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Paperback. Challenging behaviours, such as aggression and violence, are more common in deaf people than hearing people. Filling a crucial gap in the international market, this book will appeal equally to those who work occasionally or entirely with Deaf or hearing impaired client groups of all ages. Editor(s): Austen, Sally; Jeffery, Dave. Num Pages: 342 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470025482
ISBN
9780470025482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.17

Paperback. Deafness in Mind presents the varying theoretical approaches to the psychology of deafness: systemic, Cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic, wellness and cognitive neuropsychological models. Uniquely, clinical theory and practice are linked to provide a comprehensive understanding of the deaf mental health field. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861564047
ISBN
9781861564047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Factora-Borchers, Lisa. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 121 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
AK Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849351720
ISBN
9781849351720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Hardback. A comparative study of memorialisation and reconstruction in post-terrorist bomb sites, which argues that security practices are fundamentally connected to death anxiety. Series Editor(s): Lawler, Peter; Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre. Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993139
ISBN
9781784993139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.48

Paperback. Offers a look into the lonely, personal nightmares behind celebrity suicides. This book includes subjects that range from Virginia Woolf to Kurt Cobain, from Elliott Smith to Adolf Hitler and from Mark Rothko to Anne Sexton. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061728563
ISBN
9780061728563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816695300
ISBN
9780816695300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. This book shows how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain loving relationships amid widespread illness and death. It helps discover the Baitshepi's maternal ethos. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX6; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259652
ISBN
9780520259652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 73.01

Hardcover. In The Death Penalty: What's Keeping it Alive an award-winning criminal defense attorney turns a critical eye towards the death penalty in America. Filled with gripping case studies, the book analyzes why the death penalty remains active in most states in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice system. Num Pages: 174 pages, 1 maps, 2 charts, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JKVP; LNFX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442232679
ISBN
9781442232679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.15

Paperback. When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Num Pages: 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1002. The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil. 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. Bringing her readers to the slopes above a modern plantation town, the author follows three generations of shanty-town women as they struggle to survive through hard work, cunning and trial. It is a story of class relations told at the basic level of bodies, emotions, desires and needs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight: 1006.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520075375
ISBN
9780520075375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.48

Paperback. Debating Globalization is a short, accessible introduction to the debate about globalization written by many of the most prominent figures in the field. Published by Polity in association with openDemocracy, the book is notable not just for focusing on the pressing difficulties facing our world, but also on solutions. Editor(s): Barnett, Anthony; Held, David; Henderson, Caspar. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745635255
ISBN
9780745635255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Hardback. Race debates have become more frequent at the national level, and the response to racism in the media and by politicians has shifted from denial to acknowledgment to action. Focusing on the experiences of communities from India's Northeast borderland, the author explores the dynamics of race debates in contemporary India. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFJ; JFSL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137538970
ISBN
9781137538970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.39

Hardback. "This book brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the philosophy of race and ethnicity in conversation about issues of ethnic and racial identity, nationality, and ethnic philosophy. The book contains the best defense by Jorge J.E. Gracia of his familial-historical view of Latino identity"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Jaksic, Ivan. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JFFJ; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169448
ISBN
9780231169448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.63

Paperback. Do states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher Heath Wellman and Phillip Cole develop and defend opposing answers to this timely and important question. Series: Debating Ethics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HPS; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199731725
ISBN
9780199731725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.23

Paperback. The farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFA; JHM; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169132
ISBN
9780226169132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. "Debt as power is a timely and innovative contribution to our understanding of one of the most prescient issues of our time: the explosion of debt across the global economy and related requirement of political leaders to pursue exponential growth to meet the demands of creditors and investors." Series Editor(s): Bhambra, Gurminder K. Series: Theory for a Global Age. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993269
ISBN
9781784993269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.89

Hardback. Series Editor(s): Bhambra, Gurminder K. Series: Theory for a Global Age. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993252
ISBN
9781784993252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.00

Paperback. Focusing on the disasters of the 1980s, this book examines how culture is reconstructed after disaster through victims' stories, media coverage, and official efforts to restore faith in technology. It explores the debates that followed these disasters, as government agencies, corporations, and local communities fought to control their meaning. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; HB; JFC; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 330. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068201
ISBN
9780252068201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

paperback. * Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648101
ISBN
9780745648101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Hardback. * Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648095
ISBN
9780745648095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.52

Paperback. A considerable amount of feminist thinking today works across borders in ways that unsettle familiar philosophical and political frameworks. This work also crosses regional, national, and continental boundaries, as feminists find they must think globally, act locally, as the popular slogan has it. Editor(s): Narayan, Uma; Harding, Sandra. Series: A Hypatia Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213846
ISBN
9780253213846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

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