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  • FROM THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN TO THE KOREAN WAR
    STEPHEN WADE
    In 1941, Beryl Baxter, a dressmaker from Grimsby, signed up to do her bit in the Battle of Britain. She was to serve as a plotter as aircraftswoman in the WAAF and, upon discharge in 1949 she began life as a welfare worker for the Women's Voluntary Service. Her postings included the Korean War, Japan, Hong Kong and Iraq. Throughout these years of service she fulfilled the roles...

    $274.00

  • A DICTIONARY OF TRUE CRIME
    STEPHEN WADE
    A comprehensive A-Z guide to notorious and lesser-known extreme crimes, criminals, and legal cases from the 17th century to today. A Dictionary of True Crime is a guide to the most compelling cases of extreme and violent crime in the writing files, from the 17th century to present day. Amongst notorious criminals like Jack the Ripper and the Moors Murderers, lesser-known but pr...

    $255.99

  • AMAZING TALES VOLUME 107
    MANLY WADE WELLMAN ET AL.
    Dive into the boundless realms of imagination with "Amazing Tales Volume 107", where each story explores the intricate dance between destiny and discovery. This anthology invites readers to journey across galaxies, traverse the mysteries of the universe, and ponder the power of dreams. In "Warrior of Two Worlds", an enigmatic saga unfolds as Yandro is whisked away to the distan...

    $39.70

  • NAVIGATING THE POSTMODERN CONDITION
    WADE A. TILLETT
    Drawing on poststructuralist frameworks, this book examines the way to a radical acceptance of daily discontinuities and difference as it allows us to embrace life in the postmodern world. With each chapter exploring the human relationship with a disjunction in daily life, such as sleeping, forgetting, and multitasking, the author examines overlooked aspects of daily living as ...

    $640.00

  • THE INTOKU CODE
    WADE ISHIMOTO
    "If one aspires to live a noble and meaningful life, you’ll find an exemplar here. Of the many marvelous American traits, Ish’s notion of ‘Intoku' or “good done in secret” is the answer to so many of our current challenges as families, communities and Nation. Read on!" — General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF (retired) A Japanese American boy born just before Pearl Harbor joins the A...

    $267.99

  • A TABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES
    MATTHEW WADE UMBARGER
    Psalm 23, the most beloved of the Psalms, contains a perplexing riddle. What can it possibly mean that God prepares a table in the presence of the psalmist's enemies? Matthew Umbarger proposes that Psalm 23:5 makes the most sense when read according to its cultural context of prebattle covenant banquets. Beginning with ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Umbarger traces a conceptua...

    $497.00

  • 42 REASONS TO HATE THE UNIVERSE
    CHRIS FERRIE / WADE DAVID FAIRCLOUGH / BYRNE LAGINESTRA
    If you've always suspected the universe was out to get you… you were right! Yes, the universe we live in is cosmically beautiful and mysterious and all that crap. But it's also a bit of an asshole. After all, remember that you are just a group of atoms structured in a specific way for barely long enough to try to understand this thing we call existence. Those atoms could just h...

    $364.00

  • DICTIONARY OF GYPSY LIFE AND LORE
    HARRY E. WEDECK / WADE BASKIN
    This comprehensive reference volume offers in-depth information on one of the world's most fascinating and misunderstood cultures. Throughout history, Gypsies all over the world have been maligned and rejected. Outcasts of the countries in which they live, these nomads have wandered for years over the face of the earth. They have no homeland, no political unity, no recognition ...

    $200.00

  • ARMIJO HIGH SCHOOL
    TONY WADE
    Over a century of history, pride and tradition. Armijo High School opened its doors for the first time in 1891. What began in the upstairs classrooms of Crystal Elementary School in Suisun City grew to the sprawling campus on Washington Street in order to serve the rising population of Fairfield, California. Armijo alumni have made indelible marks in numerous fields, including ...

    $229.00

  • THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER
    DAMON A. WILLIAMS / KATRINA C. WADE-GOLDEN
    This volume addresses the role of chief diversity officers as coordinating and integrating diversity leaders in higher education and other sectors.Having established in a companion volume the parameters for an effective diversity strategy, the authors address such questions as: What is a chief diversity officer? How might we create dynamic chief diversity officer infrastructure...

    $1,320.00

  • 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...

    $338.00

  • THE WEST BANK PALESTINIAN FAMILY
    IBRAHIM WADE ATA
    First published in 1986 The West Bank Palestinian Family presents the reader with the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the Palestinian family in the West Bank. The main focus of the work was to identify what changes, if any, the Palestinian family has undergone over the last three generations of its evolution, an evolution partly spent under Israeli occupation of t...

    $840.00

  • TRANSFORMING THE B2B BUYER JOURNEY
    ANTONIA WADE
    Boost lead generation, improve pipeline conversion and build loyalty with clients using this guide to designing a successful end-to-end B2B marketing buyer journey. Changes in B2B buying have heralded a new age of B2B marketing. Transforming the B2B Buyer Journey offers a new way of thinking that accommodates the many nuances in buyer behaviour. It provides a step-by-step guide...

    $879.00

  • INNOVATION AND MODERNISATION IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA
    IMOGEN SOPHIE KRISTIN WADE
    This book examines how technological modernisation and innovation policies have been implemented in Russia from the Soviet era to the present day. It discusses how since about 2000 the Russian state has attempted to address the country’s excessive dependence on natural resources by implementing an ambitious programme of economic modernisation, including giving innovation more p...

