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Society & social sciences
Hardback. Argues that world-class scholars, and not administrators, make the best leaders of research universities. This title shows why experts need leaders who are experts like themselves. It explains why the most effective leaders are those who have deep expertise in what their organizations actually do. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 line illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: JNK; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138008
- ISBN
- 9780691138008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.70
€ 52.89
€ 42.70
Hardback. Socrates, Sports, and Students involves a philosophical justification for the inclusion of physical education in the school system. This book will appeal to physical educators and administrators interested in justifying their activity, as well as philosophers and professors in the areas of education and sport. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JN; VFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761820802
- ISBN
- 9780761820802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Paperback. Takes issue with those who would reduce citizenship to community involvement or to political participation for its own sake. This book argues that we need to place more value on a form of conscientious, moderately alienated citizenship invented by Socrates. one that is critical in orientation and dissident in practice. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086934
- ISBN
- 9780691086934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.47
€ 52.89
€ 42.47
Paperback. Deeply moved by his mother's memories of a waning era and rapidly disappearing lifestyle, John Ise records the adventures and adversities of his family and boyhood neighbours, the early homesteaders of Osborne County, Kansas, presented here in this work. Num Pages: 408 pages, 37 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607754
- ISBN
- 9780700607754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.77
€ 45.77
Paperback. On average a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent would be dead within three months of being parachuted into action. This work features the story of these agents, some of whom were women as young as 22, following them through their experiences beginning with their recruitment and their unorthodox training methods. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846032769
- ISBN
- 9781846032769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Hardback. Bob Maloubier was undoubtedly one of the Second World War's most remarkable, courageous and flamboyant characters. His simply and uniquely told personal account of wartime spent as an SOE agent and with the French Resistance is poignant, brutally truthful, and is told here for the first time in English. Translator(s): Szabo, Tania. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750966078
- ISBN
- 9780750966078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Hardcover. The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines. It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover - from documents, cover stories and how to live off the land to how to get through an interrogation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 112 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008103613
- ISBN
- 9780008103613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Explores the mysterious world of the tools Special Operations Executive used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. From high explosive technology to chemical and biological devices; from the techniques of air supply to incendiarism; this book reveals about the tools that allowed the world of spying and spies to operate during wartime. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752453293
- ISBN
- 9780752453293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. The SOE (Special Operations Executive) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. This book looks at the men and women who made up the SOE, the rigorous training to which they were subjected, and their lives during and after the war. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 b/w; 5 col. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784420406
- ISBN
- 9781784420406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
SOFA SURFING HANDBOOK, THE: A Guide for Modern Nomads
Torrez, Juliette. Illus: Dangle, Lloyd; Etc.....
paperback. Illustrator(s): Dangle, Lloyd; etc. Editor(s): Torrez, Juliette. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 13. Weight in Grams: 155.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- MANIC D PRESS United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916397517
- ISBN
- 9780916397517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.91
€ 13.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. While sovereignty is increasingly contested within academic circles, most recent military conflicts have been over issues of sovereignty in some form. Focusing on Yugoslavia in the 1990s, this book explores the issues surrounding 'sovereignty' and calls for a radical rethinking of the notion and the institutions and practices that it grounds. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349528950
- ISBN
- 9781349528950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 261 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158495
- ISBN
- 9780691158495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.63
€ 36.99
€ 27.63
Hardback. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 292 pages, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476944
- ISBN
- 9781137476944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Paperback. The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era. How can it be, then, that public attentiveness to US foreign policy crises has increased? This book represents a systematic attempt to explain this apparent paradox. Num Pages: 344 pages, 38 line illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVK; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123776
- ISBN
- 9780691123776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.92
€ 46.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. Wilcox looks at both mainline and evangelical Protestant teachings since the 1950s and argues that there are perceivable differences between the attitudes of fathers and husbands, according to which sect they follow. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226897097
- ISBN
- 9780226897097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92
Paperback. What must the United States do to remain the global superpower--and stop alienating the rest of the world? The author of The Paradox of American Power has one clear answer: soft power. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586483067
- ISBN
- 9781586483067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.44
€ 20.99
€ 18.44
Paperback. This book is about how China strives to rebuild its soft power through communication. It recounts China's efforts by examining a set of public diplomacy tactics and programs in its pursuit of a 'new' and 'improved' global image. These case studies invites the reader to a more expansive discussion on the instruments of soft power. Editor(s): Wang, J. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291373
- ISBN
- 9781349291373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This book is about how China strives to rebuild its soft power through communication. It recounts China's efforts by examining a set of public diplomacy tactics and programs in its pursuit of a 'new' and 'improved' global image. These case studies invites the reader to a more expansive discussion on the instruments of soft power. Editor(s): Wang, Jian. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108622
- ISBN
- 9780230108622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. Explores the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 48 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBWF; HBTB; HBTK; JFFN; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717387
- ISBN
- 9780814717387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895260
- ISBN
- 9780226895260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.96
€ 34.99
€ 27.96