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The Coming Plague
by Laurie Garrett
Unpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. Changing social and environmental conditions around the world have fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases—HIV, Lassa, Ebola, and others. Laurie Garrett takes you on a fifty-year journey through the world's battles with microbes and examines the worldwide conditions that have culminated in recurrent outbreaks of newly discovered diseases, epidemics of diseases...
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An Essay On the Principle Of Population
by T R Malthus
The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this classic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources. Pivotal in establishing the field of demography, it remains crucial to understanding modern problems with food production and distribution.
Intended Consequences
by Donald T Critchlow
After World War II, U.S. policy experts--convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster--successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T. Critchlow deftly chronicles how thegovernment's involvement in contraception and abortion evolved into one of the most bitter, partisan controversies in American political history. The growth of the feminist movement in the late 1960s fundamentally...
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Towards Sustainable Development
by Collective
The Panos Institute, 1987. Very good quality paperback. Light shelf and handling wear, minor creasing to edges, rear front corner and several associated pages dog-eared. Internally, pages are tightly bound, and text, illustrations and photographs are clean. CN. Paperback. Very Good. Used.
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NZ$53.40
Technocreep
by Thomas P. Keenan
263 p. ; lightly illustrated ; contains bibliography and references (pp. 246-263). Very minor edgewear and some unobtrusive underlining in blue pen in latter quarter of textblock, otherwise Fine. From back cover:Technologist and security expert Thomas P. Keenan has been at the forefront of the digital revolution for decades as a participant and observer. In Technocreep, he documents the high-speed invasion of technology into our lives. Keenan keeps the reader entertained with lively anecdotes about...
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NZ$17.32
Climate Change in Deserts: Past, Present and Future
by Williams, Martin
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Hardcover. Few superficial marks on boards, with slight edge-wear and faint marks to page block. Half title page is loose. Pages are clean, and the text is clear. TH. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.
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NZ$160.19
Going It Alone? Prospects for Aboriginal Autonomy : Essays in Honour of Ronald and Catherine Berndt
by Tonkinson, Robert and Howard, Michael (Edited by)
Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 1990. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition - stiff card covers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Black & white maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 252 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$27.54
Harvest Son: Planting Roots In American Soil: Inscribed
by Masumoto, David Mas
U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1998. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1ST. A Very Good Copy - Inscribed - Charlie - Much Thanks For Your Support And The Opportunity To Share My Family Stories - We Understand The Value Of Human Ties - By The Author On The Half-Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good + Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Small Amount Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very...
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NZ$42.78
Proceedings - The Canadian Conference on Aging - Toronto, Canada 1966
by The Editor
Ottawa: Canadian Conference on Aging, 1966. Note to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. Very light creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with rubbed rear board and spine and bump to upper corner of all pages. 105pp. Keynote speaker with fifteen page paper was Peter Townsend. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the...
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NZ$21.36
Masters of Illusion The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations
by Caufield, Catherine
London: Pan Books. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 432 pages. A study of one of the world's most powerful institutions. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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NZ$16.52
Rebuilding Russia: Reflections and Tentative Proposals
by Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.; Klimoff, Alexis
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 84x9x127. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated by author on half-title page (March, 1994), inscription ('For Dr. Ron Rigli') appears to have been added in a separate hand. Certificate of authenticity from an auction company laid in. 1991 Hard Cover. 119 pp. 8vo.. Translated from the original Russian by Alexis Klimoff. A collection of essays on various topics by the author of Gulag Archipelago...
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NZ$1,457.41
Spy-Tech
by Graham Yost
First edition, second printing. xiii, 281, [3]; illustrated; 25 cm. Includes list of acronyms, bibliography (p. 271-281) and index. Black hardcover in Near Fine condition with the exception of very light staining to foredge, rear free endpaper, and the odd page throughout. Dust jacket is price clipped and exhibits edgewear, including chips and tears, but is otherwise Very Good and housed in a protective sleeve to prevent further wear. From dust jacket: A look at the fascinating tools of the espionage...
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NZ$17.13
The Residue Report: The Action Plan for Safer Food
by Lashford, Stephanie
Northamptonshire: Thorsons Publishers, 1988. Paperback with lightly worn edges and leading corners. Very small nick on spine head, with minor loss of cover at foot. Page block and page edges are slightly tanned; all text remains clear and pages are sound throughout. TS. Paperback. Good. Used.
