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Paperback. Understanding and Treating the Pathological Gambler offers a cohesive blend of theory and practical solutions. The first half of this title discusses the history, theories, and evaluation of gamblers and gambling, while the second provides clinicians with interventions based on scientific research for the cessation of abusive gambling. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFH; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470843789
- ISBN
- 9780470843789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.89
€ 87.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761813408
- ISBN
- 9780761813408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. In spite of its professed liberalism, Hollywood has always been risk-adverse, and most feature films deal with controversial issues long after the controversy is past. Hollywood Speaks Out explores that rare Hollywood feature that dared to tackle red-hot, social issues while America herself struggled to come to terms. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178990
- ISBN
- 9781405178990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.84
€ 115.84
Hardback. * Examines the blue side of the airways with a first-ever analysis of the history and nature of off-color program content. * Explores the treatment of once-forbidden topics in the electronic media, investigating the beliefs, attitudes and actions of those who present such material, those who condemn it, and those who defend it. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405157827
- ISBN
- 9781405157827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.68
€ 110.68
Paperback. * Examines the blue side of the airways with a first-ever analysis of the history and nature of off-color program content. * Explores the treatment of once-forbidden topics in the electronic media, investigating the beliefs, attitudes and actions of those who present such material, those who condemn it, and those who defend it. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405150538
- ISBN
- 9781405150538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.50
€ 52.50
Paperback. Exploring the themes of leisure and entertainment that dominated the years of Impressionist painting between 1865 and 1885, the author shows how Impressionism was integrated into the social and cultural life of its times. Num Pages: 344 pages, 153 colour illustrations, 167 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACVT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 284 x 253 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300050837
- ISBN
- 9780300050837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Examining the shift between American immigrant policy between 1924 and 1964, Ellis Island Nation traces the emergence of "contributionism," the belief that the newcomers from eastern and southern Europe contributed important cultural and economic benefits to American society. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223385
- ISBN
- 9780812223385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. Delivers a reexamination of sociopolitical evolution among Native American groups in California, a region known for its wealth of prehistoric languages, populations, and cultural adaptations. The author argues that "orderly anarchy," the emergence of small, autonomous groups, provided a crucial strategy in social organization. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 maps, 9 line drawings, 73 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283336
- ISBN
- 9780520283336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.95€ 54.08
€ 69.95
€ 54.08
Hardback. Journalism, advertising, radio, television, film, and new media are seen as dynamic parts of our daily lives, interacting with, and often creating the culture we live in. Media Studies: An Introductory Textbook, introduces students to media as they are and have been, integrating history with close textual analysis in s consise, readable style. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 195 x 23. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405155601
- ISBN
- 9781405155601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.07
€ 122.07
Paperback. From Leatherette to Naugahyde, men and women have devoted enormous energy to making fake leather seem real. Faux Real explores this borderland of the almost-real, the ersatz, and the fake, illuminating a centuries-old culture war between the authentic and the imitative. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221329
- ISBN
- 9780812221329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; JFCX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprinted edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520865
- ISBN
- 9780226520865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. From the names of cruise lines and bookstores to an Australian ranch and a nudist camp outside of Atlanta, the word serendipity - that happy blend of wisdom and luck by which something is discovered not quite by accident - is ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126302
- ISBN
- 9780691126302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.84
€ 54.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Drawing on ethnographic interviews with activists and using physician-assisted suicide (PAS) as a diagnostic tool, this work argues that an egalitarian liberalism must abandon its overconfidence in its own neutrality, which undermines its ability to see the real needs and hear the actual voices of those it promises to champion. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HRLB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268032678
- ISBN
- 9780268032678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. The first collection to consider the fraught itineraries of Asian American immigrant histories and how they are inscribed in the production and dissemination of ideas about Asian American foodways. Editor(s): Manalansan, Martin F.; Ku, Robert Ji-Song; Mannur, Anita. Num Pages: 453 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; GTB; JFCV; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479869251
- ISBN
- 9781479869251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Describes the rise of modernism from its beginnings in the Impressionist movement. This book reveals that market discourses were pervasive in the ideological defense of modernism from its very inception and that the avant-garde actually thrived on the commercial appeal of anti-commercialism at the turn of the century. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; ACX; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029269
- ISBN
- 9780691029269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.51€ 57.30
€ 73.51
€ 57.30
Paperback. This analysis of advocacy - from commercials to public service ads to government propaganda - and its roots in advertising and public relations, uses the story of two organizations, the Committee on Public Information and the Advertising Council to clarify the quandaries it generates. Num Pages: 334 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: JFD; JH; KJSA; KJSP; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389172
- ISBN
- 9780226389172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763453
- ISBN
- 9780226763453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. The first indepth history of the controversies surrounding the establishment of Radio Telefis Eireann. Series: Irish cultural studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFD; JP; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181010
- ISBN
- 9781859181010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 45.48
€ 59.00
€ 45.48
Paperback. Based on one of the most ambitious studies in the history of social science, this title argues that communities still matter because life is decisively shaped by where you live. It discovers that neighborhoods influence a remarkably wide variety of social phenomena, including crime, health, civic engagement, home foreclosures, and teen births. Num Pages: 552 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055688
- ISBN
- 9780226055688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.97
€ 32.99
€ 25.97
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 718 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JMC; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 718
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226712000
- ISBN
- 9780226712000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.10€ 49.67
€ 58.10
€ 49.67