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A prominent member of the Manhattan Project, Robert Serber was one of a team of scientists who assembled the bombs on Tinina Island for transport to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was also one of the first Americans to walk among the Japanese ruins after the catastrophe. This revealing self portrait is the story of Serber's life before, during, and after World War II. Series: George B. Pegram Lectures S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 67 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWMN; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231105460
- ISBN
- 9780231105460
Condition: New
€ 84.18
€ 84.18
The Argentine Right. Its History and Intellectual Origins, 1910 to the...
Deutsch, Sandra Mcgee. Ed(S): Dolkart, Ronald...
hardcover. Looks at the Argentine Right from its roots in 19th-century European political theory through to the collapse of the conservative government in the 1980s. The contributors describe the Right's development, uneasy alliance with Peronists, years of triumph and subsequent retreat to opposition status. Editor(s): Dolkart, Ronald H. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; JFCX; JPFM; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024181
- ISBN
- 9780842024181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.23
€ 162.23
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brown, Patricia; Mitchell, Kevin M. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624170478
- ISBN
- 9781624170478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.89€ 153.31
€ 225.89
€ 153.31
Hardcover. This latest volume in the definitive six-volume biography of Herbert Hoover tracks Hoover's life and career from 1918 to 1928 - a period defined largely by his role as United States Secretary of Commerce and leading directly to his election as the thirty-first President of the United States. Num Pages: 607 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 45. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103085
- ISBN
- 9780230103085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.41
€ 126.41
Paperback. Political conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government. But if this were true, the author argues, the nation would not be experiencing stagnant wages, rising health care costs, increasing unemployment, and concentrations of wealth for a narrow elite. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146201
- ISBN
- 9780691146201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.36
€ 23.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. An examination of how Guatemalans are reckoning with the aftermath of a civil war that left fundamental assumptions about selves and others in tatters when it officially ended in 1996. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343240
- ISBN
- 9780822343240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; WQH; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550652963
- ISBN
- 9781550652963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.05
€ 19.99
€ 18.05
Num Pages: 256 pages, over 420 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1464.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764309533
- ISBN
- 9780764309533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.27€ 38.62
€ 53.27
€ 38.62
Hardcover. This volume reconsiders the relationship between legal and political philosophy, aiming to show that the former is incomplete without the latter. The author reviews the current state of legal and political theory and challenges the opinion that social morality can resolve legal conflicts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700608546
- ISBN
- 9780700608546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.70
€ 71.70
Paperback. A comprehensive study of elements of child law in the Commonwealth Caribbean. It covers legitimacy, status of children legislation, parental rights, maintenance, family provision and succession to property, custody, adoption and care and protection issues. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766400859
- ISBN
- 9789766400859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Paperback. Asks whether traditional observations about farm families apply to three hundred Iowa children who grew up with some tie to the land during the agricultural crisis of the 1980s, a time of widespread farm bankruptcies and factory closings. The answer, the authors show, is a resounding yes. Series: The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health & Development, Studies on Successful Adolescent Development. Num Pages: 394 pages, 37 line drawings, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; 3JJPN; JFSP1; JHBK; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226212531
- ISBN
- 9780226212531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.73
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Hardcover. Extends Marxist analysis to include key concepts from the work of neo-Marxists Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser. It looks in detail at racism in the U.K. and the U.S. and goes on to examine the differences between schooling and education, and their relationship to racism in those two countries and in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103795
- ISBN
- 9780230103795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.94
€ 50.53
€ 45.94
Hardback. Joshua David Bellin examines the complex issues surrounding Indian sacred performance in its manifold and intimate relationships with texts and images by both Indians and whites. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; HRKT; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240344
- ISBN
- 9780812240344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.64
€ 85.64
Paperback. Peculiar People: Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAX; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469618852
- ISBN
- 9781469618852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.13
€ 37.13
Hardcover. The peopling of French Canada across the 17th and 18th centuries is the focus of this book. Using archival material it traces the precise origins of individual immigrants, describing them by gender, class, occupation, region, religion, age, and date of departure. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 409 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674323155
- ISBN
- 9780674323155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.61€ 81.68
€ 92.61
€ 81.68
Paperback. This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death for bestiality at the turn of the eighteenth century. Their astonishing cases become a springboard to examine the Enlightenment Era political and religious turmoil of the region. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223750
- ISBN
- 9780812223750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.03
€ 34.99
€ 31.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403962218
- ISBN
- 9781403962218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Corbin, David Alan. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTK; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- PM Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604864526
- ISBN
- 9781604864526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.54
€ 23.99
€ 21.54
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Box Ill
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754828228
- ISBN
- 9780754828228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.75
€ 35.75
Paperback. Provides an analysis of the voting climate and it approaches American elections from technological, legal, and historical perspectives. This title examines the ways Americans vote, gauging how inaccurate, unreliable, and insecure our voting systems are. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; TB; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866369
- ISBN
- 9781575866369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.89
€ 30.99
€ 23.89
hardcover. Editor(s): Horle, Craig W.; Foster, Joseph S.; Wolfe, Laurie M. Num Pages: 1635 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; GBCB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 88. Weight in Grams: 2885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1635
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780966779455
- ISBN
- 9780966779455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.86€ 52.98
€ 57.86
€ 52.98
paperback. The immigrant case studies in this text - Ghanaian women learning English, migrant women sex-workers in our cities, East Asian women and sexual harassment, and Canadian aid workers in the South - all contribute to performa reality check for the notion of Canada as a "caring and sharing" country. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fernwood Pub Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552661314
- ISBN
- 9781552661314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cesari, Matthew J. Num Pages: 138 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614702498
- ISBN
- 9781614702498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.38€ 107.12
€ 156.38
€ 107.12
Hardcover. By tracing the effects of unprecedented immigration, the advent of the new woman, and the little-known vaudeville careers of performers like the Elinore Sisters, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, DesRochers examines the relation between comedic vaudeville acts and progressive reformers as they fought over the new definition of "Americanness." Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137357427
- ISBN
- 9781137357427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89