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hardcover. Series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics. Num Pages: 236 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JF; KJMV6; TBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319525143
ISBN
9783319525143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474280600
ISBN
9781474280600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857853691
ISBN
9780857853691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.49

paperback. Series: Design for Social Responsibility. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: AK; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 174. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138252424
ISBN
9781138252424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. Joyner pens a brutally honest memoir of life as an obese woman. She didn't know what to fear more: dying, or knowing that she was causing her own death. In the end, it is also a story of recovery and survival. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 19.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762759620
ISBN
9780762759620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.92

Hardcover. With examples ranging from ancient arms to modern innovations such as pilotless drones, this study of the neglected topic of weapons research deploys applied ethics and moral philosophy to argue that its injurious intent renders it morally unjustifiable. Series: Research Ethics Forum. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400757356
ISBN
9789400757356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.96

Paperback. Organized into three parts-creating awareness, increasing understanding, and taking action-this book will be a key resource for professionals involved in creating and maintaining effective adult day services centers. Num Pages: 216 pages, 67, 67 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884153
ISBN
9780801884153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.54

Hardback. Focuses on design issues for an inclusive world; enabling computer access and the development of new technologies; assistive technology and rehabilitation robotics; and, understanding users and involving them in design. This book is stimulated by the third Cambridge Workshop Series on Universal Access and Assistive Technology held in April 2006. Editor(s): Clarkson, P. John; Langdon, Patrick Martin; Robinson, Peter. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846283642
ISBN
9781846283642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 254.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Clarkson, P. John; Langdon, Patrick Martin; Robinson, Peter. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849965880
ISBN
9781849965880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 249.42

Paperback. A cultural theorist and media designer issues a call for taking culture seriously in the design and development of innovative technologies Num Pages: 296 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344452
ISBN
9780822344452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Packaging is ephemeral - its purpose is to be 'wasted' once we've removed the product it contains. Whilst we are encouraged to 'reduce, re-use and recycle', this title proposes that domestic re-use is the 'Cinderella' of this trinity, because it is under researched and little understood. Num Pages: 192 pages, Photographs, tables, graphs, references. BIC Classification: AKP; JFFT; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844074884
ISBN
9781844074884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Hardback. The book offers a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of prostitution policy at the local level. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447324249
ISBN
9781447324249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Triarchy Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909470774
ISBN
9781909470774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AMX; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679614
ISBN
9780816679614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. A noted authority makes a provocative argument that the fate of the African continent was decided in its first decade of independence Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; JFC; JPA; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349528899
ISBN
9781349528899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.98

Paperback. Grand, sensational, and exotic, Art Deco design was above all modern, exemplifying the majesty and boundless potential of an industrialized world. This title documents the ubiquity of Art Deco in mainstream consumerism and its connection to the emergence of the "New Woman" in American society. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 halftones, 12 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231125017
ISBN
9780231125017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. In this study of desire in late Imperial China, the author argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005136
ISBN
9780674005136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.27

Paperback. This new study explores the poetic tradition of the love sonnet sequence in English as written by women from 1621-1931. It connects this tradition to ways of speaking desire in public in operation today, and to the development of theories of subjectivity in Western culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358441
ISBN
9781349358441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Exploration of erotic transference and counter transference in therapy with particular attention given to the female therapist / male client relationship. Draws on Lacan and Jung to analyse examples from clinical practice and client's art. Num Pages: 258 pages, 40 b&w illustrations, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMAF; MMH; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415087018
ISBN
9780415087018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. Relations between women - like the branches and roots of the mangrove - twist around, across, and within others as they pervade Caribbean letters. Desire between Women in Caribbean Literature elucidates the place of desire between women in Caribbean letters, compelling readers to rethink how to read the structures and practices of sexuality. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464708
ISBN
9781349464708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. In the light of poststructuralist theory, and with reference to the work of Lacan and Derrida in particular, Catherine Belsey argues that fiction -- including poetry, drama and film -- is paradoxically the most serious location of writing about desire in Western cultura. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631168140
ISBN
9780631168140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Paperback. Combines scholarship on supposedly discrete episodes in American history into a story of same-sex desire across the country and the centuries. The book shows what it means to say that sexuality has a history by pointing to experiences of love/desire that were understood in radically different ways. Num Pages: 234 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731568
ISBN
9780226731568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Sexual desire has long played a key role in Western judgments about the value of Arab civilization. This title reveals the history of how Arabs represented their own sexual desires. It assembles a compendium of Arabic writing to chart the changes in Arab sexual attitudes and their links to Arab notions of cultural heritage and civilization. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBF; DSBH; JFSL; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509594
ISBN
9780226509594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.64

Paperback. This lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613911
ISBN
9781442613911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

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