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Paperback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America -- fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography -- and influential texts of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619474
ISBN
9780748619474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.20

Hardcover. This edited volume addresses sustainability efforts in cities and metropolitan regions around the world; focusing on four key areas: environment, economic, sociopolitical, and cultural sustainability. It includes chapters about applications to urban regions focusing on the movement from sustainable development to resilient urban centers. Editor(s): Holt, William G. Series: Research in Urban Sociology. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784410582
ISBN
9781784410582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.98

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.13

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.07

Paperback. This book explores the experiences and writings of four teachers at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, both to investigate their lives as female professionals during the Progressive era, and to add to our understanding of this innovative institution and how these philosophies and innovations have carried out to this day. Num Pages: 241 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137575944
ISBN
9781137575944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.42

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.85

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062469045
ISBN
9780062469045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.35

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.87

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.25
€ 197.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138915725
ISBN
9781138915725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.69

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.90

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.57

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

€ 20.99
€ 20.28

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