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Paperback. In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A J Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling's withering gaze. This book weaves the story of author's coming-of-age as a young outsider who made his way into the inner circles and upper levels of Chicago journalism. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; DNF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226104157
- ISBN
- 9780226104157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.25
€ 19.99
€ 17.25
Hardback. Presents conclusions from a multi-disciplinary research project blending quantitative and qualitative approaches through a discourse methodology. The work produced portraits of mathematics and science education that were different for each of the countries involved: France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Editor(s): Schmidt, William H. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 1DNN; 1DSE; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JN; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342724
- ISBN
- 9780792342724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.61
€ 133.61
Hardback. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM9; HRAX; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442236189
- ISBN
- 9781442236189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.77
€ 87.77
Paperback. We all need help in achieving cultural fluency. We are baffled when problems arise and insist on resolving conflicts according to our cultural norms. When this behaviour kicks in important deals fall through, opportunities are missed and good will is squandered. This title provides tools for making practical adjustments. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857883428
- ISBN
- 9781857883428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Hardback. At a time when women could not vote and very few were involved in the world outside the home, Annie Montague Alexander (1867-1950) was an intrepid explorer, skilled markswoman, philanthropist, and founder and patron of two natural history museums at the University of California, Berkeley. This title presents a luminous portrait of this woman. Num Pages: 397 pages, 46 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; GTB; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227262
- ISBN
- 9780520227262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84€ 49.03
€ 61.84
€ 49.03
Paperback. Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State offers an in-depth examination of the origins, controversial uses, and competing interpretations of this powerful metaphor in law and public policy. Num Pages: 283 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719367
- ISBN
- 9780814719367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 47 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 4. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 47
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590339350
- ISBN
- 9781590339350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 32.89
€ 49.99
€ 32.89
Paperback. An ethnographic study of the American folk music revival that began in the late 1980s, this work examines its people, economy, and politics. Covering the perspectives of fans, performers, marketers, and others, it takes on some of the folk community's stickiest issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328300
- ISBN
- 9780820328300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.30
€ 35.30
Hardcover. Hasinoff brings the untold history of the World in Boston of 1911, 'America's First Great Missionary Exposition,' to light, focusing on how the material culture of missions shaped domestic interactions with evangelism, Christianity, and the consumption of ethnological knowledge. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 284 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJC; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116726
- ISBN
- 9780230116726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
paperback. Are contemporary US labor unions irrelevant, or in fact a changing force to be reckoned with as they grow into a new economy in a globalized America? This is a survey of the status of trade unions past, present, and future, nationally as well as through the labour situation in Ohio. Series: People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations and the Political Process. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9780847688661
- ISBN
- 9780847688661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.65
€ 60.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 484 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226661018
- ISBN
- 9780226661018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.17€ 43.75
€ 50.17
€ 43.75
Paperback. Should youth be treated as adults when they break the law? How can youth be deterred from crime? What factors should be considered in how youth are punished? What role should the police have in schools? This book deals with these questions. Editor(s): Zimring, Franklin E. Series: Youth, Crime, and Justice. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479834440
- ISBN
- 9781479834440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.43
€ 29.43
Hardcover. This volume covers the spring of 1777, a period when George Washington was obliged to spend much of his time pleading with the state authorities to fill their recruiting quotas and with officers to bring in the men whom they had enlisted. He was further hampered by a high desertion rate. Series: Revolutionary War Series. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1297.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918259
- ISBN
- 9780813918259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Paperback. In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a white man in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was sent to Angola prison and confined to his cell twenty-three hours a day. This title is about the eighteen-year quest for John Thompson's freedom from a wrongful murder conviction. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JJPN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620876084
- ISBN
- 9781620876084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.06
€ 18.06
The Color of Wealth. The Story Behind the U.S Racial Wealth Divide.
Lui, Meizhu; Robles, Barbara; Leondar-Wright,...
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595580047
- ISBN
- 9781595580047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Originally recorded by John's wife, Josephine Courchene. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 221 x 6. Weight in Grams: 156. Stories by John C. Courchene. 72 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFHF; JFSL9. Dimension: 166 x 221 x 6. Weight: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665176
- ISBN
- 9781552665176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Community Psychology Theory and Practice Jim Orford, University of Exeter, UK Community psychology is a comparatively new area within psychology. Its perspective is that people and their problems can only be understood by considering the social settings and systems of which they are part and with which they interact continuously over time. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JKSN; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471938101
- ISBN
- 9780471938101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.27
€ 74.27
Hardback. For two weeks in the fall of 1909, New York City threw itself the biggest party it had ever seen - attracting millions of people to a sprawling festival, from Brooklyn up the Hudson River to Albany. This event, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, was meant to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the river bearing his name. Num Pages: 204 pages, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 973.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230211
- ISBN
- 9780823230211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.04
€ 74.04
Field Guide to Wisconsin Streams: Plants, Fishes, Invertebrates, Amphi...
Miller, Michael A., Songer, Katie, Dolen, Ron
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; RBKF; WNCS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299294540
- ISBN
- 9780299294540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.26
€ 32.99
€ 30.26
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813519111
- ISBN
- 9780813519111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.95
€ 43.99
€ 39.95
Hardcover. Presents some of the emergent scholarship in American literary and cultural studies of the "long" nineteenth century. Featuring eleven essays from senior scholars across the discipline, this book responds to critical challenges to the boundaries, both spatial and temporal, that have traditionally organized scholarship within the field. Editor(s): Luciano, Dana; Wilson, Ivy. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479857722
- ISBN
- 9781479857722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.98
€ 84.98
Hardback. This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction, and early operation of the first narrow gauge railroads in northern California. It is lavishly illustrated by some 600 photographs and drawings, almost three-quarters of which have never before been published. Num Pages: 720 pages, 600 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT; TBX; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735506
- ISBN
- 9780804735506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.10
€ 76.10
hardcover. The Framers' Coup is a a concise yet sharply argued narrative account of how the Framers persuaded the country to adopt a constitution drafted based on their preferences. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199942039
- ISBN
- 9780199942039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.17
€ 48.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226164670
- ISBN
- 9780226164670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.50€ 45.64
€ 52.50
€ 45.64