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Paperback. Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security. Editor(s): Newman, Katherine S. Series: Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk). Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146050
- ISBN
- 9780231146050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.55
€ 25.99
€ 19.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801436406
- ISBN
- 9780801436406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Paperback. Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership-or its absence-directly affects the outcome of wars. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891243
- ISBN
- 9780801891243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.36
€ 34.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Porter, Cristina M. Num Pages: 65 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634823982
- ISBN
- 9781634823982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.56€ 75.86
€ 100.56
€ 75.86
hardcover. Focuses on American romantic writers' attempts to theorize aesthetic experience through the language of electricity. This work moves between historical and cultural analysis and close textual reading, aiming to challenge readers to see American literature as at once formal and historical and as a product of both aesthetic and material experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761239
- ISBN
- 9780804761239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.69
€ 81.69
Hardcover. Drawing on archival material from Shaker members, observers, and apostates, this work offers a study of life in two of the oldest, most prominent American Shaker villages: the Harvard and Shirley communities of Massachusetts. Series: Women & Gender in North American Religions. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HRCC99; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629061
- ISBN
- 9780815629061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.76
€ 49.76
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 344 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801441394
- ISBN
- 9780801441394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Hardback. This text examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Editor(s): Masson, Marilyn A.; Freidel, David A. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1QDA; HBJK; HBLC; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100800
- ISBN
- 9780759100800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.70
€ 174.70
Paperback. Series: American Traveler. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 60 x 4. Weight in Grams: 72.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- American Traveler Press United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558381193
- ISBN
- 9781558381193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. A roller coaster ride through the ruins of modern America from the most influential journalist of his generation. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781682951
- ISBN
- 9781781682951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.77
€ 20.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1; JHBL; JHM; WD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628711
- ISBN
- 9780816628711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Paperback. While other writers contemplated the events of the 1968 Chicago riots from the safety of their hotel rooms, the author was in the city streets, being threatened by police, choking on tear gas, and listening to all the rage, fear, and confusion around him. This book presents his account of the contradictions and chaos of convention week. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740782
- ISBN
- 9780226740782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.17
€ 23.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. By the author of Eat Dat and Fear Dat, a charmingly irreverent guide to the thriving, world-famous music scene in New Orleans Num Pages: 208 pages, 50 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; AV; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581573169
- ISBN
- 9781581573169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
paperback. Can the peoples of the Brazilian Forest survive in the modern era? Should we even consider such survival a priority? Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 photos/1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745312484
- ISBN
- 9780745312484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.60
€ 37.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Drawing on memoirs, private correspondences and other sources, this book examines the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Despite rapid recovery and redevelopment, the author describes the social/political conflict and division that followed the fire. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735481
- ISBN
- 9780226735481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671505
- ISBN
- 9780745671505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Hardback. This book will provide the reader with a chronological review of the Supreme Court jurisprudence on the Commander-in-Chief power of the President and how the Court developed and enforced the boundaries around the height, depth, and width of that power over the past two centuries. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 903.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739151020
- ISBN
- 9780739151020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.11
€ 218.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465042692
- ISBN
- 9780465042692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.53
€ 30.99
€ 20.53
Hardcover. Sports figures, events and organisations affect our society in vast, varied and sometimes unexpected ways. This title tackles some of the most compelling connections between the sports world and public policy. It begins by examining issues related to professional sports. It also explores amateur sports and public health. Editor(s): Santo, Charles A.; Mildner, Gerard C.S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBS; JPQB; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736058711
- ISBN
- 9780736058711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.05
€ 80.05
Paperback. The Developing Core Literacy Proficiencies program is an integrated set of English Language Arts/Literacy units spanning grades 6-12 that provide student-centered instruction on a set of literacy proficiencies at the heart of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 4P; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- Teacher
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119192879
- ISBN
- 9781119192879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.77
€ 33.99
€ 26.77
Hardcover. 150 photographs highlight more than 220 noteworthy vintage glassware tems, many thought to be unique. This book presents the rarest and most special Depression Glass pieces seen by these preeminent authors of the premier Depression Glass references. Some Num Pages: 96 pages, 168 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764330315
- ISBN
- 9780764330315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.20
€ 31.99
€ 21.20
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249667
- ISBN
- 9780226249667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Collection of documents revealing the significance of the years 1968-1972 to the environmental movement Editor(s): Stradling, David. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; RNB; RNK; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991818
- ISBN
- 9780295991818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 283 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 188 x 19. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560729334
- ISBN
- 9781560729334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.02€ 83.74
€ 110.02
€ 83.74