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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Through films that alternate between containment, order, and symmetry on the one hand, and obsession, explosiveness, and a lack of control on the other, Chantal Akerman has gained a reputation as one of the most significant filmmakers working today. This title presents the study of this influential avant-garde Belgian filmmaker. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317234
- ISBN
- 9780822317234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.12
€ 29.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJH; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763539586
- ISBN
- 9788763539586
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Condition: New
€ 50.81€ 39.88
€ 50.81
€ 39.88
Paperback. In September 19, 1985, a powerful earthquake hit Mexico City in the early morning hours. Written by a Mexican journalist, this book chronicles the disintegration of the city's physical and social structure, the widespread grassroots organizing against government corruption and incompetence, and the reliency of the human spirit. Series: Voices of Latin American Life Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393454
- ISBN
- 9781566393454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.99
€ 42.99
€ 37.99
Paperback. What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle's theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 B&W halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199225866
- ISBN
- 9780199225866
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.70
€ 11.99
€ 10.70
Hardback. Presents a framework for understanding the ways in which the salient identities of gender, class position, race, sexuality, and other demographic characteristics function simultaneously to produce the outcomes we observe in the lives of individuals as integral forces in the maintenance of family. Editor(s): Kohlman, Marla H.; Krieg, Dana B.; Dickerson, Bette J. Series Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781905357
- ISBN
- 9781781905357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.87
€ 143.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFCA; JFSJ1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062415837
- ISBN
- 9780062415837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.69
€ 17.99
€ 12.69
Paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226791319
- ISBN
- 9780226791319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.12
€ 37.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Nottinghamshire folk tales Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463773
- ISBN
- 9780752463773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. An examination of how the films we see and the books we read affect our faith and our view of the world. With the Apostles' Creed as his foundation, author May interprets popular works such as The Grapes of Wrath, Cool Hand Luke, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Saving Private Ryan through the lens of religious faith. Series: Communication, Culture, and Religion. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580511063
- ISBN
- 9781580511063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.21
€ 39.21
Paperback / so. This is the first novel by legendary poet bill bissett, "a one man civilization." Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; BGL; DCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Talon Books,Canada Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889226715
- ISBN
- 9780889226715
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Offers a collection of queer criticism on the history of the novel. This title includes startingly imaginative essays that explore critical practices that can weave the pleasures and disorientations of reading into the fabric of queer analyses. Editor(s): Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320401
- ISBN
- 9780822320401
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.71
€ 35.99
€ 34.71
hardcover. If art and science have one thing in common, it's a hunger for the new - new ideas and innovations, new ways of seeing and depicting the world. The author takes us on a tour of more than two millennia of thinking about the problem of the new, from the puzzles of the pre-Socratics all the way up to the art world of the 1960s and '70s. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226077871
- ISBN
- 9780226077871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.69
€ 31.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226325309
- ISBN
- 9780226325309
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.93
€ 24.99
€ 19.93
Paperback. An accessible guide to the way the Internet is changing our lives and how to survive. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; UD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444728620
- ISBN
- 9781444728620
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.64
€ 12.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. The book traces current Indian activism in Bolivia, arguing that a new social formation is emerging to challenge racism and the harsh effects of the dominant neoliberal economic model. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755207
- ISBN
- 9780804755207
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. This resource helps raise awareness of ethical issues and guides teachers and teacher leaders in approaching difficult ethical dilemmas Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781412970846
- ISBN
- 9781412970846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.49
€ 42.99
€ 40.49
Paperback. Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson shares the shocking true story of Tyler, an abused eleven-year-old who, after stabbing his step-mother, had nowhere else to go. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007543083
- ISBN
- 9780007543083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.49
€ 13.99
€ 10.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Bruns, Anthony R. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629486109
- ISBN
- 9781629486109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.82€ 147.77
€ 219.82
€ 147.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 98. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJCP; HBTB; JFSL4; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 315 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Damiani
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788862084956
- ISBN
- 9788862084956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.14
€ 49.99
€ 46.14
Paperback. The book is a valuable text for students and scholars in early modern European history, religion, women's studies, and economic history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12, 1 black & white line drawings, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411842
- ISBN
- 9781421411842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 36.47
€ 39.00
€ 36.47
Hardcover. Some nuns in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy strayed far from the paradigms of monastic life. In this book, the author resurrects forgotten tales and restores to life the long-silent voices of these cloistered heroines. The nuns of early modern Italy, it shows, set the standard for religious transgression in their own age - and beyond. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534619
- ISBN
- 9780226534619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.23
€ 53.99
€ 41.23
Paperback. Presents profiles of a hostel in Glasgow and a comparative hostel, to make assessments and referrals and to evaluate their effect. These objectives were successfully met along with secondary objectives to discover insights into the residents' experiences and lifestyles, and their interaction with health and nursing services. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFB; MBP; MQCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861561497
- ISBN
- 9781861561497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.32
€ 82.32
Hardback. Focusing on terminally ill people in a German hospice, this study addresses the question, how meaningful experience is constructed for these patients in an attempt to preserve their dignity as persons. It is based on material from diary texts and active participation of the author in the role of a nurse. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFSP31; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451516
- ISBN
- 9781845451516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Paperback. What if we told you ..that dishonesty in children is a positive trait that arguing in front of your kids can make you a good role model and that if you praise your children you risk making them fail ..and it was all true? This book explores logic-defying insights into child development that have far-reaching relevance for us all. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091933784
- ISBN
- 9780091933784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42