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Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1: The Victory Years, 1939-1942
ISBN: PB: 9781612004082, Casemate, October 2016
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 300 colour illus.
This remarkable work pulls the lid off one of the legendary air forces in history at the very peak of its power-unveiling the and machines as they truly existed day-to-day, underneath the propaganda of their own regime and the scare stories of their...
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£19,00
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Immersion A Writer's Guide to Going Deep
ISBN: PB: 9780226113067, ISBN: HB: 9780226416168, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
192 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
Over three and a half decades, Ted Conover has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, guarded prisoners in Sing Sing, and inspected meat for the USDA. His books and articles chronicling these experiences, including...
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Craft of Research Fourth Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780226239736, ISBN: HB: 9780226239569, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
336 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 19 halftones, 7 line drawings, 8 tables
With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, "The Craft of Research" has helped generations of researchers at every level – from first-year undergraduates  to advanced graduate students  to research reporters in...
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£14,00
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£35,00
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Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools Eightieth Edition, 2015-2016
ISBN: HB: 9780226261935, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
320 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm
This annual volume offers the most complete and current listings of the requirements for certification of a wide range of educational professionals at the elementary and secondary levels".Requirements for Certification" is a valuable resource, making...
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£60,00
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Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking
ISBN: PB: 9780226290935, ISBN: HB: 9780226290768, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
192 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 11 halftones, 2 line drawings
"A column by Glenn Garvin on Dec. 20 stated that the National Science Foundation 'funded a study on Jell-O wrestling at the South Pole'. That is incorrect. The event took place during off-duty hours without NSF permission and did not involve taxpayer...
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£13,00
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£41,50
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Invention of the American Art Museum From Craft to Kulturgeschichte, 1870-1930
ISBN: HB: 9781606064788, Getty Publications, July 2016
256 pp., 25x15 cm, 119 colour illus.
A rigorous account of the European origins of American art museums American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. This groundbreaking work r...
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£40,00
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Introduction to Metadata
ISBN: PB: 9781606064795, Getty Publications, June 2016
96 pp., 25x15 cm, 11 black&white illus.
A revised and expanded edition of a key text for librarians, scholars, and museum professionals Metadata provides a means of indexing, accessing, preserving, and discovering digital resources. The volume of digital information available over electron...
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Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation
ISBN: HB: 9780226188850, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
552 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 115 line drawings
Few people can write on the English language with the authority of Bryan A. Garner. The author of "The Chicago Manual of Style's" popular "Grammar and Usage" chapter, Garner explains the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity....
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£34,00
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From Notes to Narrative Writing Ethnographies That Everyone Can Read
ISBN: PB: 9780226257556, ISBN: HB: 9780226257419, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
160 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 5 halftones
Ethnography centers on the culture of everyday life. So it is ironic that most scholars who do research on the intimate experiences of ordinary people write their books in a style that those people cannot understand. In recent years, the ethnographic...
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Subversive Copy Editor Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself) (Second Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9780226240077, ISBN: HB: 9780226239903, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
200 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm
Longtime manuscript editor and "Chicago Manual of Style" guru Carol Fisher Saller has negotiated many a standoff between a writer and editor refusing to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling. Saller realized that when these sides s...
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£11,50
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£36,00
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