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Paperback. Animalkind:What We Owe to Animals explores the crucial ethical differences between humans and animals. Occupying the middle ground between extreme egalitarianism and outright dismissal, the book instead advocates a position of respect for animals, treatment not afforded to the current inhabitants of factory farms and animal labs. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199384
- ISBN
- 9781405199384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Hardback. Few trends have had as much impact on television as formats have in recent years. Long confined to the fringes of the TV industry, they have risen to prominence since the late 1990s. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: APT; GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509502585
- ISBN
- 9781509502585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Paperback. Few trends have had as much impact on television as formats have in recent years. Long confined to the fringes of the TV industry, they have risen to prominence since the late 1990s. BIC Classification: APT; GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509502592
- ISBN
- 9781509502592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.73
€ 24.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 584 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 187. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138825666
- ISBN
- 9781138825666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.99
€ 108.99
Paperback. A key participant in all the major debates in Latin American studies - beginning with the "boom" period of the 1960s and continuing through debates on ideology and discourse, Marxism, mass culture, and postmodernism - the author is recognised for her feminist critique of Latin American writing. This book offers a selection of her essays. Editor(s): Newman, Kathleen M.; Pratt, Mary Louise. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322481
- ISBN
- 9780822322481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.80
€ 35.99
€ 32.80
Paperback. Explores not only cruel acts but the discriminatory thinking that made them possible, their long-term effects, the precariousness of memory, and the pathos of survival Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; 3JM; AB; HBTB; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354567
- ISBN
- 9780822354567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Finch Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KLN0014050
- ISBN
- 9781876451639
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book describes the extraordinary potential that exists in youth mentoring relationships, and discloses the ways in which nonparent adults are uniquely positioned to encourage adolescent development. Yet the book also exposes a rarely acknowledged risk: unsuccessful relationships can actually harm at-risk youth. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016118
- ISBN
- 9780674016118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.05€ 48.52
€ 52.05
€ 48.52
Hardcover. This study traces the story of how Jacob Mordecai and his family, German-American Orthodox Jews, adopted the Anglo-Irish enlightened pedagogical system developed by Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter Maria. The text includes the complete diary of Rachel Mordecai Lazarus. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820322520
- ISBN
- 9780820322520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.89
€ 60.89
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 19 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252039942
- ISBN
- 9780252039942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.30
€ 38.30
Paperback. A proven framework for whole-school improvement
The School Leadership Playbook is a practical guide for education leaders looking to push their school's and students' achievement to the next level. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119044215
- ISBN
- 9781119044215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.01
€ 27.99
€ 23.01
paperback. Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, this edition provides a collection of life histories from the women of Mutira. Two new introductory chapters frame the life histories within the context both of significant macro-level transitions in Kenya and current thinking on gender. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJ; BG; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555876029
- ISBN
- 9781555876029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.84
€ 31.84
Hardback. Connects the woman healer and the go between in early Iberian literature to the concurrent professionalisation of medicine Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754528
- ISBN
- 9780838754528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.44
€ 116.44
Paperback. What role does ritual play in the lives of modern Africans? How are "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver. In this collection of essays, the authors address such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114408
- ISBN
- 9780226114408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114231
- ISBN
- 9780226114231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Henri Cartier-Bresson travelled across Europe, from the Scandinavian shield to the Irish bogs, in order to produce this collection of photographs. It brings together images spanning the years from the late 1920s to the early 1970s, and seeks to capture what it means to be European. Translator(s): Rudolf, Anthony. Num Pages: 232 pages, 187 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AJC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 268 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500281222
- ISBN
- 9780500281222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.99
€ 37.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. When I'm Away From Home is a workbook designed to provide specific information about the individual care requirements of a disabled child for anyone responsible for their care. It includes the child's medical and physical needs, their daily routine and a section which they can fill in themselves about their personality, preferences and habits. Num Pages: 76 pages, directory. BIC Classification: JFFG; VFJD; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028984
- ISBN
- 9781853028984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.84
€ 25.84
Hardcover. YouTube is now firmly established as the dominant platform for online video, and it continues to be a site of both experimentation and conflict among media industries, creators and audiences. First published in 2009, this was the first book to take YouTube seriously as a media and cultural phenomenon. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660189
- ISBN
- 9780745660189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. YouTube is now firmly established as the dominant platform for online video, and it continues to be a site of both experimentation and conflict among media industries, creators and audiences. First published in 2009, this was the first book to take YouTube seriously as a media and cultural phenomenon. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660196
- ISBN
- 9780745660196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.53
€ 23.99
€ 23.53
Paperback. The Mesopotamians invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. To understand how Mesopotamian civilization has been mediated and interpreted in its transmission through time, Bottero begins with an account of Assyriology, the discipline devoted to the ancient culture. Translator(s): Van De Mieroop, Marc; Bahrani, Zainab; Mieroop, Marc van de. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067278
- ISBN
- 9780226067278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: DD; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Women's Play Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780958339377
- ISBN
- 9780958339377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. This study examines how the myths of man as "Just Warrior" and woman as "Beautiful Soul" serve to recreate/secure women's social position as noncombatants and men's identity as warriors. It demonstrates how these myths are undermined by the reality of female bellicosity and sacrificial male love. Num Pages: 321 pages, 14 maps. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226206264
- ISBN
- 9780226206264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. Prophet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyric poet, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene and currently the hottest property on the New York intellectual circuit. The Guardian A sharp-shooting lone-ranger from the post-Marxist left. New York Times The most important French thinker of the past twenty years. J. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636603
- ISBN
- 9780745636603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.11
€ 23.99
€ 22.11
Hardback. Prophet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyric poet, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene and currently the hottest property on the New York intellectual circuit. The Guardian A sharp-shooting lone-ranger from the post-Marxist left. New York Times The most important French thinker of the past twenty years. J. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 207 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636597
- ISBN
- 9780745636597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.85
€ 59.85