university of california press berkeley 2006 (29 risultati)

21.5 x 14.5cms 202 fine hardcover & dustwrapper This book analyses: the origins of fads ; why some fads catch on (and others don't); why people jump on the bandwagon; the fad cycle; fad dynamics; becoming fad-proof.

23.0 x 15.5cms 332pp fine paperback & cover This book explores the global priority of Japanese youth goods while questioning the games' fantasies and capitalistic conditions.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, hardcover, dust jacket, xv, 263pp., b/w ills. First edition/printing. VG+/VG+: a clean, bright and sound book in a like jacket.

Octavo, laminated boards,220 pp.,photographs, text illustrations. WAS $80. Monitoring changes in the intertidal zone of rocky shores has never been more critical. This sensitive habitat at the interface of land and ocean may well be the marine equivalent of the canary in a coal mine as we advance into an era of global climate change. This handbook describes effective methods and procedures for monitoring the ecological and environmental status of these areas.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. 4to. 280 pp. b/w and color illustrations throughout. Brown cloth lettered in black at spine. Light bump to foot of spine, "examination copy" ink-stamped to bottom edges. Illustrated jacket. Minor edge-wear. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

third revised edition).Small quarto,192 pp.,colour photographs, softcover. Foreword by David Attenborough. The reissue of this pioneering work highlights a deepening concern about the destruction that threatens our plant heritage. It also demonstrates the wonder and worth of plants and their great importance and potential - plants provide us with power, food, energy, medication and oxygen levels. Explains why our plants cannot take any more punishment and how those that remain can be saved.

Octavo,259 pp.,text illustrations, laminated boards. This thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of the duration of the study, Plants on Islands summarizes the diversity, dynamics, and distribution of the approximately three hundred species of plants on more than two hundred islands.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Black and White illustrations. Very Good, without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. 4to. 272 pp. Orange paper board lettered in black at spine. Photographic jacket. Light rubbing and shelf-wear. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

xxvi+279 p 23 cm Encuadernación editorial en rústica. Estado de conservación: Como nuevo.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condizione: Very Good/Good+. Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustratore). First Edition. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Very Good/Good+. (2006). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 290 pp., shelfwear .

Hardcover. Condizione: Collectible - New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto, hardcover, fine, as new, in near fine red, white and blue pictorial dj. 216 pp. including index. A science book for the drinking class. Sections begin with in the vineyard, then to the winery then our interaction with wine. plus concluding remarks and glossary.

very good dust-jacket, small tape repair at top of front flap, attractive copy, very good black cloth. small black remainder stripe on bottom foredge. BENZ, WOLFGANG. A concise history of the Third Reich. Translated by Thomas Dunlap. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xvii, 309pp., . Series: Weimar and now, 39 This well-illustrated, highly accessible book at last gives general readers and students a compact, yet comprehensive and authoritative history of the twelve years of the Third Reich - from political takeover of January 30, 1933 to the German capitulation of May 1945. Originally published to rave reviews in Germany, A Concise History of the Third Reich describes the establishment of the totalitarian dictatorship, the domestic and foreign politics of the regime, everyday life and terror in National Socialist Germany, the events leading to World War II and the war itself, various forms of resistance against Hitler, and the Holocaust. The book's extensive illustrations are thoroughly treated as documents that illuminate the visual power of Nazi ideology. - CONTENTS: Glossary - Chronology - Major Political Parties in Weimar Germany - Seats Won in Elections of 1919 and 1920-1933 - Preface to the German Edition - Intorduction to the English edition by Wolfgang Benz - The "National revolution" -- The consolidation of power -- Crisis and the triumph of dictatorship -- Society in the Nazi state -- The Hitler state -- Economic and social policy -- Terror and persecution -- Discontent and opposition -- The persecution of the Jews -- The road to war -- Daily life in wartime Germany and the radicalization of the regime -- Total war -- The murder of the Jews -- Resistance -- Collapse - Epilogue. ISBN 9780520234895.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Many illustrations in black and red. Yellow paperback covers, titled in red and black. A fine copy.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New 8vo. xviii + 403pp., notes, bibliog., index, First completely new interpretation of how and why the United States went to war in Vietnam. It provides an authoritative challenge to the prevailing explanation that U.S. officials adhered blindly to a Cold War doctrine that loss of Vietnam would cause a "domino effect" leading to communist domination of the area.

