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  • HOUSE OF 49 DOORS
    LAURIE KLEIN
    Fowler House, with its odd nooks, dicey wiring, and vast, unfinished attic playroom, shelters preteen Larkin. And yet, the house speaks of secrets no one else will. Wild creatures weigh in: a muskrat, fireflies, snails, a vesper bat. The menacing garfish. Troubled parents take on repairs: clanking radiators, crumbling plaster, and beloved Uncle Dunkel, finally home from the war...

    $249.00

  • POLITICAL POSTMODERNISMS
    LIDIA KLEIN
    Political Postmodernisms shows how sites outside of Western Europe and North America undermine an established narrative of architecture theory and history. It focuses specifically on postmodern architecture, which is traditionally understood as embodying the flippant and apolitical aesthetics of capitalist affluence. By investigating postmodern architecture’s manifestations in ...

    $979.00

  • STREET COP
    GEORGE KLEIN
    This book provides an ethnography of street-level policing in the United States and offers an analysis with valuable lessons for today’s law enforcement officers. Author George C. Klein, sociologist and former police officer, explores the characteristics of policing in a suburb outside of large Midwestern city in the United States. As a participant-observation fieldworker, he f...

    $979.00

  • THE RELIGION OF ISLAM (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    F. A. KLEIN
    The book, first published in 1906, outlines the religious, ceremonial, civil and moral laws and regulations of Islam. The four sources from which the doctrines and precepts of Islam are founded are the Quran, the Sunna, the Ijma and the Qias. This title also interprets the principles of the four sources in respect to ‘ilm, or positive knowledge, and fiqh, or understanding. It i...

    $659.00

  • CITIZENSHIP AFTER TRUMP
    BRADLEY S. KLEIN / SCOTT G. NELSON
    In Citizenship After Trump, political theorists Bradley S. Klein and Scott G. Nelson explore the meaning of community in the context of intense political polarization, the surge of far-right nationalism and deepening divisions during the coronavirus pandemic. With both Trumpism and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic greatly testing American democracy, the authors examine the poli...

    $999.00

  • POETICS AND POLITICS OF RELATIONALITY IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL FICTION
    DOROTHEE KLEIN
    This is the first sustained study of the formal particularities of works by Bruce Pascoe, Kim Scott, Tara June Winch, and Alexis Wright. Drawing on a rich theoretical framework that includes approaches to relationality by Aboriginal thinkers, Edouard Glissant, and Jean-Luc Nancy, and recent work in New Formalism and narrative theory, the book illustrates how they use a broad ra...

    $1,099.00

  • NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF TWIN RELATIONSHIPS
    BARBARA KLEIN / STEPHEN A. HART / JACQUELINE M. MARTINEZ
    New Understandings of Twin Relationships takes an experience-based approach to exploring how twin attachment and estrangement are critical to understanding the push and pull of closely entwined personal relationships. Based on the research expertise of each of the authors (all identical twins in their own right), and vignettes from twins across the globe, this book describes th...

    $1,099.00

  • SOIL RECLAMATION PROCESSES MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSES AND APPLICATIONS
    ROBERT L. TATE / DONALD A. KLEIN
    This book provides an assessment of the understanding of soil microbiology and biochemistry as part of reclamation processes. It attempts to assemble more specialized literature on reclamation, where application of microbiological concepts has provided the understanding of the process. ...

    $7,500.00

  • THE KHAT CONTROVERSY
    DAVID ANDERSON / SUSAN BECKERLEG / DEGOL HAILU / AXEL KLEIN
    Khat. A harmless natural stimulant or a lethal epidemic sweeping through the international drugs trade? Khat is a natural substance that, in the Middle East, is as ubiquitous as coffee is in the West. It is hugely popular in some African and Arab populations. But critics contend that it is a seriously addictive stimulant that damages the cardiovascular system. In a groundbreaki...

    $799.00

  • FISHING FOR HERITAGE
    JANE NADEL-KLEIN
    Castles, lochs, seascapes. Coastal Scotland is one of the world's most romanticized tourist destinations, yet it is in the midst of severe economic decline. The North Atlantic fisheries crisis has hit Scottish communities hard and local fisherfolk are faced with chronic insecurity, anxiety over the decline of fishing and doubts about their cultural survival. The decline of this...

