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  • IRELAND: LAND OF TROUBLES
    PAUL JOHNSON
    First published in 1980, Ireland: Land of Troubles is a fascinating and eminently readable account of Ireland’s history from the twelfth century which gives a valuable insight into her twentieth century Troubles. Ireland is a country which has produced examples of the finest flowering of Western culture but also witnessed centuries of turbulence and bloodshed. From the first es...

    $1,339.00

  • MILITIAS, STATES AND VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS
    PAUL LORENZO JOHNSON
    This book examines the conditions under which the presence and use of militias result in an increase or a decrease in violence against civilians in intra-state conflicts. Showcasing the breadth and diversity of modern militias in the context of violence against civilians, the volume addresses the predation and repression that many such groups are infamous for, as well as increa...

    $1,099.00

  • THE PLOT OF SHAME
    PAUL JOHNSON
    The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is the last resting place of 6,012 American soldiers who died fighting in a small portion of Northern France during the First World War. The impressive cemetery is divided into four plots marked A to D. However, few visitors are aware that across the road, behind the immaculate façade of the superintendent’s office, unmarked and completely surro...

    $319.99

  • MEDIA STUDIES
    PAUL LONG / BETH JOHNSON / SHANA MACDONALD / SCHEM ROGERSON BADER / TIM WALL
    This thoroughly revised and updated third edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the various approaches to the field, explaining why media messages matter, how media businesses prosper and why media is integral to defining contemporary life. The text is divided into three parts – Media texts and meanings; Producing media; and Media and social contexts – exploring the ...

    $1,199.00

  • DESIGN OF BIOMEDICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
    PAUL H. KING / RICHARD C. FRIES / ARTHUR T. JOHNSON
      This fourth edition is a substantial revision of a highly regarded text, intended for senior design capstone courses within departments of biomedical engineering, bioengineering, biological engineering and medical engineering, worldwide. Each chapter has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the latest developments. New material has been added on entrepreneurship, bi...

    $3,800.00

  • PROMOTIONAL SCREEN INDUSTRIES
    PAUL GRAINGE / CATHERINE JOHNSON
    From the trailers and promos that surround film and television to the ads and brand videos that are sought out and shared, promotional media have become a central part of contemporary screen life. Promotional Screen Industries is the first book to explore the sector responsible for this thriving area of media production. In a wide-ranging analysis, Paul Grainge and Catherine Jo...

    $999.00

  • NEW POP-UP PAPER PROJECTS
    PAUL JOHNSON
    New Pop-Up Paper Projects is an inspirational book for everyone who wants to learn and share the magic of pop-up paper engineering. Illustrated throughout with colour diagrams and photographs, this book guides you through basic techniques and foundation skills, offers advice on classroom planning and health and safety and shows you how to ensure that learners of all ages can de...

    $979.00

  • POP-UP PAPER PROJECTS
    PAUL JOHNSON
    The techniques of creating pop-up forms are demonstrated in a series of practical lessons. The book also suggests ways in which pop-up forms can be used to enrich the study of English and art, and contains illustrations of childrens work. ...

    $1,259.00

  • GENETIC POLICING
    ROBIN WILLIAMS / PAUL JOHNSON
    This book is about the increasing significance of DNA profiling for crime investigation in modern society. It focuses on developments in the UK as the world-leader in the development and application of forensic DNA technology and in the construction of DNA databases as an essential element in the successful use of DNA for forensic purposes. The book uses data collected during t...

    $1,039.00

  • POLICING SEX
    PAUL JOHNSON
    This collection focuses attention on an important but academically neglected area of contemporary operational policing: the regulation of consensual sexual practices. Despite the high-level public visibility of, and debate about, policing in relation to violent and abusive sexual crimes (from child sexual abuse to adult rape) very little public or scholarly attention is paid to...

    $1,259.00

  • TECHNO SECURITY'S GUIDE TO SECURING SCADA: A COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK ON PROTECTING THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
    WILES, JACK / CLAYPOOLE, TED / DRAKE, PHIL / HENRY, PAUL A. / JOHNSON, LESTER J., JR. / LOWTHER, SEAN / MI
    Around the world, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems and other real-time process control networks run mission-critical infrastructure--everything from the power grid to water treatment, chemical manufacturing to transportation. These networks are at increasing risk due to the move from proprietary systems to more standard platforms and protocols and the in...

