
Paperback. The latest edition of Electricity Profiles contains comprehensive electricity profiles for about 200 countries and territories around the world, providing detailed information on production, trade and consumption of electricity, net installed capacity and thermal power plant input and efficiency for most countries. Editor(s): United Nations Publications. Series: Electricity Profiles. Num Pages: 241 pages, chiefly tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCHS; KNB; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- United Nations (Un)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789211616088
- ISBN
- 9789211616088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.50
€ 50.50
Paperback. The latest edition of Energy Balances contains comprehensive information concerning energy balances pertinent to more than 200 countries and territories around the world, showing production, trade, transformation and consumption (by sector) in energy units for all energy products. Editor(s): United Nations Publications. Series: Energy Balances. Num Pages: 382 pages, chiefly tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCHS; KNB; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- United Nations (Un)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789211616071
- ISBN
- 9789211616071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.47
€ 60.47
Paperback. Presents ECLAC measurements for the analysis of income poverty, taking, as well, a multidimensional approach to poverty. Applying these two approaches to data for the countries of the region provides confirmation that despite the progress made over the past decade, structural poverty is still a feature of Latin American society. Editor(s): United Nations Publications. Series: Social panorama of Latin America. Num Pages: 1 pages, col. figs, tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; JFF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- United Nations (Un)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789211218763
- ISBN
- 9789211218763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
Hardcover. Editor(s): United Nations Publications. Series: Demographic Yearbook. Num Pages: 772 pages, English and French. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 217 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2029.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- United Nations (Un)
- Edition
- 65 Blg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789210511087
- ISBN
- 9789210511087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.76
€ 150.76
Paperback. "Internationalizing the Academy" is the first book to offer a detailed look at efforts to bring ambitious and expanding portfolios of international programs to US campuses. Editor(s): Merkx, Gilbert W.; Nolan, Riall W. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard Education Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612508665
- ISBN
- 9781612508665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. This thought-provoking collection sheds light on the plight of our nonhuman primate cousins--and what we can do to help Editor(s): Kemmerer, Lisa. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607811534
- ISBN
- 9781607811534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Paperback. Though Dan Summitt retired from the US Navy years ago, he still regrets not receiving clearance to launch 35000 pounds of wet grits at a very pesky Russian spy ship. Here, he tells the story of his career, proving that navy life at the height of the Cold War as commander of two nuclear submarines kept him on his toes. Series: Texas A & M University Military History S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 line drawing, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585444144
- ISBN
- 9781585444144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Designed as a corrective to colonial literary histories that have excluded Native voices, this anthology brings together a variety of primary texts produced by Algonquian peoples of New England during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and very early nineteenth centuries. It includes letters, signatures, journals, baskets, pictographs, and petitions. Editor(s): Bross, Kristina; Wyss, Hilary E. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2JN; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496484
- ISBN
- 9781558496484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99
€ 41.99
Paperback. Published between 1842 and 1895, this work gathers together autobiographical narratives that document the experiences of eight former slaves who eventually took up residence in Worcester, Massachusetts. Each narrative tells a individual story, its author clearly visible in the dress of his or her own words. Editor(s): McCarthy, B.Eugene; Doughton, Thomas L. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496231
- ISBN
- 9781558496231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Lauck, Jon K.; Miller, John E.; Simmons, Donald C., Jr. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780986035586
- ISBN
- 9780986035586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. A collection of articulate and perceptive letters and diary entries written by reporter William H. McDougall Jr. that offer an intimate, personal narrative of conditions in wartime East Asia. Editor(s): Topping, Gary. Num Pages: 318 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874808919
- ISBN
- 9780874808919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.32
€ 19.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Ginsburg, Professor of French and Comparative Literature Michal Peled (Northwestern University). Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature (Paperback). Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; YQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527606
- ISBN
- 9780873527606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.43
€ 42.43
Hardcover. Editor(s): De La Motte, Dean; Haig, Stirling. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; YQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Modern Language Assn of Amer
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527477
- ISBN
- 9780873527477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.21
€ 94.21
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, Mitchell; Stapenhurst, Frederick; Johnston, Niall. Num Pages: 256 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821375792
- ISBN
- 9780821375792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Highlights the key themes and findings of the Second Public Pension Fund Management Conference inMay 2004, organized by the World Bank. This book addresses issues of governance, accountability, and investment policies and aims to foster ongoing dialogue and exchange of experiences across regions and between emerging and developed economies. Editor(s): Musalem, Alberto Roque; Palacios, Roberto J. Num Pages: 287 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQ; KFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821359983
- ISBN
- 9780821359983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Kierner, Cynthia A.; Treadway, Sandra Gioia. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 436 pages, 34 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342658
- ISBN
- 9780820342658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71