    $1,200.00

  • IRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL POLITICS IN SOUTH KOREA
    ROBERT WADE
    This book examines how state and local institutions that manage water conveyance and drainage actually function. Thus a great deal is revealed about the relationships and power struggles that exist between government and the people and between central and local authorities. ...

    $1,120.00

  • PRANKLAB
    CHRIS FERRIE / BYRNE LAGINESTRA / WADE DAVID FAIRCLOUGH
    Explosive soda. Cheating dice. Mind control. Pranklab delivers science-powered pranks that make learning wildly fun for kids! Created by a quantum physicist and two science educators, Pranklab is a STEM prank book like no other. Designed for kids ages 8–12, it turns everyday materials into laugh-out-loud experiments—blending hands-on fun with real science. With activities like ...

    $182.00

  • ANTHROPOLOGY AND SCIENCE
    JEANETTE EDWARDS / PENNY HARVEY / PETER WADE
    What does it mean to know something - scientifically, anthropologically, socially? What is the relationship between different forms of knowledge and ways of knowing? How is knowledge mobilised in society and to what ends? Drawing on ethnographic examples from across the world, and from the virtual and global 'places' created by new information technologies, Anthropology and Sci...

    $1,160.00

  • 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

  • PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH
    WADE PICKREN
    Weaving together the various foundations of psychology and health into a compelling narrative, this book culturally and historically situates the practice, strengths, and shortcomings of the field. Historian of psychology Wade Pickren traces the development of the relationship of health and psychology through a critical history that incorporates context, culture, and place from...

    $640.00

  • HANDBOOK OF FORGIVENESS
    EVERETT L. WORTHINGTON, JR., NATHANIEL G WADE
    The Handbook of Forgiveness, Second Edition consolidates research from a wide range of disciplines and offers an in-depth review of the science of forgiveness. This new edition considers forgiveness in a diverse range of contexts and presents a research agenda for future directions in the field. Chapters approach forgiveness from a variety of perspectives, drawing on related wo...

    $3,000.00

  • BRIEF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY FOR NON-UNDERWEIGHT PATIENTS
    GLENN WALLER / HANNAH TURNER / MADELEINE TATHAM / VICTORIA MOUNTFORD / TRACEY WADE
    Most people with eating disorders struggle to find an effective therapy that they can access quickly. Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Non-Underweight Patients: CBT-T for Eating Disorders presents a new form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) that is brief and effective, allowing more patients to get the help that they need. CBT is a strongly supported therapy for al...

    $820.00

  • RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND MASCULINITY
    ANTHONY ISACCO / JAY C. WADE
    Religion, Spirituality, and Masculinity provides concrete, practical suggestions for mental health professionals. Drawing from decades of clinical experience working with men and interdisciplinary insights from psychology, sociology, religion, and more, the authors explore some of the most salient aspects of men’s mental and spiritual health. Chapters focus on topics such as me...

    $1,040.00

  • CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
    GEOFF WADE
    Spanning over a millennium of history, this book seeks to describe and define the evolution of the China–Southeast Asia nexus and the interactions which have shaped their shared pasts. Examining the relationships which have proven integral to connecting Northeast and Southeast Asia with other parts of the world, the contributors of the volume provide a wide-ranging historical c...

    $1,120.00

  • THE POST-WAR GENERATION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION
    JACKSON W CARROLL / WADE CLARK ROOF / DAVID A ROOZEN
    This is the first book to offer a comparative analysis of the impact of the post-war ?Baby Boom? generation on Christianity around the world. Taking a cross-cultural approach, the contributors examine ten advanced countries, including England, France, Germany, Australia, and the United States, and explore the ways baby boomers have helped reshape and redefine ?establishment rel...

    $1,320.00

  • VISUAL ALLUSIONS
    NICHOLAS WADE
    In this book a leading researcher and artist explores how we see pictures and how they can communicate messages to us, both directly and indirectly by making allusions to objects in space or to stored images in our minds. Originally published in 1990, Dr Wade provides fascinating examples of pictures that communicate hidden messages, either by implying something else, or by a s...

    $1,100.00

  • APPLIED AKKA PATTERNS
    MICHAEL NASH / WADE WALDRON
    When it comes to big data processing, we can no longer ignore concurrency or try to add it in after the fact. Fortunately, the solution is not a new paradigm of development, but rather an old one. With this hands-on guide, Java and Scala developers will learn how to embrace concurrent and distributed applications with the open source Akka toolkit. You’ll learn how to put the ac...

    $454.00

  • LEEDS IN THE GREAT WAR
    STEPHEN WADE
    In 1914, when the call came for Kitchener's new army to be recruited, Leeds was at the heart of the West Riding conurbation, where many men joined the Pals' Battalions. However, the city was to participate in the war effort in so many other ways. It was a textile town, with a long history of tailoring and clothing manufacture, and kept the troops in uniform throughout the war. ...

    $198.99

  • 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

  • THE CHEMISTRY OF ALUMINIUM, GALLIUM, INDIUM AND THALLIUM
    K. WADE / A. J. BANISTER
    The Chemistry of Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium ...

    $425.00

  • "TO PREPARE FOR SHERMAN'S COMING"
    WADE SOKOLOSKY / MARK A. SMITH
    "More than yet another drums and bugles account of a Civil War battle . . . Smith and Sokolosky fully understand the importance of logistics in warfare." — The Civil War Monitor   The Battle of Wise's (Wyse) Forks, March 7–11, 1865, has long been thought of as nothing more than an insignificant skirmish during the final days of the Civil War and relegated to a passing reference...

    $229.00


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