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Paperback. With his thumbprint on the most ubiquitous films of childhood, Walt Disney is widely considered to be the most conventional of all major American moviemakers. Using close readings of Disney projects, this book shows that Disney's films were frequently ahead of their time thematically. Num Pages: 286 pages, 46 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
First Edition (US) First Printing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702738
ISBN
9780292702738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Num Pages: 144 pages, 377 color photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 922.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887406911
ISBN
9780887406911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 177 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764324932
ISBN
9780764324932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.18

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857854674
ISBN
9780857854674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.18

Paperback. Examines the contradictions of fundamentalism as they appear in prophecy, sermon, film and fiction, including work by Gore Vidal, Peter Matthiesen, Thom Jones, Alison Lurie and Pete Dexter. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 391.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609789
ISBN
9780748609789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.73

Suggests that there is an irony in the festivities surrounding death and that the American response to death often develops into an event celebrating the ties between family members and friends. The author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals seem meant to benefit the living rather than the dead. Series: Material World. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123806
ISBN
9780813123806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.79

Hardcover. What is the future of the American West? This book look at works of utopian, dystopian, and apocalyptic science fiction to show how narratives of the past and future powerfully shape our understanding of the present-day West. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616091
ISBN
9780700616091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.56

Hardback. With around 645 million people expected to be displaced D by wars and other catastrophes D by 2050, Virilio begins The Futurism of the Instant by looking at the future of human settlement and migration through the evolution of the city. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648637
ISBN
9780745648637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.26

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329725
ISBN
9780822329725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and to its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Now, Mario Biagioli shows how Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science--the questions he examined, his methods, and even his conclusions. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045603
ISBN
9780226045603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.94

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Number of pages
63
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416347
ISBN
9780900416347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.43

Paperback. This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 24 line drawings, 51 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVGE; AVGH; AVRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226780115
ISBN
9780226780115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.51

Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816653355
ISBN
9780816653355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629835
ISBN
9783837629835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. Describes the author's time living with the gangs on the Southside of Chicago. This book tells how in the Robert Taylor Homes projects on Chicago's South Side, he befriends JT, a gang leader for the Black Kings. It also tells how he gains JT's trust, and in order to convince the author of his CEO-like qualities, JT makes him leader of the gang. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141030913
ISBN
9780141030913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317908
ISBN
9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.03

Hardback. Compiling a portrait that's both fascinating and deliciously fun, Gastropolis explores the endlessly evolving relationship between New Yorkers and food. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136532
ISBN
9780231136532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.01

Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCV; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136525
ISBN
9780231136525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. Focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. This title explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this crisis, ranging from the death of John W Campbell Jr, to the start of the science magazine "Omni", and the first dreams of the internet. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846310034
ISBN
9781846310034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.07

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415229357
ISBN
9780415229357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

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