Autore	Martin Glen <1949->
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (268 p.)
Disciplina	179/.3096
Soggetto topico	Animal welfare - Africa Animal rights - Africa Animal rights - Environmental aspects - Africa Wildlife conservation - Africa Animal rights activists - Africa Animal rights movement - Africa
Soggetto non controllato	african history animal hunting animal rights movement animal welfare animals in africa aspca books for animal lovers books for reluctant readers conservationists conservations vs protecting animals conserve wildlife discussion books east africa easy to read engaging environmental conservation protection how to save animals how to stop hunters individual animals man vs nature page turner protecting wildlife the importance of animals vacation reads wildlife in africa zoos and animals
ISBN	1-280-11658-7 9786613520876 0-520-95205-7
Classificazione	NAT037000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Chapter 1. Never an Eden -- Chapter 2. The Man Who Hated Hyenas -- Chapter 3. Dreaming the Peaceable Kingdom -- Chapter 4. From Automata to Sentient Beings -- Chapter 5. My Cow Trumps Your Lion -- Chapter 6. Death to l'Ancien Régime -- Chapter 7. Reality Check -- Chapter 8. The Kenya Model -- Chapter 9. An Inalienable Right -- Chapter 10. Buy (or Lease) It and They Will Come -- Chapter 11. Even the Cows Must Pay -- Chapter 12. Elephant Man -- Chapter 13. The Sage Reconsiders -- Chapter 14. Commodifying Conservation -- Chapter 15. Not a Primary Issue of Concern -- Chapter 16. Hard Choices -- Chapter 17. The Nation on a Plate -- Chapter 18. Topsoil and Condoms -- Chapter 19. Summing Up in Diani -- Recommended Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910789974603321

Autore	Bourgeois Suzanne <1931->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (267 p.)
Disciplina	570.72
Soggetto topico	Biology - Research - California - San Diego Research institutes - California - San Diego
Soggetto non controllato	antibody aspen institute biological studies cold spring harbor considerable research early years engaging narrative engaging study engaging finance historic backdrop historical history of science history humanities informal conversations interviews leading scientists page turner personal account personal vanities philanthropy politics publishing renowned research research institutions science scientific exploration scientific fields scientific scientists
ISBN	0-520-95659-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Characters -- Chronology -- Prologue: The Greatest Generation -- 1. Before and after Ann Arbor -- 2. Doctor Polio Meets Doctor Atomic -- 3. Enter Leo Szilard -- 4. Atoms in Biology -- 5. What Was It about La Jolla? -- 6. The Pasteur Connection -- 7. The Spirit of Paris -- 8. Our Dear Kahn Building -- 9. Pioneering -- 10. The McCloy Boys -- 11. Biology in Human Affairs -- 12. A Napoleon from Byzantium -- Epilogue: Fifty Years Later -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910779977803321

Autore	Hallett Hilary A. <1968->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (327 p.)
Disciplina	791.43/6522
Soggetto topico	Women in the motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century Motion picture actors and actresses - California - Los Angeles Motion pictures and women - United States
Soggetto non controllato	20th century film history 20th century women academic books american history birth of los angeles book club reads books for film lovers books for history lovers discrimination of women discussion books early modern american history easy to read educational books feminism film capital of the united states gender studies history of hollywood hollywood sex scandal learning while reading men and women modern gender roles page turner post war cinema industry sex the great war
ISBN	1-283-89179-4 0-520-95368-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Along the road to Hollywood: landscapes "in motion-picture land". "Oh for a girl who could ride a horse like pearl white": the actress democratizes fame -- Women-made women: writing the "movies" before Hollywood -- Melodramas of Hollywood's birth: the postwar revolution in morals and manners, redux. Hollywood bohemia -- The movie menace -- A star is born: rereading Hollywood's first sex scandal -- Conclusion: the girl from Hollywood.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910786017203321

Autore	Wuthnow Robert
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (343 p.)
Disciplina	212
Soggetto topico	Faith and reason - Christianity Philosophical theology
Soggetto non controllato	american history anthropology books about religion coffee table books comparative religion easy to read engaging evolution of religion faith and science faith impact on culture faith history of religion home school history books informative books learning from experts leisure reads page turner philosophy power of god religion in america religion in modern world religious studies science religion social science sociology religion spirituality united states history various faiths
ISBN	1-283-58413-1 9786613896582 0-520-95426-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE. Dangerous Dogma -- TWO. Talking to God -- THREE. Big Scary Catastrophes -- FOUR. Heaven Is a Wonderful Place -- FIVE. Jesus Sets You Free -- SIX. Billions of Galaxies -- SEVEN. Conclusion: Don't be spooky or weird -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910785538903321

Autore	Barshay Andrew E
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkley, California, : University of California Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (256 p.)
Disciplina	940.53/1450952
Soggetto topico	Japanese - Russia (Federation) - Siberia - History - 20th century Internment camps - Russia (Federation) - Siberia - History - 20th century Japanese - Russia (Federation) - Siberia Prisoners of war - Russia (Federation) - Siberia Japanese - East Asia - History - 20th century Repatriation - Japan - History - 20th century Imperialism - Social aspects - East Asia - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato	1945 allied bombing campaigns allied forces anthropology asian empire asian history captivity china contemporary records engaging forced labor historical history imperial japan japanese history japanese imperialism korea labor camps manchuria memoirs men at war page turner poetry political postwar japan primary sources red army reeducation camps repatriation retrospective siberia warfare warriors world war 2. wwii
ISBN	0-520-95657-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Names and Terms -- Prologue: The Gods Left First -- The Siberian Internment in History -- Kazuki Yasuo and the Profane World of the Gulag -- Knowledge Painfully Acquired: Takasugi Ichiro and the "Democratic Movement" in Siberia -- Ishihara Yoshiro: "My Best Self Did Not Return" -- Coda -- Appendix: How Many? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910779977603321