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Paperback. In a world that has been shrunk by modern communications and transport, Star Trek has maintained the values of western maritime exploration, and the discovery of Strange New Worlds in space. This - Starry Sea - has become a familiar metaphor in the history of Star Trek, providing a backdrop to the relentless questioning of human nature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18. BIC Classification: APT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624914
- ISBN
- 9780745624914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
Hardback. In a world that has been shrunk by modern communications and transport, Star Trek has maintained the values of western maritime exploration, and the discovery of Strange New Worlds in space. This - Starry Sea - has become a familiar metaphor in the history of Star Trek, providing a backdrop to the relentless questioning of human nature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18. BIC Classification: APT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624907
- ISBN
- 9780745624907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. aeo An exciting new book by one of the leading social and feminist theorists writing today. aeo Brings together Barretta s work on key issues in the social sciences and humanities. aeo Highly original and interdisciplinary. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745616674
- ISBN
- 9780745616674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06
Hardback. aeo An exciting new book by one of the leading social and feminist theorists writing today. aeo Brings together Barretta s work on key issues in the social sciences and humanities. aeo Highly original and interdisciplinary. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745616667
- ISBN
- 9780745616667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. This major new book is the most up--to--date account of current feminist debates, written by some of the worlda s leading feminist thinkers. The 1980s saw a devastating critique of the simple unities of woman or womana s experience as a theoretical basis for feminist politics. Editor(s): Phillips, Revd Dr Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745607955
- ISBN
- 9780745607955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06
Paperback. Examines the representation of death and dying in mainstream cinema. This title provides the study of the representation of death and dying in mainstream Western cinema from its earliest to its latest renditions. It explores the impact of gender, race, nation and narration upon death's dramatics on screen and more. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402750
- ISBN
- 9781474402750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
North Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Liv...
Michele . Ed(S): Gillespie
hardcover. This collection of essays examines the lives and times of pathbreaking North Carolina women from the late eighteenth century into the early twentieth century, offering important new insights into the variety of North Carolina women s experiences across time, place, race, and class." Editor(s): Gillespie, Michele. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820339993
- ISBN
- 9780820339993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.31
€ 156.31
Paperback. * A major new book on the present-day forms of evil D terrorism, violence, racism and hatred. * Rather than treating evil as a supernatural force or a religious issue, Wieviorka analyses it from a sociological point of view, showing how these various forms of evil are constituted in day-to-day life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653938
- ISBN
- 9780745653938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.26
€ 23.26
Hardback. * A major new book on the present-day forms of evil D terrorism, violence, racism and hatred. * Rather than treating evil as a supernatural force or a religious issue, Wieviorka analyses it from a sociological point of view, showing how these various forms of evil are constituted in day-to-day life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653921
- ISBN
- 9780745653921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.67€ 50.90
€ 58.67
€ 50.90
Hardback. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236. A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages, 14 halftones. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight: 236. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123662
- ISBN
- 9780231123662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.43
€ 53.43
Paperback. A quirky, off-beat take on philosophers and their palates, tracing the food obsessions of philosophers from Diogenes to Sartre, Appetites for Thought guides us around the philosophers' banquet table with erudition, wit and irreverence. Translator(s): Barry, Donald; Muecke, Stephen. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JFCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 121 x 200 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234458
- ISBN
- 9781780234458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.04
€ 33.04
Paperback. With maternal love as the prototype for all types of love, Odent examines the short, but critical time just after birth which has long-term consequences for our future capacity to love. The author looks at love holistically and in terms of the hormones which affect it in different parts of life. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Free Association Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853432293
- ISBN
- 9781853432293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.91
€ 23.91
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFD; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160827
- ISBN
- 9780231160827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.80€ 42.52
€ 52.80
€ 42.52
Paperback. Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 illus., 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336471
- ISBN
- 9780822336471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.26
€ 41.99
€ 37.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Books Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679724698
- ISBN
- 9780679724698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.11
€ 17.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. Possibly one off the most significant yet most overlooked works of the twentieth century, it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415267373
- ISBN
- 9780415267373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
paperback. From the acclaimed author of "Don't Tell" and "Dead Boys Can't Dance." Candid interviews and personal stories highlight a provocative exploration of the lives of male street hustlers, strippers, and escorts. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4852 x 3226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780773529038
- ISBN
- 9780773529038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.09
€ 26.09
Paperback. A ground-breaking exploration of the double taboos of homosexuality and suicide and their effect on males from fourteen to twenty-five Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773526549
- ISBN
- 9780773526549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.73
€ 26.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AJC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203. .
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620972892
- ISBN
- 9781620972892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81