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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This title focuses on the uniqueness of both the Spanish people and their culture, and on examining what effect the differences have on the way Spaniards relate to people from other cultures and interact with each other. The author looks at Spain's past and current Spanish-American relations. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC; JH; JPS; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864711
- ISBN
- 9781877864711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.74
€ 12.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. This book is the first in-depth study of the Gothic on television. It defines and explores key instances of the genre across the history of television drama in the UK and US. The book builds a strong argument for the fact that the Gothic, in its various guises, is well-suited to television as a domestic medium. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719071485
- ISBN
- 9780719071485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.71
€ 135.71
Paperback. Solidly grounded in theory and practice, this book will assist practitioners to examine their setting and enable them to embed partnership with parents into their practice Num Pages: 128 pages, 5 colour line drawings, 51 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JNKN; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 6. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- National Children's Bureau Enterprises Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905818433
- ISBN
- 9781905818433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.84
€ 27.84
Paperback. How does class get 'cast' and made performative? What modes are there for people to wrestle-back their forms of representation? And how should we understand this intense manipulation of feeling? This book examines why class politics matter against much political and academic rhetoric which refract inequality through other means. Editor(s): Skeggs, Beverley; Wood, Helen. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844573974
- ISBN
- 9781844573974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.28
€ 38.99
€ 36.28
Paperback. Talking back to TV--women viewers' participation with TV talk shows Series: Feminist Studies and Media Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFDT; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076022
- ISBN
- 9780252076022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.47
€ 29.47
Paperback. The ability to build a trusting relationship is essential when working with vulnerable children. Through the use of numerous engaging games and activities developed over 20 years of working with abused and neglected children, this book shows how these lines of communication can be opened up through effective engagement with the child's world. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053198
- ISBN
- 9781849053198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
Paperback. The debate about the role of women in war, violent conflict and the military is not only a long and ongoing one; it is also a heated and controversial one. This title helps readers to gain in-depth insight into the most important aspects and positions in the debate. Editor(s): Carreiras, Helena; Kummel, Gerhard. Series: Schriftenreihe des Sozialwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Bundeswehr. Num Pages: 244 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- VS Verlag
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531158341
- ISBN
- 9783531158341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. A vision of our shared global future, taken from the speeches and exchanges of eight visionary recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Dalai Lamai, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and others discussed issues ranging from international relations to areas traditionally excluded from such discourse. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919874
- ISBN
- 9780813919874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.97
€ 54.97
paperback. In the early 1900s the Catholic Church appealed, for the first time in its history, directly to women to reassert its religious, political and social relevance in Italian society. This book examines how the highly successful conservative Catholic women's movements that followed, and how they mobilized women against secular feminism. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HRAM; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349487943
- ISBN
- 9781349487943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Gaunt, Helena; Westerlund, Heidi. Series: SEMPRE Studies in the Psychology of Music. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: AV; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138270121
- ISBN
- 9781138270121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Goscilo, Helena. Num Pages: 240 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138815742
- ISBN
- 9781138815742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.90€ 52.90
€ 57.90
€ 52.90
Hardback. This book takes performance studies in exciting new directions, exploring the ways in which ethics can be used to understand the complex questions facing contemporary spectators. Engaging with five key performances, the book reflects on the emotional and intellectual impacts of politically inflected performance on spectators, critics and theorists. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HPQ; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230518018
- ISBN
- 9780230518018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled seventeen million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception to its termination. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 text boxes, 7 b&w photos, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JFSP2; JPFC; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019874
- ISBN
- 9781589019874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.62
€ 71.62
paperback. A highly personal criticism of the British legal system, its courts, its judges and its procedures. It takes women as the key example, showing how they have been adversely affected by images of women held by both lawyers and jurors. The author created the award-winning TV series, "Blind Justice". Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFSJ1; JP; LAQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099224419
- ISBN
- 9780099224419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Ladakh, a beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas, has few resources and an extreme climate, but for over 1000 years it has been home to a thriving culture. Then came "development". This book explores the whole notion of progress and the root causes of the malaise of industrial society. Num Pages: 240 pages, b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; HBJF; HRLK2; JFC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rider
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712606561
- ISBN
- 9780712606561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. The compelling and humorous story of a man born with no arms and his quest to be proved normal in an abnormal world! Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HRCV9; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KNW0008383
- ISBN
- 9780340746363
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Convincingly demonstrates that safeguards promised by parental involvement laws do not exist in practice and that a legal process designed to help young women make informed decisions instead victimizes them Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JFSP2; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740736
- ISBN
- 9780814740736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardback. Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland - until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. This book conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ASD; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453282
- ISBN
- 9781845453282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.24
€ 151.24
Paperback. "This is an important title.. It will be valuable in graduate-level study of Western and Middle Eastern antiquity."-Choice Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217971
- ISBN
- 9780812217971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; BGFA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558617681
- ISBN
- 9781558617681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.96
€ 30.99
€ 27.96
Paperback. Current scholarship on Latin American historical fiction has failed to take feminism and postcolonialism into account. This study uses these important contemporary discourses as a starting point for a new definition of the Latin American historical novel that includes national identity, magical realism, historical intertextuality, and symbolism. Editor(s): Weldt-Basson, Helene Carol. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447237
- ISBN
- 9781349447237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HPCF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349380619
- ISBN
- 9781349380619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Follows the intertwined threads of Jewishness and non-Jewishness that play through the life and works of Jacques Derrida. This book merges the biography and textual commentary in a portrait of the man, his works, and being (or not being) Jewish. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverly Bie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 color illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128247
- ISBN
- 9780231128247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.55€ 71.81
€ 94.55
€ 71.81
Paperback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist writer. * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650975
- ISBN
- 9780745650975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.71
€ 21.71