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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In this study, Diane Purkiss investigates the diverse interpretations and meanings attributed to the figure of the witch. The areas she considers include Canonical literature, visual arts, fairy tales, folklore, real-life witch stories, pornography and sado-masochism, film, and the stage. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2; HRQX5; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415087629
- ISBN
- 9780415087629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.62
€ 55.62
Paperback. A noted psychologist shows how fairy tales are a powerful aid to growing up, banishing fears, resolving conflicts, and conquering the darkness that dwells within us. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465008964
- ISBN
- 9780465008964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.64
€ 28.64
Paperback. The Witch-Hunt Narrative is a magisterial and empirically powerful account of the social dynamics that led, in the early 1990s, to widespread popular skepticism about the veracity of child sex abuse claims. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190465575
- ISBN
- 9780190465575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.85
€ 71.85
hardcover. Num Pages: 32 pages, , colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jetty House United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982823668
- ISBN
- 9780982823668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.85
€ 24.99
€ 19.85
Hardback. Soviet/Russian drama of the 1980s and 1990s has been generally ignored by the Western literary establishment. The playwright Nina Sadur occupies a prominent place in the literary pantheon of the period. The plays included in this volume offer some of Sadur's most influential works for the theatre to the English-speaking audience for the first time. Editor(s): Peterson, Nadya L. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 135 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618113986
- ISBN
- 9781618113986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.70
€ 132.70
Melody Maxwell s "The Woman I Am" analyzes the traditional, progressive, and potential roles female Southern Baptist writers and editors portrayed for Southern Baptist women from 1906 to 2006, particularly in the area of missions." Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HRCC92; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318321
- ISBN
- 9780817318321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553379716
- ISBN
- 9780553379716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.04
€ 19.99
€ 19.04
Hardback. Recovers the neglected history of young Mexican American women zoot-suiters in wartime Los Angeles and explains their absence from Chicano movement narratives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342861
- ISBN
- 9780822342861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.31
€ 111.31
Paperback. Recovers the neglected history of young Mexican American women zoot-suiters in wartime Los Angeles and explains their absence from Chicano movement narratives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343035
- ISBN
- 9780822343035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49
Paperback. This text challenges the direction taken by much recent work in the field of feminist studies. It mounts a defence of humanism - a tradition of which many contemporary feminists have been sharply critical, as they saw reason as constructed by men and oppressing women. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRQA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614496
- ISBN
- 9780745614496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.61
€ 24.61
The Woman of the Eighteenth Century: Her Life, from Birth to Death, He...
De, Goncourt Edmond; de Goncourt, Jules
paperback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415752534
- ISBN
- 9780415752534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.56
€ 58.56
paperback. Tells the complete history of women readers and the controversies their reading has inspired since the beginning of the written word. This volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring how and what women have read through the ages and across cultures and civilizations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300197204
- ISBN
- 9780300197204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers & Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers, journalists, poets and playwrights. This title reveals the long and fascinating history of the Society. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451596
- ISBN
- 9780752451596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062509239
- ISBN
- 9780062509239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.23
€ 31.99
€ 27.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; WH. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926677897
- ISBN
- 9781926677897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages, 10 black & white tables, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415954112
- ISBN
- 9780415954112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.11
€ 58.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- New Generation Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785074516
- ISBN
- 9781785074516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.18
€ 17.18
Hardback. This volume has a dual purpose. It aims to define the state of Japanese literary studies in the field of women's writing and to present cross-cultural interpretations of Japanese material of relevance to contemporary work in gender studies and comparative literature. Editor(s): Schalow, Paul; Walker, Janet A. Num Pages: 536 pages, 5 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 915.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804727228
- ISBN
- 9780804727228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.67
€ 103.67
Hardback. In her eagerly-awaited new book, Alice Taylor salutes the women whose energy and generosity made such a valuable contribution to all our lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 45 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847177889
- ISBN
- 9781847177889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Tells the story of the first all-female police unit deployed by India to the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia in January 2007. The author investigates how the unit was originated, developed, and implemented, offering an important historical record of this unique initiative. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPS; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290617
- ISBN
- 9780520290617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40