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  • SUNSHADES IN OCTOBER
    NORMAN MACRAE
    Sunshades in October (1963) argues that under certain circumstances economic domestic restraint will in fact do precisely the opposite. This went against British economic policy of the time, based on the assumption that a restraint on domestic demand must always serve, in some measure, to ease the problems of securing sufficient exports and of containing cost inflation. ...

    $1,480.00

  • LEVINAS, ETHICS, AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
    NORMAN K. SWAZO
    This book engages with the philosophical thought of French-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It studies some of his Talmudic readings and his concern for a Jewish “universal ethics.” It does so in relation to the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the moral imperatives that apply to the conduct of the State of Israel and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) vis-a-vis th...

    $1,160.00

  • NOW MEDIA
    NORMAN J. MEDOFF / BARBARA K. KAYE
    Now in its fifth edition, this book is one of the leading texts on the evolution of electronic mass communication in the last century, giving students a clear understanding of how the media of yesterday shaped the media world of today. Now Media provides a comprehensive view of the development of media and the subsequent advancements into ‘now’ digital media. Each chapter is or...

    $2,040.00

  • THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE FRENCH NATION 1589–1989
    NORMAN RAVITCH
    “Paris is worth a mass” was the realistic response of Protestant Henry IV, who changed his faith to secure the throne of France, to the central importance of the French Catholic Church. Principle and pragmatism have since been, in alteration, the two prime constituents of French Catholicism. In his book The Catholic Church and the French Nation 1589–1989 (originally published i...

    $1,480.00

  • GENEVA AND THE DRIFT TO WAR
    SIR NORMAN ANGELL
    Geneva and the Drift to War (1938) is based on the work of the 1937 session of the Geneva Institute of International Relations, which brought together men and women from all parts of the world to pool the results of their studies in international affairs, their experience of international administration, or their personal knowledge of international politics. Their main conclusi...

    $1,480.00

  • SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE
    NORMAN REID / KHALED AHMED AL-MADANI / FATHEYA MAHMOOD AL-AHMADI
    This book draws on the wealth of worldwide research into science education to establish a set of key principles for teaching secondary science. It considers the aims of science education and the themes and topics that should be included in the curriculum and how these can be effectively taught and assessed in a variety of contexts. Offering a framework for the training and prof...

    $1,040.00

  • THE CREATORS OF WINNIE THE POOH
    ANDREW NORMAN
    Explores the deeper motivations behind A.A. Milne's creation of Winnie-the-Pooh and its enduring legacy. In 1962, children’s writer Roger Lancelyn Green coined the phrase ‘The Golden Age of Children’s Books’. A. A. Milne’s two Winnie-the-Pooh books, published in 1926 and 1928, which were so beautifully illustrated by artist and book illustrator E. H. Shepard, fall into this cat...

    $216.99

  • THE DINOSAURS AND THEIR MYSTERIOUS DEMISE
    ANDREW NORMAN
    Explores the captivating history of dinosaurs, their reign, extinction, and presents a new theory on how certain species survived their cataclysmic end. The dinosaurs are a source of endless fascination, and each new generation is inspired and enchanted by images of these wondrous and awe-inspiring creatures that dominated the Earth eons of time ago. The smallest was the size o...

    $255.99

  • SPYING FOR HITLER
    NORMAN RIDLEY
    “…the book starts with WWI spying and sabotage in the US by German agents. After that comes the great 1930s spy rings and the 1940s spy and sabotage efforts.” -Historical Miniatures Gaming Society When Hitler was striving for recognition and relevance in the political turmoil of the early Weimar years in Germany he gave little thought to the world on the other side of the Atlan...

    $255.99

  • A 17TH CENTURY KNIGHT
    BEN NORMAN
    Sir Simonds D’Ewes, a seventeenth-century gentleman bred in Dorset, but ultimately shaped by a deep and lasting love for Suffolk, was not destined for greatness. Nor did he have greatness thrust upon him in his short lifetime. Yet this was hardly the point. Son to a respectable family, D’Ewes rose through local, legal and political ranks to become a first-hand witness to a succ...

