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Paperback. Family Guy and Philosophy brings together low-brow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and high-brow philosophical reflection to deliver an outrageously hilarious and clever exploration of one of TV's most unrelenting families. Ok, it's not that high-brow. Editor(s): Wisnewski, J. Jeremy. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405163163
- ISBN
- 9781405163163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.61
€ 26.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226107707
- ISBN
- 9780226107707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 344 x 341 x 43. Weight in Grams: 4072.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780615808321
- ISBN
- 9780615808321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.81€ 75.09
€ 102.81
€ 75.09
Paperback. Shows family therapists how myths help shape the family and the lives of its members. This work includes an array of personal constructs from the author's exploration of reconstructed life cycles of older persons, based on statistical analysis and case history. Num Pages: 188 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568211985
- ISBN
- 9781568211985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.33
€ 93.33
Hardback. Examines the political regulation of the family in Sweden since 1930. This title draws attention to the political attempts to create a 'modern family', and the aspiration to regulate the family and install gender equality. It is suitable for researchers, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students who study gender and gender equality. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424556
- ISBN
- 9781847424556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.94
€ 95.94
Paperback. This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organised in later life. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420527
- ISBN
- 9781847420527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
€ 40.99
€ 37.95
Paperback. Family Problems: Stress, Risk, and Resilience presents an interdisciplinary collection of original essays that push the boundaries of family science to reflect the increasingly diverse complexity of family concerns in the modern world. Editor(s): Arditti, Joyce A. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 247 x 17. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118348284
- ISBN
- 9781118348284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.04
€ 76.04
Hardcover. As state control of private life in China has loosened since 1980, citizens have experienced an unprecedented family revolution. Reading popular "divorce narratives" in fiction, film, and TV drama, this book shows that the representation of marital discord has become a cultural battleground for competing ideologies within post-revolutionary China. Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993492
- ISBN
- 9780295993492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.78
€ 131.78
Paperback. As state control of private life in China has loosened since 1980, citizens have experienced an unprecedented family revolution. Reading popular "divorce narratives" in fiction, film, and TV drama, this book shows that the representation of marital discord has become a cultural battleground for competing ideologies within post-revolutionary China. Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993508
- ISBN
- 9780295993508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.47
€ 37.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091520
- ISBN
- 9780719091520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.36
€ 26.99
€ 26.36
Hardback. This textbook draws on original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate how Irish families have adapted and changed over time Num Pages: 272 pages, Line drawings, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JF; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091513
- ISBN
- 9780719091513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.35
€ 136.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Crossway
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433523694
- ISBN
- 9781433523694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. In this important, timely and thought-provoking publication, a wide range of contributors explore how "troubles" feature in "normal" families, and how the "normal" features in "troubled" families. Editor(s): Ribbens McCarthy, Jane; Hooper, Carol-Ann; Gillies, Val. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447304449
- ISBN
- 9781447304449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.10
€ 38.99
€ 37.10
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447304432
- ISBN
- 9781447304432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.49
€ 104.49
Hardcover. Pakistani migrant families in Denmark find themselves in a specific ethno-national, post-9/11 environment where Muslim immigrants are subjected to processes of non-recognition, exclusion and securitization. This ethnographic study explores how, why, and at what costs notions of relatedness, identity, and belonging are being renegotiated.. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 5 figs. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1FKP; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459398
- ISBN
- 9780857459398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.29
€ 152.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomberg Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Enlarged
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576601518
- ISBN
- 9781576601518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 34.64
€ 45.99
€ 34.64
Hardcover. Collects essays that examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. This title addresses the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations, and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Editor(s): Cuno, Kenneth M.; Desai, Manisha, PhD. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FK; JFSJ; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632351
- ISBN
- 9780815632351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.13
€ 61.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Brady, Deon. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JFFN; JFSJ1. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631175367
- ISBN
- 9781631175367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.72€ 57.29
€ 82.72
€ 57.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 59 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPR; JFFC1; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140010
- ISBN
- 9780231140010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.99
€ 37.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. In the mid-1990s, as many as one million North Koreans died in one of the worst famines of the twentieth century. This work presents and account of the famine to date, examining not only the origins and aftermath of the crisis but also the regime's response to outside aid and the effect of its policies on the country's economic future. Num Pages: 368 pages, 59 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPR; JFFC1; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140003
- ISBN
- 9780231140003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.01€ 78.05
€ 104.01
€ 78.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 259 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231038362
- ISBN
- 9780231038362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Hardback. As Bill and Melinda Gates point out in their Foreword, Singer's classic essay "Famine, Affluence and Morality," is as relevant today as it ever was. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 101 x 178 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190219208
- ISBN
- 9780190219208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
Hardcover. Land has been a dominant theme in modern Irish history, extending to political and cultural issues as well as permeating social and economic ones. Editor(s): King, Carla. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; JFFC1; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621472
- ISBN
- 9781900621472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.23€ 45.89
€ 50.23
€ 45.89
Paperback. Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation - whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies - devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. This title traces the history of famine from the earliest records to today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 halftones. 16 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147970
- ISBN
- 9780691147970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.19
€ 37.99
€ 27.19