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Paperback. A parenting guide for new dads likens fatherhood to a wilderness expedition and offers survival advice for such challenges as making an emergency diaper, warming a baby bottle on top of a car engine, and assembling a breast pump. Num Pages: 229 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743251549
- ISBN
- 9780743251549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.68
€ 20.99
€ 18.68
paperback. Highlights Foucault's life and thought, showing his impact on society. Beginning with a brief biography to set the social and political stage, this VSI then tackles Foucault's thoughts on literature, in particular the avant-garde scene; his philosophical and historical work; and his treatment of knowledge and power in modern society. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025592
- ISBN
- 9780192805577
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 177 x 5. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517902124
- ISBN
- 9781517902124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.91
€ 13.91
Paperback. A study of new directions and territories for cultural studies, including the status of cultural theory within cultural studies. Editor(s): Hall, Gary; Birchall, Clare. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 b&w. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622092
- ISBN
- 9780748622092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.26
€ 41.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816648719
- ISBN
- 9780816648719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Hardcover. Many native North American cultures have origins that predate Confucius, who lived five hundred years before the birth of Christ. For generations the people of these traditions have thrived under conditions that many view as harsh if not hostile. This title explains how to nurture a society by observing the traditions of various native cultures. Series: Culture of the Land. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; RNU; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124872
- ISBN
- 9780813124872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99
€ 50.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565849518
- ISBN
- 9781565849518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.80
€ 21.99
€ 19.80
Hardcover. Repression receives little attention in philosophical literature. This study of cases of repression that inhibit an agent's deliberative access to his reasons argues that an agent cannot correctly deliberate about a reason to overcome repression as if he did so, he would already have overcome repression and so would have no reason to do so. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ; JMRN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368507
- ISBN
- 9780230368507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. Repression receives little attention in philosophical literature. This study of cases of repression that inhibit an agent's deliberative access to his reasons argues that an agent cannot correctly deliberate about a reason to overcome repression as if he did so, he would already have overcome repression and so would have no reason to do so. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSJ; JMR; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349975
- ISBN
- 9781349349975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Hardback. This volume consists of a reappraisal of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit" by a number of international Hegel scholars. Key questions and issues are discussed. Editor(s): Browning, Gary K. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344803
- ISBN
- 9780792344803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.34
€ 131.34
Hardcover. In the 21st Century, global theory provides an influential and popular way of understanding contemporary social and political phenomena. This book observes the links between contemporary global ideas and preceding modern theories. Contemporary perspectives are shown to reflect distinctive and shared aspects of the ideas of Kant, Hegel and Marx. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524736
- ISBN
- 9780230524736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
hardcover. Examines the social and religious messages of plays presented across the Low Countries, showing how they promoted or opposed calls for reform, religious and otherwise and argues that dramatists reshaped reform ideas to accommodate their own concerns. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, map. BIC Classification: AS; DD; HBTB; HRAX; HRC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802044570
- ISBN
- 9780802044570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312129040
- ISBN
- 9780312129040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349220656
- ISBN
- 9781349220656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. The Canadian War on Queers shows how the Canadian state used the ideology of national security to wage war on gays and lesbians. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 584 pages, 19 b&w photos, 2 charts, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSK; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816281
- ISBN
- 9780774816281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334. Abolition or Regulation?. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. 144 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Dimension: 207 x 140 x 17. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149556
- ISBN
- 9780231149556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863157981
- ISBN
- 9780863157981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.41
€ 26.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. Traces how the military historically constructed definitions of homosexual identity relying upon religious, medical, and psychological discourses that defined homosexuals as evil, degenerate, and unstable, making their risk to national security obvious, and mandating their exclusion from the Armed Services. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 b&w illustrations,1 table, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592130351
- ISBN
- 9781592130351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Based on a wealth of literary and historical documentation, this study places Tokugawa homosexuality in a global context, exploring its implications for contemporary debates on the historical construction of sexual desire. It traces the origins of pre-Tokugawa homosexual traditions among monks and samurai. Num Pages: 317 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520209008
- ISBN
- 9780520209008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Explains why gay rights advocates have achieved dramatically different levels of success from one policy area to another. This book compares results across a wide range of gay rights struggles. It explores debates over laws governing military service, homosexual conduct, adoption, marriage and partner recognition, hate crimes, and civil rights. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 line drawings, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226544090
- ISBN
- 9780226544090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.01
€ 37.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. An innovative study of the successful indie film Brokeback Mountain. Series: American Indies. Num Pages: 152 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196. Series: American Indies. 152 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. An innovative study of the successful indie film Brokeback Mountain. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: APF; JFSK. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight: 192.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748633838
- ISBN
- 9780748633838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
paperback. This volume gathers essays on Italian literature and film, medieval to modern. The volume's chronological organization reflects its intention to define a queer tradition in Italian culture. The essays open an area in the Italian tradition wherein fixed definitions of sexual identity collapse. Editor(s): Cestaro, Gary P. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; APF; DSB; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9780312240264
- ISBN
- 9780312240264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. Traveling along 4 prominent trade routes - the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real, this book follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from the frankincense-gathering grounds and ancient harbors of the Arabian Peninsula to the port of Zayton on the China Sea to Santa Fe in the southwest United States. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 332 pages, 12 color illustrations, 10 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267206
- ISBN
- 9780520267206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. By documenting a men's group struggling to achieve more meaningful relationships with women, this work demonstrates how men might overcome the main elements of their destructive sexual conditioning: voyeurism, objectification, the need for validation, trophyism and the fear of intimacy. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787901042
- ISBN
- 9780787901042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.73
€ 47.73