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NZ$8.18
The Cold War and the Income Tax
by WILSON, Edmund
Straus, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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NZ$41.12
GCN: Gay Community News; the gay weekly; vol. 7, #11, Oct. 6, 1979: NGTF; who are they & what do they want
by Burns, Richard & Dan Daniel, editors, Doug Ireland, Cindy Stein, Bruce Voeller, David Brill, Michael Bronski, et al
Boston: GCN, 1979. Newspaper. 16p., very good folded tabloid newspaper on newsprint, news, opinion, articles, events, ads, photos, services and resources. Boston's LGBTQ newspaper which started in 1973. More political than entertainment. Cover report at center spread on The National Gay Task Force. Also: Brown Appoints First Openly Gay Judge. INS Harassment Continues (ICE these days). Bombing Angers St. Louis. Bronski reviews a production of "Side By Side By Sondheim" starring Arlene Francis.
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NZ$42.86
The other side of the Asian American success story
by Walker-Moffat, Wendy
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995. Hardcover. xx, 209p., first printing, very good hardcover in like dust jacket, inscribed by the author. On Hmong immigrants.
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NZ$29.15
Hillary: Her True Story
by King, Norman
NYC: Birch Lane Pres, 1993 ISBN:1559721871. 211 pgs. Biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton from her childhood as a Republican in Illinois, her days as the Governor's wife in Arkansas to her first years as First Lady of the United States.
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NZ$13.72
Harvest Son: Planting Roots in American Soil
by David Mas Masumoto
Paperback / softback. New. "[E]vocative and lyrical. . . . Masumoto writes with a keen sense of indebtedness and gratitude to the many individuals who make up the entity he calls his family."-Publishers Weekly, starred review
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NZ$41.76
System Innovation as Synchronization: Innovation Attempts in the Dutch Traffic Management Field
by Pel, Bonno
Netherlands: Verkrijgbaar, 2012. Paperback - signed, with a personal dedication, by author on inside front cover. Minor wear to covers' corners and spine ends; pages are clean and sound, with all text clear. TS. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good. Used.
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NZ$57.67
Fresh Blood - the New American Immigrants
by Ungar, Sanford J
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1995. First Edition. Hardback. A fine copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especiallly sharp-cornered. ; 399 pages; A comprehensive account. Subjects: Immigrants - United States.
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NZ$22.53
Citizenship, Nationality and Migration in Europe
by Fulbrook, Mary; Cesarani, David
London: Routledge, 1997. Name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Appears unread although there is a crease down spine. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 225pp. An interesting study on migration and nationality in Europe (bearing in mind the effects of Brexit) and concentraing on Britain, Germany, France and Italy.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8.5 x 5.5 inches.
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NZ$16.02
New Directions in Public Health Care: A Prescription for the 1980's
by Cotton M. Lindsay
Paperback / softback. New.
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NZ$54.66
Research for Healthy Cities : International Conference 1989
by De Leeuw, Evelyne & Stege, Chris Breemer Ter & De Jong, Gaspard A. De (editors)
The Hague, Netherlands: Netherlands Society for Public Health and Science, 1989. Chapter details of Peter Townsend's paper written on front cover. Reference for this study provided above the chapter title. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to front cover, scratching/creasing to rear. A very clean very tight copy with no bumping to corners. 127pp. Papers from the 1989 International Conference 'Research for Healthy Cities' held at The Hague. From the Personal Library of the...
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NZ$16.02
Collision Course Endless Growth on a Finite Planet
by Higgs, Kerryn
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. 2014. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. xxv, 384 pages. The notion of ever-expanding economic growth is now entrenched as the natural objective of human endeavour and is seen as the natural 'solution' to vitually all social problems. The author starts with the 1972 publication 'The Limits to Growth' which found that unimpeded growth...
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NZ$49.57
Fringe-Dwellers and Welfare. The Aboriginal Response to Bureaucracy
by Collmann, Jeff
St Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press. 1988. Octavo Size [approx 14x21cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owners small ink name to preliminary page. Black & white illustrations. 276 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$22.03
The Place of Older People in Different Societies
by Townsend, Peter
The Lancet, 1964. No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight pamphlet with no bumping to corners. 7pp. Reprint from The Lancet 1964. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his...
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Chambers's Information for the People, Number 19, Emigration to Australia
by Chambers, William and Robert
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1841. Hardcover. Monthly issue; printed separately then bound in one volume. The article includes the text of a letter from a recent emigrant, describing his new life raising sheep: "I hardly think the wool will clear our expenses this year, but then we have the increase always coming on; and although the way we live is far from comfortable, in. a wretched turf hut, shut out in a manner from all the world and every sort of society, still I have no doubt the thing...
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