The Californios, Paperback

Way Hollywood Tells It. Story and Style in Modern Movies, Paperback - David Bordwell

209,99 RON

Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? This book argu...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, the arts

elefant.ro

Lost Amusement Parks of Southern California: The Postwar Years, Paperback - Lisa Hallett Taylor

124,99 RON 133,99 RON

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

arcadia publishing (sc), carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

The McGlincy Killings in Campbell, California: An 1896 Unsolved Mystery, Paperback - Tobin Gilman

114,99 RON 123,99 RON

Reducere. On the morning of May 27, 1896, the peaceful township of Campbell awoke to shocking news. Six people were brutally murdered at the home of Colonel ...

history press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

elefant.ro

Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, Paperback - Kevin Bales

201,99 RON

Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

elefant.ro

Germ Wars: The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear, Paperback - Melanie Armstrong

224,99 RON

The United States government has spent billions of dollars to prepare the nation for bioterrorism despite the extremely rare occurrence of biologic...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, technology

elefant.ro

If You Were a Kid During the California Gold Rush, Paperback - Josh Gregory

41,99 RON 44,99 RON

Reducere. Learn how prospectors mined for gold, what life was like in mining camps, and much more. In 1848, gold was discovered in a California river, kickin...

c. press/f. watts trade, carti, carte straina, children's

elefant.ro

Agnes Varda Between Film, Photography, and Art, Paperback - Rebecca J. Deroo

190,99 RON

Agnes Varda is a prolific film director, photographer, and artist whose cinematic career spans more than six decades. Today she is best known as th...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, the arts, performing arts

elefant.ro

Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, Paperback - Alexandrea J. Ravenelle

186,99 RON

Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online pla...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, economics

elefant.ro

The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, Paperback - Amy Einsohn

204,99 RON

Unstuffy, hip, and often funny, The Copyeditor's Handbook has become an indispensable resource both for new editors and for experienced hands who w...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

elefant.ro

The Concept of Representation, Paperback - Hanna F. Pitkin

193,99 RON

DescriptionBeing concerned with representation, this book is about an idea, a concept, a word. It is primarily a conceptual analysis, not a histori...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences, politics & government

elefant.ro

The Copyeditor's Workbook: Exercises and Tips for Honing Your Editorial Judgment, Paperback - Erika Buky

155,99 RON

DescriptionThe Copyeditor's Workbook--a companion to the indispensable Copyeditor's Handbook, now in its fourth edition--offers comprehensive and p...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

elefant.ro

Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam, Paperback - Mary Basick

614,99 RON 658,99 RON

Reducere. The Second Edition of Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam contains everything needed to pass the essay portion of the California bar exa...

aspen publishers, carti, carte straina, law, law: study & revision guides

elefant.ro

Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: From Northern California to British Columbia, Paperback - Carla Albright

121,99 RON 130,99 RON

Reducere. Part how-to guide, part workbook, and part plant encyclopedia, Coastal Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: From Northern California to British Colu...

taylor trade publishing, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

elefant.ro

Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy, Paperback - Adia Harvey Wingfield

249,99 RON 267,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionWhat happens to black health care professionals in the new economy, where work is insecure and organizational resources are scarce? In F...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, economics

elefant.ro

Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History, Paperback - Scott Deveaux

325,99 RON 348,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe richest place in America's musical landscape is that fertile ground occupied by jazz. Scott DeVeaux takes a central chapter in the h...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, the arts, performing arts

elefant.ro

Stravinsky: A Creative Spring; Russian and France, 1882-1934, Paperback - Stephen Walsh

279,99 RON 299,99 RON

Reducere. Widely regarded as the greatest composer of the twentieth century, Igor Stravinsky was central to the development of modernism in art, yet no depen...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, the arts, music

elefant.ro

American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree, Paperback - Susan Freinkel

