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  • THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
    KARINE VARLEY
    The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71 has traditionally been seen as a limited conflict between French and German forces. This edited volume challenges this view and shows that it was a war of ideas, values, and perceptions, which transformed the political, diplomatic, and military culture across Europe. Based on interdisciplinary research, the book suggests that the war raised ne...

    $1,300.00

  • A FASCIST DECADE OF WAR
    MARCO MARIA ATERRANO / ‎KARINE VARLEY
    From the invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 through to the waning months of the World War II in 1945, Fascist Italy was at war. This Fascist decade of war comprised an uninterrupted stretch of military and political engagements in which Italian military forces were involved in Abyssinia, Spain, Albania, France, Greece, the Soviet Union, North Africa and the Middle East. As a junior p...

    $1,300.00

  • A LIVING COUNTRYSIDE?
    TONY VARLEY
    By examining a range of experiences from both the north and south of Ireland, this book asks what the ideal of sustainable development might mean to specific rural groups and how sustainable development goals have been pursued across the policy spectrum. It assesses the extent of commitment to a living countryside in Ireland and compares various opportunities and obstacles to t...

    $1,460.00

  • RETAIL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
    ROSEMARY VARLEY
    Retailers must be primed to face increasingly difficult trading conditions thanks to the rise of the internet, increasingly better informed consumers, technological advances and an often competitive environment. This established textbook, now in its third edition, helps to provide students with the necessary skills to understand and tackle these challenges. Retail Product Manag...

    $1,914.00

  • ADVENTURE TOURISM
    STEVE TAYLOR, PETER VARLEY, TONY JOHNSTON
    Adventure tourism is an increasingly widespread phenomenon, appealing to an expanding proportion of the population who seek new destinations and new experiences. This timely, edited volume offers new theoretical perspectives of this emerging subset of Tourism. it uses philosophical and cutting edge empirically grounded research to challenge existing thinking and develop the con...

    $1,360.00

  • NOTES FROM AN ODIN ACTRESS
    JULIA VARLEY
    ‘As an actress I sit, speak, run, sweat and, simultaneously, I represent someone who sits, speaks, runs and sweats. As an actress, I am both myself and the character I am playing. I exist in the concreteness of the performance and, at the same time, I need to be alive in the minds and senses of the spectators. How can I speak of this double reality?’ – Julia Varley This is a bo...

    $1,000.00

  • LANDLORD AND TENANT
    ALAN GILBERT / ANN VARLEY
    This ground-breaking work employs survey data and in-depth interviews to compile a detailed picture of landlords and tenants in developing countries. Focusing on Mexico the authors examine the state's housing policy, with its clear bias towards increasing home ownership, and explores the possibilities of improving the quality and increasing the stock of rented accommodation in ...

    $1,240.00

  • RED LIGHTNING
    JOHN VARLEY
    The sequel to Red Thunder is "a cosmic coming-of-age novel . . . [with] enthralling everyday heroics" from a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author (Paul Di Filippo, SciFi.com).   It doesn't matter that Ray Garcia-Strickland's father was one of the first men on Mars. The now overdeveloped planet has lost its hip factor, its luxurious hotels—like the one Ray's father manages—overr...

    $149.00

  • THE JOHN VARLEY READER
    JOHN VARLEY
    A landmark collection from the master of science fiction whose short stories "are quite literally unforgettable" (William Gibson).   These eighteen stories from the acclaimed author of the Gaea Trilogy, The Ophiuchi Hotline, and many other important works span thirty years of his distinguished career. In these pages are Hugo, Nebula, Prix Tour-Apollo, and James Tiptree Jr. Awar...

    $149.00

  • RED THUNDER
    JOHN VARLEY
    "The heart-pounding space race is on . . . in this riveting SF thriller" from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Red Lightning and Rolling Thunder ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).   As Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens from Florida decide to take matters into their own hands. If they c...

    $149.00

  • MAMMOTH
    JOHN VARLEY
    A "rollicking, bittersweet tale of time travel and ecology" from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of the Gaea Trilogy ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).   "H. G. Wells meets Jurassic Park" in this novel about a multibillionaire, a time machine, and a baby woolly mammoth named Little Fuzzy ( The Best Reviews).   The discovery of a perfectly preserved frozen mammoth in...

    $149.00

  • ROLLING THUNDER
    JOHN VARLEY
    The third book in the Thunder and Lightning Series is "a smashing success . . . [with] action-packed,  science-packed homages to Heinlein's best work" (Cory Doctorow,  Boing Boing).   Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Author Navy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California—and Earth's oppressive gravity. So she's OK wi...

    $149.00

  • THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING SERIES
    JOHN VARLEY
    Red Thunder, Red Lightning, and Rolling Thunder—"action-packed, science-packed homages to Heinlein's best work"—now in one volume (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing).   Enjoy all three novels in Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author John Varley's Mars saga!   Red Thunder As Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens...

    $329.00

  • BIOCHEMISTRY OF MILK PRODUCTS
    ANDREWS, A T / VARLEY, J R
    Biochemistry of milk products documents advances in the field and focuses on the two most active areas of research areas, which are starter cultures and enzymes for use in cheese and other foods, and factors influencing the functional properties of milk.The book covers the current thinking and research on the roles of proteinases and peptidases in the milk clotting process and ...

    $3,115.00

  • EMPOWERING SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN URBAN SCHOOLS
    EDNA TAN / ANGELA CALABRESE BARTON / ERIN TURNER / MAURA VARLEY GUTIÉRREZ
    Math and science hold powerful places in contemporary society, setting the foundations for entry into some of the most robust and highest-paying industries. However, effective math and science education is not equally available to all students, with some of the poorest students—those who would benefit most—going egregiously underserved. This ongoing problem with education highl...

    $612.99

  • RETAIL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
    VARLEY
    Introducing students to the product management process, this revised and updated second edition gives an insight into the operations and practices used by retailers to achieve their product strategy objectives. Blending theoretical approaches from a number of management perspectives, including marketing, purchasing and logistics, this text illustrates the breadth of knowledge n...
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    $1,340.54