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Paperback. .
Publisher
Broadway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804139564
ISBN
9780804139564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.70

Hardback. Congress' Own Think Tank recaps the OTA experience-it's creation, operation, and circumstances of its closure- and that of organizations attempting to fill the gap since OTA's closure as well as a number of new forces shaping the current context for science and technology issues facing the Congress. Series: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNV; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137360892
ISBN
9781137360892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374. 270 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight: 368.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274426
ISBN
9780520274426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. At the turn of the twentieth century, two distinct, yet at times overlapping, male same-sex sexual subcultures had emerged in the Pacific Northwest. This title draws on police logs, court records, and newspaper accounts to create a picture of the lives of these men and youths - their sexual practices, cultural networks, and more. Num Pages: 335 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBT; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240483
ISBN
9780520240483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.71

Hardcover. A pictorial 'behind the scenes' look at the day to day life on Norfolk air bases by the USAAF's 8th Air Force during the Second World War Num Pages: 252 pages, 600 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 902.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553565
ISBN
9781781553565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. From Peter Bogdanovich - director, screenwriter, actor, and cinema scholar - 25 portraits of Hollywood's most acclaimed movie actors and actresses: stars whom he has known, admired, and occasionally worked with. Bogdanovich captures the personality, the work, the style and the enduring iconic appeal of America's movie greats. Num Pages: 544 pages, 120 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571224319
ISBN
9780571224319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.92

Hardcover. Peter S. Bridges's service as American Ambassador to Somalia capped his three decades as a career officer in the American Foregin Service. This text presents a frank description of his experiences in Somalia and elsewhere, offering pointed assessments of American foreign policy and policymakers. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 halftones, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873386586
ISBN
9780873386586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

Born in 1819 in Cincinnati, Donn Piatt died in 1891 at the Piatt Castles that still stand in western Ohio. He was a diplomat, historian, journalist, judge, lawyer, legislator, lobbyist, novelist, playwright, poet, and politician--and a well-known humorist, once called on to replace Mark Twain when Twain's humor failed him. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Kent State University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606351161
ISBN
9781606351161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.32
€ 52.89

Hardcover. During his short and stormy life, John Moncure Daniel served as US diplomat, journalist, Confederate officer and conscience of the Confederacy. This biography includes a series of private letters between Daniel and his great uncle Peter Vivian Daniel, US Secretary of War John Floyd, and others. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873387361
ISBN
9780873387361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.59

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 1018 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HPS; JPSF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
1018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622361
ISBN
9780691622361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.22
€ 114.53

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTJ; HBJK; HBTQ; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649122
ISBN
9780691649122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.95
€ 92.61

Paperback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257058
ISBN
9780823257058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.55

Paperback. This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these "realist" novelists created fiction using rhetoric and excess of melodrama. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300065534
ISBN
9780300065534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. Presents the story of the year - 1875 to 1876 - when the young novelist Henry James moved to Paris, drawn by his literary idols living at the center of the early modern movement in art. This narrative combines biography and criticism and uses James' writings to tell the story from his point of view. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138428
ISBN
9780691138428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. A collection of essays from scholars, pundits, activists, and political leaders the world over. It provides a panoramic perspective on an international controversy often marked more by heat than reason. Editor(s): Brooks, Roy L. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 255 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814713327
ISBN
9780814713327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.68

Hardcover. Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, technologies began to light up streets, buildings, and public spaces. This book depicts the changing experience of the urban night over this period. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226036021
ISBN
9780226036021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.68
€ 77.49

Hardback. This book reveals the complete truth behind the wave of Cuban baseball talent coming to MLB, placing recent events in the context of Cuban baseball history before delving into the stories of the major Cuban stars who have left the island. It shares their personal histories, explains why many chose defection, and details their harrowing journeys. Num Pages: 386 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFFN; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 721.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442247987
ISBN
9781442247987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801477164
ISBN
9780801477164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 3 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 76. Weight in Grams: 3379.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Facts on File, Inc.
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816072507
ISBN
9780816072507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 347.78
€ 304.91

Paperback. Beginning in the mid-19th century, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was home to a vibrant German-langauge intellectual scene. This work documents the contributions of notable German-speaking writers and their works, including plays and operettas, prose, poetry and serial novels. Num Pages: 150 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 2ACG; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Max Kade Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924119033
ISBN
9780924119033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. The first comprehensive examination of the early blues industry and the music it produced Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 photographs; 9 tables; 688 lines of music. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; AVGK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076763
ISBN
9780252076763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.93

Hardcover. For Frederick Douglass, the iconic 19th-century slave and abolitionist, the foundations for his arguments in support of racial equality rested on natural rights and natural law. This title examines the philosophic core of Douglass' political thought, offering an understanding of its depth and coherence. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615728
ISBN
9780700615728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.23
€ 58.02

Hardback. Examining the nature of social norms in general and in relationship to children and adolescents, this book explores the complex dynamics of understanding the appropriate roles of parents and other adults in young people's healthy development. It also presents the findings of a study conducted by Gallup Organization. Series: Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306477348
ISBN
9780306477348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.50

Hardcover. Providing a coherent and current account of how the U.S. manages to 'pivot to Asia' amid a rising China, this book provides an insightful glimpse into China-US relations, and the complexities of the two nations' economic and defense issues as China asserts is financial and military might in Asia and beyond. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137364623
ISBN
9781137364623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21

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