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The Western Allies and the Politics of Food. Agrarian Management in Postwar Germany.

FARQUHARSON, John E. · 1985

A$23.00 (€14.14 | $15.58 | £11.79 | ¥2,488)

Berg, 1985. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Examines Anglo-American relations where food shortages in the British Zone of Germany required Whitehall to make repeated concessions to the Americans in order to receive food surpluses, & how this agrarian management impacted on th...

Verifying a Nuclear Freeze.

HARRISON, Roger with LEVI, Barbara, HIPPEL, Frank von, & BARNABY, Frank. · 1986

A$23.00 (€14.14 | $15.58 | £11.79 | ¥2,488)

Berg, 1986. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Examines "...the implications of a freeze for the development, testing, production & deployment of nuclear weapons...[and analyses] the various techniques of verification currently available". B/W photos. 214pp.

The Social History of Politics. Critical Perspectives in West German Historical Writing since 1945.

IGGERS, Georg ed. · 1985

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Berg, 1985. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. A collection of essays aimed at providing "...a survey of the precooupation of the social historians of politics..." and focusing on an aspect of pre-1914 German history. 314pp.

The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People.

FITZGERALD, C.P. · 1972

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Praeger, 1972. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. An historical examination of the southern expansion of Chinese influence, culture & power, as well as the migration of Chinese to many South-East Asian countries. 230pp.

Repossessing and Renewing. Essays in the Green American Tradition.

PAUL, Sherman. · 1976

A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,272)

Louisiana State University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Examines the writings of Emerson, Thoreau, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alfred Kazin etc. 294pp.

On the Road.

STEWART, Jackie. · 1983

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Willow Books, 1983. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Stewart looks at driving in foreign countries, the police, car salesmen etc. 119pp.

Grand Prix.

HODGES, David, NYE, Doug, & ROEBUCK, Nigel. · 1981

A$34.00 (€20.90 | $23.04 | £17.44 | ¥3,678)

Michael Joseph, 1981. Hardcover. Large 4to. Condition vg in dj. B/W & col. illus. Examines the history, the cars, drivers & circuits. Beautifully illustrated. Handsome volume. 224pp.

The Speed Merchants.

KEYSER, Michael. · 1973

A$27.00 (€16.60 | $18.29 | £13.85 | ¥2,921)

Rutledge, 1973. Hardcover. 4to. Several small tears & a small chip to dj, o/wise condition vg. B/W & col. photos. Examines all facets of motor racing in the 1970s from the drivers & the cars, to the teams of mechanics & engineers. 176pp.

Can Ministers Cope? Australian Federal Ministers at Work.

WELLER, Patrick & GRATTAN, Michelle. · 1981

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Hutchinson, 1981. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Examines whether ministers are dominated by the prime minister or the public service, how effective they are etc. 231pp. ISBN 0091376904.

Race Car Braking Systems.

SMITH, Steve. · 1980

A$20.00 (€12.29 | $13.55 | £10.26 | ¥2,164)

Steve Smith Autosports, 1980. Revised edition. Paperback. B/W photos & illus. Aimed at assisting in the selection & use of race car braking systems & components, as well as covering the basic concepts of the braking system. 69pp.

The Future Battlefield.

MALIK, J. Mohan. · 1997

A$47.00 (€28.89 | $31.84 | £24.10 | ¥5,085)

Deakin University Press with the Directorate of Army Research and Analysis, 1997. Paperback. A collection of papers from a conference organized by the Australian Army to discuss the battlefield of the future. Essays include: The New Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific Region,...

Diet, Disease and Development.

EDMUNDSON, Wade C., SUKHATMER, P.V., & EDMUNDSON, Stella A. · 1992

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Macmillan, 1992. Hardcover. Corners & bottom front edge bumped, creases to spine, o/wise contents good. Out of print. Scarce. Explains "...the priorities of human health in terms of distribution, incidence and significance of disease...[and combines] an introduction to the med...

Constructing Panic. The Discourse of Agoraphobia.

CAPPS, Lisa & OCHS, Elinor. · 1995

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Harvard University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Fine in dj. A clinical psychologist & a linguist provide an in-depth study of one patient's experience of agoraphobia. 244pp.

Coming Together/Coming Apart Religion, Community, and Modernity.

BOUNDS, Elizabeth M. · 1997

A$30.00 (€18.44 | $20.33 | £15.38 | ¥3,246)

Routledge, 1997. Hardcover. Condition vg. No dj. Analyzes a broad range of theorists from Daniel Bell & Stanley Hauerwas to Sharon Welch & Cornel West. Compares their arguments about community, illustrating critical assumptions about roles of morality & religion including the ...

Experiments in Form. Henry James's Novels, 1896 - 1901.

ISLE, Walter. · 1968

A$19.00 (€11.68 | $12.87 | £9.74 | ¥2,056)

Harvard University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Ex-lib. No dj. Some penning. Examines the novels written at the turn of the century: The Other House, The Spoils of Poynton, What Maisie Knew, The Awkward Age & The Sacred Fount. 251pp.

Live From the Trenches. The Changing Role of the Television News Correspondent.

FOOTE, Joe S. · 1998

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Southern Illinois University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine in dj. Provides the first examination of television news correspondents & their work. 143pp.

Trading. Inside the World's Leading Stock Exchanges.

GOLDENBERG, Susan. · 1986

A$22.00 (€13.52 | $14.91 | £11.28 | ¥2,380)

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. B/W photos. A behind-the-scenes & historical examination of how each of the world's top ten stock exchanges operates. Includes London, Tokyo, Chicago, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Zurich & New York. 263pp.

The Empty Cradle. Infertility in America from Colonial Times to the Present.

MARSH, Margaret & RONNER, Wanda. · 1996

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John Hopkins University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine in dj. B/W photos & illus. Examines the social, cultural, scientific & medical aspects of infertility over the past 300 years in America. 326pp.

The Champions of Formula 1. From Fangio to Piquet.

BOTSFORD, Keith. · 1988

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Stanley Paul, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Small scratch to dj, o/wise condition good. B/W & col. plates. Looks at the heroes of the Gran Prix circuit, including Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda, Mario Andretti, Alan Jones, Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost etc. Includ...

The Middle English Pearl. Critical Essays.

CONLEY, John ed. · 1970

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University of Notre Dame Press, 1970. Hardcover. Ex-lib. A few pages with penned lines to margins. Twenty essays on the controversial poem. 351pp.