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  • BRITAIN IN THE 1950S
    JOHN WADE
    The 1950s was the decade of the Queen's Coronation and the Festival of Britain; of family shops and pea-souper smogs; listening to the wireless and watching the box; when money was counted in pounds, shillings and pence and weights were in pounds and ounces. It was when children walked to school and 'six of the best' was a painful experience; postmen wore uniforms with peaked h...

    $338.00

  • UNDERSTANDING CENTRAL AMERICA
    JOHN A. BOOTH / CHRISTINE J. WADE / THOMAS W. WALKER
    In this seventh edition, John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker update a classic in the field which invites students to explore the histories, economies, and politics of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Covering the region's political and economic development from the early 1800s onward, the authors bring the Central American story up...

    $1,100.00

  • THE INGENIOUS VICTORIANS
    JOHN WADE
    Discover some of the Victorian Era's most outlandish inventions—from the world-changing to the simply weird—in this look at nineteenth-century innovation. We all know that some of history's greatest inventions came about in the Victorian age. But in The Ingenious Victorians, John Wade goes beyond those famous advances to explore some of the weird and wonderful ideas and project...

    $200.00

  • STRENGTH-BASED CLINICAL SUPERVISION
    JOHN C WADE / JANICE JONES
    "Through the frame of positive psychology, Wade and Jones solidify a next step in conceptualization and practice of supervision. This expansive view of historical, narrative, literary, and theoretical approaches is a significant addition to the supervision literature." Carol Falender, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles "For many of us in mental health fields our "traini...

    $1,330.00

  • HOW TO ACHIEVE A HEAVEN ON EARTH
    JOHN E. II WADE
    Whether it's finding spiritual harmony, reducing carbon emissions, quelling hostilities among races, cutting taxes, or feeding the hungry, every single person has the capacity to change the world for the better. Longtime New Orleans writer, editor, and philanthropist John E. Wade II has asked some of our most prestigious thinkers, writers, artists, experts, and leaders to consi...

    $200.00

  • TRANSPORT CURIOSITIES, 1850–1950
    JOHN WADE
    Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a designer's drawing board. Railway engines driven by horses, for example. Or maybe the surprising number of cars, boats and trains driven by aeroplane propellers. In this book you will find car...

    $319.85

  • CAMERAS AT WAR
    JOHN WADE
    A comprehensive history of the development and use of cameras in recording British military conflicts from the 1850s to the 1950s. Books about war and the pictures that came out of conflict usually concentrate on the picture content. But behind every picture there is a camera—and that's what this book is about. Profusely illustrated throughout with pictures of the cameras, rath...

    $229.00

  • THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION
    JOHN WADE
    A detailed look at the British world of science fiction in the 1950s.   John Wade grew up in the 1950s, a decade that has since been dubbed the "golden age of science fiction." It was a wonderful decade for the genre, but not so great for young fans. With early television broadcasts being advertised for the first time as "unsuitable for children" and the inescapable barrier of ...

    $229.00

  • LONDON CURIOSITIES
    JOHN WADE
    An off-the-beaten-path tour of the city's hidden highlights, and the stories behind them.   London is full of curiosities. Who knew that beneath the Albert Memorial lies a chamber resembling a church crypt? Or that there are catacombs under Camden? Who would expect to find a lighthouse in East London, sphinxes in South London, dummy houses in West London, or a huge bust of film...

    $229.00

  • BRITAIN IN THE 1950S
    JOHN WADE
    The 1950s was the decade of the Queen's Coronation and the Festival of Britain; of family shops and pea-souper smogs; listening to the wireless and watching the box; when money was counted in pounds, shillings and pence and weights were in pounds and ounces. It was when children walked to school and 'six of the best' was a painful experience; postmen wore uniforms with peaked h...

    $216.99