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Activists' Handbook

A powerful guide to grassroots activism. A priceless resource for everyone ready to make a difference, an environmental activist offers a step-by-step handbook for citizens eager to start or get involved in grass-roots movements and beyond. 256 pp.

Author: Ricketts, Aidan

Publisher: ZED BOOKS (Palgrave Macmillan)

ISBN: 9781848135932

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Category: Political Science / Civics & Citizenship

Binding: Hardcover

Price: $116.95

Health of Nations, The

Why, despite vast resources being expended on health and health care, is there still so much ill health? Why do massive inequalities in health remain? The Health of Nations analyzes how power is exercised both in health care systems and in society more generally. 162 pp.

Author: Mooney, Gavin

Publisher: ZED BOOKS (Palgrave Macmillan)

ISBN: 9781780320601

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Category: Political Science / International Relations / General

Binding: Hardcover

Price: $107.95

History of Interior Design

History of Interior Design provides a comprehensive survey of architecture, interiors, furniture and accessories from ancient civilizations through the 20th century. 624 pp.

Author: Ireland, Jeannie

Publisher: Fairchild Books

ISBN: 9781563674624

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Category: Architecture / Interior Design / General

Binding: Hardcover

Price: $109.50

History of Singing, A

Why do we sing and what first drove early humans to sing? From Neanderthal Man to Genesis, from Qawwali to castrati and from Purcell to Peking Opera, this history explores the global evolution of singing and will appeal to an international readership of singers, students and scholars. 258 pp.

Author: Potter, John

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521817059

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Category: Music / General

Binding: Hardcover

Price: $120.00

Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu, The

This volume explores the sociological legacy of the late Pierre Bourdieu through an examination of the intellectual division between his reception in the world of French social sciences and his reception in the Anglophone world. 470 pp.

Author: Susen, Simon & Turner, Bryan S., eds.

Publisher: Anthem Press

ISBN: 9780857287687

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Category: Social Science / Sociology / General

Binding: Hardcover

Price: $130.00

Problem With Banks, The

The cost of public bail-outs associated with the subprime crisis in the United States alone may be as high as $2 trillion. What is the problem with banks? Why do they seem to be at the center of economic and financial turmoil down through the ages? 160 pp.

Author: Sinclair, Timothy J.

Publisher: ZED BOOKS (Palgrave Macmillan)

ISBN: 9781848139381

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Category: Business & Economics / Banks & Banking

Binding: Paper

Price: $19.95

Retailing in the 21st Century

Retailing in the Twenty-First Century introduces students to the field of retailing with the most current retailing principles and practices. This comprehensive text covers the latest innovations. 544 pp.

Author: Diamond, Jay & Litt, Sheri

Publisher: Fairchild Books

ISBN: 9781563677052

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Category: Business & Economics / Industries / Retailing

Binding: Hardcover

Price: $118.00

Screen Decades Complete 11 Volume Set: American Cinema From the 1890s to the 2000s

The Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema series is now available as an 11-volume set: American Cinema From the 1890s to the 2000s.

Author: Pomerance, Murray

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

ISBN: 9780813554457

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Category: Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism

Binding: Paper

Price: $250.00

Studies in Hindu Law and Dharmasastra

This book presents for the first time a collection of the major studies on Hindu law and Dharmasastra by Ludo Rocher, one of the brightest lights of American academia. This collection of essays serves as an invaluable introduction to Rocher’s distinctive and important contributions to the field of Indology. 760 pp.

Author: Rocher, Ludo. Ed by Davis, Donald R., Jr. Foreword by Richard W. Lariviere

Publisher: Anthem Press

ISBN: 9780857285508

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Category: Religion / Hinduism / Sacred Writings

Binding: Hardcover

Price: $130.00

World Atlas of Atmospheric Pollution

Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data. 144 pp.

Author: Sokhi, Ranjeet S., ed. Foreword by Mario Molina

Publisher: Anthem Press

ISBN: 9781843312895

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Category: Science

Binding: Hardcover

Price: $250.00