    $255.99

  • PALESTINE OF THE JEWS
    NORMAN BENTWICH
    Palestine of the Jews (1919) examines the history of Jewish Palestine, from 4,000 years ago to the early twentieth century and the Balfour Declaration. It details the importance of Palestine to the Jews, it being for two thousand years the centre of their nation, and for two thousand more the centre of their hopes and aspirations. ...

    $860.00

  • FROM CHAOS TO CONTROL
    NORMAN ANGELL
    Originally published in 1933, this volume From Chaos to Control represents the expansion of notes used in the delivery of the Halley Stewart Lectures for 1932–1933. Following on from the economic lecture of the previous year, this title covers “the psychology of popular understanding, of the nature of the public mind in relation to the technical problems discussed by last year’...

    $800.00

  • BACH THE BORROWER
    NORMAN CARRELL
    Originally published in 1967, in this book the author delves deeply into the fascinating field of Bach’s music and the reasons for his ‘borrowing’, and adaptation within his oeuvre. This book, scrupulously uncontroversial in its manner, contains evidence which upends many established judgements. Whether concerned with Bach’s artistic personality or with details of his performan...

    $1,400.00

  • BACH'S 'BRANDENBURG' CONCERTOS
    NORMAN CARRELL
    Originally published in 1963 and with a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin, this book begins with a study of the historical scene and the conditions under which Bach and his player colleagues lived, wrote and worked. It discusses the instruments then in use and required by Bach in these compositions and why certain passages in consequence took the shape or form they did. The book analy...

    $860.00

  • MADE LOVE, GOT WAR
    NORMAN SOLOMON
    First published in 2008. The strands of this book form a unique weave of personal narrative and historical inquiry. Made Love, Got War lays out a half century of socialized insanity that has brought a succession of aggressive wars under cover of—but at recurrent risk of detonating—a genocidal nuclear arsenal. ...

    $1,040.00

  • COMBUSTION MEASUREMENTS
    NORMAN CHIGIER
    The book begins with an introduction to the general problems of making measurements in high temperature and a presentation of chemically reacting flow systems. It describes each instrument with the various diagnostic techniques and discusses measurements that have been made in furnaces, flames, and rocket engines. The detailed measurement techniques described in this book cover...

    $11,700.00

  • CRUSADING AND WARFARE IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE EUROPE
    NORMAN HOUSLEY
    These studies span the period from the origins of the crusading movement in the 11th century until its final active phase during the Renaissance. Some of the articles spring from Norman Housley’s work on crusading against Christian heretics, mercenary companies and lay powers which were involved in conflict with the Church. Others reflect his interest in the way crusading devel...

    $1,400.00

  • WAR MADE INVISIBLE
    NORMAN SOLOMON
    With a new preface by the author on the Gaza war An unflinching exposé of the hidden costs of American war-making written with “an immense and rare humanity” (Naomi Klein) by one of our premier political analysts Every election cycle, candidates across the political spectrum repudiate what has become one of the most consequential and enduring components of American foreign poli...

    $337.00

  • QUALITATIVE INQUIRY IN TRANSITION—PASTS, PRESENTS, & FUTURES
    NORMAN K. DENZIN
    Qualitative Inquiry in Transition—Pasts, Presents, & Futures: A Critical Reader gathers more than 30 internationally renowned scholars in qualitative inquiry to present provocative interventions into the politics of research, philosophy of inquiry, justice matters, and writing practices. Drawn from a decade of cutting-edge plenary volumes emanating from the annual International...

    $1,320.00

  • THE NEW-OLD LAND OF ISRAEL
    NORMAN BENTWICH *DECEASED*
    First published in 1960, The New-Old Land of Israel deals particularly with the excavations which have amazingly enlarged our knowledge of Bible times. The unique quality of the Bible land of Israel is that it has the thrill of a rich historic past, an ardent, bustling present and an exciting, incalculable future. It is the purpose of this book to give to the reader that thrill...

