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Hardback. Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This work includes the articles and essays which reflect the author's ideas on subjects ranging from the livable city and public housing to building design, public memorials, and the uses of public space. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129570
- ISBN
- 9780691129570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.73
€ 25.99
€ 19.73
Paperback. Focuses on the cultural lenses through which young women interpret their sexual encounters and their experiences of male aggression in heterosexual relationships. This book explores how young women make sense of, resist, and negotiate conflicting cultural messages about sexual agency, responsibility, aggression, and desire. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JMC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766583
- ISBN
- 9780814766583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. Examines the promise and pitfalls of many of the most controversial forms of school choice as well as the introduction of greater competition into the recruitment and compensation of teachers and principals. These essays paint the picture of an education landscape that will be shaped by choice and competition in the 21st century. Editor(s): Peterson, Paul E. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545816
- ISBN
- 9780742545816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.05
€ 60.05
Paperback. This book brings to life the struggles of Korean immigrants in the Pacific Northwest through personal stories, photos, and research. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBBW; HBJF; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chin Music Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634059541
- ISBN
- 9781634059541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.85
€ 13.99
€ 12.85
Hardcover. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear. Hardback; dustjacket in good condition.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Warner Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0006554
- ISBN
- 9780446520362
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context. Editor(s): Luthin, Herbert W. Num Pages: 651 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 5 maps, 4 musical examples, 1 line figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2ABM; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Annotated.
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222700
- ISBN
- 9780520222700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
paperback. This study interprets Flannery O'Connor's fiction on its own terms. By stepping back from prevailing controversies, the author turns to the short stories and novels themselves and forms an impression of them while seeking the answers to such questions as they necessarily suggest themselves. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823219117
- ISBN
- 9780823219117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.23
€ 45.99
€ 40.23
Hardcover. Editor(s): Calantini, Vito. Num Pages: 158 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNG; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614708902
- ISBN
- 9781614708902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.03€ 143.24
€ 214.03
€ 143.24
Paperback. Taking readers from Rampart Cave in the Grand Canyon, to other important fossil sites in Arizona and Chile, this book covers the rich evolutionary legacy and shows why the author has come to believe that the earliest Americans literally hunted these animals to death. Series: Organisms and Environments. Num Pages: 270 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 20 line illustrations, 16 color plates in insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBX; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252431
- ISBN
- 9780520252431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.87
€ 32.99
€ 23.87
Paperback. This book investigates a recent Peruvian decentralization reform that is considered to be one of the most participatory in Latin America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JM; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 330. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804773980
- ISBN
- 9780804773980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.35
€ 29.99
€ 26.35
Hardback. This text explores the shifting history of European attitudes towards America, utilizing British and French writing from the late 18th century to the middle of the 19th century. Thomas Murphy studies a variety of literary, philosophical and political writing by Europeans in this era. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102190
- ISBN
- 9780739102190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.37
€ 168.37
Hardcover. * Success Made Simple is the first practical book of Amish business success principles for the non-Amish reader. * The work provides a platform of transferable principles that are simple and universal enough to be applied in the non-Amish world, in a wide variety of business and management settings. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470442371
- ISBN
- 9780470442371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.37
€ 24.99
€ 20.37
Paperback. For more than a quarter century, William Logan has delivered clear-eyed and razor-sharp assessments of contemporary and classic poetry. Combining the sensibilities of poet and critic, Logan vividly conveys what he finds most memorable and most damning in a poet's work. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, and Czeslaw Milosz. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136396
- ISBN
- 9780231136396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.05
€ 44.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; WSWK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927330340
- ISBN
- 9781927330340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.51
€ 40.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. Catharine MacKinnon has been very instrumental in making equal rights real for women. As Peter Jennings once put it, more than anyone else in legal studies, she "has made it easier for other women to seek justice". This collection talks about her clear and consistent approach to reframing the law of men on the basis of the lives of women. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024069
- ISBN
- 9780674024069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.64
€ 33.99
€ 28.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Travelers' Tales, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609520809
- ISBN
- 9781609520809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.93
€ 19.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clarifying the political aims, military strategy, and social and economic factors that contributed to the participants' actions. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444350500
- ISBN
- 9781444350500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.88
€ 48.99
€ 47.88
hardcover. Marion Patterson's 57 "photographs of the intimate landscape, simple and contemplative like a zen garden," focus beautifully on the natural surroundings of the central California coast and Sierra. Num Pages: 84 pages, 57 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 13. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745260
- ISBN
- 9780804745260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.40€ 62.90
€ 70.40
€ 62.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 B&W photos, Tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBSN; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 393.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Menasha Ridge Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897326919
- ISBN
- 9780897326919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.80
€ 20.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Gleason, Mildred Diane; Tarver, H. Micheal, Ph.D. Num Pages: 153 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626184633
- ISBN
- 9781626184633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.80€ 67.17
€ 97.80
€ 67.17
Paperback. Starting with Sacajawea, the Shoshone guide for Lewis and Clark, this title gives an overview of pioneers: Narcissa Whitman, trailblazer to Oregon and missionary to the Indians; Esther Morris and Carrie Chapman Catt, leaders for women's suffrage; and Willa Cather, the writer to transmute the experience of western women into serious literature. Num Pages: 179 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803270732
- ISBN
- 9780803270732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.31
€ 24.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. The 'Original Six' frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of $688,888.82. Designed to be light and fast, these warships enabled America to project its power across the globe. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBW; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846032660
- ISBN
- 9781846032660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.45
€ 20.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Kuznar, Lawrence A. Series: International Monographs in Prehistory, Ethnoarchaeological S. Num Pages: 309 pages, b/w illus, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HDD; HDP; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- International Monographs in Prehistory United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879621282
- ISBN
- 9781879621282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.93
€ 74.93
Paperback. Presents a description of the Spanish landing in Mexico in 1520 and their amazement at the city, the exploitation of the natives for gold and other treasures, the expulsion and flight of the Spaniards, their regrouping and eventual capture of the Aztec capital. Editor(s): Cohen, John M. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 416 pages, b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140441239
- ISBN
- 9780140441239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95