295,99 RON 316,99 RON

Reducere. The American chestnut was one of America's most common, valued, and beloved trees--a "perfect tree" that ruled the forests from Georgia to Maine. B...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

elefant.ro

Man Is Wolf to Man: Surviving the Gulag, Paperback - Janusz Bardach

262,99 RON 281,99 RON

Reducere. FROM THE BOOK "The pit I was ordered to dig had the precise dimensions of a casket. The NKVD officer carefully designed it. He measured my size wit...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

elefant.ro

Moby Dick; Or, the Whale, Paperback - Herman Melville

174,99 RON 187,99 RON

Reducere. This trade edition of Moby-Dick is a reduced version of the Arion Press Moby-Dick, which was published in 1979 in a limited edition of 250 copies a...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: special features

elefant.ro

Isamu Noguchi's Modernism: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930-1950, Paperback - Amy Lyford

190,99 RON

Exploring the complex interweaving of race, national identity, and the practice of sculpture, Amy Lyford takes us through a close examination of th...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, the arts

elefant.ro

Mining for Freedom: Black History Meets the California Gold Rush, Paperback - Sylvia Alden Roberts

101,99 RON

DescriptionDid you know that an estimated 5, 000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush? Did you know that black histor...

iuniverse, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

elefant.ro

Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future, Paperback - Bron Taylor

209,99 RON

In this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the evolution of "green religions" in North America and beyond: spiritual practices t...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, philosophy & religion

elefant.ro

The Rice Sprout Song, Paperback - Eileen Chang

232,99 RON 249,99 RON

Reducere. The first of Eileen Chang's novels to be written in English, The Rice-Sprout Song portrays the horror and absurdity that the land-reform movement b...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

elefant.ro

Sacagawea of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Paperback - Ella E. Clark

121,99 RON 130,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe legend tells us of Sacagawea ("Bird Woman") as the guide showing Lewis and Clark the way over the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean, and ...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

elefant.ro

GUYnecology. The Missing Science of Men's Reproductive Health, Paperback - Rene Almeling

193,99 RON

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia. Generals, Merchants, and Intellectuals, Paperback - ***

155,99 RON

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals, Paperback - Amanda J. Lucia

186,99 RON

Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of pa...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, philosophy & religion

elefant.ro

Herodian of Antioch's History of the Roman Empire, Paperback - Herodian of Antioch

255,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Herodian of AntiochTranslator: Edward C. EcholsNumber of pages: 234Publication date: 2021Dimens...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

The Future Has a Past: Stories, Paperback - J. California Cooper

92,99 RON 99,99 RON

Reducere. From the beloved author of Family and A Piece of Mine comes a dazzling new collection of stories featuring ordinary women who discover that love so...

anchor books, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: special features

elefant.ro

Pacifying the Homeland: Intelligence Fusion and Mass Supervision, Paperback - Brendan McQuade

193,99 RON

DescriptionThe United States has poured over a billion dollars into a network of interagency intelligence centers called "fusion centers." These ce...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

Create, Produce, Consume: New Models for Understanding Music Business, Paperback - David Bruenger

193,99 RON

DescriptionCreate, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to bre...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, the arts, music

elefant.ro

Goddesses and the Divine Feminine. A Western Religious History, Paperback - Rosemary Ruether

178,99 RON

Presents th portrait we have to date of goddesses and sacred female imagery in Western culture - from prehistory to contemporary goddess movements....

university of california press, carti, carte straina, philosophy & religion

elefant.ro

Carceral Con: The Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform, Paperback - Kay Whitlock

139,99 RON

A critical examination of how contemporary criminal justice reforms expand rather than shrink structurally violent systems of policing, surveillanc...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age: A Sourcebook, Paperback - Nimrod Hurvitz

240,99 RON

Conversion to Islam is a phenomenon of immense significance in human history. At the outset of Islamic rule in the seventh century, Muslims constit...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, philosophy & religion

elefant.ro

God's Property. Islam, Charity, and the Modern State, Paperback - Nada Moumtaz

209,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Nada MoumtazIllustration(s): 2 tablesNumber of pages: 304Collection: Islamic HumanitiesPublicat...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

Everyday Cosmopolitanisms. Living the Silk Road in Medieval Armenia, Paperback - Kate Franklin

