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Hardback. "Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics" provides the first comprehensive account of political change in Canada over the past two decades, particularly during the 1993, 2004, and 2011 federal elections. Editor(s): Bittner, Amanda; Koop, Royce. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824088
- ISBN
- 9780774824088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.74
€ 110.74
Hardcover. The letters of the alphabet are illustrated for children in details from 26 paintings in the collection of the John Paul Getty Museum. The book also contains reproductions of the 26 paintings. Editor(s): Harris, John. Num Pages: 60 pages, 56 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5AF; WTHM; YBLA; YNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 204 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780892363773
- ISBN
- 9780892363773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.62
€ 19.99
€ 15.62
Hardback. Editor(s): Conners, Tim; Conners, Christine. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HB; WSQ; WSSN5; WSZC; WSZG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 95 x 130 x 9. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762779215
- ISBN
- 9780762779215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.35
€ 10.99
€ 10.35
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Literatures Initiative United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823245574
- ISBN
- 9780823245574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.95
€ 41.95
Paperback. In higher education, the United States is the global leader, dominating the list of the world's top research universities. This book examines the various factors that contributed to America's success in higher education, including openness to people and ideas, generous governmental support, and a tradition of decentralized friendly competition. Editor(s): Clotfelter, Charles T. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 512 pages, 72 line drawings, 85 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110479
- ISBN
- 9780226110479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.46€ 72.16
€ 87.46
€ 72.16
Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040481
- ISBN
- 9780252040481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.60
€ 122.60
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AFC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603735
- ISBN
- 9780691603735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.15
€ 42.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807080405
- ISBN
- 9780807080405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.02
€ 20.99
€ 18.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1x 8pp photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 327 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316311465
- ISBN
- 9780316311465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.97
€ 27.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. Traces the diplomatic maneuverings and political drama of national unification in nineteenth-century Germany and Italy. This book demonstrates that Germany's and Italy's 'founding fathers' were constrained by two different pre-unification patterns of institutional development. It offers a broader theory of federalism's origins. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136493
- ISBN
- 9780691136493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.36
€ 45.99
€ 32.36
paperback. Discusses what is likely to happen to the ex-offenders and why. This book identifies the ways in which media and politics have contributed to the problem, especially through stereotyping and racial bias. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814783214
- ISBN
- 9780814783214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. Although Villavicencio, the capital of the Department of Meta, is located just 120 miles from Bogoto, the 19,000-foot-high eastern Andean Cordillera lies between the two cities. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742554740
- ISBN
- 9780742554740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.57
€ 74.57
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRCM; JFS; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607849
- ISBN
- 9780691607849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.19
€ 74.19
Board book.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Our World of Books United States
- Edition
- Brdbk
- Number of pages
- 20
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602190948
- ISBN
- 9781602190948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.60
€ 11.60
Hardcover. The first known Chicago Tribune theater review appeared on March 25, 1853. This book showcases early reviews of actors and shows that would go on to achieve phenomenal success, including a tryout of A Raisin in the Sun with newcomer Sidney Poitier and the first major review of The Producers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059266
- ISBN
- 9780226059266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Hardcover. Presents perspectives on Santa Fe's transformation over the last 160 years. This book accompanies a major exhibition organized by Palace of the Governors Photo Archives to open at the Palace of the Governors/New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. Num Pages: 268 pages, 276 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KBBWX; AJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 249 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135501
- ISBN
- 9780890135501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.83€ 46.24
€ 59.83
€ 46.24
Hardback. What makes a place? This title searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. It explores the area thematically - connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of "Vertigo". Num Pages: 166 pages, 17 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262492
- ISBN
- 9780520262492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.06
€ 53.99
€ 38.06
Paperback. During World War I, the first US war in which women were mobilized by the armed services on a mass scale, more than sixteen thousand female personnel served overseas with the American Expeditionary Force. The author presents the stories of servicewomen in the context of women's employment in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812218756
- ISBN
- 9780812218756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. The American Success Myth on Film examines the enduring appeal that rags-to-riches stories and other success narratives exert on our collective imagination. It highlights how Hollywood movies have illuminated - if not resolved - the ideological contradictions at the heart of the American idea of success. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482525
- ISBN
- 9781137482525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.28
€ 52.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BGB; HBWS5; JWXN; KNSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061672712
- ISBN
- 9780061672712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.39
€ 16.99
€ 15.39
paperback. Through his access to previously classified documents and information gained from extensive interviews, journalist Hamann tells the story behind World War II's largest army court-martial, where three African-American soldiers were charged with the lynching and murder of an Italian prisoner of war. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295987057
- ISBN
- 9780295987057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.07
€ 26.99
€ 24.07
Hardcover. Editor(s): Monahan, Taylor C. Num Pages: 167 pages, tables, graphs, charts, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNBT; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617619359
- ISBN
- 9781617619359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.37€ 90.52
€ 131.37
€ 90.52
Hardback. The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event? Series: Alain Locke Lecture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050983
- ISBN
- 9780674050983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.50
€ 46.99
€ 38.50
Hardback. Editor(s): Holling, Michelle A.; Calafell, Bernadette Marie. Series: Race, Rites, and Rhetoric: Colors, Cultures, and Communication. Num Pages: 332 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739146484
- ISBN
- 9780739146484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.10
€ 165.10