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Paperback. We are living in a world full of games. More than 31 million people in the UK are gamers. In this book, visionary game designer Jane McGonigaI challenges conventional thinking and shows that games - far from being simply escapist entertainment - have the potential not only to radically improve our own lives but to change the world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDR; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540281
- ISBN
- 9780099540281
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. A valuable sourcebook for costume designers, dressmakers and those involved in historical reenactments, this book contains all the information you need to create authentic clothes from the Tudor period. Num Pages: 160 pages, 170 colour and black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 232 x 12. Weight in Grams: 714. Reconstructing Sixteenth-Century Dress. 160 pages, 170 colour and black & white illustrations. A valuable sourcebook for costume designers, dressmakers and those involved in historical reenactments, this book contains all the information you need to create authentic clothes from the Tudor period. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; JFCK. Dimension: 281 x 232 x 12. Weight: 720.
- Publisher
- Batsford Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713489859
- ISBN
- 9780713489859
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.38
€ 26.99
€ 19.38
Hardback. A study of 'trauma culture' - a new popular culture of traumatic experiences and victim identity. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618163
- ISBN
- 9780748618163
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Condition: New
€ 113.28€ 107.83
€ 113.28
€ 107.83
Paperback. How migration - especially by Latinos - can create new forms of intimacy across cultural, religious, and ethnic lines Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439910535
- ISBN
- 9781439910535
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.76
€ 31.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. Jane Iwamura examines contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. At the heart of her study is the Oriental Monk, a non-sexual, solitary, conventionalized icon who generously and purposefully shares his wisdom with the West. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; HR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199738618
- ISBN
- 9780199738618
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Condition: New
€ 60.23
€ 60.23
Paperback. Anecdote and theory have diametrically opposed connotations: humorous versus serious, specific versus general, trivial versus overarching, short versus grand. This title cuts through these oppositions to produce theory with a sense of humor, theorizing which honors the uncanny detail of lived experience. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330387
- ISBN
- 9780822330387
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.79
€ 32.99
€ 29.79
Paperback. Uses the bra to gauge the social history of women and to understand the business history of fashion. This book illuminate the effect the brassiere has had on women's lives - their style, health, and economic opportunity. It also contains examples from advertising, movies, and other areas of popular culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AK; GT; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218350
- ISBN
- 9780812218350
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. This selection of papers present spiritual education as a distinctive field of academic enquiry in its own right. It is divided into three sections: religious and theological approaches; psychological and anthropological approaches; and pedagogical approaches. Editor(s): Erricker, Jane; Erricker, Clive; Ota, Dr Cathy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRCS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210612
- ISBN
- 9781902210612
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Argues that the skyrocketing increase in obesity levels is not caused by individuals moral weakness, but is due to modern society lacking the virtues necessary for people to adopt and maintain healthy behaviours. This book proceeds to identify a set of seven social and environmental sins that characterise our contemporary world. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868409559
- ISBN
- 9780868409559
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Condition: New
€ 32.14
€ 32.14
Paperback. When it comes to the work/life balance, modern women continually find themselves in a no-win situation where they are criticised regardless of the path they choose. This book argues that the pervasive idea that women will never be able to effectively combine work or interests outside the home with marriage, a social life and parenting is a furphy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868408231
- ISBN
- 9780868408231
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Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Paperback. This text explores the relationship between dancing bodies and sexual identity on the concert stage, in nightclubs, in film, in the courts and on the streets and tracks the intersections of dance and human sexuality in the twentieth century as the definition of each has shifted and expanded. Editor(s): Desmond, Jane C. Series: Studies in Dance History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299170547
- ISBN
- 9780299170547
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Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. Presents an analysis of the career of Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-American feminist artist who came to prominence in the late 70s and early 80s, in terms of gender and performance theory. This work is useful for those involved with the production, criticism, theory, and history of contemporary art. Num Pages: 184 pages, 29 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323242
- ISBN
- 9780822323242
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Culture Smart! Kenya provides a cultural bridge that will carry you beyond the gloss of the hotels and deep into the warp and weft of everyday life; beyond the game parks and into the intricacies of community and wildlife coexistence; beyond the bounds of Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFCA; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857338584
- ISBN
- 9781857338584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Examines social representations of the fat body. This work questions discursive constructions of fatness while analyzing the politics and power of corpulence and addressing the absence of fat people in media representations of the body. Editor(s): Braziel, Jana Evans; LeBesco, Kathleen. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 black-and-white photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225855
- ISBN
- 9780520225855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.80
€ 36.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. First published in English in 1995, with an introduction by Robin Kinross, this edition includes a foreword by Rich Hendel, who considers the contemporary thinking about Tschichold's life and work. Translator(s): McLean, Ruari. Num Pages: 286 pages, 110 b/w illustrations, 38 three-color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AKD; HBJD; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250123
- ISBN
- 9780520250123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.42
€ 50.99
€ 36.42
Paperback. These are vintage fashions that can be worn and enjoyed every day. Ranging from the formal to the whimsical, the chic tailored suits of the 1940s to the free-style fashions of the late-1960s, there is something for every taste. With concise descriptions, color photos and a current price guide, this will be a welcome guide for collectors. Num Pages: 160 pages, 350 color photographs. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 356. A Handbook and Price Guide. 160 pages, 350 colour photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight: 354.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300233
- ISBN
- 9780764300233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.87
€ 21.99
€ 15.87
Hardcover. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302058
- ISBN
- 9780226302058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.40€ 79.56
€ 95.40
€ 79.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Myhre, Jan Eivind. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oslo Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788274772915
- ISBN
- 9788274772915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.54
€ 38.99
€ 28.54
Hardcover. The book explains the conflicting and seemingly paradoxical reports of successful outcomes of psychotherapy made by opposing schools. The author has placed each selection in its historical context and provided, where necessary, summaries of theoretical systems. Editor(s): Ehrenwald, Jan. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876682807
- ISBN
- 9780876682807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.70
€ 158.70
Paperback. Arguably the most prolific and most widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj Zizek has made indelible interventions into many disciplines of the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Series: Theory Now. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653716
- ISBN
- 9780745653716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.80
€ 24.80