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Paperback. Designed for both managers and workers, this work offers useful strategies for understanding and handling absenteeism, strikes, fighting on the job, productivity and wage compensation. It emphasizes that the key to productive and positive relationship between managers and workers is the establishment of mutual trust in the workplace. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Canoe Press Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789768125835
- ISBN
- 9789768125835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.65
€ 46.65
Hardback. Parallel Lines "describes how post-9/11 cinema, from Spike Lee's 25th Hour (2002) to Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty (2012), relates to different, and competing, versions of US national identity in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks."--Page 4 of cover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172028
- ISBN
- 9780231172028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.31€ 72.02
€ 95.31
€ 72.02
The Art of Wonder: Inspiration, Creativity, and the Minneapolis Instit...
Minneapolis Institute Of Arts (Ed.)
Hardback. Editor(s): Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; ABA; AGC; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816698929
- ISBN
- 9780816698929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.19
€ 28.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 136 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764338649
- ISBN
- 9780764338649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.67
€ 21.99
€ 15.67
Paul Rexton Kan demonstrates that the ongoing war in Mexico, now in its sixth year, is a mosaic war, with several wars occurring at once: cartels battle each other, cartels suffer violence within their own organisations, cartels fight against the Mexican state, cartels and gangs wage war against the Mexican people and gangs combat gangs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table; 2 figures; 4 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597977074
- ISBN
- 9781597977074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.14
€ 36.14
Paperback. Race, Sex, and History in the Small Spaces of Andean Life. Series: Narrating Native Histories. 360 pages, 52 illustrations, 2 figures. Explores the multiple identities of a community of people in the Bolivian highlands through their own lived experiences and their own voices. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFSL9; JHMC. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 20. Weight: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352679
- ISBN
- 9780822352679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. A description of the species and subspecies of sea stars in the coastal waters of northwestern North America. Although it covers the coastal waters down to 200 metres below the surface, it lists 26 more species that live below 200 metres and 14 others that occur just outside the region covered. Series: Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook. Num Pages: 228 pages, 40 colour & 100 b&w photographs, 75 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 1KBBWS; 1KBCB; PSVT; WNCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Royal BC Museum
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808255
- ISBN
- 9780774808255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Becker, Danielle M. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617618888
- ISBN
- 9781617618888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.18€ 93.93
€ 138.18
€ 93.93
paperback. Between 1868 and 1935, four killings in the state of Virginia attracted extensive press coverage and led to the press itself playing a role in the construction of the killings and the reporting of them. This text explores the interplay of national media and culture with Southern law and values. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813922089
- ISBN
- 9780813922089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Paperback. The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in the region. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of international traders who travel abroad to import and export consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFSJ1; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226841229
- ISBN
- 9780226841229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798037
- ISBN
- 9780804798037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Hardback. Tells the story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. Focusing on Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Richmond - three cities with large African American populations and thriving baseball clubs, this book uncovers the origins of baseball's segregation and the mechanics of its implementation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235212
- ISBN
- 9780803235212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.21
€ 38.21
Hardback. The author sheds some much-needed light on one of the most interesting anomalies in American musical history_Septimus Winner a.k.a. Alice Hawthorne. Num Pages: 328 pages, 28 b&w photographs, footnotes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845404
- ISBN
- 9780810845404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.49
€ 140.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Gaskin, Jonathan B. Num Pages: 93 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD; LBBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 93
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613247068
- ISBN
- 9781613247068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.85€ 52.38
€ 73.85
€ 52.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 180+ b/w photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 218 x 10. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764306532
- ISBN
- 9780764306532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.11
€ 18.99
€ 14.11
paperback. Razack's powerful critique of the Canadian settler state and its legal system speaks to many of today's most pressing issues of social justice. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFJ; JFSL9; JHBZ; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628915
- ISBN
- 9781442628915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
hardcover. The 2000 U.S. presidential election was not the first in American history that was exceptionally close or that produced highly disputed results. In 1801 Thomas Jefferson became president after an electoral gridlock, but only after Congress voted three dozen times to select the president. Num Pages: 192 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972246
- ISBN
- 9781597972246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.57
€ 26.99
€ 25.57
Hardback. This book analyzes three works by sexually marginal women sometimes grouped as the "Sapphic Modernists"--Djuna Barnes's Nightwood (1936), Marguerite Yourcenar's Denier du reve (1934), and Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas (1938)--that engage, directly or indirectly, with fascist politics and ideology. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730884
- ISBN
- 9780804730884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.80
€ 122.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 68. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604568134
- ISBN
- 9781604568134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.75€ 43.06
€ 60.75
€ 43.06
Paperback. In this synthesis, Wasserman shows the link between ordinary Mexican men and women from Independence to the Revolution, combining explanations of social history, political and economic change, and gender relations. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 248 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826321718
- ISBN
- 9780826321718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. From the Suzuki method to calculus-based physics, from AP tests all the way back to early-learning Kumon courses, students are increasingly pushed to excel, with that Harvard or Yale acceptance letter held tantalizingly in front of them. The authors unveil a formidable process of class positioning at the heart of the college admissions process. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JNKS; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226134925
- ISBN
- 9780226134925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.46
€ 37.99
€ 29.46
paperback. Presents a history of popular religion, race, and gender in colonial Mexico focusing on questions of spiritual and social rebellion and conformity. This work examines more than one hundred trials of "false mystics" whom the Mexican Inquisition prosecuted in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218406
- ISBN
- 9780803218406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Hardcover. Editor(s): Reuter, Dean; Yoo, John. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038372
- ISBN
- 9781594038372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.13
€ 35.99
€ 34.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199351817
- ISBN
- 9780199351817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.69
€ 71.69