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Hardback. Explores a diversity of circumstances and motives towards contemporary mobility, ranging from expatriates to peripatetic professionals to middle class migrants in search of extended educational and career opportunities to people seeking self-development through travel. Editor(s): Amit, Vered. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451967
ISBN
9781845451967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.32

Hardback. Closely analyzes over 20 films of the past five decades that either deal directly with compulsive gambling or contain characters who are compulsive gamblers. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836242
ISBN
9780810836242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.41

Hardcover. Going Global helps locally based organizations find connections in the ever expanding global arena of ideas. This book shows readers how to connect to the global community and benefit from this network while remaining true to the mission of their organizations and without dramatically altering existing programs or operations. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787966768
ISBN
9780787966768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.07

Paperback. Compelling first-hand stories of Jewish women fighting racism in the American south while coming of age in the shadow of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 248 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBT; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; JFSR1; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814797754
ISBN
9780814797754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199754120
ISBN
9780199754120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

Hardcover. A unique study of the role of the European Convention on Human Rights in eradicating discrimination and establishing legal equality on the grounds of sexual orientation in the United Kingdom, containing nineteen oral history accounts of applicants, legal professionals and campaigners. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JFSK; LAQ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198777618
ISBN
9780198777618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.88

Hardback. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1170. Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. 752 pages, Illustrations. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight: 1154.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
752
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270169
ISBN
9780520270169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.50

paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2013. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Nation Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568589510
ISBN
9781568589510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.94

Hardback. At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school's basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until the flip of an electrical switch triggered a colossal blast. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map; 36 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJG; HBLW; JFFC; JNB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781612341538
ISBN
9781612341538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.62

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638393
ISBN
9780691638393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 drawing, 1 halftone, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469627892
ISBN
9781469627892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.16

paperback. This book examines why consumers assign value judgments to murder, rather than accept murder as a deliberately negative act. Consumers make such judgments because they perceive murder as an entertaining product of information, and also because they see in this product a positive, problem-solving strategy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: GPF; JFD; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Rev ed.
SKU
V9780761804505
ISBN
9780761804505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.72

Paperback. Good Practice in Child Protection is a practical handbook for use by all professionals who work with child abuse cases as they get to grips with the new legislation on child protection. The book is soundly based on theory, but its main emphasis is on practice, and it includes exercises to improve practice in specific areas of child protection work. Editor(s): Owen, Hilary; Pritchard, Jacki. Series: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853022050
ISBN
9781853022050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.74

Paperback. Incorporating the voices of professionals counselling survivors of abuse, and those of the survivors themselves, this book provides the reader with a theoretical understanding of people who have endured abuse, as well as practical approaches to counselling them. The effects of different types of abuse and abusive environments are explored. Editor(s): Bear, Zetta. Series: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853024245
ISBN
9781853024245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.74

Paperback. Good Practice in Recovery and Healing from Abuse: Adult Survivors is an extensive guide that gives insight on how to be creative in helping adult victims of abuse through the recovery and healing processes. The book features chapters written by practitioners and researchers involved in the different sectors of working with abuse. Series Editor(s): Pritchard, Jacki. Series: Good Practice. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w diagrams. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKSN; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849053723
ISBN
9781849053723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.96

Paperback. This is a practical and trans-disciplinary guide for professionals working with vulnerable adults, who include the frail elderly, those with mental health problems or physical disabilities, learning disabilities or serious physical illness. The contributors address key problems and dilemmas in working to protect these groups from abuse. Editor(s): Pritchard, Jacki. Series: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853029820
ISBN
9781853029820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447336471
ISBN
9781447336471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. This ground-breaking book uses extensive research and survey evidence to challenge the myth that the population divides into those who benefit from the welfare state and those who pay into it. It shows that all of us rely on the welfare state through our lifetimes, not just a small 'welfare-dependent' minority. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Policy Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447320036
ISBN
9781447320036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. The origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender are examined in this book. The author argues that gender was both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, and assesses its role in the construction of racism in Virginia. Num Pages: 584 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846230
ISBN
9780807846230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816630974
ISBN
9780816630974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

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