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Paperback. Henry Spencer Ashbee (1834-1900) was a prosperous and respectable Victorian gentleman. But he was a gentleman with a secret. Within the well-appointed chambers of Gray's Inn, Ashbee concealed an astonishingly vast collection of erotica and pornography, thousands of volumes strong. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571209040
- ISBN
- 9780571209040
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.42
€ 19.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. How flamboyance, dress and performance presents a feminist politics for the twenty-first century Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780762845
- ISBN
- 9781780762845
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.55
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Paperback. Sir Learie Constantine was an extraordinary figure by any yardstick. One of the greatest and most popular of all West Indian cricketers, he left the game to become, among other things, a barrister, cabinet minister, diplomat, broadcaster, author and journalist. Series: Caribbean Lives. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJW; BGS; JFSL3; JP; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 123 x 14. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955429
- ISBN
- 9781904955429
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Condition: New
€ 14.01
€ 14.01
Paperback. Costume and clothes are the most visible means we have of expressing ourselves. This title presents the fascinating evolvement of costume and clothes throughout the period from 15th century to the present day. Series: History. Num Pages: 32 pages, 52 colour 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: AKTA; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 171 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Pitkin Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841651026
- ISBN
- 9781841651026
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Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.98
€ 8.99
€ 7.98
Hardback. Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius--earlier and more widely than has been supposed--to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the "revolution" in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050327
- ISBN
- 9780674050327
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.70
€ 53.99
€ 44.70
Paperback. Exploring the changing relationship between culture and the market, this book addresses the question: Wherein lies the future of ethnicity? It offers an account of the ways in which ethnic populations are remaking themselves in the image of the corporation - while corporations coopt ethnic practices to open up new markets of consumption. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 236 pages, 15 colour plates. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114729
- ISBN
- 9780226114729
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. Umm Kulthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her success in a society which discouraged women from public performance. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps, 16 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AVGH; BGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136127
- ISBN
- 9780226136127
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Argues that we need to understand the appeal and persistence of the outbreak narrative because the stories we tell about disease emergence have consequences. This title presents cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines the next Great Plague. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 392 pages, 9 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341536
- ISBN
- 9780822341536
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. With the rise of drones and computer-controlled weapons, the line between war and video games has blurred. The Military-Entertainment Complex traces how the realities of war are inflected by their representation in entertainment. War games, in turn, feature an increasing number of weapons, tactics, and scenarios from the War on Terror. Series: metaLABprojects. Num Pages: 266 pages, 71 color illustrations, 6 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724983
- ISBN
- 9780674724983
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.26
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€ 28.26
Hardback. Covers the movements, concepts and figures associated with European modernism. This title provides a ranging resource both to the canon of 'High Modernism' and to theoretical perspectives that have contributed to the renewed interest in Modernism and have lent it renewed range and critical rigour in the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; GBC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748637027
- ISBN
- 9780748637027
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Condition: New
€ 206.83€ 194.30
€ 206.83
€ 194.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138915725
- ISBN
- 9781138915725
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Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Paperback. This text places the historical and contemporary regeneration agenda into context. Key issues and debates, currently and for the future, facing urban regeneration are discussed. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 49 black & white tables, 17 black & white halftones, 9 bl. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415685030
- ISBN
- 9780415685030
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Condition: New
€ 64.57
€ 64.57
Paperback. Oxfordshire folk tales Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752464145
- ISBN
- 9780752464145
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.18
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Bottigheimer, Ruth B. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212945
- ISBN
- 9780812212945
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. In this text, Vivian Paley presents a personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighbourhood. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSC; JFSL; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002739
- ISBN
- 9780674002739
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.25
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€ 26.25
Paperback. An illuminating, decades-spanning analysis of children's experience during wartime and its reverberation into their adulthood Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 B&W maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBWS; JFSP1; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934137666
- ISBN
- 9781934137666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.95
€ 19.99
€ 19.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857338683
- ISBN
- 9781857338683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.28
€ 12.28
Paperback. In this work, Margaret Morganroth Gullette reveals that ageing doesn't start in our chromosomes, but in midlife downsizing, the erosion of workplace seniority, threats to social security, and "greedy" Baby Boomers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310626
- ISBN
- 9780226310626
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behaviour; and it is also a type of therapeutic talk. Sharing embodies positive values such as empathy, communication, fairness, openness and equality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662510
- ISBN
- 9780745662510
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Condition: New
€ 24.19
€ 24.19
Paperback. "In association with Loyola University New Orleans, Georgia Tech Center for Media Studies"--Series title page. Series Editor(s): Schaberg, Dr. Christopher; Bogost, Prof. Ian. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 184 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623563110
- ISBN
- 9781623563110
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BGX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780849911514
- ISBN
- 9780849911514
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.00
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€ 16.00
Paperback. This is the first book to connect digital media technologies in digital sociology to traditional sociological and offers a much needed overview of it. It includes problems of the digital age in relation to inequality and identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of courses. Editor(s): Daniels, Jessie; Gregory, Karen; Cottom, Tressie McMillan. Num Pages: 528 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447329015
- ISBN
- 9781447329015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 44.93
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Paperback. From the importance of fashion owners, to red carpet stars and the seasonal 'must-have' handbags, this book shows how far illustrious houses have moved from their roots. It witnesses how these 'luxury' handbags are no longer one in a million, discovers why luxury brand clothing doesn't last as long, and finds out just who is making your perfume. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019673
- ISBN
- 9780141019673
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.64
€ 12.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war .. Welcome to London, 1885. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330544658
- ISBN
- 9780330544658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78