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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Based on years of frontline experience in New York's inner-city schools, this text seeks to demonstrate that intense policing and security strategies are not only ineffectual, they divorce students and teachers from their ethical and behavioural responsibilities. Num Pages: 292 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JMAL; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143873
- ISBN
- 9780226143873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.19
€ 35.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. Commercial inspirational memoir with a twist: a little boy is abused and sold into prostitution. Twenty years later, Devane is a successful lawyer who agrees to defend the man who abused him. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340962770
- ISBN
- 9780340962770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.12
€ 13.99
€ 10.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Book 1 Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694766
- ISBN
- 9781894694766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.52
€ 20.99
€ 15.52
Paperback. The growing number of Latinos and Asians in America has caused the creation of a new ethnic order. This text consists of essays that re-examine the role of affirmative action and civil rights in the light of this important shift in American demographics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JPA; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761824
- ISBN
- 9780226761824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.15
€ 37.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. Focusing on the effects of violence in internal conflicts after peace agreements have been signed, this book adopts a four-part analysis, examining in turn violence emanating from the state, from militants, from destabilized societies, and from the challenge of implementing a range of issues including demobilization, disarmament, and policing. Editor(s): Darby, John. Series: RIREC Project in Post-accord Peacebuilding S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025878
- ISBN
- 9780268025878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. Focusing on the effects of violence in internal conflicts after peace agreements have been signed, this book adopts a four-part analysis, examining in turn violence emanating from the state, from militants, from destabilized societies, and from the challenge of implementing a range of issues including demobilization, disarmament, and policing. Series: RIREC Project in Post-accord Peacebuilding S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025885
- ISBN
- 9780268025885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.49
€ 32.99
€ 31.49
Hardcover. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS0057299
- ISBN
- 9780815623946
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 28.00€ 11.00
€ 28.00
€ 11.00
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HRCC7; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. . 187pp
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KCBK000024
- ISBN
- 9780815623946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 14.00
€ 28.00
€ 14.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477305423
- ISBN
- 9781477305423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardback. A work on the interrelationship between Liberal Judaism and Rabbinic Law (Halachah). It represents a plea for a positive yet critical approach to Rabbinic Law in general as well as to a variety of specific topics. Series: Progressive Judaism Today S. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRK; JFSR1; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819758
- ISBN
- 9781571819758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.70
€ 151.70
Hardback. In this second volume of Liberal Jewish sermons spanning the greater part of the second half ofthe twentieth century, the author again combines a radically progressive stance with Jewish commitment and seeks to understand contemporary history from a "prophetic" point of view. Series: Progressive Judaism Today S. BIC Classification: HRA; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819734
- ISBN
- 9781571819734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.52
€ 151.52
Hardback. This is the first of two volumes of edited sermons spanning the greater part of the second half of the twentieth century, and the first major collection of sermons from a Liberal Jewish point ofview produced in Britain since Claude G. Montefiore's Truth in Religion of 1906. Series: Progressive Judaism Today S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819710
- ISBN
- 9781571819710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.95
€ 151.95
Paperback. Homo Narrans explores how human beings shape their world through the stories they tell. Author John D. Niles ponders the nature of the storytelling impulse, the social function of narrative, and the role of individual talent in oral tradition. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221077
- ISBN
- 9780812221077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Tells the story of Hopi religious life in a way that makes sense to both Hopis and outsiders. While not the Hopi's own story, this account attempts to honor and do justice to the way in which the Hopi embody religious meaning through the living of their lives. Series: Religion in North America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 bibliog., 2 index. BIC Classification: HRKT; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215727
- ISBN
- 9780253215727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.43
€ 20.43
Paperback. Kelly opens new questions about dialogue, colonial power, and changing conditions of political possibility by examining the connection between politics and sexual morality in the British colony of Fiji from 1929 to 1932. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430317
- ISBN
- 9780226430317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.29
€ 52.99
€ 40.29
paperback. Are the views of Latinos and African Americans underrepresented in our federal government? For that matter, what does it mean to be represented equitably? This title uses different measures of political equality to reveal which groups get what they want from government and what factors lead to their successes. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226308685
- ISBN
- 9780226308685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. In Looking West, John D. Dorst examines a largely neglected pattern of seeing that stands in contrast to the universally familiar iconography. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214406
- ISBN
- 9780812214406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.80
€ 37.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. Pushing past the constraints of postmodernism which cast 'reason' and 'religion' in opposition, this title seizes the opportunity to question the authority of 'the modern' and open the limits of possible experience, including the call to religious experience, as a new millennium approaches. Editor(s): Caputo, John D.; Scanlon, Michael J. Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213280
- ISBN
- 9780253213280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Drawing from legal and extralegal discourse but focusing on imaginative literature, this book examines representations of, responses to, and arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States over the long nineteenth century. It creates a generative dialogue between artistic relics and legal history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413327
- ISBN
- 9781421413327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.39
€ 60.39
Paperback. New Scotland, New Society asks a series of vital questions regarding the attitudes and behaviour of the Scots. Editor(s): Curtice, John; McCrone, David; Park, Alison; Paterson, Lindsay. Num Pages: 234 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JFF; JPHC; JPQ; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902930350
- ISBN
- 9781902930350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07