209,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Kate FranklinNumber of pages: 204Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 229 x 17Cover type: Pa...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

Golden Dreams: True Stories of Adventure in the California Gold Rush, Paperback - Frank Baumgarder

99,99 RON 106,99 RON

Reducere. When gold was found in Northern California, news of it spread like a wildfire during the spring and summer of 1848. At first, most people thought t...

archway publishing, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

Tasting Qualities: The Past and Future of Tea, Paperback - Sarah Besky

186,99 RON

What is the role of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea judged for its quality? In her innovative stud...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

Bottled Poetry. Napa Winemaking from Prohibition to the Modern Era, Paperback - James T. Lapsley

297,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): James T. LapsleyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 24Cover type:...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

elefant.ro

Deep History. The Architecture of Past and Present, Paperback - Daniel Lord Smail

182,99 RON

Humans have always been interested in their origins, but historians have been reluctant to write about the long stretches of time before the invent...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, mathematics & science

elefant.ro

Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes. A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature, Paperback - ***

239,99 RON

An ambitious case study of rewilding agricultural lands and the lasting impact those efforts can have on farms, ecosystems, and communities.Illustr...

island press, carti, carte straina, earth sciences

elefant.ro

Teddy Roosevelt in California: The Whistle Stop Tour That Changed America, Paperback - Chris Epting

116,99 RON 125,99 RON

Reducere. During his whirlwind 1903 tour of the western states, President Theodore Roosevelt paid his first visit to California. In between the appearances a...

history press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

Cinematic Independence. Constructing the Big Screen in Nigeria, Paperback - Noah Tsika

199,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Noah TsikaIllustration(s): 1 map and 24 illustrationsNumber of pages: 291Publication date: 2022...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

Borderland Circuitry. Immigration Surveillance in the United States and Beyond, Paperback - Ana Muniz

179,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Ana MunizIllustration(s): 5 b-w illustrations, 4 maps and 5 tablesNumber of pages: 254Publicati...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, earth sciences

elefant.ro

Urban Ecologies on the Edge. Making Manila's Resource Frontier, Paperback - Kristian Karlo Saguin

179,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Kristian Karlo SaguinIllustration(s): 14 b-w illustrations, 4 maps, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 21...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, earth sciences

elefant.ro

Autopsy of a Crime Lab. Exposing the Flaws in Forensics, Paperback - Brandon L. Garrett

149,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Brandon L. GarrettIllustration(s): 5 b-w photographsNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2022D...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, law

elefant.ro

From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement, Paperback - Matthew Garcia

256,99 RON 274,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement is the most comprehensive history ever wr...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, biography

elefant.ro

King and the Other America: The Poor People's Campaign and the Quest for Economic Equality, Paperback - Sylvie Laurent

198,99 RON 212,99 RON

Reducere. "An elegant and timely history of how black intellectuals have long made a case for the intersections between class and race."--The Nation "A metic...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006: Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Paperback - Mark Klett

310,99 RON 332,99 RON

Reducere. How exactly has San Francisco's urban landscape changed in the hundred years since the earthquake and cataclysmic firestorms that destroyed three-q...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, the arts, photography & photographs

elefant.ro

The Moving City. Scenes from the Delhi Metro and the Social Life of Infrastructure, Paperback - Rashmi Sadana

182,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Rashmi SadanaIllustration(s): 25 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 274Publication date: 2021Dim...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

Japan, the Sustainable Society. The Artisanal Ethos, Ordinary Virtues, and Everyday Life in the Age of Limits, Paperback - John Lie

205,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): John LieNumber of pages: 342Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 230 x 18Cover type: Paperba...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, economics

elefant.ro

The Sinking of the SS Montebello: When World War II Came to the Central Coast of California, Paperback - Stuart McDowell

104,99 RON 112,99 RON

Reducere. "As the oil tanker began to emerge from another hard right turn, Matsumura ordered the tube's muzzle door opened, and waited. The I-21 slowly reach...

