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Paperback. A Woman's Place is based upon Elizabeth Roberts's interviews with 160 elderly people from the towns of Barrow, Lancaster and Preston. They recall their memories of family life as children, youths and adults in the period between the last decade of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631147541
- ISBN
- 9780631147541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardback. A Woman's Voice examines the themes reflected in the stories of women in the Bible and relates these motifs directly to the lives of women today. Marcella Bakur Weiner and Blema Feinstein celebrate the ideas and lessons found in traditional Jewish sources and explain their relevance for contemporary women. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765761491
- ISBN
- 9780765761491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.56
€ 117.56
Paperback. Thought-provoking account of how the world's aging population will impact on society, offering radical solutions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745318394
- ISBN
- 9780745318394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.02
€ 33.99
€ 23.02
Hardcover. Many people understand urban renewal projects and the power of eminent domain as two of the most widely despised, and even racist, tools for reshaping American cities in the postwar period. Concerned more with winners and losers than with heroes and villains, this book offers a sober assessment of money and power in Jim Crow America. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 376 pages, 34 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226115146
- ISBN
- 9780226115146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
paperback. Family values are central to our society, but as John Gillis points out in this book, most of our images of home-sweet-home are of a very recent vintage. He questions idealized notions of "the family" and the political construction of family rituals and argues these images must be open to change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674961883
- ISBN
- 9780674961883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
Hardback. The processes of globalisation are reshaping our world dramatically and rapidly. The great issues of our day emphasise that we are all in this together. In this issue of Interface, scholars from the Yarra Institute for Religion and Social Policy within Melbourne's University of Divinity tackle key aspects of globalisation. Editor(s): Price, Peter. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- ATF Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922239433
- ISBN
- 9781922239433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.18
€ 32.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Collection of essays and poems that address the challenges of being a Chicana, a lesbian, and a feminist in the changing world of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFSK1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349778
- ISBN
- 9780822349778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Crown
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Broadway Books Edition.
- SKU
- V9780767905930
- ISBN
- 9780767905930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.34
€ 17.99
€ 15.34
Hardback. This treasury of 52 stories collects together a rich resource of myths, fairy tales and legends from around the world, with a story for every week of the year. Illustrator(s): Corr, Christopher. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; YDC; YFA; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 250 x 283 x 16. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847808592
- ISBN
- 9781847808592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.33
€ 19.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. The book is a personal account of the challenges faced by one family without Chinese consumer goods. In an accessible way, the book will shed light on China's reach into the daily lives of ordinary people. The author's reporting (based in part on her experience as a business writer) will offer insights into the "business". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BM; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470379202
- ISBN
- 9780470379202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.62
€ 16.99
€ 14.62
paperback. This is the first book to survey all of Klein's poetry, prose, and journalism, published and unpublished, and place it in the context of its times. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802072344
- ISBN
- 9780802072344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.85
€ 44.99
€ 39.85
Hardback. This book considers the work of the novelist and critic A.S. Byatt in the context of contemporary debates about art, authorship, creativity and gender. A.S. Byatt emerges as an author who presents us with fascinating and ambivalent portraits of writers and who uses metaphors of creativity in original ways. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801086
- ISBN
- 9780333801086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hampton Roads Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571745125
- ISBN
- 9781571745125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.90
€ 18.99
€ 17.90
Hardback. Do you consider yourself a member of the middle class? Eighty percent of Americans describe themselves in those terms; working-class citizens who are neither rich nor poor. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Madison Books
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819184597
- ISBN
- 9780819184597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.52
€ 26.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226484549
- ISBN
- 9780226484549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. ABC of Domestic and Sexual Violence is a practical guide for all health care professionals who are looking after abused individuals (whether knowingly or not) and who wish to learn more in order to help their patients. Editor(s): Bewley, Susan; Welch, Jan. Series: ABC Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, colour tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFE3; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 277 x 7. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118482186
- ISBN
- 9781118482186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
Paperback. How could anyone believe he or she was abducted by aliens? Or want to believe it? To answer these questions, the author interviewed and evaluated "abductees" - old and young, male and female, religious and agnostic. This book is not only an exploration of the workings of memory, but an inquiry into the nature of belief. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFH; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 33. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780674024014
- ISBN
- 9780674024014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.89
€ 30.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic, as well as writing his memoirs - his "story of calamities". Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214441
- ISBN
- 9780631214441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25
Paperback / so. Series: Forschung Soziologie. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810027146
- ISBN
- 9783810027146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.39
€ 77.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752497587
- ISBN
- 9780752497587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61