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Paperback. A study of what it means to play. The book explores play theory as elaborated and debated in disciplines from biology and psychology to mathematics, and analyzes the implications of play in areas such as child development and the Western work ethic, examining the values dictating forms of play. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMAL; JMC; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005815
- ISBN
- 9780674005815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.24
€ 53.99
€ 45.24
Hardcover. This handbook provides a comprehensive examination of the past and present roles of drugs in society with a focus on theory, research, policy, and practice. Editor(s): Brownstein, Henry H. Series: Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118726792
- ISBN
- 9781118726792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.38
€ 211.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFHC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786497263
- ISBN
- 9780786497263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.69
€ 44.99
€ 44.69
Paperback. In this set of essays that cover the period from 1992 to 2012, Kobena Mercer uses a diasporic model of criticism to analyze the cross-cultural aesthetic practice of African American and black British artists and to show how their refiguring of visual representations of blackness transform perceptions of race. Num Pages: 384 pages, 111 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; ACBS; HBJH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360940
- ISBN
- 9780822360940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: CF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631170911
- ISBN
- 9781631170911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.02€ 70.33
€ 101.02
€ 70.33
Hardback. Using the tools of medicine, literary theory, psychology, psychoanalysis, and etymology, this book probes the breast-related fantasies underlying German culture and literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is intended for those interested in German textual studies, the history of sexuality, and theories of psychoanalysis. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986111
- ISBN
- 9780295986111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.23
€ 118.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 346 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196981
- ISBN
- 9781845196981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.00
€ 43.99
€ 39.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583949306
- ISBN
- 9781583949306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.62
€ 26.99
€ 18.62
Hardcover. The 12th century was a period of dramatic growth in the involvement of women in various forms of religious life. This volume examines new ways in which religious life for women was conceived by men as well as interpreted in practice by women within a society firmly patriarchal in character. Editor(s): Mews, Dr Constant J.; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2002 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240080
- ISBN
- 9780312240080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. An authoritative history and analysis of the colonial Spanish-American city. Num Pages: 198 pages, 2 line drawings, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UNK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706682
- ISBN
- 9780292706682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.77
€ 21.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Series: Information Age Series. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196864
- ISBN
- 9781405196864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.36
€ 38.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. "It calls for a writer more able at words to picture the sheer beauty of the Mountain. To convey the altering feeling of morning, or high noon; of afternoon, and deep midnight; of the golden scores of stars puncturing the sky." Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black and white integrated illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HRCC8; HRCX8; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537999
- ISBN
- 9781784537999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Hardback. Editor(s): Robinson, Luke. Series: Framing Film Festivals. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GDC; APF; DQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554802
- ISBN
- 9781137554802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.26
€ 125.26
Hardback. The Many Lives of the Batman (1991) was a pioneer within cultural and comic book scholarship. This fresh new sequel retains the best of the original chapters but also includes images, new chapters and new contributions from the Batman writers and editors. Spanning 75 years and multiple incarnations, this is the definitive history of Batman. Editor(s): Pearson, Roberta E.; Uricchio, William; Brooker, Will. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; AKLC; APF; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second Edition,New edition,2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844577651
- ISBN
- 9781844577651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.98€ 95.86
€ 106.98
€ 95.86
Paperback. This volume presents a selection of the political writings of one of the most significant figures of the French enlightenment. Editor(s): Mason, John Hope; Wokler, Robert. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 276 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; 3JF; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521369114
- ISBN
- 9780521369114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.70
€ 50.70
Hardback. Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading experts from diverse disciplines describe the fundamental impact demographic aging has on pension systems, on the concepts of retirement and old age, and on the balance of generational justice. Editor(s): Torp, Cornelius. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137283160
- ISBN
- 9781137283160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. This title explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the center of our profound personal and social experiences. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: AV; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226816982
- ISBN
- 9780226816982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.76
€ 33.99
€ 26.76
Hardback. Editor(s): Broch-Due, Vigdis; Ystanes, Margit. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330995
- ISBN
- 9781785330995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.60
€ 155.60
Paperback. Combining interdisciplinary scholarship, political reportage, and personal reflection, this daring book measures the current celebrations of 1960s-era civil rights anniversaries against the realization of a black American presidency, and the stark social and economic conditions of contemporary Black America. Series: Class: Culture. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472052660
- ISBN
- 9780472052660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.24
€ 29.24
Hardback. * This is a major new study of the very sensitive question of the collaboration of Jews with the Nazi regime. * The book uses newly discovered archival material to examine the role of the Judenrat or Jewish Council in Holocaust Vienna. Translator(s): Somers, Nick. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646824
- ISBN
- 9780745646824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.46
€ 19.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperSanFrancisco
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062510662
- ISBN
- 9780062510662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Essays on the contradictory resurgence of religion and liberalism in the twenty-first century by one of the most important voices in the study of the sociology of religion Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC9; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439901908
- ISBN
- 9781439901908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. An overview of our current understanding of how people influence, and are influenced by, the 'green' component of urban environments. Editor(s): Gaston, Kevin J. Series: Ecological Reviews. Num Pages: 332 pages, 55 b/w illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; RNC; RNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 666. Series: Ecological Reviews. 330 pages, 55 b/w illus. 12 tables. Editor(s): Gaston, Kevin J. Overview of our current understanding of how people influence, and are influenced by, the 'green' component of urban environments. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFSG; RNC; RNK. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 18. Weight: 666.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 327
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521743495
- ISBN
- 9780521743495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.12
€ 75.12
Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJD; AVGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226405469
- ISBN
- 9780226405469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.46
€ 41.99
€ 32.46