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Paperback. Launches a surprising defence of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artefact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Yale University Press New Haven
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171259
ISBN
9780300171259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. An irreverent trip through American culture by a critic who "cracks jokes as easily as one would crack walnut shells" (Washington Post). Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349405
ISBN
9780393349405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Describes that cultural theory must start thinking ambitiously - not so that it can hand the West its legitimation, but so that it can seek to make sense of the grand narratives in which it is embroiled. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015071
ISBN
9780141015071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing the debates around it. This book offers a critique of postmodern 'culturalism', arguing instead for a more complex relation between Culture and Nature, and trying to retrieve the importance of such concepts as human nature from a non-naturalistic perspective. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219668
ISBN
9780631219668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.71

Paperback. In essays on literary images of lesbianism from Defoe and Diderot to Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes, on the homosexual reputation of Marie Antoinette, on the lesbian writings of Anne Lister, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Janet Flanner, and on Henry James's The Bostonians, Castle shows how a lesbian presence can be identified in the literature, history, and culture of the past three centuries. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 307 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076531
ISBN
9780231076531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rhodes, Terry C. Num Pages: 285 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600216978
ISBN
9781600216978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 279.25
€ 188.26

Hardback. A fascinating cornucopia of monsters and fabulous creatures from all corners of the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 200 b and w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857383372
ISBN
9780857383372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

Hardback. A fascinating history of Tudor food and drink, from swan-neck soup to roasted-alive goose. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445648743
ISBN
9781445648743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

Hardback. This book aims to provide a stimulating overview of the settlement history of Ireland from prehistory to modern times. The contributors analyze issues such as settlement change and distribution within the environment. Editor(s): Barry, Terry B. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFC; JHBD; LBH; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0019223
ISBN
9780415182089
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 24.00

Presents the literary works on the subject of female homosexuality. This book explores the emergence and transformation of the "idea of lesbianism": its conceptual origins and how it has been transmitted, and transformed. Editor(s): Castle, Terry. Num Pages: 1110 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SL; DQ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 70. Weight in Grams: 2315.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1110
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125109
ISBN
9780231125109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.58

Hardback. "A cultural analysis of representation and representational discourse that advances black feminist practice as a modality through which black social life is both theorized and made material." Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823274727
ISBN
9780823274727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.50

Paperback. He beat them, he abused them, and he tortured them. He broke their dreams. But they came back stronger. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0007808
ISBN
9780007532230
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. He beat them, he abused them, and he tortured them. He broke their dreams. But they came back stronger. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0009599
ISBN
9780007532230
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853157410
ISBN
9780853157410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. This book explores theoretical and practical approaches to performing gender in contemporary Shakespeare productions. It focuses on contemporary practice, looking at how it is responding to a new cultural politics of gender and creating a critical language for understanding the performing of gender in the staging of Shakespeare's plays. Series: Shakespeare in Practice. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 1. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137408525
ISBN
9781137408525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.95

Hardback. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 175 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319397764
ISBN
9783319397764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.70

Hardcover. Legislating Equality describes the development of antidiscrimination policy through the lens of European integration. Through examining the development of discourses around anti-racism and historical developments in the 1980s, the book explains the role the key players who moved the legislation forward at the EU level. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFJ; JPB; JPSN2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198709015
ISBN
9780198709015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.57

Hardback. Examines how the people of diasporas have a direct impact on the politics of their homeland. Case studies include Sri Lanka, Mexico and Ethiopia. Editor(s): Mandaville, Peter G.; Lyons, Terence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSL1; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041751
ISBN
9781849041751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 58.62

Paperback. Examines how the people of diasporas have a direct impact on the politics of their homeland. Case studies include Sri Lanka, Mexico and Ethiopia. Editor(s): Lyons, Terence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSL1; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 138 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041850
ISBN
9781849041850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.53

hardcover. This text provides an analysis of rural employment dynamics in European Union member states and is the result of the RUREMPLO (Agriculture and employment in the rural regions of the EU") project, supported by an EU research programme. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSF; JHBL; KCF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851994994
ISBN
9780851994994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.86

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