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Hardcover. Editor(s): Abegunrin, Olayiwola; Akomolafe, Olusoji. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594549977
- ISBN
- 9781594549977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.12€ 108.12
€ 157.12
€ 108.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 335 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633216747
- ISBN
- 9781633216747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.28€ 179.38
€ 262.28
€ 179.38
Paperback. Elie Wiesel was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. After the war, Wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. During an interview with the distinguished French writer, Francois Mauriac, he was persuaded to write about his experiences in the death camps. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140189896
- ISBN
- 9780140189896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This title presents an account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038995
- ISBN
- 9780141038995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. This text provides an interpretation of isicathamiya performance and its relation to the culture and consciousness of the Zulu migrant labourers who largely compose its choirs. It addresses issues in anthropology and looks to the future of live performance in the new South Africa. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AVGH; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226217215
- ISBN
- 9780226217215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. Presents ethnography of peasant communities in Peru caught between the government and the Shining Path. This book chronicles the historical conditions that led to the formation of the rondas, the social and geographical expansion of the movement, and its gradual decline in the 1990s. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFC; JFSC; JFSF; JHM; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323211
- ISBN
- 9780822323211
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. In researching this book, the author took on the role of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs". The resulting text critically examines how such establishments create bonds among white-collar men and forge a masculine identity that suits the needs of their corporations. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014876
- ISBN
- 9780226014876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
€ 32.99
€ 25.85
Paperback. In Indian cultures all life is considered valuable and sacred and is a part of the powerful spiritual forces of nature. This title includes a collection of 36 animal tales, from the nine culture groups of North American Indians, tells stories about the behaviours and actions of humans, and the supernaturals that inhabit their world. Illustrator(s): Huffman, Bunny Pierce. Num Pages: 120 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890132111
- ISBN
- 9780890132111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.31
€ 18.99
€ 15.31
Paperback. Features essays on ethics, politics, and law. This book re-evaluates the meaning, values, and the idea of freedom in Western culture. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230. Ethics, Politics, and Law. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Features essays on ethics, politics, and law. This book re-evaluates the meaning, values, and the idea of freedom in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Dimension: 176 x 141 x 11. Weight: 230. Translator(s): McCuaig, William.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130837
- ISBN
- 9780231130837
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.22
€ 25.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Christesen, Paul. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: JF; WS. Dimension: 264 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georg Olms Verlag
- Edition
- Annual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783615004175
- ISBN
- 9783615004175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.78€ 63.16
€ 89.78
€ 63.16
paperback. This work is an introduction to modernity as envisioned by Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century, Niklas Luhmann. For Luhmann, modernity is neither an Enlightenment project nor a ludic rejection of that project, but rather the pre-condition of all our deliberations. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804739924
- ISBN
- 9780804739924
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. Looks at the lives of eight ordinary women, four Iraqis and four Americans, during the Iraq War. This title presents a comparison of American and Iraqi women's diverse and complex experiences and focuses on the different realities that together we call, perhaps too easily, 'the Iraq war'. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBWS5; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260788
- ISBN
- 9780520260788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Jewish theatre - plays about and usually by Jews - enters the 21st century with a distinguished history. To keep this vibrant tradition alive, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture established the New Play Commissions in Jewish Theatre in 1994. This anthology brings together nine commissioned plays that have gone on to full production. Editor(s): Schiff, Ellen; Posnick, Michael. Num Pages: 587 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712904
- ISBN
- 9780292712904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. A portrait of a world that lifts the veil on the lives of Islamic women. This is the story to discover the truth about women and Islam. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029405
- ISBN
- 9780141029405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. A history of American women activists. It features biographical essays on feminist Bella Abzug and civil rights visionary Fannie Lou Hamer and a chapter on women environmental activists. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229655
- ISBN
- 9780520229655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 235 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826314178
- ISBN
- 9780826314178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.35
€ 34.35
Hardback. Establishes nineteenth-century American women's poetry as a major field in American literature and American women's history. This title features selections from 140 writers that provide an interweaving of established and marginalized women's poetry from the various geographical region of the United States. Editor(s): Bennett, Paula Bernat. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 576 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DCQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203988
- ISBN
- 9780631203988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.71
€ 175.71
Paperback. Establishes nineteenth-century American women's poetry as a major field in American literature and American women's history. This title features selections from 140 writers that provide an interweaving of established and marginalized women's poetry from the various geographical region of the United States. Editor(s): Bennett, Paula Bernat. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 576 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DCQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203995
- ISBN
- 9780631203995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.91
€ 68.91
Paperback. Provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century, each of whom were engaged in examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence in 1810. This book includes biographical headnotes for each contributor, a glossary, and a bibliography. Editor(s): Burke, Janet; Humphrey, Ted. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208377
- ISBN
- 9780872208377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.61
€ 26.99
€ 20.61
Provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century, each of whom were engaged in examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence in 1810. This book includes biographical headnotes for each contributor, a glossary, and a bibliography. Editor(s): Burke, Janet; Humphrey, Ted. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208384
- ISBN
- 9780872208384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.42€ 48.30
€ 61.42
€ 48.30
Hardback. A critical reader designed to accompany "Nineteenth-century American Women Writers: An Anthology". It contains twelve essays exploring the matters of history, canonicity, and criticism, highlighting the collective importance of nineteenth-century women's writing, and illuminating the hybrid texts and shorter genres that women produced. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200536
- ISBN
- 9780631200536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.07
€ 122.07
Paperback. A critical reader designed to accompany "Nineteenth-century American Women Writers: An Anthology". It contains twelve essays exploring the matters of history, canonicity, and criticism, highlighting the collective importance of nineteenth-century women's writing, and illuminating the hybrid texts and shorter genres that women produced. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200543
- ISBN
- 9780631200543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.14
€ 69.14
Paperback. Nineteenth--Century American Women Writers: An Anthology is a multicultural, multigenre collection celebrating the quality and diversity of nineteenth century American womena s expression. Editor(s): Kilcup, Karen L. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 656 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DNF; DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199861
- ISBN
- 9780631199861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.24
€ 75.24
hardcover. This volume opens our eyes to a dynamic world of Jewish literature in nineteenth-century Europe. Editor(s): Hess, Jonathan M.; Samuels, Maurice; Valman, Nadia. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775465
- ISBN
- 9780804775465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.48
€ 150.48