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Paperback. A unique examination of the emergence of fatherhood among gay adoptive parents Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JHBK; JMF; VFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732243
ISBN
9780814732243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Emilio Bejel looks at Cuba's homoerotic culture through writings about homosexuality, placing them in the social and political contexts that led up to the Cuban revolution. The text maps out the way in which varying attitudes toward power and nationalism struggle for a stance on homosexual issues. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041742
ISBN
9780226041742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp. Of photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307473134
ISBN
9780307473134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.03

Paperback. Analyzes the process of how power is exercised through sexuality and traces the historical conditions that have made possible a gay and lesbian politics. This work explores the invention of a gay and lesbian ethos, through which participation, even for apolitical gays and lesbians, goes beyond a shared culture and perspective. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566391740
ISBN
9781566391740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537242
ISBN
9781349537242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.59

Hardback. Documents the explosion of contemporary gay and lesbian theater, and provides a single reference for American gay and lesbian plays, playwrights, and companies. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSG; GBCR; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810826892
ISBN
9780810826892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX6; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556127595
ISBN
9781556127595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Thomas M. Prymak uses the essays and articles he has written over the past thirty years as a historian of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian history to reflect on the evolution of ethnic studies in Canada and the United States. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442614383
ISBN
9781442614383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. Focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. This title explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this crisis, ranging from the death of John W Campbell Jr, to the start of the science magazine "Omni", and the first dreams of the internet. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846310034
ISBN
9781846310034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.61

Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCV; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136525
ISBN
9780231136525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Hardback. Compiling a portrait that's both fascinating and deliciously fun, Gastropolis explores the endlessly evolving relationship between New Yorkers and food. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136532
ISBN
9780231136532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.00

hardcover. Part of a series which aims to foster a distinctively "European" perspective upon American culture, this book looks at the American unconscious. Series: New directions in American studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333492949
ISBN
9780333492949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.33

Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317908
ISBN
9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 33 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 240 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023289
ISBN
9780884023289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.31

Hardcover. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield has been chosen by Claire Tomalin and emphasize the stronger, feminist side of her writing rather than the popular, more sentimental view. The 21 stories are presented in chronological order and include "Prelude", "The Garden Party" and "At the Bay". Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150483
ISBN
9781857150483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Black Lace
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780352347688
ISBN
9780352347688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.73

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTJ; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651064
ISBN
9780691651064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.14

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Holtappels, Heinz Gunter. Series: Schule Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810014566
ISBN
9783810014566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

hardcover. Editor(s): Maxson, Cheryl L.; Esbensen, Finn-Aage. Num Pages: 325 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 10 black & white tables, 1 colour. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKVJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319296005
ISBN
9783319296005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.25

Paperback. Describes the author's time living with the gangs on the Southside of Chicago. This book tells how in the Robert Taylor Homes projects on Chicago's South Side, he befriends JT, a gang leader for the Black Kings. It also tells how he gains JT's trust, and in order to convince the author of his CEO-like qualities, JT makes him leader of the gang. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141030913
ISBN
9780141030913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

paperback. Richard Sorabji presents a fascinating study of Gandhi's philosophy in comparison with Christian and Stoic thought. He shows that Gandhi was a true philosopher, who not only aimed to give a consistent self-critical rationale for his views, but also thought himself obliged to live by what he taught. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPD; HPDF; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198708667
ISBN
9780198708667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; HRG; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
OUP India
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199474295
ISBN
9780199474295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.69

Paperback. Series: Electronic Meditations Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 39 halftones, 2 line art illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCA; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 212 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816648511
ISBN
9780816648511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.48

Hardcover. Drawing on case studies across the Asia-Pacific region, Gaming in Social, Locative and Mobile Media explores the 'playful turn' in contemporary everyday life, and the role of mobile devices, games and social media in this transformation. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFCD; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137301413
ISBN
9781137301413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.06

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