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Paperback. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814725306
ISBN
9780814725306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814708460
ISBN
9780814708460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.77

Paperback. Looking at what it meant to be mestizo (of mixed parentage) in early colonial Spanish America, Joanne Rappaport finds fluid identification processes rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356363
ISBN
9780822356363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Davis, Lennard J. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 994.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138930230
ISBN
9781138930230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.27

Paperback. A newly updated account of the struggle for disability rights in the U.S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
2nd
SKU
V9781439907443
ISBN
9781439907443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. This book presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Congress and analyzes the first decade of judicial decisions under the act. Num Pages: 245 pages, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716809
ISBN
9780814716809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10, 5 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700149
ISBN
9781501700149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSB; HRQM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Mandrake
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906958657
ISBN
9781906958657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. This book, written by three well-known educators and researchers in the social policy and development field, explores the ways in which front-line professionals, working with communities, identify and address the dilemmas inherent in the current policy context. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861349712
ISBN
9781861349712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.27

Paperback. 'The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective' provides the most detailed study to date on the subject of the dignity of man in Islam. This book goes a long way towards exploring an alternative to Western concepts of human rights. 'The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective' is part of a series of studies on fundamental rights and liberties in Islam. Series: Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam Series. Num Pages: 134 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC1; JFSR2; LAFS; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
134
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903682005
ISBN
9781903682005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. The study of global governance has often led separate lives within the respective camps of International Political Economy and Foucauldian Studies. Guzzini and Neumann combine these to look at an increasingly global politics with a growing number of agents, recognising the emergence of a global polity. Editor(s): Guzzini, Stefano; Neumann, I. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS; JPSN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 369.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349337804
ISBN
9781349337804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

paperback. Series: Thela Latin American S. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFSG; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Thela Thesis
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789055380220
ISBN
9789055380220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Hardcover. In this study, James Greenaway explores the philosophical continuity between contemporary Western society and the Middle Ages. Allowing for genuinely modern innovations, he makes the claim that the medieval Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813219561
ISBN
9780813219561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.33

Paperback. Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in leadership positions in law, politics, and business--and what can be done to improve the situation? These are the questions this provocative book meets head-on. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804746359
ISBN
9780804746359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. What if there were more women in congress? Michele L. Swers demonstrates that, even though representatives often vote a party line, their gender is politically significant and does indeed influence policy making. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226786490
ISBN
9780226786490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardback. Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in leadership positions in law, politics, and business--and what can be done to improve the situation? These are the questions this provocative book meets head-on. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746342
ISBN
9780804746342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.43

Paperback. The most comprehensive guide to the terminology and history of feminist theory available, this established and much admired dictionary provides succinct definitions of more than 600 terms, topics, movements and approaches as well as influential feminist thinkers, activists and critics within feminist theory. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBC; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619085
ISBN
9780748619085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.91

Paperback. This dictionary of classical mythology distills into brief form a single-source dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman myths and legends. This concise version covers virtually all major characters, and eight genealogical tables present the principal complex relationships between gods and men. Translator(s): Maxwell-Hyslop, A. R. Num Pages: 616 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; CBD; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Unabridged
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631201021
ISBN
9780631201021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

paperback. Examining novels by Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, Sherley Anne Williams, Octavia Butler, John Edgar Wideman, Phyllis Perry, Ishmael Reed, Caryl Phillips, and others, this book presents an insightful approach to canonical and noncanonical contemporary fictional slave narratives. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927404
ISBN
9780813927404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.36

Paperback. * Explores the contradictions of growing up female and Muslim in West London. * Useful to promote discussion of personal identity and cultural values. * Suitable for schools, colleges and youth theatres to perform. * Coincides with a national tour. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 275 x 28. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Aurora Metro Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953675791
ISBN
9780953675791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

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