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Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0009821
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Traces the role of religion in the lives and communities of Italian immigrants in Philadelphia from the 1850s to the early 1930s, from the perspective of historical sociology. This book provides both the details of parish history in Philadelphia and the larger context of Italian-American Catholic history. Num Pages: 464 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268032654
- ISBN
- 9780268032654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
Hardback. Whether employers are self-administering their 403(b) plans, or are using a Third Party Administrator (TPA), the in depth information in this book will provide a guide to the regulations, and the tools needed to correctly operate the plan. Num Pages: 110 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; KJMV2; LNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610485036
- ISBN
- 9781610485036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.16
€ 45.16
Hardcover. Editor(s): Venneti, Nancy R. Num Pages: 182 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590337189
- ISBN
- 9781590337189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.41€ 52.00
€ 73.41
€ 52.00
Paperback. Today's school principals are charged with the responsibility of creating learning organizations that emphasize success for all students. Framing decisions in standards that are grounded in research and best practice, this book provides a structure for learning and growth for both current and aspiring principals. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475816921
- ISBN
- 9781475816921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Hardback. Cathy Ann Trower's analysis provides colleges and universities a considerable inside advantage to get on the right track toward a happy, productive workforce. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKH; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405971
- ISBN
- 9781421405971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.85
€ 54.99
€ 45.85
hardcover. In clear and witty writing, Morson offers first serious study of the many kinds of aphorisms, their relation to longer works, and the philosophical wisdom they offer. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804780513
- ISBN
- 9780804780513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43
paperback. Through his access to previously classified documents and information gained from extensive interviews, journalist Hamann tells the story behind World War II's largest army court-martial, where three African-American soldiers were charged with the lynching and murder of an Italian prisoner of war. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295987057
- ISBN
- 9780295987057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.53
€ 26.99
€ 24.53
Hardcover. An examination of the supposed role of poverty, the fear of poverty and other negative work incentives in the era of early industrial capitalism and escalating sectional conflict over slavery. This text examines a wide spectrum of antebellum American thought on these and related issues. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Virginia
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921150
- ISBN
- 9780813921150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.92
€ 75.92
paperback. For more than a century, the Northern Arapaho people lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming - the fourth largest reservation in the country. This book draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world - myth, language, art, ritual, identity, and history - to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 figures, map, 3 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260214
- ISBN
- 9780803260214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. This text challenges the assumption that African American literature aptly reflects black American social consciousness. It delineates the social and political forces that shaped leading black literary works and shows that divisions between political thinkers prevailed throughout the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509504
- ISBN
- 9780742509504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.57
€ 78.57
Racialization, Marginalization and Deregulated Work. 128 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JFSL3. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 9. Weight: 184.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552664797
- ISBN
- 9781552664797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.42
€ 20.99
€ 19.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016279
- ISBN
- 9780674016279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.85
€ 37.99
€ 31.85
Paperback. "Remarkable..a richly detailed, affecting account..Giridharadas seeks less to uplift than illuminate..Which of these men is the "true American" of the title? That there is no simple answer to that question is Giridharadas's finest accomplishment."--Ayad Akhtar, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; BTP; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350791
- ISBN
- 9780393350791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Hardcover. Though "Moby-Dick" is one of the most-discussed and most-read works of American literature, the influence of the Bible has been overlooked in many contemporary studies of the novel. This book illuminates Melville's abiding preoccupation with the problem of evil and the pervasive role of the Bible in shaping his iconic work. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804644
- ISBN
- 9780875804644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.33
€ 140.33
hardcover. This is a study of the religious and social thought of the Jesuit Antonio Vieira (1608-97), a key actor in European and Ibero-American politics whose long career exemplifies the tension between the missionary project and the Portuguese imperial project. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729079
- ISBN
- 9780804729079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. Traces the competing forces that interject conflict into an overall consensus on the value of a liberalized trade policy. This title shows why it is impossible to understand trade legislation without first understanding how electoral politics and the institutional rules of Congress distort legislators' interests, incentives, and policy goals. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCLT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407941
- ISBN
- 9780878407941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.76
€ 73.76
The New Southern-Latino Table. Recipes That Bring Together the Bold an...
Gutierrez, Sandra A.; Summers, Susan J.
Hardback. New Southern-Latino Table: Recipes That Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America and the American South Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KL; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 194 x 27. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807834947
- ISBN
- 9780807834947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.89
€ 37.99
€ 33.89
Hardback. In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only witnessed long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. This title explores the decade's major political events and movements. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124942
- ISBN
- 9780231124942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 79.73
€ 104.22
€ 79.73
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the tavern as a significant and fluid social space in colonial Canada. Num Pages: 240 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815765
- ISBN
- 9780774815765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. Series: Chicken Soup for the Soul. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; VFX; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935096191
- ISBN
- 9781935096191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.56
€ 16.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Surveys the contours of Asian America. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 tables, references. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 18. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399388
- ISBN
- 9781566399388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 357 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; KFFR; LND; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226569710
- ISBN
- 9780226569710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 45.68
€ 53.29
€ 45.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 line illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155166
- ISBN
- 9780691155166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61