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Paperback. Explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, this book argues that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build alternatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400428
ISBN
9781474400428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Editor(s): Sutou, Shizuyo. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; KNBN; RNQ; RNR; RNT; THK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634637480
ISBN
9781634637480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 252.21
€ 188.06

Hardback. In the closing months of the Bush administration, bewildered Americans overwhelmingly responded to its disastrous domestic and foreign policies with a single question: How did this happen? This work explores the administration's key players to explain what happened - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758185
ISBN
9780804758185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.70

Paperback. Sheku, Sherry M. Wren Editor(s): Wren, Sherry M.; Kushner, Adam L. Series: Operation Health. Num Pages: 120 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JMG; MBD; MBN; MNC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422121
ISBN
9781421422121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. The story of the Boston Marathon bombing through the eyes of those most intimately affected Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JMG; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611685596
ISBN
9781611685596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.32

paperback. Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's gripping and riveting true story of the hospital doctors who struggled to survive and maintain life in a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; JFFC; JFFH; JHBZ; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393757
ISBN
9781782393757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; BM; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007436019
ISBN
9780007436019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
A reader's companion
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813575971
ISBN
9780813575971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.20

paperback. The Quebec student strike in the spring of 2012 has been linked with the Arab Spring, and The Idle No More movements as one of the most important and significant social protests of modern times. " Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JMG; JNM; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552667255
ISBN
9781552667255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.62

Paperback. Offers a new way of thinking about tourism as a way through which people develop understandings of place, society, and self Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JFSR1; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814748176
ISBN
9780814748176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. An eyewitness account of events in Gaza that brings home the horror of life in a war-zone, based on the author's candid and dramatic blog. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330242
ISBN
9780745330242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.98

Hardback. Under the blazing Iraqi sun in the summer of 2007, Shannon Meehan, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, ordered a strike that would take the lives of innocent Iraqi civilians. He thought he was doing the right thing. He thought he was protecting his men. Num Pages: 260 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646725
ISBN
9780745646725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. Drawing on extensive ethnographic engagement with youth in Tehran and Isfahan as well as with migrant workers in rural areas, Shahram Khosravi weaves a tapestry from individual stories, government reports, statistics, and cultural analysis to depict how Iranians react to the experience of precarity and the possibility of hope. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; JHB; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248876
ISBN
9780812248876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.34

Hardcover. "A child is a man in small letter," wrote Bishop John Earle in the seventeenth century. "His father hath writ him as his own little story." In this title, the writer acknowledges the author of his story while simultaneously reminding us that we all confront the blank page of life on our own, as authors of our lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014418
ISBN
9780226014418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.25

Paperback. A definitive account of the American experience in Afghanistan from the rise of the Taliban to the depths of the insurgency. Num Pages: 464 pages, 12 maps and charts. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393338515
ISBN
9780393338515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 528 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JM; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 240. .
Publisher
Skira
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857233604
ISBN
9788857233604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 42.24

Paperback. The twentieth century experienced by over 75% of Britons had little to do with the one we've been taught. The People tells OUR story for the first time. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848548824
ISBN
9781848548824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army. Num Pages: 300 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007337712
ISBN
9780007337712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.30

Hardcover. The political and economic history of Latin America has been marked by great hopes and even greater disappointments. This book asks why the nations of Latin America have failed to share in the fruits of globalization and highlights the dangers of the turn to economic populism in the region. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; 3JMC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184784
ISBN
9780226184784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.19

Paperback. At dawn on March 2, 2002, the first major battle of the 21st Century began. Over 200 soldiers of the 101st Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions flew into Afghanistan's Shahikot valley - and into the mouth of a buzz-saw. This book is suitable for fans of Black Hawk Down, Zero Dark Thirty, Chris Ryan, and Andy McNab. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBW; JWKF; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Penguin London
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014579
ISBN
9780141014579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

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