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Paperback. The Broadway tomboys, rebel nuns, and funny girls, who upset the 1950s gender norms: Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, and Barbra Streisand Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472067725
ISBN
9780472067725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.53

Paperback. This work builds an argument about liberalism and the realist movement by shifting the focus from the rise of both in the 18th century, to their breakdown at the end of the 19th century. The decline of realism and the eroding logic of liberalism is related to the question of Jewish characters. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226815350
ISBN
9780226815350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. Online technologies excite the public imagination with narratives of democratization. The Internet is a political medium, borne of democracy, but is it democratizing?

Late modern democracies are characterized by civic apathy, public skepticism, disillusionment with politics, and general disinterest in conventional political process. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745645247
ISBN
9780745645247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068836
ISBN
9780252068836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. This book is a practical tool for the assessment of adults who sexually abuse children. It examines the impact of sexual abuse on children, enables professionals to evaluate the risk presented by adults who have sexually abused children, and provides a framework for the assessment of parents or carers and their ability to protect their children. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843106395
ISBN
9781843106395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. Dimension: 136 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Gotham
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592404308
ISBN
9781592404308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. This is the comprehensive guide to delivering personalisation in health and social care using person centred approaches. It covers what personalisation and person centred approaches are, the different elements involved, and how to carry it out with all those receiving care and support, from people with disabilities to people at the end of life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 figures. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849051941
ISBN
9781849051941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Hardcover. Explores the lives of heralded Holocaust rescuers Andre and Magda Trocme, and the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon France who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609704
ISBN
9780815609704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
Publisher
Communalism Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788293064329
ISBN
9788293064329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Hardback. This book explores young people's 'nested' and 'political' ecological relationships with crime through an empirical investigation of the important 'places' and 'spaces' in young people's lives; in their social relationships with peers and family members; and within formal institutional systems such as education, youth justice and social care. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKV; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230280533
ISBN
9780230280533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.79

Paperback. Presents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. The book brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to explain how the Chagga people of Tanzania in Africa experience AIDS. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 6 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JFFH2; JHMC; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748863
ISBN
9780226748863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. This book provides an outstanding collection of interdisciplinary and international essays examining the food-place relationship. It explores such topics as the history of food and agriculture, the globalization and localization of food, and the role of place in defining the broader societal consequences of this ever-changing phenomena. Editor(s): Fitzpatrick, Kevin M.; Willis, Don. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 maps, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFCV; RGC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137408365
ISBN
9781137408365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.94

Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633068
ISBN
9780815633068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.09

Hardback. Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056053
ISBN
9780674056053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 figures, 66 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750196
ISBN
9780804750196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Hardback. A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 figures, 66 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750189
ISBN
9780804750189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.97

Paperback. Offers a reconsideration of the philosophy of culture in the twentieth century. This book defends the holistic view that scientific belief is tested by experience but that such testing is rightly applied to systems or conjunctions of beliefs, not isolated beliefs. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123981
ISBN
9780691123981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153003
ISBN
9780231153003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.28

paperback. This book is open access under a CCBY license. This book investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It identifies the injustices of child poverty, relates them to the well-being of children, and discusses who has a moral responsibility to secure social justice for children. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HPQ; HPS; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349490677
ISBN
9781349490677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.12

hardcover. Child poverty is one of today's biggest challenges. In this book, it is investigated from a philosophical perspective, primarily in the context of modern welfare states. The injustices of child poverty are identified, related to the well-being of children, and it is discussed who has a moral responsibility to secure social justice for children. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2015th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137426017
ISBN
9781137426017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.69

Hardcover. A Pernicious Sort of Woman provides examination of the writings of canon lawyers in the late Middle Ages as they come to terms with women who were not, strictly speaking, religious, but who were thought of as such. It studies the ways that jurists categorized these women and clarifies the ambivalent canons relating to their lives in the community. Series: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813213927
ISBN
9780813213927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.34

Paperback. Tackles the pressing question of how Canadian engagement with globalization can be marshaled to advance rather than impair human security, ecological integrity, and social emancipation. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JPA; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774814898
ISBN
9780774814898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Paperback. Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming disaster. In The Perfect Moral Storm, Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199985142
ISBN
9780199985142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.26

Paperback. Providing practical alternatives to economic globalization, this book is based on original interviews with prominent thinkers and campaigners from across the world. Particular attention is given to regulating transnational corporations and cancelling foreign debt. Series: Global Issues S. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, further reading, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. Ex library with usual markings otherwise remains a good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0019224
ISBN
9781842772232
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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