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hardcover. Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the prohibition? What are the consequences? This book reexamines these questions. Editor(s): Wolf, Arthur P.; Durham, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 tables, 8 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745963
- ISBN
- 9780804745963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.75
€ 116.75
This volume presents current scholarship and writing on female country musicians, pivotal in the country music scene since its inception. It begins with the 1920s career of teenage guitar picker Roba Stanley and moves on to consider more contemporary musicians such as Faith Hill. Editor(s): Wolfe, Charles K.; Akenson, James E. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF; HBT; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122809
- ISBN
- 9780813122809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.97
€ 46.97
hardcover. This book argues that the Enlightenment created the intellectual foundations of modern anthropology, and cultivated the anthropological pursuit of cultural perspective. Editor(s): Wolff, Larry; Cipolloni, Marco. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752022
- ISBN
- 9780804752022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.95
€ 157.95
Paperback. This book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Lewis University College of Arts and Sciences. Editors Nancy Workman and Therese Jones bring together a variety of Lewis University educators and administrators to examine the purpose, history, and practice of liberal learning, while preparing for the future of education. Editor(s): Workman, Nancy; Jones, Therese. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761827603
- ISBN
- 9780761827603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.19
€ 78.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Wuttke, Eveline; Seifried, Jurgen. Series: Vocational Education. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232. Series: Vocational Education. 250 pages. Editor(s): Wuttke, Eveline; Seifried, Jurgen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JNA; JNC. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 9. Weight: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich Germany
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783866494152
- ISBN
- 9783866494152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.37
€ 35.99
€ 30.37
Economic Competence and Financial Literacy of Young Adults
. Ed(S): Wuttke, Eveline; Seifried, Jurgen; S...
Paperback. Research in Vocational Education is an international book series, dealing with challenges in VET, workplace learning, and professional learning from different perspectives. Editor(s): Wuttke, Eveline; Seifried, Jurgen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JNM; JNRV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich Germany
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783847406020
- ISBN
- 9783847406020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.15€ 51.43
€ 55.15
€ 51.43
Expanded and fully updated, the Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment, and Research, Fourth Edition will focus on crisis intervention services for persons who are victims of natural disasters, school-based and home-based violence, violent crimes, and personal or family crises. Editor(s): Yeager, Kenneth; Roberts, Albert. Num Pages: 840 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190201050
- ISBN
- 9780190201050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.04
€ 131.04
Hardback. Examines the burden of poverty that children and young adults disproportionately share throughout the world. This book contains contributions from international researchers that examine some of the issues that serve to inhibit the chances of children and young adults to education and social mobility in an international context. Editor(s): Yeakey, Carol Camp; Brooks-Buck, Judith; Richardson, Jeanita W. Series: Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research Policy and Praxis. Num Pages: 524 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- International ed
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308316
- ISBN
- 9780762308316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.17
€ 240.17
Hardback. Editor(s): York, J. G.; Peters, Michael A. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470543
- ISBN
- 9781611470543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.43
€ 119.43
Paperback. Created by the expansion of nuclear arsenals and new proliferation in Asia, it has changed the familiar nuclear geometry of the Cold War. This volume assembles a group of scholars to grapple with the matter of how the United States, its allies, and its friends must size up the strategies, doctrines, and force structures. Editor(s): Yoshihara, Toshi; Holmes, James R. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. BIC Classification: JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019287
- ISBN
- 9781589019287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.37
€ 43.37
hardcover. The majority of the population of Hong Kong and Singapore live in a high-rise building. This book looks at these two cities to understand the advantages and concerns of high-rise living. It presents key points and lessons. Editor(s): Yuen, Belinda; Yeh, Anthony Gar-on. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPCH; AMKD; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- SKU
- V9789048197378
- ISBN
- 9789048197378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.86
€ 124.86
Hardback. Editor(s): Zartman, I. William; Kremenyuk, Victor. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742536289
- ISBN
- 9780742536289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.92
€ 155.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Zartman, I. William; Kremenyuk, Victor. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742536296
- ISBN
- 9780742536296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
. Ed(S): Zeigler-Hill, Virgil; Shackelford, T...
Hardback. Editor(s): Zeigler-Hill, Virgil; Shackelford, Todd K. Num Pages: 9200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 9200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319246109
- ISBN
- 9783319246109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5,504.39
€ 5,504.39
Hardback. Examines topics in law and economics. This book models the price effects of mergers that not only increase concentration in the relevant market but also increase the merged firms' participation in other, complementary markets. Editor(s): Zerbe, Richard O., Jr. Series: Research in Law & Economics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762313488
- ISBN
- 9780762313488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.17
€ 200.17
Paperback. Constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on E-learning and Games, Edutainment 2010, held in Changchun, China, in August 2010. These papers cover topical sections on E-learning tools and platforms; E-learning system for education; and, E-learning environments and applications: game techniques for edutainment. Editor(s): Zhang, Xiaopeng; Zhong, Shaochun; Pan, Zhigeng; Wong, Kevin; Yun, Ruwei. Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Information Systems and Applications, Incl. Internet/Web, and HCI. Num Pages: 635 pages, 310 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 635
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642145322
- ISBN
- 9783642145322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Presents essays that share a common concern with investigating Enlightenment categories of historical understanding and determining how these categories helped shape Enlightenment culture. This work addresses the question of how eighteenth-century writers make sense of the past for their own practical, aesthetic, and ideological purposes. Editor(s): Zionkowski, Linda; Thomas, Professor Downing A. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887956
- ISBN
- 9780801887956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.08
€ 55.08
Harvey, Strolling Players in Albany, Montreal, and Quebec City, 1797 and 1810: Performance, Class, and EmpireWoodruff D. Smith, Corruption and Eighteenth-Century Social Science: Mapping the Space of Political Economy Editor(s): Zionkowski, Linda; Thomas, Professor Downing A. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892974
- ISBN
- 9780801892974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.23
€ 55.23
Editor(s): Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto; Stow, Simon. Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813142029
- ISBN
- 9780813142029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.30
€ 59.30
Hardback. This volume provides a counter-catastrophic view of developments and a more sober and balanced assessment of the challenges the United States and other industrial democracies face in the sphere of international migration than that offered in recent years. Editor(s): Zolberg, Aristide R.; Benda, Peter. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 tables, 6 figs. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811691
- ISBN
- 9781571811691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.23
€ 164.23