    $979.00

  • TALES FROM THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
    GIL KLEIN
    A behind-the-scenes history of the organization behind the White House Correspondents’ Dinner—and the news-breakers and newsmakers who’ve been part of it.   Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the National Press Club has been the hub of Washington journalism. Started by reporters as a watering hole for late-night card games, the Club soon attracted not only icons from...

    $229.00

  • A WOMAN'S ODYSSEY INTO AFRICA
    HANNY LIGHTFOOT KLEIN / ELLEN COLE / ESTHER D ROTHBLUM
    Here is the intriguing story of one woman’s mid-life flight from her stultified, middle-class, psychologically crippling, and unfulfilled existence into a world of high adventure, danger, hardship, and endurance, which ultimately leads her to autonomy and recognition. In her new book, A Woman’s Odyssey Into Africa, Hanny Lightfoot-Klein chronicles three year-long solo backpacki...

    $659.00

  • PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY, STRESS, AND INFECTION
    HERMAN FRIEDMAN / THOMAS W. KLEIN / ANDREA L. FRIEDMAN
    Psychoneuroimmunology is the emerging science devoted to studying the two-way relationship between the nervous and immune systems. Psychoneuroimmunology, Stress, and Infection highlights the latest information concerning microbial infections in both man and animals as related to stress and especially stress hormones. The volume focuses on psychoneuroimmunology as it impacts the...

    $10,000.00

  • SCIENCE EDUCATION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
    MARGRETE SIEBERT KLEIN / F. JAMES RUTHERFORD / F JAMES RUTHERFORD / MARGRETE S. KLEIN
    The decline in the quality of American public school instruction, particularly in science and mathematics, is a well-documented subject of concern for our nation. This book examines the educational systems in Japan, the People's Republic of China, East and West Germany, and the Soviet Union, countries that have developed particularly innovative app ...

    $1,199.00

  • ANALYSING MODERN BUSINESS CYCLES
    PHILIP A. KLEIN
    This "Festschrift" honours Geoffrey H. Moore's life-long contribution to the study of business cycles. After some analysts had concluded that business cycles were dead, renewed economic turbulence in the 1970s and 1980s brought new life to the subject. The study of business cycles now encompasses the global economic system, and this work aims to push back the frontiers of knowl...

    $4,400.00

  • THE NEW POLITICS OF THE NHS, SEVENTH EDITION
    RUDOLF KLEIN
    The New Politics of the NHS has become established over 30 years as the key overview of the NHS, its processes and paths of influence. The seventh edition remains a clear, easy-to-read guide to often complex debates. It encompasses both the background of the evolution of the NHS since its foundation, and a completely up-to-date picture of its prese ...

    $1,259.00

  • UNDERSTANDING SPACE STRATEGY
    JOHN J. KLEIN
    This book examines the rise of great power competition in space, including the relevant and practical space strategies for China, Russia, the United States, and other countries. The work discusses the concepts and writings of past strategists, such as Thucydides, Sun Tzu, and Clausewitz, in relation to warfare initiated in or extending into space. This analysis underscores why ...

    $1,099.00

  • CONTEMPORARY LEARNING THEORIES
    STEPHEN B. KLEIN AND ROBERT R. MOWRER
    This unique two-volume set provides detailed coverage of contemporary learning theory. Uniting leading experts in modern behavioral theory, these texts give students a complete view of the field. Volume I details the complexities of Pavlovian conditioning and describes the current status of traditional learning theories. Volume II discusses several important facets of instrumen...

    $1,299.00

  • HEAVENLY HURTS
    SANDRA JACOBY KLEIN
    "Heavenly Hurts Surviving AIDS-Related Deaths and Losses" imparts vital information for anyone touched by deaths and losses of HIV/AIDS. In the AIDS pandemic, efforts are focused on persons living with AIDS (PLWA). Neglected are professional and non-professional caregivers, families, and friends. They are surviving deaths of loved ones from AIDS-related illness, or are dealing ...

