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Hardback. Illuminates a pivotal period of change, resistance, progress, and backlash for American women. The author chronicles an exciting and tumultuous history, beginning with World War II and its profound impact on women's short- and long-term employment prospects. Editor(s): Sigerman, Harriet. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116985
- ISBN
- 9780231116985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.24
€ 168.24
Paperback. Argues that voters are eminently capable of playing an efficacious role in democratic politics and of routinely demonstrating the ability to evaluate competing stewards in a discriminating manner. This book offers a cognitively based model of voting and uses a normal vote approach to analyzing local-level election returns. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. 32 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133935
- ISBN
- 9780691133935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.58
€ 52.58
The First West Indies Cricket Tour. Canada and the United States in 18...
Professor Hilary Mcd. Beckles
Paperback. The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour to Canada and United States. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. This book speaks to the Canadian and American beginning of the West Indian cricket culture that emerged a century later as a powerful performance force of the game. Num Pages: 140 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JH; HBTB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Canoe Press Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789768125866
- ISBN
- 9789768125866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.80
€ 48.99
€ 46.80
Paperback. Famous for their stunts, gags, and images, Buster Keaton's silent films have enticed everyone from Hollywood movie fans to the surrealists, such as Dali and Bunuel. This book looks at the appeal of Keaton's genius, considering his vaudeville roots and his ability to integrate this aesthetic into the techniques of classical Hollywood cinema. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004426
- ISBN
- 9780691004426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.29
€ 45.99
€ 32.29
hardcover. This revised work adds 15 years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity programme that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of colour to attend the same boarding schools as wealthy whites. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516205
- ISBN
- 9780742516205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.05
€ 167.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493019274
- ISBN
- 9781493019274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.67
€ 19.99
€ 19.67
Hardback. The 24 entries in this book provide extensive coverage of some of the most notable figures in African American literature, such as Alice Walker, Richard Wright, and Zora Neale Hurston. Editor(s): Page, Yolanda Williams. Series: Greenwood Icons. Num Pages: 519 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313352034
- ISBN
- 9780313352034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.59
€ 98.59
Hardcover. The history of the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association's basketball team and the legends it spawned Num Pages: 344 pages, 37 halftones, 75 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSR1; WSBT; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592136339
- ISBN
- 9781592136339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.72
€ 35.99
€ 35.72
Hardcover. 528 pages, maps. Challenges the view that the lowlands of Central and Western Europe would revert to their prehistoric state of closed forest systems if free from human intervention. This text uses examples from pollen analyses and studies on tree species, and tests hypothesis of herbivore governance of vegetation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DF; 1KB; PSAF; PSTS; PSVS; RBX. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 34. Weight: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994420
- ISBN
- 9780851994420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.25
€ 146.25
paperback. Illustrator(s): Cooper, Floyd. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQG; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780061920844
- ISBN
- 9780061920844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.25
€ 10.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Series: American Traveler. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map. BIC Classification: 1KB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 99 x 4. Weight in Grams: 72.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- American Traveler Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558381209
- ISBN
- 9781558381209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.18
€ 10.99
€ 9.18
Hardcover. Two "virtuosos of risk management" show you how to close up the holes in your gap defenses--before the regulators call! Bankers Monthly dubbed them "virtuosos of risk management. [who have] raised A/L management to an art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFH; KFFK; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471527312
- ISBN
- 9780471527312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.22
€ 287.22
Hardback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736459
- ISBN
- 9780804736459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.45
€ 122.45
Paperback. Flowering Plants of Amazonian Ecuador - A Checklist Series: AAU Reports. Num Pages: 241 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788787600316
- ISBN
- 9788787600316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.53
€ 19.53
Num Pages: 463 pages, 52 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978727888
- ISBN
- 9780978727888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.84
€ 32.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. Roof's shrewd exploration of unions, Congress, and the political process challenges conventional explanations for organized labor's political failings. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400877
- ISBN
- 9781421400877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.12
€ 43.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQ; JWT; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833030641
- ISBN
- 9780833030641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.73
€ 23.73
Paperback. The movement of a work of art from artist's studio to gallery, to collector, and to curator sometimes follows a clear and distinct route, easily discernable from start to finish. This book contributes to an understanding of the collecting process and the convoluted courtship rituals involving collectors, donors, museum staff, and board members. Editor(s): Ice, Joyce. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AFTB; AGC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988887
- ISBN
- 9780295988887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; JFSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476433
- ISBN
- 9780801476433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.78
€ 38.99
€ 34.78
Hardcover. Editor(s): Abbott, Suzanne. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM; KFFP; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 301 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634825986
- ISBN
- 9781634825986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.71€ 139.02
€ 188.71
€ 139.02
paperback. How the Cold War affected local-level union politics Editor(s): Stromquist, Shelton. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074691
- ISBN
- 9780252074691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Series: State Environmental Law Handbooks. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Government Institutes Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865879485
- ISBN
- 9780865879485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 217.80
€ 217.80
Hardcover. Editor(s): Contreras, David A. Num Pages: 132 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNBP; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613248386
- ISBN
- 9781613248386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.34€ 104.83
€ 155.34
€ 104.83
Econoclasts: The Rebels Who Sparked the Supply-Side Revolution and Res...
Ph.d. Brian Domitrovic Ph.d
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610170246
- ISBN
- 9781610170246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.40
€ 18.99
€ 18.40