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Paperback. What does it mean to be queer and Asian-American at the turn of the century? This title considers how Asian-American racial identity and queer sexuality interconnect in mutually shaping and complicating ways. It gathers an array of voices and experiences that represent the communities of a queer Asian-America. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Hom, Alice Y. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 445 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 7 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSK1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396400
ISBN
9781566396400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.57

Paperback. Nelson Island elders describe hundreds of traditionally important places in the landscape Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Rearden, Alice. Num Pages: 496 pages, 97 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFSL9; RG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991351
ISBN
9780295991351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.20

Paperback. An examination of the promise looking at aspects ranging from its semiotic value to legal representations and its place in literature. This work considers texts such as Diderot's "Madame de la Carliere" and Moliere's "Dom Juan". Editor(s): Brandt, Per Aage; Prassoloff, Annie. Series: Poetica et Analytica. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; GTE; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883984
ISBN
9788772883984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.60

Hardcover. An exploration of John Brinkley, Norman Baker and Harry Hoxsey, the ultimate snake oil salesmen of the 20th century. This volume takes a revealing look at health quackery, and the connections between fraudulent medicine and populist rhetoric in middle America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFHX; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612031
ISBN
9780700612031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.84

Hardcover. Explores US women's sport through historical "points of change": particular products or trends that dramatically influenced both women's participation in sport and cultural responses to women athletes. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 black and white photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038167
ISBN
9780252038167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.09

Hardback. Addresses issues in methodology, contemporary issues in research methods and innovative trends in qualitative research that are addressed through case study examples from areas of research in sport studies. This title includes: historical methods; ethnography; auto-ethnography; embodied methods; interviewing; and, narratives. Editor(s): Young, Kevin; Atkinson, Michael. Series Editor(s): Young, Kevin. Series: Research in the Sociology of Sport. Num Pages: 225 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780522968
ISBN
9781780522968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719068553
ISBN
9780719068553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 9.42

paperback. The government's NHS Plan emphasises the importance of services users' views. This report provides practical guidance on how to ensure that older people's views are heard, acted on, and monitored, in relation to service quality. It makes recommendations for ensuring that older people's views become an integral part of home care service provision. Series: Community Care into Practice Series. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP31; JKSB; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 295 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781861343529
ISBN
9781861343529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.32

paperback. Provides a theoretical framework which helps the reader make sense of the detail contained in the later case studies. This title shows how choosing a particular concept of quality has significant political and organizational consequences and also discusses how quality may be measured. Editor(s): Pollitt, Christopher; Bouckaert, Geert. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 243.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803974654
ISBN
9780803974654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.39

Paperback. The authors apply ideas about quality of life to the field of disability to assist front-line professionals, managers and policy-makers in effective service provision. They examine the historical context of the concept of quality of life and discuss the application of quality of life in the daily lives of people who have disabilities. Num Pages: 272 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843100058
ISBN
9781843100058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 175 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600214431
ISBN
9781600214431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 204.46
€ 137.67

Paperback. Why are some contemporary television shows so compelling? This book looks at this category of 'cult' television and the reasons for its emergence. It examines the particular qualities necessary for success and how they relate to issues such as the economics of network scheduling, the growth of the Internet, and debates about television audiences. Editor(s): Jancovich, Mark; Lyons, James. Num Pages: 215 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
215
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851709413
ISBN
9780851709413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. A leading feminist theorist rethinks deconstruction and its relevance to nature, embodiment, materialism, and science. Num Pages: 184 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350736
ISBN
9780822350736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.20

Paperback. In examining the role that timing can play in the establishment of theory and explanation, this book argues that the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics was accepted not because it was better than David Bohm's (who supplied an alternative explanation), but because it appeared first. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226132044
ISBN
9780226132044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.19
€ 44.87

Hardback. This book examines the under-representation of Quebec women in Quebec's National Assembly and in Canada's House of Commons and Senate from 1791 to the present. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817684
ISBN
9780774817684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

Paperback. This book examines the under-representation of Quebec women in Quebec's National Assembly and in Canada's House of Commons and Senate from 1791 to the present. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Num Pages: 272 pages, tables and charts. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817691
ISBN
9780774817691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Hardcover. The Queen Alexander Hosptial Home Num Pages: 144 pages, 61 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 572. Good copy in dustwrapper 4to Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Phillimore
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304569
ISBN
9781860770555
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardback. Considers how femininities are produced, performed, and consumed in the mass-media spectacles of international beauty pageants, on the runways of the Miss Venezuela contest, on the well-traveled Caracas avenue where transgender women project themselves into the urban imaginary, and on the bodies of transformistas and beauty pageant contestants. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 293 pages, 20 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356110
ISBN
9780822356110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.90

Paperback. This book chronicles the life of Effa Manley: the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578860012
ISBN
9781578860012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Rather than seeing American literature as beginning with the writings of English or Spanish colonists, Brander Rasmussen points to the wide variety of indigenous writing in the Americas prior to colonization. The study looks at writing between 1524 and the mid-19th century work of Herman Melville. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822349549
ISBN
9780822349549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807051153
ISBN
9780807051153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics. 280 pages, 9 illustrations. Documents how activism oscillates between the potential for new social arrangements and the questions that arise once the activists' goals have been accomplished. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSK1; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353195
ISBN
9780822353195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.33

paperback. QUEER AGING comprises scholar Jesus Ramirez-Valles's probing conversations with 11 racially and economically diverse representatives of this pioneering generation of gay men - the gayby boomers. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JFSK2; JFSL3; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190276348
ISBN
9780190276348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 307 pages, 28 b&w photos, 2 b&w maps. BIC Classification: JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309919
ISBN
9781477309919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.42

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