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Paperback. In the annals of American criminal justice, two prisons stand out as icons of institutionalized brutality and deprivation: Alcatraz and Sing Sing. This book takes us on a disturbing and poignant tour of Sing Sing's legendary death house, and introduces us to those whose lives Sing Sing claimed. Num Pages: 200 pages, 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716168
ISBN
9780814716168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. From the sweaty summer days of a junky's nightmare to the bittersweet success of true surrender and emergence into a new way of life, Border Junkies paints a searing, first-hand portrait of addiction, poverty, and recovery on the U.S.-Mexico border Series: Inter-America Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, 26 b&w photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFFA; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726833
ISBN
9780292726833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardcover. Draws on thirty-five years of fieldwork (1965-1990) in the region to present a masterful ethnographic historical account of how nine communities in the Oaxaca Valley have striven to maintain land, livelihood, and civility in the face of transformational and cumulative change across five centuries. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 403 pages, 62 b&w photos, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292754768
ISBN
9780292754768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHM; KCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 187 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742534919
ISBN
9780742534919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.81

Paperback. Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid - the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837 - was forged Num Pages: 224 pages, 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591437895
ISBN
9781591437895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JPFB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604864533
ISBN
9781604864533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501307447
ISBN
9781501307447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Ultimately, Shershow joins other contemporary thinkers in envisioning a community of unworking, grounded neither in ideals of production and progress, nor in an ethic of liberal generosity, but simply in our fundamental being-in-common. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752570
ISBN
9780226752570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford Security Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797351
ISBN
9780804797351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804795616
ISBN
9780804795616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

Hardback. .
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762380
ISBN
9780804762380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.38
€ 122.55

Paperback. This book presents an analytical account of the causes and dangerous consequences of nuclear proliferation in South Asia. Editor(s): Sagan, Scott Douglas. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804762397
ISBN
9780804762397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. Discusses developing markets for African entrepreneurs Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253002662
ISBN
9780253002662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. Discusses developing markets for African entrepreneurs Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253005731
ISBN
9780253005731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. This book describes how to change the way in which educators conduct business in the classroom. Our current educational systems lack ways to reach today's learners in relevant, meaningful ways. The five approaches in this book inspire and motivate students to learn. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607093671
ISBN
9781607093671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.33

Paperback. The apparently excellent safety record with nuclear weapons has led scholars, policy-makers, and the public alike to believe that nuclear arsenals can serve as a secure deterrent for the foreseeable future. This book challenges such optimism. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 302 pages, 8 figs. 5 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JWMN; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691021010
ISBN
9780691021010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.23

Paperback. A long-time staple of International Relations courses, this new edition continues the important discussion of nuclear proliferation, while looking at the regions and issues now at the forefront of the nuclear question. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPSF; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Third Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393920109
ISBN
9780393920109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Diversity plays a different role in a complex system than it does in an equilibrium system, where it often produces variation around the mean for performance measures. Offering an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems, this title shows how diversity happens, how it is maintained, and how it affects complex systems. Series: Primers in Complex Systems. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137674
ISBN
9780691137674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Lyons Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762780969
ISBN
9780762780969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.20

Hardback. As the 2012 presidential campaign begins: Profiles of twelve men who have run for the presidency and lost, but who, even in defeat, have had a greater impact on American history than many of those who have served as president-from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas, William Jennings Bryan to Al Gore-Plus, mini-profiles on 22 "honorable mentions." Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 39.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762763788
ISBN
9780762763788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.18

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