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Paperback. In 1885 a genteel New England girl traveled to the western frontier to open a school on the Great Sioux Reservation. This book bears witness to a critical and tragic era in Lakota history and reveals the frequently contradictory attitudes of outsiders drawn to them. Editor(s): Graber, Kay. Num Pages: 183 pages, Illus, Map. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803267527
ISBN
9780803267527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580911863
ISBN
9781580911863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFH; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Hazelden Information & Educational Services United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568387468
ISBN
9781568387468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.08

Paperback. It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. This work explores the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of opera. It combines readings of specific scenes with efforts to situate these musical moments within the observed historical contexts. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 illus, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058139
ISBN
9780691058139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.88

Hardback. his volume deals in depth with the life of the Sinti and Roma in Germany and their representation in German literature, giving the background to the maltreatment, underlining the fact that the persecution of Gypsies during the Nazi period, which until the 1980s has been totally marginalized by historians, did not cease in 1945. Series: Culture and Society in Germany. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 tables, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819215
ISBN
9781571819215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Shih, Shu-mei; Tsai, Chien-hsin; Bernards, Brian. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 644. A Critical Reader. Series: Global Chinese Culture. 472 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 1 figures. Editor(s): Shih, Shu-mei; Tsai, Chien-hsin; Bernards, Brian. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFC; JHB. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight: 644.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157513
ISBN
9780231157513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159265
ISBN
9780231159265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20
€ 83.70

Paperback. Focuses on the integral, interdisciplinary, and intermedial 'compositions' - verbal, visual, musical, theatrical, and cinematic - of the avant-gardes in the period following World War II. This book also considers the artistic politics of these postwar avant-gardes and their works. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810125124
ISBN
9780810125124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.05

Hardback. This book, in light of recent feminist theology on the doctrine of sin, attempts to provide historical support for such feminist considerations. It examines fourth-century church fathers, John Wesley, and Phoebe Palmer as places where an alternative of traditional definitional definition, pride, can be found. Series: Pietist & Wesleyan Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRCC95; HRCM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810841505
ISBN
9780810841505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.34

Hardback. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single must be in search of a partner Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814772546
ISBN
9780814772546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.04

Paperback. Single mothers are seen in different ways around the industrialized world: as mothers, workers or an uneasy combination of the two. This collection explores variations in state policy, labour markets and the status of single mothers. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHBL; JKS; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 476. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Simon Duncan and Rosalind Edwards. ix, 285 p. ill. 24 cm. Associated Names: Duncan, Simon. Associated Names: Edwards, Rosalind. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law,Reference & Languages,Soci"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0161630
ISBN
9781857287912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A unique window on the future of the family, this book offers a gold mine of insight and reassurance for any woman contemplating having children outside of marriage. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195341409
ISBN
9780195341409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 241 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
184
SKU
V9788323336945
ISBN
9788323336945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; HBJD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801432330
ISBN
9780801432330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855757113
ISBN
9780855757113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. This is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It provides a glimpse at the experiences of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field. Editor(s): Alcoff, Linda Martin. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFR; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742513839
ISBN
9780742513839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.65

Hardback. Including a historical inquiry into the status of Jewish poetry as a marginalized kind of writing, this work helps us think about the ways in which displacement, exile, mourning, gender, and prayer contribute to the shaping of the Jewish American imagination and its poetic production. Series: Verbal Art: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734295
ISBN
9780804734295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.88

Paperback. Singing for the Dead chronicles how indigenous people from Oaxaca, Mexico's poorest state, have reversed decades of cultural and linguistic erosion by reviving and reinventing ethnic traditions, particularly by speaking and singing the local indigenous language. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 photographs, 4 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354314
ISBN
9780822354314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574160253
ISBN
9781574160253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.55

Paperback. The first comprehensive history of one of the greatest, most famous, and most "American" of all American films. Compulsively readable, richly biographical, and full of anecdotes on the set and behind the scenes it places the film firmly within its era and recreates the experience of making a cinematic masterpiece." Num Pages: 346 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617579
ISBN
9780700617579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.67

Hardcover. What is the relationship between anger and justice, especially when so much of our moral education has taught us to value the impartial spectator, the cold distance of reason? This book looks at the emotionally charged South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFE; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226119984
ISBN
9780226119984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. From the plaintive tunes of woe sung by exiled kings and queens of Africa to the spirited work songs and "shouts" of freedmen, this title traces the course of early black folk music in various its guises. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071508
ISBN
9780252071508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Polk, Patrick Arthur. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; AC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 256 x 14. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984755073
ISBN
9780984755073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.65

Paperback. Shows that fundraising mechanisms - ranging from complex transnational gift-giving systems to national bonds - are organizational tools that can be used to bind dispersed groups to the nation. This title examines how the Irish republicans and the Zionist movement secured financial support in US during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662657
ISBN
9780745662657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.06

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