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Paperback. The concept of obscenity is an ancient one. But as Joan de Jean suggests, its modern form, the same that today's politicians decry, was invented in seventeenth century France. This work also casts a fresh light on the mythical link between sexual impropriety and all things French. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141411
- ISBN
- 9780226141411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.28
€ 37.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. As the end of the 20th century approaches, many predict that it will mirror the 19th-century decline into decadence. The author of this text finds a closer analogy with the culture wars of France in the 1690s - a battle of the books known as the "Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns". Num Pages: 236 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141381
- ISBN
- 9780226141381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.29
€ 52.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 402 pages, 9 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141367
- ISBN
- 9780226141367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.24
€ 52.99
€ 40.24
Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213685
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.36
€ 35.99
€ 26.36
Hardcover. Working with Latino Youth offers counselors, teachers, social workers, therapists, and other professionals--no matter what their level of experience or cultural background--an accessible and practical guide for working effectively with Latino children and adolescents. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBPK; MJW; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787943257
- ISBN
- 9780787943257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.59
€ 56.59
Paperback. A penetrating look at the values, systems, and life-and-death dramas in the surgical intensive care unit. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133369
- ISBN
- 9781592133369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.37
€ 35.99
€ 32.37
Hardback. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFS; JFSL; JPFM; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard Business Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633693784
- ISBN
- 9781633693784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.06
€ 24.06
Hardcover. Presents a toolkit for getting ahead in today's workplace. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 251 x 34. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479835454
- ISBN
- 9781479835454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.61
€ 52.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801488481
- ISBN
- 9780801488481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801494819
- ISBN
- 9780801494819
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.39
€ 33.99
€ 33.39
paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Crown
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Broadway Books Edition.
- SKU
- V9780767905930
- ISBN
- 9780767905930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.80
€ 16.99
€ 14.80
Paperback. Rich with clinical case studies and research on the everyday lives of lesbian families, this book includes chapters on the strategic language of self-disclosure, the family lives of lesbian mothers, and lesbian mothers who "come out" to their adolescent children. Editor(s): Laird, Joan. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102537
- ISBN
- 9780231102537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 48.56
Paperback. A new edition of Pierre Seel's moving testimony of deportation for homosexuality--a classic of Holocaust literature Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGHA; HBTZ1; JFSK2. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238. A Memoir of Nazi Terror. 208 pages, illustrations. A new edition of Pierre Seels moving testimony of deportation for homosexualitya classic of Holocaust literature. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGHA; HBTZ1; JFSK2. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 16. Weight: 232.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465018482
- ISBN
- 9780465018482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.45
€ 24.45
Hardback. Presents a series of commentaries by contemporary connoisseurs (authors, journalists, and cultured men), who explore the sources of men's costume sports, discovery, passions to reveal the traditions and ethos at the basis of the ideal wardrobe. Series: Uman: The Essays. Num Pages: 32 pages, 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK; JFSJ2; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857207827
- ISBN
- 9788857207827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.00
€ 25.99
€ 22.00
Hardback. This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JHM; LBBC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774808118
- ISBN
- 9780774808118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Paperback. Deals with the power of stories to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. This book demonstrates how an indigenous knowledge system facilitates a valuable meaning-making process through storywork. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTD; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814027
- ISBN
- 9780774814027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.90
€ 37.99
€ 36.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Beissbarth, Ev. Num Pages: 286 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; ASZW; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559558
- ISBN
- 9781875559558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.58
€ 26.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Explores the meaning of gay life for sea-faring men. This book presents a strand of British history, and tells stories of lives lived against the odds. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTM; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582772144
- ISBN
- 9780582772144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Hardback. 'Never at Sea' was the motto of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in its two-stage life from 1917-1919 and 1939-1994. Yet most of its members - commonly known as Wrens - wanted to serve on the ocean wave. This book considers the history and identity of the Wrens and shows how they developed into fully-fledged members of the naval service. Series: A History of the Royal Navy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 bw integ, 16 in 8pp colour plates, 2-3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBTM; HBW; JFSJ1; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780767567
- ISBN
- 9781780767567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 48.35
€ 53.19
€ 48.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752488783
- ISBN
- 9780752488783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.22
€ 26.99
€ 23.22
Paperback. A much-needed mentoring guide for women in leadership, from popular speaker and author Jo Saxton. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340995358
- ISBN
- 9780340995358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFM; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138889552
- ISBN
- 9781138889552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Hardback. Today's Ireland has never lost the link with its pagan past, never forgotten the old ways. This book reveals the hidden world of pagan Ireland, showing it still exists among the people and in the landscape where it belongs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HRKP2; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847172815
- ISBN
- 9781847172815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107432437
- ISBN
- 9781107432437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00