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Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674821521
ISBN
9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

paperback. In our increasingly globalized world, US trade policy stands at the intersection of foreign and domestic affairs. This book explains trade policy in terms of domestic politics, presenting an account of its origins and political significance. Series: Essential Texts in American Government Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCLT; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878407446
ISBN
9780878407446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.48

Paperback. Philip A. Streifer provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of what data-driven decision making can and cannot tell educators about student achievement and addresses the related issues for leadership, policy development, and accountability. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
ScarecrowEducation United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578861231
ISBN
9781578861231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847427359
ISBN
9781847427359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.59

Hardcover. BIC Classification: JHBK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. . An excellent, clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press University Park
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRS0018345
ISBN
9780271002828
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover. Accidental presidents, those who assume office as a result of death, assassination or resignation, struggle to establish their legitimacy. This book examines and evaluates the strategies of nine accidental presidents, from John Tyler to Gerald Ford, to demonstrate authority and their capacity to govern. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230607668
ISBN
9780230607668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Hardcover. Bad Presidents seeks to interpret the meaning of presidential 'badness' by investigating the ways in which eleven presidents were 'bad.' The author brings a unique, and often amusing perspective on the idea of the presidency, and begins a new conversation about the definition of presidential success and failure. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137306586
ISBN
9781137306586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. Accidental presidents, those who assume office as a result of death, assassination or resignation, struggle to establish their legitimacy. This book examines and evaluates the strategies of nine accidental presidents, from John Tyler to Gerald Ford, to demonstrate authority and their capacity to govern. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349374359
ISBN
9781349374359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Bad Presidents seeks to interpret the meaning of presidential 'badness' by investigating the ways in which eleven presidents were 'bad.' The author brings a unique, and often amusing perspective on the idea of the presidency, and begins a new conversation about the definition of presidential success and failure. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455133
ISBN
9781349455133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801492433
ISBN
9780801492433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Analyses attempts to teach children to think more effectively and efficiently. This title offers advice on how to improve children's performance by the application of the findings of the CASE research project that can alter the approach of many professional teachers and student teachers as to the education of children in schools. Num Pages: 224 pages, 70 figures, tables. BIC Classification: JMC; JMR; JNA; JNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415101455
ISBN
9780415101455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. Draws on the author's 30 years of experience, on a series of empirical studies, and on the literature on staff development to develop an integrated model of professional development. This book is used as a practical guide to those involved in educational change: teachers, researchers, curriculum innovators, school leaders, and others. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402020063
ISBN
9781402020063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.47

Hardcover. The way in which energy is governed in China is driving its rising level of carbon dioxide emissions. This book analyses the nature of energy governance in China by combining ideas relating to transition management with institutionalist theories, which helps to identify factors which assist or constrain the country's path to a low-carbon economy. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFMG; KNB; RNF; RNU; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230282247
ISBN
9780230282247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. The way in which energy is governed in China is driving its rising level of carbon dioxide emissions. This book analyses the nature of energy governance in China by combining ideas relating to transition management with institutionalist theories, which helps to identify factors which assist or constrain the country's path to a low-carbon economy. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HPQ; JP; KCN; RND; THRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349328130
ISBN
9781349328130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Hardcover. Examines Shakespeare's plays for emergent early modern spectatorial subjects. It thus places it within the discourses most crucial to the contemporary exposition and disruption of regimes of vision: perspective painting, cartography, optics, geometry, Puritan anti-theatrical polemic and the occult. Num Pages: 257 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; CFG; DSGS; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333779354
ISBN
9780333779354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Stafford, Philip B. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781930618305
ISBN
9781930618305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.87

Paperback. Examining how the United States and other democracies can fight terrorism while preserving liberty and maintaining a healthy, unified society. Series: Belfer Center Studies in International Security. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JPA; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd Boston
Number of pages
215
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KEX0216981
ISBN
9780262581974
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This volume is the culmination of five years of impassioned conversations among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. Editor(s): Heymann, Philip B.; Brownsberger, William N. Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674003279
ISBN
9780674003279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.56
€ 76.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 910 Colour Photographs in Text. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 270 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780375712142
ISBN
9780375712142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.80

Paperback. A comparative history of the Spanish, Yugoslav and Greek Civil Wars 1936-1949 from the standpoints of politics, socio-economic structures, national questions, international conjunctures and foreign interventions. From the shifting nexus of relations between domestic and international conditions, Minehan explores the similarities and differences. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBW; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230117877
ISBN
9780230117877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

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