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Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
African American Images United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155196
ISBN
9781934155196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.80

Hardback. Of the many ballads, tales, and plays extolling filial piety (xiao) the foundational virtue of imperial China none was more popular in that era than the legend of Dong Yong and his heavenly helpmate, Weaving Maiden. This title presents the five versions of the legend. It illustrates the changing perceptions of xiao in various genres. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Filial Piety and Its Divine Rewards: The Legend of Dong Yong and Weaving Maiden with Related Texts United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841368
ISBN
9781603841368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.12
€ 40.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Hall, Donald E.; Jagose, Annamarie. Num Pages: 608 pages, 1 black & white tables, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
The Routledge Queer Studies Reader United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415564113
ISBN
9780415564113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.63

Hardback. This book includes four new and fresh translations classic essays by Max Weber, including Classes, Status, Party; Discipline and Charisma; Bureaucracy; and Politics as Vocation. Editor(s): Waters, Tony; Waters, Dagmar. Translator(s): Waters, Tony; Waters, Dagmar. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFSC; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Weber´s Rationalism and Modern Society: New Translations on Politics, Bureaucracy, and Social Stratification
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137373533
ISBN
9781137373533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.58

Paperback. Translator(s): Waters, T. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHBA; JHBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Weber´s Rationalism and Modern Society: New Translations on Politics, Bureaucracy, and Social Stratification
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349476640
ISBN
9781349476640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Huber, Emily. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DN; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 325 x 25. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Katherine Group (MS Bodley 34): Religious Writings for Women in Medieval England
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442480
ISBN
9781580442480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.22

Hardback. On January 21st, 2017, five million people in 82 countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150 colour photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Why I March
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419728853
ISBN
9781419728853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.18

Hardback. What will the world look like in 2020? Paul Cornish and Kingsley Donaldson guide us through a maze of global uncertainty in this fascinating look at the future. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2x8pp colour. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JFFR; JP; JW; KCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473640320
ISBN
9781473640320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Over 400 color photos illustrate the development of the necktie from 1900 through the Roaring Twenties, the Depression, the War years, and into the Modern Age. Neckties record textile and men's fashion trends. A price guide is included. Num Pages: 160 pages, color photographs and b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AKTA; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 281 x 12. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764305788
ISBN
9780764305788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. Takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today. The author examines the power of the arguments embedded in these speeches to inspire people to achieve great things, or do great harm. He draws upon his political expertise to explain how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moments of history. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846042720
ISBN
9781846042720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book explores how jocks have redefined heterosexuality, and no longer fear being thought gay for behaviors that constrained men of the previous generation. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JHBS; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349478903
ISBN
9781349478903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Hardcover. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book explores how jocks have redefined heterosexuality, and no longer fear being thought gay for behaviors that constrained men of the previous generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JHBK5; JHBS; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137379634
ISBN
9781137379634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book, now in paperback, explores how jocks have redefined heterosexuality, and no longer fear being thought gay for behaviors that constrained men of the previous generation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSK2; JHBK5; JHBS; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137550668
ISBN
9781137550668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Hardback. This collection presents a contemporary evaluation of the changing structures of music delivery and enjoyment. Exploring the confluence of music consumption, burgeoning technology, and contemporary culture; this volume focuses on issues of musical communities and the politics of media. Editor(s): Purcell, Richard; Randall, Richard. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497598
ISBN
9781137497598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.47

Hardback. With case studies from across the country, in medium-sized and large cities, and mayors of various backgrounds, this volume provides an account of how different minority mayors have handled minority representation in historically majority Caucasian cities and what lessons academics and politicians can learn from them. Editor(s): Perry, Ravi K. Series Editor(s): Cunnigen, Donald; Bruce, Marino. Series: Research in Race & Ethnic Relations. Num Pages: 365 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
365
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781901847
ISBN
9781781901847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.48

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813551241
ISBN
9780813551241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. Argues that it is only at the turn of the 21st century that the powerful lessons of the avant-garde - an avant-garde cruelly disrupted by the Great War and subsequent political upheavals - were learned. This book offers readings of T S Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Marcel Duchamp, and Velimir Khlebnikov. It examines various related poetic concerns. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219705
ISBN
9780631219705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.14

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 42. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531118642
ISBN
9783531118642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
African American Images United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543634
ISBN
9780913543634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century capitalism. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781683101
ISBN
9781781683101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1936
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642470981
ISBN
9783642470981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.55

Mixed media pr. Num Pages: 968 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1139.
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
968
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531121840
ISBN
9783531121840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.80

Hardcover. Series: Italians to America. Num Pages: 542 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1171.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810878778
ISBN
9780810878778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 266.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24, 19 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 1 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JMG; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801452000
ISBN
9780801452000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.72

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