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Paperback. Traces Herman Melville's response to an array of nineteenth-century writings that includes literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. This book shows how Melville raised with verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254558
ISBN
9780520254558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Looking at such figures as Nancy Drew, Judy Graves, Corliss Archer, Gidget, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Britney Spears, this book shows how popular culture has shaped our view of the adolescent girl as an individual who is simultaneously sexualized and infantilized. It explores the intersecting histories of adolescence, and popular culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218025
ISBN
9780253218025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FXZ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 194 x 19. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465036691
ISBN
9780465036691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.41

Hardback. .
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313364921
ISBN
9780313364921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.46
€ 60.19

Hardcover. Offers a sociophonetic exploration of voice pitch characteristics of speakers across the cultures of Japan and America. This volume makes an argument for the socio-cultural role of voice pitch in the expression of emotion and politeness and how culture and gender can intersect with each other. Num Pages: 160 pages, 28 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; CFB; CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845533502
ISBN
9781845533502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.67

paperback. Takes the reader across the treacherous Missouri River as the spring-softened ice goes out under the horses' feet, into the still wild cow towns, through the round-ups, and the prairie fires. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803250154
ISBN
9780803250154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.31

Paperback. Now in its second edition, American Adventurism Abroad traces US foreign policy from the late 1940s through the past six years of America's "war on terror," and examines the impact of its repeated militaristic meddling into developing nations. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405170758
ISBN
9781405170758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.14

Paperback. A cultural kaleidoscope of autobiographical narratives from a wide range of American Indians - warriors, farmers, Christian converts, rebels and assimilationists, peyotists, shamans, hunters, Sun Dancers, artists and Hollywood Indians, spiritualists, visionaries, mothers, fathers, and English professors. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217492
ISBN
9780803217492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.48

Hardcover. The author of this work presents an integrated theory of double-jeopardy law, a theory anchored in historical, doctrinal and philosophical method which functions to keep prosecutors and judges from imposing more than one criminal judgment for the same offence. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814782330
ISBN
9780814782330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 line illus. 55 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172019
ISBN
9780691172019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.98

Paperback. How do presidents lead? If presidential power is the power to persuade, why is there a lack of evidence of presidential persuasion? This title examines and challenges the dominant paradigm of presidential leadership. It contends that presidents cannot create opportunities for change by persuading others to support their policies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154367
ISBN
9780691154367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.24

Hardback. When Barack Obama became president, many Americans embraced him as a transformational leader who would fundamentally change the politics and policy of the country. This book shows that the president's frustrations were predictable and the inevitable result of misunderstanding the nature of presidential power. Num Pages: 224 pages, 44 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153681
ISBN
9780691153681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. How to hire, manage, motivate, strategize and grow a business in today's disruptive world from Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, and Jonathan Rosenberg, advisor to Google CEO Larry Page. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJM; KNTX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444792492
ISBN
9781444792492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Reveals the important lessons Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger learned through childhood, in his military service, and in his work as a commercial airline pilot. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16-Page Colour Photo Insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061924699
ISBN
9780061924699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AFC; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 308 x 15. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857231266
ISBN
9788857231266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.58

paperback. Explores the problematic relationship between Islam, the West and 'modernity' -- in the light of an increasingly vocal Muslim diaspora in Europe and the United States. Series: Critical Studies on Islam. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745316116
ISBN
9780745316116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Through readings of slave narratives, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, newspaper editorials, and government documents including texts by Frederick Douglass and freed West Indian slave Mary Prince, Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo explicates the growing interrelatedness of people of African descent through the Americas in the nineteenth century. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223231
ISBN
9780812223231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595589613
ISBN
9781595589613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Through brilliant social analysis, the author exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BJ; HBJK; HBTS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106821
ISBN
9780143106821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486779997
ISBN
9780486779997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 12.45

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