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Paperback. "Superbly researched and vividly written, The Devil's Music is one of the only books to trace the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of" Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Hachette Books United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306807435
ISBN
9780306807435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. "In these pages Roger Corman, the most successful independent filmmaker in Hollywood relates his experiences as the director and/or producer of such low-budget classics Attack of the Crab Monsters, The" Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306808746
ISBN
9780306808746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. A survey of medieval literature from both a critical and an historical standpoint. The book contains essays on feminist and structural approaches to the medieval text, and case studies from the Renaissance, the 18th century and the 19th century. Editor(s): Simons, John. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532744
ISBN
9780333532744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.99

Paperback. This text draws on feminist literature and research into community care policy and practice to provide an overview of the influence of, and attention to, gender. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333619896
ISBN
9780333619896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 18.69

Paperback. 'Hugely enjoyable .. It reads like a novel, a fantasy tale of rags to riches' Charles Handy in The Sunday Times Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; JFFR; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340766996
ISBN
9780340766996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. While in the West it is said that women can never be too thin, semi-nomadic Arabs in Niger cherish a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Feeding Desire analyses this beauty ideal in the context of Islam, conceptions of health, and notions of desire Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photographs and 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFDR; JFSJ1; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
First American Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280969
ISBN
9780415280969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.36

Paperback. Instead of a top-down approach, this book looks at the impact of bottom-up neighbourhood based initiatives. It analyses and documents a variety of innovative local urban strategies in European cities and their impact on wider urban socio-economic and political restructuring processes. Editor(s): Moulaert, Frank; Swyngedouw, Erik; Martinelli, Flavia; Gonzalez, Sara. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415516839
ISBN
9780415516839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP2; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415621663
ISBN
9780415621663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. This volume strives to establish a new agenda for methodologies in the social sciences, summarizing the most important research strategies developed in the social sciences since the early globalization and transnationalization studies of the 1980s and 1990s. Editor(s): Amelina, Anna; Nergiz, Devrimsel D.; Faist, Thomas; Schiller, Nina Glick. Series: Routledge Research in Transnationalism. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GPS; JFFN; JHBA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415754576
ISBN
9780415754576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.76

Paperback. "In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to" Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
50843rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465037032
ISBN
9780465037032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. A world-renowned expert provides a psychological profile of serial sex offenders-how they think, how they deceive their victims, and how they elude the law Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465071739
ISBN
9780465071739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; YFJ. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Broadway Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780517588376
ISBN
9780517588376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Num Pages: 243 pages, 50 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356. Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris. 243 pages, 52 b&w photographs, 1 map. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221680
ISBN
9780520221680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. Part of a trilogy of atlases, this title conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey. Num Pages: 232 pages, 60 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; RGC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285941
ISBN
9780520285941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. A CTPT rendition of a controversial and important text. Editor(s): Jennings, Jeremy. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521559102
ISBN
9780521559102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.55

Paperback. Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. In this work, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a way to confront race in the 21st century. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010840
ISBN
9780674010840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Features the world's most renowned critical theorist - who defined the field of postcolonial studies - and has radically reoriented her thinking. In this title, the author argues that aesthetic education is the last available instrument for implementing global justice and democracy. Num Pages: 624 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 958.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072381
ISBN
9780674072381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVGK; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
1st Vintage Books Ed
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679771265
ISBN
9780679771265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Hardback. An innovative insight to the everyday lives of Muslims in Britain, focusing on the intersection of race, place and identities. It gathers a range of reflections on how Muslims in Britain negotiate their everyday lives, manage experiences of racism and exclusion, and develop local networks and global connections. Editor(s): Hopkins, Peter; Gale, Richard. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625871
ISBN
9780748625871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.85
€ 119.92

Paperback. Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance is a series of short guides to key areas in Islamic finance, offering an independent academic perspective and a critical treatment. Series Editor(s): Wilson, Rodney. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFF; LAFS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. 232 pages, illustrations. Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance is a series of short guides to key areas in Islamic finance, offering an independent academic perspective and a critical treatment. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFF; LAFS. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 18. Weight: 410. Series Editor(s) :Wilson, Rodney.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645572
ISBN
9780748645572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. The inside story of the Rolling Stones according to the Rolling Stones themselves. Num Pages: 368 pages, 120. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9780753818442
ISBN
9780753818442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.94

Paperback. A collection of the most important essays on past and current history by the Western world's foremost Islamic scholar Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753818718
ISBN
9780753818718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. This is a tale of soul-destroying abuse - but it is also an unflinching look at a little girl let down by the welfare system designed to protect children from evil Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755318827
ISBN
9780755318827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. A fresh, revealing look at the artist who continues to inspire new generations of women. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF; JFSJ1; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 32.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780762771318
ISBN
9780762771318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.73

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