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Hardback. From 1837 to 1861 Thoreau kept a journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. This book finds Thoreau intensely concentrating on detailed observations of natural phenomena and on 'the mysterious relation between myself and these things. Editor(s): O'Connell, Patrick F.; Sattelmeyer, Robert. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 800 pages, 78 figures, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691065366
- ISBN
- 9780691065366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.64€ 109.90
€ 144.64
€ 109.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665183
- ISBN
- 9781552665183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.91
€ 31.99
€ 26.91
Paperback. This new field guide covers the 1070 bird species, including North American migrants, known to inhabit Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and western Nicaragua. Illustrations accompany the descriptions of behaviour, habitat and distribution. Num Pages: 868 pages, numerous colour plates, line drawings, and maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 868
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198540120
- ISBN
- 9780198540120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.92
€ 99.92
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813545912
- ISBN
- 9780813545912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Paperback. An entertaining look back at the high school days of more than 100 celebrities. Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AS; BG; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556228988
- ISBN
- 9781556228988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.64
€ 20.99
€ 19.64
Paperback. Here, Blevins sketches a portrait of a place far more nuanced than the backward and deliberately unprogressive region depicted in stereotype. He covers a wide range of Ozark social life, including the development of agriculture and the rise and fall of extractive industries. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations, 1 table, 9 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853429
- ISBN
- 9780807853429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.99
€ 48.99
€ 47.99
Paperback. Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and social security adopted such a warped and antiquated perspective of traditional family life? And what can be done about it? This work answers these questions. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545465
- ISBN
- 9780742545465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.23
€ 28.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551524085
- ISBN
- 9781551524085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.31
€ 24.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. This book offers a depiction of the racism suffered by them in rural South Dakota. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJPN; BM; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592136162
- ISBN
- 9781592136162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.52
€ 27.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307399885
- ISBN
- 9780307399885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.80
€ 21.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Daniels, Ian. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420. Their True Bloody History From New York to California. 256 pages, illustrations. Illustrator(s): Daniels, Ian. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; VXQM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Career Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601632296
- ISBN
- 9781601632296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.66
€ 17.66
Paperback. This edition offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction-from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005853
- ISBN
- 9780674005853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.25
€ 51.99
€ 43.25
Hardback. Spanish California - with its diverse mix of Indians, soldiers, settlers, and missionaries - provides a fascinating site for the investigation of individual and collective identity in colonial America. This volume helps in reshaping our understanding of how people in the northernmost Spanish Borderlands viewed themselves and remade their worlds. Editor(s): Hackel, Steven W. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520289048
- ISBN
- 9780520289048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.17€ 65.32
€ 84.17
€ 65.32
Hardback. Contains interviews of many of the prominent white researchers and enthusiasts whose advocacy spearheaded the blues' crossover into the mainstream starting in the 1960s. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 424 pages, 89 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038334
- ISBN
- 9780252038334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.22
€ 134.22
Paperback. Provides an introduction to California's natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. This title discusses how to create and use a field notebook, natural resource interpretation, and collaborative conservation and serves as the primary text for the California Naturalist Program. Num Pages: 280 pages, 40 color illustrations, 20 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274808
- ISBN
- 9780520274808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, b/w maps & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; PNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550174557
- ISBN
- 9781550174557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.37
€ 32.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. Bestselling author and national conservative leader Jim DeMint believes that by making America small again - by turning to family and community, we can rebuild our great nation FROM THE GROUND UP. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455549825
- ISBN
- 9781455549825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.32
€ 25.99
€ 18.32
paperback. Understanding migration through the lives and fiction of migrant workers in New England Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 photographs; 3 line drawings; 3 maps; 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 1KBBER; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076138
- ISBN
- 9780252076138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.19
€ 24.99
€ 23.19
Paperback. A guide for rock aficionados, this book surveys the Detroit music scene of the 1960s and 70s - a pivotal era in rock music history, producing such legendary bands as The MC5, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, SRC, the Bob Seger System, Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, and Grand Funk Railroad. Num Pages: 416 pages, 68 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031900
- ISBN
- 9780472031900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.88
€ 20.99
€ 20.88
Paperback. This biography chronicles the many achievements of Joe F. Carr, president of the NFL for most of its first two decades. During his tenure, Carr implemented the standard player's contract, wrote the league's first-ever Record and Fact Book, developed the league draft, and-most significantly-established the NFL as a big-city sport. Num Pages: 504 pages, 38 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSBX; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442242845
- ISBN
- 9781442242845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.66
€ 51.66
Paperback. Everyone wants to visit New York at least once. The Big Apple is a global tourist destination with a dizzying array of attractions throughout the five boroughs. This title provides long history of tour-giving across the globe as well as the ups and downs of New York's tour guide industry in the wake of 9/11. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226919065
- ISBN
- 9780226919065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.94
€ 36.99
€ 28.94
Hardback. Containing over one hundred selections ranging from songs, artwork, and poetry, to journalism, oral history, and scholarship-most published in English for the first time-The Colombia Reader presents a rich and multi-layered account of this complex nation from the colonial era to the present. Editor(s): Farnsworth-Alvear, Ann; Palacios, Marco; Gomez Lopez, Ana Maria. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 648 pages, 103 illustrations (incl. 8 page color insert). BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HBTB; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362074
- ISBN
- 9780822362074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.30
€ 139.30
Paperback. The author was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. He became a Topgun instructor, responsible for teaching the best Navy and Marine fighter pilots how to be even better, training them in the classroom and then going head-to-head in the skies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGA; JWF; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620871034
- ISBN
- 9781620871034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.31
€ 26.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Tells the story of how the addict, a person uniquely torn between disease and desire, emerged from a variety of figures such as drunkards, opium-eating scholars, vicious slave masters, dissipated New Women, and queer doctors. This book traces the evolution of the concept of addiction through a series of recurrent metaphors. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496804
- ISBN
- 9781558496804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.52
€ 41.99
€ 40.52