ISBN.nu logo
isbn.nu
search for books and compare prices
Search >
Alastair Smith has written 64 work(s)
Search for other authors with the same name
at beginning | displaying 1 to 25 | next 25 >
Jump to start at |
show results in order: alphabetically | oldest to newest | newest to oldest
Cover for 9781610390446 Cover for 9781610391849 Cover for 9781610391849 Cover for 9781452636900 Cover for 9781452606903 Cover for 9780794530396 Cover for 9780794525279 Cover for 9780794526290 Cover for 9780691136066 Cover for 9780691136073 Cover for 9780198529422 Cover for 9781580869539 Cover for 9781405130325 Cover for 9780794513658 Cover for 9780794509675 Cover for 9780794503666 Cover for 9780262524407 Cover for 9780521833639 Cover for 9780794507404 Cover for 9780794502133 Cover for 9780746033630 Cover for 9780794506186 Cover for 9780746025024 Cover for 9780794506414 Cover for 9780746025048 Cover for 9780746034903 Cover for 9780794506438 Cover for 9780746027752 Cover for 9780794505097 Cover for 9780262025461 Cover for 9780794504182
1
cover image for 9781610391849
Product Description: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power...read more
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9781610390446 | Public Affairs, September 27, 2011, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head.

Paperback:

9781610391849 | Public Affairs, July 31, 2012, cover price $17.99 | also contains The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics | About this edition: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head.

2
cover image for 9781610391849
Product Description: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power...read more
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Paperback:

9781610391849 | Public Affairs, July 31, 2012, cover price $17.99 | also contains The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics | About this edition: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head.

3
cover image for 9781452636900
Product Description: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power...read more
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

CD/Spoken Word:

9781452636900 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 19, 2012), cover price $95.99 | About this edition: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head.

4
cover image for 9781452606903
Product Description: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power...read more
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

CD/Spoken Word:

9781452606903 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 19, 2012), cover price $49.99 | About this edition: For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head.

5
cover image for 9780794530396
Product Description: This fascinating book shows you how to investigate the world around you and discover science in action. It contains specially chosen activities such as testing your eyes, making electricity, bending light and weather watching. Step-by-step illustrations and clearly written explanations show you how and why the experiments work...read more
By Howard Allman (photographer), Fiona Johnson (contributor) and Alastair Smith (editor)
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Paperback:

9780794530396 | Usborne Pub Ltd, January 1, 2011, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: This fascinating book shows you how to investigate the world around you and discover science in action.

6
cover image for 9780794525279
Product Description: Summary:0About the Author:•0Author: Kirsteen^Howell RogersIllustrator:0Publisher:Usborne Pub LtdPublished Date:06/01/2009Format:HardcoverISBN:079452527X#of pages:#N/A
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780794525279 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2009, cover price $39.99 | About this edition: Summary:0About the Author:•0Author: Kirsteen^Howell RogersIllustrator:0Publisher:Usborne Pub LtdPublished Date:06/01/2009Format:HardcoverISBN:079452527X#of pages:#N/A
9780794526290 | Edc Pub, January 1, 2009, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

7
cover image for 9780691136066
Product Description: When the United States invaded Iraq, President Bush made it clear: the U.S. was not fighting the Iraqi people. Rather, all quarrels were solely with Iraq's leadership. This kind of assertion remains frequent in foreign affairs--sanctions or military actions are imposed on a nation not because of its people, but because of its misguided leaders...read more
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780691136066 | Princeton Univ Pr, July 1, 2008, cover price $67.50 | About this edition: When the United States invaded Iraq, President Bush made it clear: the U.

Paperback:

9780691136073 | Princeton Univ Pr, July 1, 2008, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: When the United States invaded Iraq, President Bush made it clear: the U.

8
cover image for 9780198529422
Product Description: Analytical measurements at the single molecule level under ambient conditions have become almost routine in the past few years. The application of this technology to fundamental studies of heterogeneity in biomolecular structure and dynamics, chemical and biological reaction kinetics and photophysics provides a rich playground for molecular scientists...read more
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780198529422 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, October 12, 2006, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Analytical measurements at the single molecule level under ambient conditions have become almost routine in the past few years.

9
cover image for 9781580869539
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9781580869539 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2006, cover price $16.99

10
cover image for 9781405130325
Product Description: Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient looks at monitoring and maintaining the health of organ recipients and donors, pre, during and post-operatively. There are twenty-nine chapters containing practical advice on total patient management...read more
By Paul G. Killenberg (editor), Paul G. Killenberg, M. D. (editor), Mullhaupt (editor) and Alastair Smith (editor)
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9781405130325 | 3 edition (Blackwell Pub, May 26, 2006), cover price $250.00 | About this edition: Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient looks at monitoring and maintaining the health of organ recipients and donors, pre, during and post-operatively.

11
cover image for 9780794513658
Product Description: What makes the wind blow? How can rain sometimes be red? Why are tornadoes like vacuum cleaners? You'll find out the answers and lots more about weird and wonderful weather in this fascinating book.
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Paperback:

9780794513658 | New edition (Usborne Pub Ltd, January 1, 2006), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: What makes the wind blow?

12
cover image for 9780794509675
See what animals do when you are asleep. Cats prowl, mice scuttle, owls swoop and bats flutter across the pages, capturing the night-time atmosphere in different environments from backyard to rainforest.
By John Butler (illustrator) and Alastair Smith
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780794509675 | Usborne Pub Ltd, July 6, 2005, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: See what animals do when you are asleep.

