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Paperback. In The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told narrative of how the affluent nations can help the less fortunate in a smarter way. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JM; JFFC; JKSR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137278975
- ISBN
- 9781137278975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.75
€ 21.99
€ 19.75
Paperback. As recently as the early 1970s, the news media was one of the most respected institutions in the United States. Yet by the 1990s, this trust had all but evaporated. This book examines waning public trust in the institutional news media within the context of the American political system. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. 30 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147864
- ISBN
- 9780691147864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JMP; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 50486th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807001271
- ISBN
- 9780807001271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Paperback. This text looks at design in the 20th century, and should be of interest to undergraduates studying design, 20th-century history, social anthropology, and women's studies, and also general readers with an interest in modern design. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AC; AK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842046
- ISBN
- 9780192842046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardback. Editor(s): Maldonado, Jonathan. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634853514
- ISBN
- 9781634853514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.81€ 133.98
€ 178.81
€ 133.98
Paperback. An exploration of the 21st century. It looks at the history of futurology and intends to predict the world that's yet to come. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KKD0001729
- ISBN
- 9780747553359
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816639953
- ISBN
- 9780816639953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races. Series: Debating Race. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; JFSL1; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 189 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689227
- ISBN
- 9780745689227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.70
€ 15.70
Hardcover. Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races. Series: Debating Race. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; JFSL1; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 122 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745689210
- ISBN
- 9780745689210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPF; JPV; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849352543
- ISBN
- 9781849352543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.35
€ 18.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. This book educates youth workers and student leaders about teens that aren't making it to church for some reason or another, and examines what they think of God, of the church, and of Christians. It goes further to explore the needs of these individuals, the subgroups they fit into, and the ministry methods they actually respond to. Num Pages: 160 pages, b & w Line. BIC Classification: HRCX4; JFSP2. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310256601
- ISBN
- 9780310256601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.68
€ 24.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Kirkland, Anna Rutherford; Metzl, Jonathan M. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795934
- ISBN
- 9780814795934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardcover. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Metzl, Jonathan M.; Kirkland, Anna. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations 1 map. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795927
- ISBN
- 9780814795927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.29
€ 85.29
Paperback. A study of Hollywood gangster films. This book examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure. Combining film analysis with archival material, the study shows how the industry circumvented censure. Num Pages: 276 pages, 14 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550336
- ISBN
- 9780226550336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.88
€ 35.99
€ 28.88
Paperback. What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? This title explores the rationale behind this tradition of criminal self-representation from the Harlem Renaissance to the gangsta culture. It traces the legacy of badness in Rudolph Fisher and Chester Himes' detective fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550367
- ISBN
- 9780226550367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Hardcover. What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? This title explores the rationale behind this tradition of criminal self-representation from the Harlem Renaissance to the gangsta culture. It traces the legacy of badness in Rudolph Fisher and Chester Himes' detective fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550350
- ISBN
- 9780226550350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 78.49
€ 94.74
€ 78.49
Paperback. Narrates a history of the Muslims of northwest China, at the intersection of the frontiers of the Mongolian-Manchu, Tibetan, Turkic, and Chinese cultural regions Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 318 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976440
- ISBN
- 9780295976440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.11
€ 37.99
€ 34.11
Paperback. "Heterosexuality" is assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm. This work challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. It reveals that as late as 1923, the term "heterosexuality" referred to a "morbid sexual passion". Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226426013
- ISBN
- 9780226426013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.17
€ 27.99
€ 23.17
Paperback. Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know provides readers with a non-partisan primer covering everything from the risks and benefits of using marijuana to what is happening with marijuana laws around the world. This book serves as the price of admission for any serious discussion about marijuana legalization. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFH1; LNTJ; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190262402
- ISBN
- 9780190262402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.00
€ 18.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. Explores the impact and implication of difference in coaching. This title looks at how coaches can respond to issues of gender, generational, cultural, national and racial difference. It offers an understanding of how coaches can adapt coaching styles and techniques to meet individual needs, local demands and cultural preferences. Editor(s): Passmore, Jonathan. Num Pages: 312 pages, charts (black and white). BIC Classification: JFS; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Kogan Page Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749466626
- ISBN
- 9780749466626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.74
€ 46.99
€ 41.74