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Paperback. Illustrator(s): Leggitt, Marjorie C. Series: Adventures with the Parkers. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WN; WTH; WTHH1; YFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 175 x 8. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762779703
- ISBN
- 9780762779703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.87
€ 13.99
€ 12.87
Paperback. Examines the interplay among citizens, political figures and the media during the 1992 American election, arguing that a number of events resulted in the people reshaping political institutions and the media as they demanded a more proximate and participatory democracy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008734
- ISBN
- 9780268008734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Revised and updated, the defintive climbing guide to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada. Series: Regional Rock Climbing Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WSZG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560448976
- ISBN
- 9781560448976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.44
€ 32.44
Paperback. As the residents of McAllen, Texas, sleep soundly, a small number of agents of the US Border Patrol wait on the banks of the Rio Grande. This book describes the daily risks they face and the insights they hold as a result of their experience with the hard realities of immigration policy, the war on drugs, and the threat of terrorist infiltration. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725942
- ISBN
- 9780896725942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.51
€ 26.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KMK0001884
- ISBN
- 9780801434068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Proposes that the origins of modernism movement can be traced well into the nineteenth century. This book contends that several cultural developments after the Civil War set the stage for modernism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780691118130
- ISBN
- 9780691118130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.99€ 74.89
€ 95.99
€ 74.89
The Political Science Toolbox: A Research Companion to American Govern...
Frantzich, Stephen E.; Ernst, Howard R.
hardcover. This book is designed to serve as a reliable research companion to students of American government as they navigate their undergraduate programs. It is a no-nonsense guide that assists students as they develop research questions, explore the literature, make use of Web-base resources, analyze data, and present findings. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780742547612
- ISBN
- 9780742547612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.35
€ 139.35
paperback. Editor(s): Coates, Ken. Series: The Spokesman. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246475
- ISBN
- 9780851246475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.31
€ 9.31
Paperback. Today, moderates are marginalized in the GOP and progressives are all but nonexistent. In this insightful and elegantly argued book, Kabaservice contends that their decline has left Republicans less capable of governing responsibly, with dire consequences for all Americans. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199975518
- ISBN
- 9780199975518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.95
€ 26.95
Hardcover. Taking up topics as diverse and timely as the work of the FBI profilers, the pornography debates, and the ritual meanings of fraternity gang rape, this text illuminates the chronic masculine anxieties that seek compensation in fantasies of sexual coercion and in sexual offences against women. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009172
- ISBN
- 9780674009172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.44€ 90.85
€ 99.44
€ 90.85
Hardback. How is it that comic books - the once reviled form of lowbrow popular culture - are now the rage for Hollywood blockbusters, the basis for bestselling video games, and the inspiration for literary graphic novels? This title provides a social history of the comic book over the years. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 585. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134427
- ISBN
- 9781592134427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.32
€ 83.32
Paperback. The Mandan Indians, iconic plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the centre of the North American universe. Why don't we know more? Who were they, really? This book retrieves their history by piecing together important discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, and more. Num Pages: 480 pages, 73 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 41. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374535117
- ISBN
- 9780374535117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.00
€ 23.99
€ 21.00
Hardcover. This correspondence documents the evolution of Washington's ideas about economic and political relationships within the Empire, and helps to explain how he came to hold his particular vision of the West. It also deals with personal and local matters, such as plantation management. Series: Papers of George Washington: Colonial Series. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813913629
- ISBN
- 9780813913629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.51
€ 157.51
Paperback. 'A stunning read from a superb storyteller.' Clare Mackintosh From the #1 ebook and Sunday Times bestseller, comes the tale of a young woman in search of her past, and the mother who will do anything to keep it hidden.. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JMG; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0296109
- ISBN
- 9780008220853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Peoples Temple movement ended on November 18, 1978, when the children in Jonestown were put to death by adult members, most of whom then took their own lives. Little has been written about the Peoples Temple from the point of view of the black experience in America. This title addresses this gap in the scholarship on the Peoples Temple. Editor(s): Moore, Rebecca; Pinn, Anthony B.; Sawyer, Mary R. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 b&w photos, 3 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCZ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 3. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216557
- ISBN
- 9780253216557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.30
€ 25.99
€ 24.30
Board book.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Our World of Books United States
- Edition
- Brdbk
- Number of pages
- 20
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602190610
- ISBN
- 9781602190610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Hardback. Americans from around the country tell how the previous eight years of failed policies have shaped their personal fate and prompted them to vote for a newcomer blazing the banner of change. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566637787
- ISBN
- 9781566637787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.04
€ 26.99
€ 26.04
Hardcover. A practical, how-to guide regarding legal issues and business benefits of ownership incentive plans, especially ESOPs. Describes how they can be used to expand or sell a company, increase productivity, takeover a firm, defend against a takeover and restructure employee benefits. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJMV2; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471577331
- ISBN
- 9780471577331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.50
€ 47.99
€ 37.50
paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780873652063
- ISBN
- 9780873652063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 64.11
€ 69.00
€ 64.11
Hardback. Provides compelling and probing case studies of economic problems and public housing plights in Albuquerque, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio. This book also provides brief histories of each city - all of which expanded dynamically between 1935 and 1965 - and how they responded to slums under the Housing Acts of 1937, 1949, and 1954. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KBBW; 3JJ; JFFB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439911150
- ISBN
- 9781439911150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Hardback. This book traces changes in what it means to be a dad in America, from the 1960s through today. Beginning with an overview of fatherhood in America from the "founding fathers" through the 1950s, the book progresses to the role of fathers as they were encouraged to move beyond being simply providers to becoming more engaged parents. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442248106
- ISBN
- 9781442248106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
paperback. "The most sensitive treatment of Irish culture.. [and] the most complete history we have of the Irish female experience." -- Labor History Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Ownership details on ffep. Covers showing some shelf wear. Spotting on page edges, however text is crisp and clear and remains a very nice reading copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0031449
- ISBN
- 9780801828720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 14.00
€ 14.00
Paperback. In the wake of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, the Christian Right expected major victories in the 1998 elections. Instead, many of its allies lost close contests, and the movement was seen as a liability in some high-profile campaigns. This book analyzes the role of the movement in fourteen key states, from Maine to California. Editor(s): Green, John Clifford; Rozell, Mark J. (Associate Professor of Politics, Catholic University of America, USA); Wilcox, Clyde. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPA; JPFM; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407750
- ISBN
- 9780878407750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.16
€ 76.16
Paperback. Even when effective treatments become available, efforts to control disease often fall short. Written to improve the prospects for managing AIDS, this work draws on previous large-scale public health initiatives to show how management effectiveness can meet threats to public health. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; MBN; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610235
- ISBN
- 9780700610235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83