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Paperback. This book presents an analysis of female sexuality in the literary texts of two Hispanic feminist writers: Cristina Escofet and Isabel Allende. Both writers create alternative realities and emphasize the use of subconscious knowledge to help readers understand sexuality and make changes in our unjust hierarchical world. Num Pages: 130 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852223
- ISBN
- 9780761852223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.47
€ 56.47
Hardback. This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th century America, and also details the Korean immigrants' efforts to regain their lost motherland from Japanese colonialism (1910-1945). Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852193
- ISBN
- 9780761852193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.31
€ 138.31
Paperback. This book addresses the effects of corruption in Nigeria and provides a concise overview for a lasting solution. Offering insight from the authors' original thinking and experiences, the book traces corruption from colonial rule through nearly fifty years of successive civilian and military government, counter coupes, and ethical reform programs. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 149.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852179
- ISBN
- 9780761852179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.43
€ 51.43
Paperback. This book explores a central and significant chapter in the social and economic history of modern America. If the story of the eminent gangsters is not the orthodox, rags-to-riches American success story, neither can it be dismissed as merely a crime story. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852155
- ISBN
- 9780761852155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.25
€ 107.25
Paperback. This book focuses on issues closely pertaining to Catholic schools to the larger questions of the Catholic imagination. The underlying thread, however, is the challenge of maintaining the richness of the Catholic imagination - of tuning the rig - in changing times and the ordinary life of the church. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 180 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852056
- ISBN
- 9780761852056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.48
€ 68.48
Paperback. The most "efficient" system is one that controls the human resources by eliminating the human part and turning them into pure resources. Their ultimate organizational goal is to transform people into things, commonly called organizational behavior. This book is about the two best historical examples of such "efficiently-run" resource management. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851875
- ISBN
- 9780761851875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Paperback. The way we live, work, and die-alone and with other Americans-have so many hidden layers that we might as well say that there are two Americas: one we think we know and the other virtually unknown to us. Huer discusses this alien part of America in American Paradise. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851851
- ISBN
- 9780761851851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851608
- ISBN
- 9780761851608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.25
€ 75.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851592
- ISBN
- 9780761851592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.49
€ 138.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851424
- ISBN
- 9780761851424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.41
€ 120.41
Paperback. This study explores the allegorical-cum-symbolic mode in selected African, African American, and Caribbean literary works, and the discussion of these African, African American, and Caribbean writers' use of the allegorical mode is an attempt to recover the subtext of their works. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851219
- ISBN
- 9780761851219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.36
€ 59.36
Paperback. This book is an introductory narrative of the foundational educational history and philosophy of the American system. The author presents the history of education as a part of the larger picture of the development of civilization. Therefore, the historic and philosophical antecedents of our current education system are explained. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851196
- ISBN
- 9780761851196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.16
€ 49.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, charts. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850885
- ISBN
- 9780761850885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.94
€ 68.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850878
- ISBN
- 9780761850878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.82
€ 129.82
Hardback. This book situates the teachings of Elijah Muhammad in academia, creating a field of study that particularly extrapolates the jewels of Muhammad's teachings. This preview of the teachings of Muhammad, and its multifaceted, interdisciplinary scope, has the potential to change the philosophical and practical methods of education. Series: Elijah Muhammad Studies: Interdisciplinary, Educational, and Islamic Studies Series. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850809
- ISBN
- 9780761850809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.85
€ 91.85
The Educational Lockout of African Americans in Prince Edward County, ...
. Ed(S): Hicks, Terence; Pitre, Abul
Hardback. This book explores the Prince Edward County's school closings. For five years (1959-1964), African American students coped with the absence of public schooling. Their efforts led to the case Davis v. the County School Board of Prince Edward County, consolidated with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Editor(s): Hicks, Terence; Pitre, Abul. Series: Issues in Black Education. Num Pages: 118 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850625
- ISBN
- 9780761850625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.13
€ 95.13
Hardback. This book is a systemic study of human creativity. It offers a fascinating visual model of the creative process consisting of four major stages: stage I, the interplay of chaos and order; stage II, creative production; stage III, cultural selection; stage IV, morpho-evolution and morpho-elimination of created products and forms. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850519
- ISBN
- 9780761850519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.67
€ 178.67
Hardback. This book is an in-depth discussion of immigration reform in America, highlighting commonly held myths about immigration and explains which issues America needs to address in order to achieve comprehensive reform. The author poses questions about ethical and political quandaries presented by race and ethnicity. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850052
- ISBN
- 9780761850052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.92
€ 121.92
Hardback. Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, tens of thousands of nuclear weapons manufactured by governments around the world. None have been used so far, and the absence of nuclear war among armed nations is a mystery. Caplow considers this and other questions in his study of nuclear weaponry. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761849902
- ISBN
- 9780761849902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.67
€ 110.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761848165
- ISBN
- 9780761848165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.65
€ 146.65