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Paperback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. This title takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFMC; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271210
- ISBN
- 9780520271210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.13
€ 33.99
€ 25.13
Hardback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, the author overturns this mythology for good. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255623
- ISBN
- 9780520255623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98€ 49.59
€ 62.98
€ 49.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 69 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594547836
- ISBN
- 9781594547836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.34€ 51.33
€ 65.34
€ 51.33
Paperback. An examination of euthanasia and the "right to die" in the context of social, legal and religious settings of a range of countries. The authors use public opinion data to illustrate the disparity between approval of physician-assisted suicide and the general illegality of the practice. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691678
- ISBN
- 9780847691678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Paperback. This resource helps raise awareness of ethical issues and guides teachers and teacher leaders in approaching difficult ethical dilemmas Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781412970846
- ISBN
- 9781412970846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.41
€ 43.99
€ 43.41
Paperback. A cultural analysis of Dolly, the cloned sheep. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 264 pages, 62 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFM; JHMC; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339205
- ISBN
- 9780822339205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive overview and discussion of the core ethical dilemmas facing youth workers in their everyday practice. Editor(s): Banks, Sarah. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFM; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415499712
- ISBN
- 9780415499712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.29
€ 47.99
€ 43.29
Paperback. Traces the history of contraception use and population management in colonial India, while illuminating its connection to contemporary debates in India and birth control movements in Great Britain and United States. This book draws attention to the interactive and relational history of Indian birth control. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFM; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074806
- ISBN
- 9780252074806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75
Paperback. First and only undergraduate textbook that addresses the social and ethical issues associated with a wide array of emerging technologies, including genetic modification, human enhancement, geoengineering, robotics, virtual reality, artificial meat, neurotechnologies, information technologies, nanotechnology, sex selection, and more. Editor(s): Sandler, Ronald L. Num Pages: 598 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 192 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230367036
- ISBN
- 9780230367036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.63
€ 131.63
Hardcover. Drawing together interview material, medical publications, and first-hand accounts, this book shows that what is being remade in the burgeoning medical field of face transplantation is not only the lives of patients, but also the very ways that state institutions, surgeons, and families make sense of rights, claims for inclusion, and life itself. Num Pages: 82 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; MBS; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452719
- ISBN
- 9781137452719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
hardcover. Exploring the rapidly increasing interest in obesity and fatness, this book engages with dominant ideas about 'fatness' and analyses the assumptions that inform anti-fat attitudes in the West, looking at the intersection of medicine and morality in pathologising 'fat' bodies. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JFSJ1; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542587
- ISBN
- 9780230542587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; KNDF; MBN; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319449739
- ISBN
- 9783319449739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. A radically new critique of the regulation of abortion, drawing on feminist, legal and social theory. Series: Law & Social Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFMA; JFSJ1; LAB; LND; MBDC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745311678
- ISBN
- 9780745311678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. Nanotechnology and Ethical Governance in the European Union and China Num Pages: 239 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QFE; JFMG; PDR; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319182322
- ISBN
- 9783319182322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.01
€ 106.01
Hardback. This book provides an international, multi-disciplinary empirical account of pole classes and how they fit into wider discourses about bodies and gender, and age and fitness. In particular, the book explores how women initiate agency and espouse liberation and empowerment through something as seemingly problematic as pole classes. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFMX; JHB; JMU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- SKU
- V9780230210387
- ISBN
- 9780230210387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHMC; TCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233430
- ISBN
- 9780230233430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardback. Providing a new perspective on migration and sex work in Europe, this book is based on interviews with migrant women in the sex sector. It brings together issues of migration, labour and political subjectivity in order to refocus scholarly and policy agenda away from sex slavery and organized crime, towards agency and citizenship. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237407
- ISBN
- 9780230237407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. "Rosen has broken entirely new ground in what will surely remain the definitive study of urban prostitution in America for many years to come." -- Times Literary Supplement Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801826658
- ISBN
- 9780801826658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.61
€ 37.61
Hardcover. Addresses both the physiological and the psychological aspects of human behavior. This title helps users - whether they are students just beginning formal study of the broad field or specialists in a branch of psychology - understand the field and how and why humans behave as we do. Editor(s): Singer, Peter; Callahan, Dan. Series: Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Num Pages: 3464 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 344 x 267 x 230. Weight in Grams: 11310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 3464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780123736321
- ISBN
- 9780123736321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,633.99
€ 1,633.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594547874
- ISBN
- 9781594547874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.16€ 58.90
€ 83.16
€ 58.90