    $928.00

  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
    WEISSMAN, PAUL / MCFADDEN, LUCY-ANN / JOHNSON, TORRENCE
    The Encyclopedia of the Solar System provides a series of comprehensive and authoritative articles written by more than 50 eminent planetary and space scientists. Each chapter is self-contained yet linked by cross-references to other related chapters. This beautifully designed book is a must for the library of professional astronomers and amateur star-gazers alike, in fact fo...

    $1,374.00

  • HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
    PAUL JOHNSON
    Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights is the first book-length study of the Court’s jurisprudence in respect of sexual orientation. It offers a socio-legal analysis of the substantial number of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs on the wide range of complaints brought by gay men and lesbians under the European Convention on Human Rights. Providing a...

    $1,299.00

  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
    MCFADDEN, LUCY-ANN / WEISSMAN, PAUL / JOHNSON, TORRENCE
    Long before Galileo published his discoveries about Jupiter, lunar craters, and the Milky Way in the Starry Messenger in 1610, people were fascinated with the planets and stars around them. That interest continues today, and scientists are making new discoveries at an astounding rate. Ancient lake beds on Mars, robotic spacecraft missions, and new definitions of planets now d...

    $1,551.00

  • LAW, RELIGION AND HOMOSEXUALITY
    PAUL JOHNSON / ROBERT VANDERBECK
    Law, Religion and Homosexuality is the first book-length study of how religion has shaped, and continues to shape, legislation that regulates the lives of gay men and lesbians . Through a systematic examination of how religious discourse influences the making of law – in the form of official interventions made by faith communities and organizations, as well as by expressions of...

    $1,139.00

  • LOVE, HETEROSEXUALITY AND SOCIETY
    PAUL JOHNSON
    Heterosexuality is a largely ‘silent’ set of practices and identities – it is assumed to be everywhere and yet often remains unnamed and unexplored. Despite recent changes in the theoretical understanding and representation of sexuality, heterosexuality continues to be socially normative. Forging a new agenda for the study of heterosexuality, this in-depth volume, the first res...

    $1,099.00

  • OLD AGE FROM ANTIQUITY TO POST-MODERNITY
    PAUL JOHNSON
    Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history. This empirical study represents a substantial contribution to both the historical understanding of old age in past societies as well as the discussion of the contribution of post-modernism to historical scholarship. ...

    $1,379.00

  • IRELAND
    PAUL JOHNSON
    From the New York Times–bestselling author of Intellectuals: “All the highlights of Irish history . . . useful and informative.” —Irish Echo Drawing from a wealth of historical and scholarly sources, Paul Johnson, acclaimed for such works as A History of the Jews and A History of Christianity, traces the important social, religious, and political development of Ireland’s strugg...

    $229.00

  • EVIDENCE OF HOPE
    PAUL G. JOHNSON
    Social issues shape the news. Yet pulpit and pews maintain an awkward silence about them. One layperson said, "I have been a member here for twenty-five years, but I have no idea what any member thinks about any social issue."   Op-ed pages and sound bites cause people to wonder if friends are "red" or "blue" on social issues, but in this book, content dips below the surface wh...

    $337.00

  • LA HISTORIA DE LOS JUDIOS
    JOHNSON, PAUL
    El historiador Paul Johnson señala algunas de las contradicciones inherentes al hecho de ser judío -como,por ejemplo, la racionalidad frente al misticismo- y observa un peculiar nacionalismo, expresado ya en el Libro de los Macabeos, que desembocó en el sionismo. Ningún pueblo ha insistido más firmemente en que la humanidad tiene undestino y la historia un propósito, dice Johns...
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    $469.00

  • LA HISTORIA DEL CRISTIANISMO
    PAUL JOHNSON
    En este libro monumental, Paul Johnson hace gala de su maestría en el arte de contar la historia de una forma accesible, rica en detalles, apreciaciones y anécdotas, al mismo tiempo que ofrece los datos necesarios para responder a cuestiones esenciales sobre la evolución de la fe cristiana.Desde los tiempos de san Pablo, pasando por los primeros concilios de la Iglesia y llegan...
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    $199.00