    $739.00

  • VIOLENCE IN AMERICA
    ROBERT H. KLEIN
    Violence is a growing problem in American society, and hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about yet another heart-wrenching episode of mass violence. Such events, unfortunately, are only the most public manifestation of violence in America. The full nature and extent of daily violence, the various and pervasive forms it takes, and the enormous social, emotional, moral, and...

    $1,139.00

  • MOVING BOXES BY AIR
    PETER S. MORRELL / THOMAS KLEIN
    Air cargo is a key element of the global supply chain. It allows outsourcing of manufacturing to other countries and links production in both multinational and smaller enterprises. It has also been the most important driver of certain export industries in countries such as South Africa, Kenya and Chile. As a component of the air transport industry, air cargo makes the crucial d...

    $899.00

  • TROUBLE IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE
    GIL KLEIN
    A unique history of the park across from the White House, and the many tumultuous events that have happened there—includes photos and illustrations.   Lafayette Square, near the White House, has been in the spotlight during recent protests—but many are unaware that this Washington, DC, spot is surrounded by landmarks and steeped in a fascinating history of rebellion. A congress...

    $229.00

  • THE MEANING OF WORK
    LISL KLEIN
    Lisl Klein has spent forty years working on the twin themes of the practice of social science in organizations and the importance of work and work organization. Papers on the first of these were published as Working Across the Gap. This volume brings together papers covering the second theme, the meaning and organization of work. ...

    $1,299.00

  • DOUBTS AND CERTAINTIES IN THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
    JOSEPHINE KLEIN
    This book is a collection of occasional papers on the practice of psychotherapy for pre-qualification students and for more experienced professionals, focusing on the development of some psychoanalytic theories into their social and historical context. ...

    $1,599.00

  • JACOB'S LADDER
    JOSEPHINE KLEIN
    This book considers mysticism – a world of ineffable experience – to see if it might have anything to teach those in the therapeutic world, invites the reader to look at newer ways of psychoanalytic thinking, and uses writers of the past to help illuminate contemporary issues. ...

    $1,299.00

  • AN ANALYSIS OF AMARTYA SEN'S INEQUALITY RE-EXAMINED
    ELISE KLEIN
    Amartya Sen’s Inequality Re-Examined is a seminal text setting out a theory to evaluate social arrangements and inequality. By asking the question, ‘equality of what’?, Sen shows that (in)equality should be assessed as human freedom; for people to have the ability to pursue and achieve goals they value or have reason to value.  The text lays out the fundamental ideas to Amartya...

    $179.00

  • ANALYZING MODERN BUSINESS CYCLES
    PHILIP KLEIN
    This title was first published in 1990. A collection of essays on Business Cycles, celebrating Geoffrey H. Moore on his 75th birthday, who joined the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1939 and was also Professor Emeriutus at New York University. He progressed through many levels research assistant, staff member, associate director of research, director of research, vice p...

    $739.00

  • THE IMPACT OF JOINT VENTURES ON BIDDING FOR OFFSHORE OIL
    JOHN DOUGLASS KLEIN
    This volume, originally published in 1983 investigates join venture participants in outer continental shelf sales from institutional, theoretical and statistical points of view. It includes a section on the 1975 joint bidding ban, which reviews the principal study which led to the ban and several which are critical of it. The study of ofshore leasing sales goes far beyond the f...

    $599.00

  • CAUSES AND EFFECTS
    LOUIS KLEIN
    River Pollution 2: Causes and Effects deals mainly with the causes of river pollution and the nature of the various kinds of pollution and their effects upon rivers. This book is an updated version of the first eight chapters of Aspects of River Pollution (first published early in 1957). Owing to the rapid development of the subject and the ever-increasing amount of literature ...

    $970.00

  • TWIN DILEMMAS
    BARBARA KLEIN
    The development of how twins relate to each other and their single partners is explored through life stories and clinical examples in this telling study of twin interconnections. While the quality of a nurturing family life is crucial, Dr. Klein has found there are often issues with separation anxiety, loneliness, competition with each other, and finding friendships outside of ...

    $1,199.00


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