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Paperback. The fifteenth anniversary edition of National Book Award finalist Dennis Covington's compelling journey into the world of holiness snake handling Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 pages of photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HRCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- reissue
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306818363
- ISBN
- 9780306818363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.60
€ 20.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. This work describes how four major American thinkers practiced philosophy non-reductively by incorporating the arts and other human activities. It analyzes Peirce, Dewey, Santayana and Buchler, showing how the importance they placed on the human can cure what is missing from recent philosophy. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847683109
- ISBN
- 9780847683109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.52
€ 62.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HBJK; HBLW; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- History Publishing Company llc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933909691
- ISBN
- 9781933909691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 23.90
€ 35.99
€ 23.90
Hardback. The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. Num Pages: 484 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 40. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634777
- ISBN
- 9780745634777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.16
€ 89.16
Hardback. Commoning customs and practices in the Revolutionary era offered non-elite actors a relationship to democratic power different from the representative democracy that would be institutionalized by the Framers in 1787. Commons Democracy uncovers the democratic spirit, ideals and practices created by ordinary folk in the early nation. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268382
- ISBN
- 9780823268382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.80
€ 96.80
Original ed. published by Welcome Books in cooperation with VIA Books, 2002. Num Pages: 160 pages, 85 Colour Images. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599620749
- ISBN
- 9781599620749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages, 406 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331664
- ISBN
- 9780764331664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.74
€ 36.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. "Privacy" isn't even mentioned in the US Constitution. It took the Supreme Court's ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) to bestow constitutional protection upon this right. John Johnson's critique of Griswold - which observes its 40th anniversary on June 7, 2005 - reminds us once again of its crucial impact on both American law and society. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; LND; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613786
- ISBN
- 9780700613786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.31
€ 33.31
Paperback. In this era of tweets and blogs, it is easy to assume that the self-obsessive recording of daily minutiae is a recent phenomenon. In this title, the author explores how vital these unassuming and easily overlooked stationery staples were to those who used them. Num Pages: 280 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226033358
- ISBN
- 9780226033358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.99
€ 36.99
€ 28.99
Hardback. Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231107440
- ISBN
- 9780231107440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.48€ 81.09
€ 106.48
€ 81.09
International Students in American Colleges and Universities: A Histor...
Bevis, Teresa Brawner, Lucas, Christopher J.
Hardcover. A fascinating and important history of foreign students in American higher education. The book will have appeal to specialists in student services, but also to the thousands of faculty members responsible for teaching and mentoring foreign students. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600119
- ISBN
- 9780230600119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.24€ 78.51
€ 92.24
€ 78.51
Paperback. America's debate over whether and how to invade Iraq clustered into civilian versus military camps. This book shows that this civilian-military argument - which has characterized earlier debates over Bosnia, Somalia, and Kosovo - is typical, not exceptional. It traces these themes through the first two years of the Iraq war. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 line illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124278
- ISBN
- 9780691124278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.73
€ 45.99
€ 32.73
paperback. Previously published as An American Metropolis, this book is a punchy, definitive history of New York and has been updated to include new material on the Giuliani administration and the events of September 2001. Num Pages: 276 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751862
- ISBN
- 9780814751862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured on to Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later founded and ran the American Red Cross. This book tells the story of this charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. Num Pages: 404 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407388
- ISBN
- 9781421407388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.38
€ 56.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1010 pages, 577. BIC Classification: 1KB; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576070277
- ISBN
- 9781576070277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.40€ 164.85
€ 179.40
€ 164.85
Hardback. No antitrust case in history has attracted as much public attention as US v Microsoft Corp. This work constitutes an early effort to analyze some of the central issues and to put the case in the context of the ongoing debate over the role of government in managing markets - especially in technology driven New Economy industries. Editor(s): Evans, David S. Series: The Milken Institute Series on Financial Innovation and Economic Growth. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCLF; KJVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376675
- ISBN
- 9780792376675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.75
€ 195.75
Paperback. Launches a sensitive investigation into Christian fitness and diet culture. This book analyzes Christianity's intricate role in America's obsession with the body, diet, and fitness. It traces the underpinning of modern-day beauty and slimness ideals - as well as the bigotry against people who are overweight. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 337 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242401
- ISBN
- 9780520242401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. Offers the study of a largely ignored legacy. Scouring archives, discovering diaries, and memoirs in private houses and forgotten drawers, this title recovers the voices of the generation - bootblacks and poets, film directors and farmers, miners, anarchists, and seamstresses - compelled to tell their stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; BGA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226788
- ISBN
- 9780823226788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.13
€ 118.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hartmann, Bradley J.; Wiener, Paul D. Num Pages: 201 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 262 x 16. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614705642
- ISBN
- 9781614705642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.03€ 194.14
€ 287.03
€ 194.14
hardcover. When William Henry Hunt married Ida Alexander Gibbs in 1904, one would have thought him quite a catch. Both William and Ida had diverse racial backgrounds, but in turn-of-the-century America, one drop of colored blood classified anyone as Negro. This title tells a story, that offers a perspective on the long and critical 'American century'. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928876
- ISBN
- 9780813928876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.11
€ 31.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Explores the role ethnic minorities from China, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East have played in constructing a national identity, thereby challenging dominant notions of Brazilian nationality and citizenship. By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, this title re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b&w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822322924
- ISBN
- 9780822322924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.02
€ 32.99
€ 30.02
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639550
- ISBN
- 9780691639550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.88
€ 195.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307956460
- ISBN
- 9780307956460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.10
€ 20.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. Contains the findings from a rapid biological assessment of the Kwamalasamutu region of southwestern Suriname. Focusing on the plant and animal species important to the indigenous Trio people, this survey establishes baseline information on the region's biodiversity and ecosystem health in order to better inform ecotourism and monitoring efforts. Editor(s): O'Shea, Brian J.; Alonso, Leeanne E.; Larsen, Trond Halvor. Series: Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program. Num Pages: 156 pages, 44 colour plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; PSAF; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Conservation International,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934151501
- ISBN
- 9781934151501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.98
€ 19.99
€ 16.98