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David Beck Editor & Author

David Beck is an Academic Technologist and Lecturer in History at the University of Warwick, UK.

Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe cover

Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe

David Beck - Hardback

£155.00

Handbook of Colorectal Surgery cover

Handbook of Colorectal Surgery

David Beck - Hardback

£85.00

Popular Education Practice for Youth and Community Development Work cover

Popular Education Practice for Youth and Community Development Work

2 authors - Paperback

£36.99

The Typology of Parts of Speech Systems cover

The Typology of Parts of Speech Systems

David Beck - Hardback

£145.00

Language

Igor Mel'uk - Paperback

£28.50

The Typology of Parts of Speech Systems cover

The Typology of Parts of Speech Systems

David Beck - Paperback

£55.99

Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe cover

Knowing Nature in Early Modern Europe

David Beck - Paperback

£42.99

Aspects of the Theory of Morphology cover

Aspects of the Theory of Morphology

Igor Mel'čuk - Hardback

£274.50

Language

Igor Mel'uk - Hardback

£91.99

Handbook of Colorectal Surgery cover

Handbook of Colorectal Surgery

David Beck - Hardback

£175.00