378 p 23,5 cm Encuadernación editorial en tela con sobrecubierta en papel. Estado de conservación: Como nuevo. .

1st ed. thus softback with stiff wrappers As New octavo xxvii + 260pp., frontis., text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Chapters 1-34 translated from the Chinese.

Quarto, paperback,817 pp.,photographs, text illustrations, maps. This valuable sourcebook, now available to a wide audience in a paperback edition, is an important comparative documentation of what is being lost: naturally flowing river and stream ecosystems. No other single volume brings together so much critical information on rivers and streams worldwide. Each chapter is packed with a wealth of raw data on waterways including the prominent rivers of North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Oceania. The volume evaluates the usefulness of the River Continuum Concept and ecosystem-level measurements for evaluating the structure and function of rivers and streams. The new introductory chapter examines the relevance of other useful concepts including Nutrient Spiraling, Patch Dynamics, the Flood Pulse Concept, the Network Dynamics Hypothesis, and the Hyporheic Corridor Concept.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Used - Very Good. This lavishly illustrated volume offers a stunning new view of Yosemite's visual history by presenting two hundred works of art together with provocative essays that explore the rich intersections between art and nature in this incomparable Sierra Nevada wilderness. Integrating the work of Native peoples, it provides the first inclusive view of the artists who helped create an icon of the American wilderness by featuring painting, photography, basketry, and other artworks from both well-known and little-studied artists from the nineteenth century to the present. 'Yosemite: Art of an American Icon 'pursues several evocative themes, including the relationship between environment and aesthetics in Yosemite; the various ways in which artists have shaped how we see and use the park; and the dynamic intersections between art, nature, and commerce that have played out during its history. In addition to offering a wide-ranging view of Yosemite's art over the past two centuries, the volume provides intriguing insights into the complexities and contradictions inherent in its enduring image as both an unspoiled natural wonder and a must-see spot for sightseers.'With Essays by Amy Scott, William Deverell, Kate Nearpass Ogden, Gary F. Kurutz, Brian Bibby, Jennifer A. Watts, and Jonathan Spaulding ''Copub: Museum of the American West' This lavishly illustrated volume offers a stunning new view of Yosemite's visual history by presenting 200 works of art together with provocative essays that explore the rich intersections between art and nature in this incomparable Sierra Nevada wilderness. Very nice, clean, tight copy free of any marks.

softback with stiff wrappers New book tall octavo xxiv + 272pp., indexes,

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New small quarto xi + 236pp., b/w plates, map, appendix, index, Tim Burstall is best known as the director of Stork, Alvin Purlple & many other 'ocker' comedies that shook up the Australian film industry. This is a diary of his early life in Eltham.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy small octavo xx + 249pp., b/w plates, text ills., bibliog., The first biographical dictionary of its kind in any Western language, this pioneering work provides short, information-packed entries for approximately 1,800 Chinese artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

370 p 23,5 cm Encuadernación editorial en cartoné con sobrecubierta en papel. Estado de conservación: Como nuevo. .

370 p 23,5 cm Encuadernación editorial en cartoné con sobrecubierta en papel. Estado de conservación: Como nuevo. .

Hardcover. Condizione: As New.

XVIIII, 345, (1) pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket just slightly faded, else fine. Condition Near Fine.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xvii + 309pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index, 'A compact, yet comprehensive and authoritative history of the twelve years of the Third Reich - from political takeover of January 30, 1933 to the German capitulation of May 1945. Originally published to rave reviews in Germany, A Concise History of the Third Reich describes the establishment of the totalitarian dictatorship, the domestic and foreign politics of the regime, everyday life and terror in National Socialist Germany, the events leading to World War II and the war itself, various forms of resistance against Hitler, and the Holocaust.'.

8vo. pp. xvii, 325. some b/w. illus. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.