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Paperback. Offers insights into the potential for sex education to address adolescent challenges, particularly for girls. This book illuminates the tensions between and among adults and youth attempting to make sense of sex in a society that was then, as much as today, both sex-phobic and sex-saturated. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075315
- ISBN
- 9780252075315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.17
€ 30.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. Using personal correspondence and previously unavailable archival records, Brian Cooke describes the vision, politics, and leadership of this famous American educator. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568331584
- ISBN
- 9781568331584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.00
€ 19.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. Wry and insightful, "Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line" takes readers on a cross-country tour of the most powerful trend in academic life today--the rise of business values and the belief that efficiency, immediate practical usefulness, and marketplace triumph are the best measures of a university's success. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016347
- ISBN
- 9780674016347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.69
€ 38.99
€ 32.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18ill.7tabs.5M. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816643707
- ISBN
- 9780816643707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardcover. A study of the effects of plantation society on literature and the influences of literature on social practices in 19th-century Georgia, this text examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters and shows how Georgian authors romanticized agrarian themes. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321325
- ISBN
- 9780820321325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.47
€ 71.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Everett, Horace; Dodson, Geofrey. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNRD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 6. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619424036
- ISBN
- 9781619424036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.08€ 52.00
€ 73.08
€ 52.00
Hardback. An examination of major 19th-century American literature, which sees works such as "Huckleberry Finn" as attempts to articulate relationships between the self and the New World. By comparing American and English works, the book demonstrates their essentially different nature. Series: New directions in American studies. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550243
- ISBN
- 9780333550243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.02
€ 121.02
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GTJ; HBTB; JPS; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646336
- ISBN
- 9780691646336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.77
€ 216.77
hardcover. States that each year there is a new onset of heart failure cases in the United States. This book covers the diagnosis and therapy of heart failure. Series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377863
- ISBN
- 9780792377863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.55
€ 128.55
Health Care Services, Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Pop...
Jennie . Ed(S): Kronenfeld
Hardback. Discusses the overall issue of health care disparities and undeserved populations. This book focuses on issues that relate to gender and provides papers on some other specific examples of undeserved populations: those with mental health concerns, those with concerns related to emotional well being, the elderly population and sex workers. Editor(s): Kronenfeld, Jennie. Series: Research in the Sociology of Health Care. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312498
- ISBN
- 9780762312498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.41
€ 168.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 460 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604569674
- ISBN
- 9781604569674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.65
€ 52.99
€ 34.65
Paperback. An ethnography of Afro-Brazilian religious traditions including Candomble shows that the lines separating one tradition from another are much less fixed than anthropologists and Afro-Brazilian religious elites have maintained. Translator(s): Grant, Lucy Lyall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 photographs, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; HRKT; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346364
- ISBN
- 9780822346364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305974
- ISBN
- 9780226305974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.86€ 88.84
€ 107.86
€ 88.84
Hardcover. A thorough survey of the origins and development of the major distinct American commercial entertainments that emerged between over the course of the 19th century and into the 20th, including P.T. Barnum_s American Museum, freak show, and circus, as well as blackface minstrelry, Buffalo Bill_s Wild West Show, and vaudeville. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604490
- ISBN
- 9780230604490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 572 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBJK; JNB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630021
- ISBN
- 9780691630021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 274.07
€ 274.07
Hardback. This book uses the life and work of lawyer and Supreme Court justice, Benjamin R. Curtis, as a window on the most serious constitutional crisis in American history, the Civil War. The book reassesses Curtis's common-law methods in the context of his times and shows how his views continue to shed light on issues. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923420
- ISBN
- 9780813923420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.28
€ 60.28
Paperback. Brings together the story of the orange industry - how growers, scientists, and workers transformed the natural and social landscape of California, turning it into a factory for the production of millions of oranges. Num Pages: 402 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251670
- ISBN
- 9780520251670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. An anthology which explores how American children have been defined and continuously redefined throughout history. It ranges from 17th-century ministers to Drs Benjamin Spock and Barry Brazelton, and from the poems of Anne Bradstreet to the writings of young people today. Editor(s): Fass, Paula S.; Mason, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 725 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 725
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726938
- ISBN
- 9780814726938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Underscores the impossible mission that the U.S. public attempts to impose on students in schools: to contain the anger and rage that they feel toward society. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JNA; JNSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742519848
- ISBN
- 9780742519848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.15
€ 70.15
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Peterson, Barbara Bennett. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590339909
- ISBN
- 9781590339909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.36€ 48.84
€ 68.36
€ 48.84
Hardback. Throughout the Cold War, theorists argue, nuclear arms stopped war, as both sides could retaliate with "mutual assured destruction". This fact begs the question: why did the USA not strike preemptively before the USSR developed atomic arms? This text sets the case for such a preventive nuclear war. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765800220
- ISBN
- 9780765800220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.27
€ 110.27
Paperback. Does America have a sense of community and a vital civic culture? Are disparate groups capable of uniting as a single people who can call themselves Americans? This book addresses these questions and spans three hundred years of American urban life. It reconciles both liberal and conservative viewpoints and responds unequivocally, 'yes'. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSG; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557869180
- ISBN
- 9781557869180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. "Distributed by Publishers Group West"--T.p. verso. Series: Best Tent Camping. Num Pages: 192 pages, 51 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; WSZR; WTHH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Menasha Ridge Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897324151
- ISBN
- 9780897324151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.92
€ 16.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. Since 1945, most Americans have received health insurance directly from their employer. That is about to change. Starting this autumn, employers will be telling millions of employees to "buy your own health insurance, and we will pay for it. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470040218
- ISBN
- 9780470040218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.25
€ 20.99
€ 18.25