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Santa Fe: a Modern History, 1880-1990

by Tobias, Henry J.; Woodhouse, Charles E.

Description: Like New. Of interest to specialists in the fields of sociology, western and urban history, ethnic studies, political science and pluralistic social relations. From 1880, when the railroad reached Santa Fe, to the early 1990s, the city was transformed from a territorial outpost to a modern community. This book focuses on what changes over the past 110 years have meant to the city's inhabitants. The result is a readable, captivating social history centred on the essence of Santa Fe--the lives ... Read More

American Cities: a Bibliography Volume II

by N. O. Kura; Tatiana Shohov

Description: Like New. Covers Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami. Author Index and Title Index.362pp. Read More

Caring for the Scottish Home

by Davidson, Ian

Description: Very Good. Examines the history, design and function of various Scottish homes, their cultural context within the country's heritage and how they should be cared for.128pp. Read More

Problems of Condensed Matter Physics (Contemporary Fundamental Physics)

by Vlaev, Stoyan J.; Sager, L. M. Gaggero

Description: Very Good. This text contains eight works on some contemporary problems of condensed matter physics, contributed by researchers from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Germany and the U.S. The topics include the spectrum of quasiregular heterostructures; tailoring empirical tight-binding models for semiconductor. 252pp. Read More

Bright Splinters of the Mind: a Personal Story of Research With Autistic Savants

by Hermelin, Beate

Description: Very Good. Not only a thorough exploration of autistic gifts, also a book which reaches radical conclusions on the very nature of talent and its relationship to intelligence. Slight dent to right hand edge of front board, and to right hand edge of spine, d/j similarly slightly dented.188pp. Read More

Crusoe's Footprints: Cultural Studies in Britain and America (Primary Socialization, Language and)

by Brantlinger, Patrick

Description: Good. An introduction to the field of cultural studies, which charts the subject's development in both Britain and the USA. The text investigates the establishment of cultural history, and examines the contribution of structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, phenomenology and critical theory. Slightly twisted.212pp. Read More

Clarence Thomas: a Biography

by Thomas, Andrew Peyton

Description: Very Good. In this unauthorised biography, the most authoritative ever written about the controversial Supreme Court Justice, Andrew Peyton Thomas (no relation) explores Clarence Thomas' remarkable rise from a childhood of poverty in segregated Georgia to the nation's highest court. In his attempt to understand what drives the elusive and sometimes enigmatic Justice, the author located and conducted the first-ever interview with Clarence Thomas' father, as well as interviews with his mother, ... Read More

Twentieth Century Indian Sculpture: the Last Two Decades

by Panikkar, Shivaji K.

Description: Very Good. The most significant trends, tendencies and breakthroughs in the use of the sculptural medium are analysed in this volume along with a sampling of the works of individual artists. The first section has essays by young Indian art historians, critics and theorists on trends in mainstream sculpture of the 1980's and '90's. Section II critically reviews the notion of mainstream 'avant garde' in the Indian context. In the final section this volume features a photographc portfolio of the ... Read More

The Best Plays of 2000-2001: the Otis Guernsey/Burns Mantle Theatre Yearbook

by Jenkins, Jeffrey Eric

Description: Very Good. 82nd Edition. Featuring essays on the year's 10 best plays. Corner of front board slightly bumped.444pp. Read More