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Paperback. A document of Depression-era Los Angeles, that illuminates a pivotal moment in L A's history, when writers like Raymond Chandler, Nathanael West, and F Scott Fitzgerald were creating the images and associations - and the mystique - for which the City of Angels is still known. Num Pages: 504 pages, 111 b/w photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268838
ISBN
9780520268838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.01

Paperback. From the majestic redwoods and rocky shores in the north to the palm trees and wide, sandy beaches in the south, the California coast, is an area of unsurpassed beauty and diversity. This book is suitable for both new and seasoned visitors exploring California's majestic 1,271-mile shoreline. Num Pages: 416 pages, 367 color photos, 172 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Seventh Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520278172
ISBN
9780520278172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. This traveler's guide helps you learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred. Featuring photos and illustrations, it is organized geographically by country, complete with latitudes and longitudes for GPS devices. Num Pages: 542 pages, Illustrations maps,. BIC Classification: TBX; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
SKU
V9780596523206
ISBN
9780596523206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.43

Paperback. In this introduction to the changing geography of China the author covers: resources and physical landscapes; the historic foundations of contemporary change; the structure of the People's Republic; rural development and rural problems; features of regional change; and the prospects for China. Series: The Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Studies in Geography. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RGC; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631181378
ISBN
9780631181378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.45

Paperback. A history of Cairo, from its beginnings in the Arab conquest of Egypt in 640 to a modern capital. This book examines the invasions, changes and conflicts which shaped Cairo's destiny as well as the rulers, religious leaders, artisans and merchants who characterized the city. Translator(s): Wood, Willard. Num Pages: 448 pages, 67 halftones, 13 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF; HBJH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009967
ISBN
9780674009967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.51

Hardcover. A bilingual (English - Portuguese) edition of William James's diaries and letters. It also includes reproductions of his drawings. The material belongs to the Houghton Archives at Harvard University and is of interest to both William James scholars and Brazilian studies experts. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 264 x 25. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021334
ISBN
9780674021334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.76

Paperback. Rome is not one city but many, each with its own history unfolding from a different centre. Beginning with the very shaping of the ground on which Rome first rose, this book conjures various cities, taking the reader through time and space to the shifting realities - architectural, historical, political and social - that constitute Rome. Series: From the Ground Up. Num Pages: 368 pages, 100 color illustrations, 30 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022638
ISBN
9780674022638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen, salt gatherers and traders who settled in Venice crafted an amphibious way of life. This work recreates this world-turned-upside-down, with its waterways rather than roads, its boats tethered alongside dwellings, and its livelihood harvested from the sea. Series: From the Ground Up. Num Pages: 384 pages, 110 color illustrations, 25 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; WQH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027527
ISBN
9780674027527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.51

Paperback. Offers an account of the author's research on the front lines of the global biodiversity crisis - coping with the delays in obtaining permits, learning to outrun advancing army ants, subsisting on a diet of Spam and manioc, and ultimately falling in love with the forest of northern Congo. Num Pages: 336 pages, 49 color illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; WNCK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048423
ISBN
9780674048423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.81

Paperback. In the late summer of 1839, Thoreau and his older brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. This is the story of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth. Editor(s): Hovde, Carl F.; Howarth, William L.; Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 440 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118789
ISBN
9780691118789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. What is it about Germany and the travel book that puts them seemingly at odds? This book offers a traveler's tale of Germany while testing the limits of the travel narrative as a literary form. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126173
ISBN
9780691126173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.18

Paperback. How do high mountain ranges form on the face of the Earth? This question has intrigued some of the greatest philosophers and scientists, going back as far as the ancient Greeks. This book tells the story of one scientist, and his quest for the key to this geological mystery. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones. 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; PDZ; RBGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126203
ISBN
9780691126203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.18

Paperback. Series: Wildguides. Num Pages: 144 pages, 200 color photos. 3 halftones. 31 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; WSSC; WTHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Fully revised and updated third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163444
ISBN
9780691163444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.90

Hardback. In 1974 Roland Barthes travelled in China as part of a small delegation of distinguished French philosophers and literary figures. They arrived in China just as the last stage of the Cultural Revolution was getting underway - the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650807
ISBN
9780745650807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.59

Hardcover. Andrew Leach s Rome is the first book in Polity s exciting new Cities in World History series, which aims to provide the general reader and traveller with historically informed companions to the world s greatest cities. Series: Cities in World History. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 116 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745669748
ISBN
9780745669748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.74
€ 44.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774803922
ISBN
9780774803922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453304
ISBN
9780801453304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.16

Hardback. Tourists can step back in time as they travel the same roads and waterways that American and British troops did two centuries ago. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 296 pages, 128, 24 black & white line drawings, 104 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898365
ISBN
9780801898365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.94
€ 52.77

Paperback. Tourists can step back in time as they travel the same roads and waterways that American and British troops did two centuries ago. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 296 pages, 128, 24 black & white line drawings, 104 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898372
ISBN
9780801898372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. Twenty-eight men stood on a desolate Antarctic ice floe 1000 miles from the nearest human contact. In a few months the ice would melt. To survive they would have to be safely on land before that happened. They were led by Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922). This title presents the history of the Antarctic expedition led by Shackleton. Num Pages: 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803219441
ISBN
9780803219441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.90

Paperback. Explores the deeper cultural assumptions through which Americans view the larger world Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271418
ISBN
9780803271418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. Blends memoir and nature writing, tracking the Platte River valley for one calendar year, ushering readers through its diverse and changing landscape and the plants, animals, and humans that call the ecosystem home. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803276796
ISBN
9780803276796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WFBQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Swallow Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804011693
ISBN
9780804011693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. Written for food service personnel at all levels, this book should be useful in maximising the resources of dietary departments. It assists in learning accounting procedures and product specifications. The book is designed to be used with a dietician's guidance, but can also be used for self-study. Num Pages: 151 pages, 0. BIC Classification: KJMV8; KNDF; WTHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813814636
ISBN
9780813814636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.66

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