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Paperback. Praised for its unabashed portrait of the Death Care industry, HBO's Six Feet Under is less about the business of death than the art of living well. It was created by Alan Ball and centres on a Pasadena undertakers run by two brothers with their mother and teenage sister making up the dysfunctional family quartet. Editor(s): Akass, Kim; McCabe, Janet. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850438090
ISBN
9781850438090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226312781
ISBN
9780226312781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.24

hardcover. Features twelve essays on southern indigence between the World Wars, which share a conviction that poverty is not just a dilemma of the marketplace but also a cultural and political construction. This volume shows that those who work to eradicate poverty can hesitate to cross the line of race, gender, memory, or tradition in pursuit of their goal. Editor(s): Godden, Richard; Crawford, Martin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJG; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780820327082
ISBN
9780820327082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.52

Paperback. Betty Joseph offers an account of how archives - and the practice of archiving - shaped colonial ideologies in Britain and British-controlled India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226412030
ISBN
9780226412030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. "The L Word" captured international attention when it appeared on American screens in 2004. Aiming to uncover what makes this show so compelling, this collection brings together leading academics, feminist critics, and journalists to discuss "The L Word". It also includes interviews with the actors Erin Daniels and the writer, Guinevere Turner. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA; JFD; JFSK1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845111793
ISBN
9781845111793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Hardback. From the rise of ticker-tape technology to the development of conspiracy theories, Reading the Market argues that commentary on the Stock Exchange between 1870 and 1915 changed how Americans understood finance-and explains what our pervasive interest in Wall Street says about us now. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420608
ISBN
9781421420608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 47.03

Paperback. Explores how "The Sopranos" has rewritten the rules of television drama and changed attitudes about television itself. This book presents different perspectives on psychotherapy and dreams; racism and the Italian-American community; Carmela and post-feminism; "The Sopranos" as an HBO brand; racism; and more. Editor(s): Lavery, David. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845111212
ISBN
9781845111212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166584
ISBN
9780231166584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.86

Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040481
ISBN
9780252040481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CJBR; DSA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081958
ISBN
9780252081958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Kniffel, Leonard. Num Pages: 168 pages, Color photos. BIC Classification: CFC; GBCQ; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626365490
ISBN
9781626365490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. A book about reading women's poems, rather than forming theories about them. Beginning with Katherine Philips, the first Englishwoman to achieve fame as a poet, it covers three centuries to the work of Marianne Moore and Stevie Smith, but does not include the many living women poets who deserve a volume to themselves. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193348
ISBN
9781845193348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.78

Paperback. In this work, Sharon L. Jansen explores a recurring theme in writing by women: the dream of finding or creating a private and secluded retreat from the world of men. Insightful and accessible, this book places six centuries of texts in conversation with one another, pairing them in ways that reveal the realities of women's choice and agency. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137386229
ISBN
9781137386229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 52.77

paperback. Reading Women brings into conversation the latest scholarship by early modernists and early Americanists on the role of gender in the production and consumption of texts during the expansion of female readership in the early modern period. Editor(s): Brayman Hackel, Heidi; Kelly, Catherine E. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812220803
ISBN
9780812220803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
254
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110663
ISBN
9780230110663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.67

Paperback. Employing a wide range of sources, the author examines the organizations that staffed and managed black schools in the South, with particular attention paid to the activities of the Freedman's Bureau. He looks as well at those who came to teach, a diverse group - white, black, Northern, Southern - and at the curricula and textbooks they used. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226539294
ISBN
9780226539294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

Hardback. Throughout her distinguished career, the author has sought to locate and confront shifting forms of social and cultural oppression. In this book, she elaborates a utopian vision for the kind of deep and investigative reading that can develop a will for peaceful social justice in coming generations. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422088
ISBN
9780857422088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.68

Hardcover. Editor(s): Abbington, James. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 193 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gia Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622771004
ISBN
9781622771004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.54

Paperback. Series: Readings in.. 252 pages, maps, figures. Editor(s): Young, Tom. These readings focus on African politics. The topics covered include: African socialism; the Eritrean war; violence in Nigeria; the social power of religious organization and civil society; and aspects of democracy and democratization in Zambia and Botswana. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JPA; JPH. Dimension: 233 x 203 x 16. Weight: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780852552575
ISBN
9780852552575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. Introduces selected topics in federal Indian law. This title covers issues of identity and tribal recognition; reparations for historic harms; the valuation of land in land claims; the return to tribal owners of human remains, sacred items, and cultural property; and, tribal governance and issues of gender and religious freedom. Num Pages: 353 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395823
ISBN
9781566395823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.49

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