    $860.00

  • A COMMENTARY ON THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS
    NORMAN BENTWICH / ANDREW MARTIN
    First published in 1950, A Commentary on the Charter of the United Nations presents a collection of documentary material detailing various aspects of the UN Charter. It discusses themes like the evolution of the Charter; purposes and principles; Pacific settlements of disputes; the General Assembly; the Security Council; International Economic and Social Co-Operation; the Econo...

    $860.00

  • QUALITATIVE INQUIRY IN THE PRESENT TENSE
    NORMAN K. DENZIN
    In Qualitative Inquiry in the Present Tense, contributors engage with epistemological and philosophical questions concerning the conduct of qualitative inquiry in the present moment, and especially as it relates to various understandings of writing in/as inquiry. Topics addressed include methodological processes, questions of narrative uprootedness, relational inquiry, Indigeno...

    $1,320.00

  • PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
    NORMAN FLYNN
    In an era marked by unprecedented challenges, from the climate crisis to the rise of populism, the ways to manage public sector organisations have dramatically changed. In the eighth edition of this bestselling textbook, Flynn and Asquer offer the definitive introduction to public administration. Now substantially revised and updated throughout, this text reflects the latest ap...

    $1,223.46

  • TRANSITIONAL OBJECTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
    AMANDA NORMAN
    In this innovative book, Amanda Norman looks at D. W. Winnicott’s theory of Transitional Objects in early years practice, the ‘good-enough’ parent, and the relationship between the young child and primary carer in relation to the value of Transitional Objects. Norman looks at how an understanding of psychological theories can be useful when caring for young children in both edu...

    $920.00

  • THE BRAIN OF ROBERT FROST
    NORMAN N. HOLLAND
    Originally published in 1988,this book brings brain science to literary criticism. The Brain of Robert Frost combines psychoanalysis with the findings of brain research and cognitive psychology to model the way we create and respond to literature. Norman Holland draws three central ideas from ‘the mind’s new science’: the critical ‘supercharged’ period in infancy when individua...

    $960.00

  • HITLER AND POLAND
    NORMAN RIDLEY
    This book explores the tumultuous period following the First World War, where Poland, caught between the competing ambitions of Germany and the Soviet Union, navigates political upheaval, territorial disputes, and the emerging threat of Hitler. Following the end of the First World War, the newly reformed state of Poland was wedged uncomfortably between the two dominant nations ...

    $274.00

  • ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND GEOPOLITICS IN EURASIA
    NORMAN A. GRAHAM / ŞUHNAZ YILMAZ
    This book advances our understanding of security and its intricate interactions with geopolitics and the environment in Eurasia. Norman A. Graham and Şuhnaz Yılmaz focus on Eurasia, where the energy-water-food nexus has emerged as a vital aspect of political economy and increasinglyas a decisive factor for human security. As clearly revealed during the Russian invasion of Ukrai...

    $1,160.00

  • FACTUAL TELEVISION
    NORMAN SWALLOW
    Factual Television (1966) looks at the techniques and purpose of all facets of factual television – news and current affairs programmes; documentaries; reporting stories; the ethics of reporters and producers. It quotes at length from television writers, producers and television executives, to give very much an insider’s view of the arena. ...

    $840.00

  • BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS
    PETER L. MOTHERSOLE / NORMAN W. WHITE
    Broadcast Data Systems (1990) looks at the broadcasting technology of data transmission over TV and radio channels – commonly known as teletext and RDS. It describes the development of the technology, together with the data signal format and coding methods used, the networking of teletext data signals and regional services requirements, and the transmission of the data itself. ...

    $800.00

  • HITLER'S GOLD
    NORMAN RIDLEY
    The whereabouts and disposal of the Nazi's remaining stolen gold has led to numerous investigations and countless conspiracy theories. Norman Ridley uncovers many of the mysteries surrounding this continuing search for the missing millions. War is a costly business and in 1939, Germany was almost broke with its economy overheating and heading for runaway inflation. Hitler neede...

    $274.00