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Dark Water
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008; US$ 16.00Birthplace of Michelangelo and home to untold masterpieces, Florence is a city for art lovers. But on November 4, 1966, the rising waters of the Arno threatened to erase over seven centuries of history and human achievement. Now Robert Clark explores the Italian city?s greatest flood and its aftermath through the voices of its witnesses. Two American... more...
Party Organization and Activism in the American South
University of Alabama Press 2013; US$ 34.95These new essays map the ways political parties remain vital components in the American political system, especially in the eleven states in the South. As Tocqueville noted more than 100 years ago, "No countries need associations more . . . than those with a democratic social state." Although some contemporary observers see a decline... more...
Amateur Telescope Making in the Internet Age
Springer 2010; US$ 27.99Building an astronomical telescope offers the amateur astronomer an exciting challenge, with the possibility of ending up with a far bigger and better telescope than could have been afforded otherwise. In the past, the starting point has always been the grinding and polishing of at least the primary mirror, a difficult and immensely time-consuming... more...
English Studies in Transition
Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 160.00Bringing together twenty-five contributors from all over Europe, this volume represents the vitality and diversity of the current transcultural European dialogue on English studies. Topics addressed include: * the nature of the canon * the poetics of language * the representation of women and the notion of nationalism in post-colonial literature.... more...
The Camera Phone Book
Random House 2007; US$ 8.95Marketing experts predict that by 2009, nearly 90% of all cell phones will contain a camera, as manufacturers race to create cheaper, easier-to-use models with more sophisticated cameras, more pixels, flash units and even multiple lenses. Already revolutionizing audiovisual communication, it's a trend that will only grow more explosively—and... more...
Medieval Conduct
University of Minnesota Press 2001; US$ 72.00Focusing on a broad range of texts from England, France, Germany, and Italy?conduct and courtesy books, advise poems, devotional literature, trial records?the contributors to Medieval Conduct draw attention to the diverse ways in which readers of this literature could interpret such behavioral guides, appropriating them to their own ends. more...
The Camera Phone Book
National Geographic Society 2007; US$ 10.95Marketing experts predict that by 2009, nearly 90% of all cell phones will contain a camera, as manufacturers race to create cheaper, easier-to-use models with more sophisticated cameras, more pixels, flash units and even multiple lenses. Already revolutionizing audiovisual communication, it's a trend that will only grow more explosively?and who better... more...
Southeast Asia in the New International Era
Westview Press 2009; US$ 42.00An updated introduction to the eleven nations of contemporary Southeast Asia, with special attention on political development, institutions, democratization, and foreign policy more...
Southeast Asia in the New International Era
Westview Press 2013; US$ 42.00An essential introduction to contemporary Southeast Asia in the context of a post-Cold War world more...
Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector
Edward Elgar Publishing 2010; US$ 40.00While retiree health plans are a dying benefit in the private sector, all US states and many local governments extend health insurance coverage to their retired employees. This book is the first to thoroughly examine public sector health insurance plans. Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector provides a detailed description of the current plans... more...









