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Paperback. A guide to the celebriscape, a world expanding twice as fast as the universe it inhabits. It tackles topics such as: 'Celebrity Activism - when celebrities care', 'Celebrities and the Middle East: a troubled region's brightest hope?', and 'Celebrity Religions: who do the worshipped worship?'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532057
- ISBN
- 9780099532057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. This report follows the progress of twenty very different neighbourhood organisations across three countries to explore the opportunities and challenges of neighbourhood renewal from a community perspective. A free pdf version of this report is available online at www.jrf.org.uk Num Pages: 144 pages, co. Illustrations, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFS; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349774
- ISBN
- 9781861349774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.51
€ 27.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. A valuable tool to help librarians, teachers, health care professionals and parents identify special books that deal with a wide range of contemporary health and self-image topics, including physical handicaps, speech disorder, skin colour, and basic issues of popularity and "fitting in". Num Pages: 176 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: DSR; GBCR; JFF; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313317989
- ISBN
- 9780313317989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.02€ 52.93
€ 58.02
€ 52.93
Paperback. 'Community' continues to attract the attention of policy makers and scholars. Taking account of changes since the publication of the first edition, this new edition explores the challenges of empowering communities and assesses the lessons for policy and practice of community-based approaches to social disadvantage and exclusion. Series: Public Policy and Politics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 black & white tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: JFS; JKS; JPQB; RP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242654
- ISBN
- 9780230242654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
paperback. Argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and feminist scholars alike. This book treats the insights of Western social science, feminist politics, and ethnographic reporting, in order to rethink the representation of Melanesian social and cultural life. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 437 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520072022
- ISBN
- 9780520072022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.15
€ 35.99
€ 26.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 246 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- HAU
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780986132537
- ISBN
- 9780986132537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.69
€ 35.99
€ 27.69
hardcover. In this riveting biography, Marilyn Greenwald describes how a woman reporter from Columbus, Ohio, broke into the ranks of the male-dominated upper echelon at the New York Times. It documents what she did to succeed and what she had to sacrifice. Charlotte Curtis paved the way for the generations of female journalists who followed her. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; CBW; JFD; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 712. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821412657
- ISBN
- 9780821412657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Paperback. Examines the life and work of women who have reached positions of political power after the end of communism in Europe. This book explores the roles they have adopted, the relationships they have cultivated, and the agendas they have pursued. Editor(s): Rueschemeyer, Marilyn; Wolchik, Sharon L. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221698
- ISBN
- 9780253221698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
paperback. A study of the life and work of the lesbian writer, Jane Rule. Incorporating Rule's early work, including unpublished manuscripts, letters, magazine and newspaper columns, as well as fan-mail, the book also draws on interviews and conversations with the author. Series: Passionate Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814781333
- ISBN
- 9780814781333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Family and Health Work Across Three Generations. 208 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 9. Weight: 268.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665190
- ISBN
- 9781552665190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.37
€ 31.99
€ 26.37
Hardback. These essays on Pulitzer Prize winner, Elizabeth Bishop, argue that her "sense of difference" as an orphan, a woman artist and a lesbian, play a significant role in the questioning of aesthetic, ethical and sexual boundaries that is so much part of her poetic practice. Editor(s): Lombardi, Marilyn May. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914442
- ISBN
- 9780813914442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.01
€ 79.01
Hardback. This text investigates what happens when novels that have defied traditional literary conventions refuse to break with traditional gender-based stereotypes. The author argues that the result is an ambiguity that may produce more misogynistic images within the text. Num Pages: 336 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFE; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818038
- ISBN
- 9780761818038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Paperback. Series: AAR Academy Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555407377
- ISBN
- 9781555407377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.95
€ 50.95
Paperback. Anxieties about the potential loss of national identity and continuity disturb many in Japan, despite widespread insistence that it has remained culturally intact. This ethnographic, historical and cultural study examines marginalized events, sites and cultural practices in Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226388335
- ISBN
- 9780226388335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.15
€ 37.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Series: American Childhoods Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSP1; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635400
- ISBN
- 9781566635400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.42
€ 26.99
€ 24.42
hardcover. Num Pages: 967 pages, col. maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 70. Weight in Grams: 1202. Very good hardcover copy showing minor wear and age
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- McArthur & Company Ontario
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025558
- ISBN
- 9781552783467
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
hardcover. Num Pages: 322 pages, col. maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 598. Good copy showing light age and shelfwear. Dust jacket intact
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- McArthur & Company Ontario
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025488
- ISBN
- 9781552782682
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
hardcover. Num Pages: 800 pages, col. maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- McArthur & Company Toronto
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9781552783238
- ISBN
- 9781552783238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.42
€ 25.99
€ 24.42
Monstrous Motherhood will compel scholars in eighteenth-century studies, women's studies, family history, and cultural studies to reevaluate a foundational assumption that has driven much of the discourse in their fields. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407371
- ISBN
- 9781421407371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.48
€ 68.48
Hardcover. Radical Common Sense and Reclaiming Our Personal Sovereignty. 256 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFF. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Samuel Weiser
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578633692
- ISBN
- 9781578633692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.08
€ 23.99
€ 22.08