Paperback:

9780794503666 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2003, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Invites young readers to lift the flaps to see how owls, moths, snails, foxes, tarsiers, mice, fruit bats, and cats pass their most active hours at night and rest during the day.

13
cover image for 9780262524407
Product Description: The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure? Considering this political puzzle, they also answer the related economic question of why some countries experience successful economic development and others do not...read more
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Paperback:

9780262524407 | Mit Pr, March 1, 2005, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure?

14
Lift the flaps in this beautiful book and you will see what animals do while you are asleep--cats prowl, mice scuttle, owls swoop, and bats flutter across the pages, capturing the nighttime atmosphere in different environments from backyard to rainforest.
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Paperback:

9780746045244 | Usborne Pub Ltd, December 1, 2004, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Invites young readers to lift the flaps to see how owls, moths, snails, foxes, tarsiers, mice, fruit bats, and cats pass their most active hours at night and rest during the day.

15
The sea is full of surprises, so come on in and take a look to find amazing wildlife, from a fish that can change its shape, to deep-sea shockers that light up in the dark, to other surprises hiding behind the seaweed and the rocks.
By Pilar Dunster (editor), Anna Sanchez (editor), Peter David Scott (illustrator), Alastair Smith (editor) and Judy Tatchell (editor)
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780746063989 | Usborne Pub Ltd, December 1, 2004, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Offers information about dolphins, sharks, seahorses, coral reefs, and other ocean creatures and their defenses.

16
cover image for 9780521833639
Product Description: Most parliamentary systems have endogenous election timing, where the Prime Minister is free to call for elections when he or she thinks it's appropriate to do so. Despite the huge advantage one might expect this opportunity creates, Prime Ministers still lose frequently...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780521833639 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 19, 2004, cover price $110.00 | About this edition: Most parliamentary systems have endogenous election timing, where the Prime Minister is free to call for elections when he or she thinks it's appropriate to do so.

17
cover image for 9780794507404
Pictures with liftable flaps show the activities of plants and animals that live near the seashore.
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780794507404 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2004, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Pictures with liftable flaps show the activities of plants and animals that live near the seashore.

Paperback:

9780794502133 | Usborne Pub Ltd, January 1, 2003, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Shows pictures and the activities of plants and animals that live near the seashore.

18
cover image for 9780794506186
Demonstrates through pictures and fold-over pages the processes of the human body, including digestion, senses, and how babies are born.
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780794506186 | Usborne Pub Ltd, January 1, 2004, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Demonstrates through pictures and fold-over pages the processes of the human body, including digestion, senses, and how babies are born.
9780746033630 | Usborne Pub Ltd, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Demonstrates through pictures and fold-over pages the processes of the human body, including digestion, senses, and how babies are born.

19
cover image for 9780794506414
Explains how a baby is conceived, how it grows inside the mother's womb, how it is born, and what it does after it is born.
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Paperback:

9780794506414 | Usborne Pub Ltd, December 30, 2003, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Explains how a baby is conceived, how it grows inside the mother's womb, how it is born, and what it does after it is born.
9780746025024 | Edc Pub, January 1, 1998, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Combining simple text and illustrations, the books in the Usborne Flip Flaps series explain to young chi ldren how different aspects of the world work.

Library:

9781580860086 | Edc Pub, January 1, 1998, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Combining simple text and illustrations, the books in the Usborne Flip Flaps series explain to young chi ldren how different aspects of the world work.

20
cover image for 9780794506438
Demonstrates through pictures and flaps how food travels through the digestive system.
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Paperback:

9780794506438 | Usborne Pub Ltd, December 30, 2003, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Demonstrates through pictures and flaps how food travels through the digestive system.
9780746034903 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 1999, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: What Happens to Your Food?
9780746025048 | Liftflap edition (Edc Pub, January 1, 1997), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: What Happens to Your Food?

Library:

9780881109450 | Edc Pub, August 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: What Happens to Your Food?

21
Provides a view of farm life, inviting young readers to lift the flaps to see animals that live on or around farms.
By Alastair Smith and Justine Torode (illustrator)
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780794505080 | Usborne Pub Ltd, December 1, 2003, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Provides a view of farm life, inviting young readers to lift the flaps to see animals that live on or around farms.

Paperback:

9780746027752 | Usborne Pub Ltd, April 1, 2002, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Short, simple text supports the illustrations and answers children''s questions about what happens on the farm, and the animals which can be found there.

22
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Prebinding:

9780613706070 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $26.95

23
cover image for 9780794505097
Examines the types, physical characteristics, and eating habits of such sea creatures as dolphins, sharks, seahorses, and corals.
By Ruth Russell (illustrator), Peter Scott (illustrator), Alastair Smith and Judy Tatchell
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780794505097 | Usborne Pub Ltd, October 1, 2003, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Examines the types, physical characteristics, and eating habits of such sea creatures as dolphins, sharks, seahorses, and corals.

24
cover image for 9780262025461
Product Description: The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure? Considering this political puzzle, they also answer the related economic question of why some countries experience successful economic development and others do not...read more
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780262025461 | Mit Pr, October 1, 2003, cover price $48.00 | About this edition: The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure?

25
cover image for 9780794504182
Provides information about the physical characteristics and habits of dinosaurs including triceratops, parasaurolophus, Tyrannosaurus rex, orodromeus, and brachiosaurs.
Edition summary (click for prices and details):

Hardcover:

9780794504182 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2003, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Provides information about the physical characteristics and habits of dinosaurs including triceratops, parasaurolophus, Tyrannosaurus rex, orodromeus, and brachiosaurs.

at beginning | displaying 1 to 25 | next 25 >