stu mcdowell, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

The Finest Wines of Germany: A Regional Guide to the Best Producers and Their Wines, Paperback - Stephan Reinhardt

216,99 RON 232,99 RON

Reducere. Coming from the coolest of the classic European wine countries, where grapes ripen slowly, German wine is about much more than just fruit. It's abo...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, lifestyle

elefant.ro

The Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Paperback - Isaac Newton

209,99 RON

In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, mathematics & science, physics

elefant.ro

Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, Paperback - Joshua Bloom

146,99 RON 157,99 RON

Reducere. This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the author...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

elefant.ro

Nature of the Beasts. Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo, Paperback - Ian Jared Miller

224,99 RON

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

Jesus as Mother. Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages, Paperback - Caroline Walker Bynum

186,99 RON

Features essays that apply the method to the broader question of differences between regular canons and monks and the narrower question of differen...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, philosophy & religion

elefant.ro

Modern World-System II. Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600-1750, Paperback - Immanuel Wallerstein

224,99 RON

A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twent...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, economics

elefant.ro

The World Hunt: An Environmental History of the Commodification of Animals, Paperback - John F. Richards

155,99 RON

DescriptionPresented here is the final and most coherent section of a sweeping classic work in environmental history, The Unending Frontier. The Wo...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

elefant.ro

History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951. The Demise of the Lamaist State, Paperback - Melvyn C. Goldstein

348,99 RON

Presents a detailed, non-partisan account of the demise of the Lamaist state. This book examines what happened and why. It balances the traditional...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

elefant.ro

Hungry for Revolution. The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile, Paperback - Joshua Frens-String

209,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Joshua Frens-StringIllustration(s): 14 b-w illustrations, 4 tablesNumber of pages: 322Publicati...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, earth sciences

elefant.ro

After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back, Paperback - Juliet Schor

155,99 RON

Management & Workplace Culture Book of the Year, 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards A Publishers Weekly Fall 2020 Big Indie Book The dark side of...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, economics

elefant.ro

Spain: The Root and the Flower an Interpretation of Spain and the Spanish People, Paperback - John A. Crow

161,99 RON 173,99 RON

Reducere. This is the late John A. Crow's classic study of the cultural history of Spain and its people, which he last updated in 1985 but which seems as fre...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology, history

elefant.ro

Modern World-System I. Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century, Paperback - Immanuel Wallerstein

192,99 RON

A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twent...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, economics

elefant.ro

In the Shade of the Sunna. Salafi Piety in the Twentieth-Century Middle East, Paperback - Aaron Rock-Singer

199,99 RON

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Aaron Rock-SingerIllustration(s): 1 b-w illustrationNumber of pages: 278Publication date: 2022D...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

The Dawn of the World: Myths and Tales of the Miwok Indians of California, Paperback - C. Hart Merriam

114,99 RON 123,99 RON

Reducere. The stories collected in The Dawn of the World were related by the Miwok elders after the first rains of the winter season, usually in the ceremoni...

university of nebraska press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Paperback - Mark Twain

121,99 RON 130,99 RON

Reducere. This landmark anniversary edition contains a selection of Twain's hard-to-find letters and notes expressing his always-engaging opinions on the pub...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

elefant.ro

Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life, Paperback - Marcus Anthony Hunter

195,99 RON 209,99 RON

Reducere. From Central District Seattle to Harlem to Holly Springs, Black people have built a dynamic network of cities and towns where Black culture is main...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

elefant.ro

Ants of Africa and Madagascar. A Guide to the Genera, Paperback - Barry Bolton

254,99 RON

Across the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions, ants are one of the most conspicuous and ecologically dominant animal groups. From driver ants to wea...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, mathematics & science

elefant.ro

No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger, Paperback - Mark Twain

127,99 RON 136,99 RON

Reducere. This is the only authoritative text of this late novel. It reproduces the manuscript which Mark Twain wrote last, and the only one he finished or c...

university of california press, carti, carte straina, fiction & related items, fiction: general & literary

elefant.ro