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Paperback. We will not survive unless we adapt to the way the world is changing. This book helps us to understand what Tom Peters, the American business guru, has called the new 'upside down' competitive realities in the world of work and of leisure. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Highlighting on sentences but remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Random House Business
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0000639
ISBN
9780099548317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Describes the urban bachelor life that took shape in the late nineteenth century, when a significant population of single men migrated to American cities. This book also describe a complex subculture that continues to affect the larger meanings of manhood and manliness in American society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070551
ISBN
9780691070551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07
€ 45.21

Paperback. A discussion of television and changes in the media over the last two decades of the 20th century. Having spent most of his career working with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Martin Esslin appraises American television with the eyes of both a detached outsider and a concerned insider. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APT; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765808882
ISBN
9780765808882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.38

Paperback. This book examines the experiences of older people who remain at home with care. It discusses life changes faced by family members who take on a greater care-giving role, and suggests that this constitutes a new stage of life, an Age of Supported Independence. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JHBK; JHM; JKSN; MJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400791343
ISBN
9789400791343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behaviour; and it is also a type of therapeutic talk. Sharing embodies positive values such as empathy, communication, fairness, openness and equality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662510
ISBN
9780745662510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Paperback. Bestselling author A. C. Grayling explains how--fueled by original and unorthodox thinking, war, and technological invention--the seventeenth century became the crucible of modernity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBLH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408870020
ISBN
9781408870020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 halftones. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157795
ISBN
9780691157795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173832
ISBN
9780691173832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620970386
ISBN
9781620970386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. Addressing the contentious issue of how children's sexual behaviour should be regulated, this book explores the history of age of consent laws in the UK and provides a global comparative survey of age of consent laws and relevant international human rights law. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK5; JKSB1; JMU; VFVC; VFVG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2005th Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237186
ISBN
9780230237186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 523.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403921734
ISBN
9781403921734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.19

Paperback. The issue explores psychological consequences of past genocide. It uses a multiplicity of theoretical approaches to understand how historical genocide affects current intergroup relations and psychological well-being. . Editor(s): Vollhardt, Johanna Ray; Bilewicz, Michal; Levy, Sheri R. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFF; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118691564
ISBN
9781118691564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

paperback. Drawing on a wealth of material from film, television, art and popular culture, Angela McRobbie tackles the so-called 'end' of feminism. Series: Culture, Representation and Identity Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761970620
ISBN
9780761970620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48

Paperback. Investigates the conviction passed on by the Victorian novel that a woman's love is the fortune a man can count on to last. This work studies the diverse ways that the Victorian novel imagines women as property removed from the uncertainties of the marketplace. It addresses literary and cultural theory, gender studies, and gay and lesbian studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114675
ISBN
9780691114675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. This bold intervention into the debate over the memory and 'post-memory' of the Holocaust both scrutinizes recent academic theories of post-Holocaust trauma and provides a new reading of literary and architectural memory texts related to the Holocaust. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMGD; DSBH; HBTZ1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230581876
ISBN
9780230581876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Paperback. Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's "afterglow" (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture). Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349503612
ISBN
9781349503612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.65

Hardcover. Chinese artists, activists, and netizens are pioneering a new order of pornographic representation that is in critical dialogue with global entertainment media. Jacobs examines the role of sex-positive feminists and queer communities to investigate pornography's "afterglow" (a state of crisis and decay within digital culture). Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137485175
ISBN
9781137485175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardback. Since 1943, Jews have become deeply engaged in a Danish culture that presents very few barriers of anti-semitism. This book explores the questions that such inclusion raises for Danish Jews and what their answers can tell us about the meaning of religion, ethnicity and community in modern society. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 282 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJP; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239459
ISBN
9780312239459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Paperback. Confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against the author's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. Rendering a critique of some postmodern positions as well as the old structured Eurocentric orientations, this title contains engagements with views expressed by Mary Lefkowitz, Paul Gilroy, and Cornel West. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395953
ISBN
9781566395953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardcover. Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338739
ISBN
9780230338739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Paperback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822345725
ISBN
9780822345725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. A kaleidoscopic view of Black Latin@s in the United States, addressing history, music, gender, class, and media representations in more than sixty selections, including essays, memoirs, journalism, poetry, and interviews. Editor(s): Jimenez Roman, Miriam; Flores, Juan. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 584 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345589
ISBN
9780822345589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.86

Hardback. Series: Afro-Latin@ Diasporas. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; DSBH; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 259 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319319209
ISBN
9783319319209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardback. This history of the Afrikaner peoples begins with their arrival in Southern Africa in 1652 and leads up to the present day. The account covers the establishment of the Dutch East India trading post in the Cape, the Great Trek of the 1830s and the democratic elections of 1994. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3J; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631182047
ISBN
9780631182047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.74

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