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  • The Economics of Prevailing Wage Laws

    by Peter Philips ...
    Series series Alternative Voices in Contemporary Economics
    Prevailing wage laws affecting the construction industry in the United States exist at the Federal and State levels. These laws require that construction workers employed by contractors on government works be paid at least the wage rates and fringe benefits 'prevailing' for similar work where government contract work is performed. The federal law (Davis-Bacon Act) was passed in 1931. By 1969 four ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • The Empowered University

    Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success

    by Freeman A. Hrabowski III ...
    A practical and hopeful examination of how colleges and universities can create the best possible experience for students and faculty.There are few higher education leaders today that command more national respect and admiration than Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the outspoken president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Named one of America's Best Leaders by US News & World Report and ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

    A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics

    by Philip Freeman, William L. Riordon ...
    Plunkitt of Tammany HallA Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical PoliticsWilliam L. Riordan“Nobody thinks of drawin’ the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft.”This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures ever to play the American political game and win. George Washington Plunkitt rose from impoverished beginnings ... Read more

    Was $6.99 CAD Now $3.99 CAD

  • The French Revolution and Napoleon

    A Sourcebook

    Edited by Philip Dwyer, Peter McPhee ...
    This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts that explain the processes behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from the origins of the Revolution to the counterrevolution and from Marie-Antoinette to Bonaparte.The achievements, terror and drama of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period restructured politics and society on a ... Read more

    $75.99 CAD

  • World Englishes

    by Gunnel Melchers, Philip Shaw, Peter Sundkvist ...
    The fourth edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics of English as it is used world-wide. This book introduces the principles of linguistic variation and provides coverage on the roots of English, the spread of English, variations of English as a second language, and trends for the future.Thoroughly updated ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Your Computer Is on Fire

    Edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks, Kavita Philip ...
    Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley-led technophilia. This book trains a spotlight on the ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • Modern African Wars (1)

    Rhodesia 1965–80

    by Peter Abbott, Philip Botham ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    The Rhodesian War of 1965–80 was the battle for control of present day Zimbabwe.The former British colony of Southern Rhodesia rejected British moves towards majority rule and on 11 November 1965 the Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith announced his country's Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. That act sparked a series of violent encounters between the traditional colonial ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Chemistry & Physics of Carbon

    Volume 8

    Edited by Philip L. Walker Jr., Peter A. Thrower ...
    Series series Chemistry and Physics of Carbon
    This book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of carbon materials in terms of molecular structure, intermolecular relationships, bulk and surface properties, and their behavior in current and emerging applications. It also presents advances in carbon research and development. ... Read more

    $419.13 CAD

  • Clark's Essential Guide to Operational Management and Business Practice in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy

    Edited by Amanda Martin, Peter Hogg, Philip Webster, Louise Kemp, Lesley Wright ...
    Series series Clark's Companion Essential Guides
    This easy-to-understand pocketbook in the highly respected Clark’s series of diagnostic imaging texts introduces students and practitioners to the concepts of management, leadership and business planning, and outlines the knowledge and skills required to maintain the daily functioning of a medical imaging and radiotherapy department. Recognising that the transition from clinical radiographer to ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Borodino 1812

    Napoleon’s great gamble

    by Philip Haythornthwaite ...
    Series Book 246 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of the battle of Borodino, the most crucial action in Napoleon's 1812 campaign in Russia.The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. Following the breakdown of relations between Russia and France, Napoleon assembled a vast Grande Armée drawn from the many states within ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Anthem Companion to Hannah Arendt

    Edited by Peter Baehr, Philip Walsh ...
    Series series
    As recently as 2000, Hannah Arendt was considered an esoteric author within the fields of humanities and social science. Since that time, Arendt has moved from the fringes of intellectual discussion toward its center. A number of developments have driven this reappraisal: the renewed respectability of the concept of totalitarianism; the appearance of post-Nazi/Bolshevik genocidal movements in ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sherlock Holmes: A Detective’s Life

    by Peter Swanson, Cara Black, Philip Purser-Hallard, Stuart Douglas, James Lovegrove, Andrew Lane, David Stuart Davies, Eric Brown, Amy Thomas, Derrick Belanger, Cavan Scott, David Marcum ...
    The famous detective returns in a thrilling anthology of 12 Sherlock short stories spanning Holmes’s entire career, penned by Peter Swanson, Cara Black, James Lovegrove and more.A brand-new collection of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories which spans Holmes's entire career, from the early days in Baker Street to retirement on the South Downs.Penned by masters of the genre, these Sherlock stories ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD