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Paperback. "Fans of Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Bennet, and Richard Dawkins (as well as science buffs and readers of Wired Magazine ) will revel in Aaron Lynch's groundbreaking examination of memetics--the new stud" Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JMR; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465084678
- ISBN
- 9780465084678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
From yellow-face performance in the 19th century to Jackie Chan in the 21st, this book examines articles of clothing and modes of adornment as a window on how American views of China have changed in the past 150 years. It provides a cultural history of three iconic objects in theatrical and cinematic performance. Num Pages: 316 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012470
- ISBN
- 9780253012470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AVGR; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226348759
- ISBN
- 9780226348759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. Featuring a range of exercises, examples, and images, this textbook provides a practical way of analysing the discourses of the global media industries. This work provides an introduction into how globalisation is changing the language and communicative practices of the media. It is also of interest to students of media and communication studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 17 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415359467
- ISBN
- 9780415359467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
An analysis of the impact of the growing numbers of foreign biomedical scientists employed by American firms. It seeks to shed light on this development through an examination of the experience of foreign biomedical scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Num Pages: 134 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCFM; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765801043
- ISBN
- 9780765801043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.00
€ 114.00
Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415737869
- ISBN
- 9780415737869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.29
€ 194.29
Editor(s): Donner, Henrike. Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415671675
- ISBN
- 9780415671675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92
Virginia Woolf described fictions as 'grossly material things', rooted in their physical and economic contexts. This book takes Woolf's hint as its starting point, asking who made the books of the English Renaissance. It recovering the ways in which women participated as co-authors, editors, translators, patrons, printers, booksellers, and readers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFCD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199651580
- ISBN
- 9780199651580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 200.26
€ 200.26
The spread of Islam across maritime Southeast Asia was one of the great transformations that shaped today's world. Links with the Middle East were crucial, but ties with the Ottoman empire have received little attention from historians. This book uses original archival research to focus on the relationship, from the 16th century to the present day. Editor(s): Peacock, Andrew; Gallop, Annabel Teh. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1QDT; HBJF; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265819
- ISBN
- 9780197265819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.83
€ 117.83
paperback. Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation - whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies - devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. This title traces the history of famine from the earliest records to today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 halftones. 16 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691147970
- ISBN
- 9780691147970
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.98
€ 30.99
€ 23.98
Paperback. This book uses postcolonial theory to examine the implications of race, class and gender relations for the structuring of world politics. The implications of these themes are discussed using a wide range of postcolonial readings and critiques. Editor(s): Chowdhry, Geeta; Nair, Sheila. Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415329361
- ISBN
- 9780415329361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.21
€ 66.21
Paperback. Although climate change affects everybody it is not gender neutral. It has significant social impacts and magnifies existing inequalities such as the disparity between women and men in their vulnerability and ability to cope with this global phenomenon. This title provides an introduction to gender aspects of climate change. Num Pages: 312 pages, Diagrams, tables, graphs, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; RNPG; RNT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844078653
- ISBN
- 9781844078653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
paperback. Written by an Englishwoman, living in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century, this work includes 137 household recipes. It also contains menus with recipes from the best Paris chefs and restaurants. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138974654
- ISBN
- 9781138974654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Paperback. Considers the devastating impact of family violence on children, examines children's views of violence, and proposes strategies for intervention and prevention. The authors provide case studies and empirical research to portray the scope of the problem. Series: Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803933842
- ISBN
- 9780803933842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 142.04
€ 142.04
Paperback. Explains the history of British occupational dress from around 1750 to 1950, a period that saw the decline of many traditional forms of employment, the emergence of new types of job and the alteration of various existing roles to meet the changing demands of the workplace. This guide demonstrates the adaptation of regular clothes for manual tasks. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 70 b/w; 41 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AKTH; JFCK; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747811978
- ISBN
- 9780747811978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747547990
- ISBN
- 9780747547990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Makes use of archival sources to reexamine the Roman Catholic Church's policy, from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, of coercing the Jews of Rome into converting to Christianity. This title documents the regularity with which Jews were abducted from the Roman ghetto and pressured to accept baptism. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HRCC7; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254510
- ISBN
- 9780520254510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 80.05
€ 84.42
€ 80.05
Paperback. Gender Articulated forges new connections between language-related field and feminist theory. The essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings explicitly connecting feminist theory to language research. Editor(s): Hall, Kira; Bucholtz, Mary. Num Pages: 524 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415913997
- ISBN
- 9780415913997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.08
€ 69.08
paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSL; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415546218
- ISBN
- 9780415546218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
paperback. Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now key topic internationally, across a range of periods and material culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 line figures, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415216005
- ISBN
- 9780415216005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18
hardcover. Ann Cvetkovich combines memoir and cultural critique in search of ways of writing about depression as a public cultural and political phenomenon rather than as a personal medical pathology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 38 illustrations, including 14 in color. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352235
- ISBN
- 9780822352235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
hardcover. An ethnographic analysis of organ transplantation in Turkey, based on the stories of kidney-transplant patients and physicians in Istanbul. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVG; GTB; JFFH; JHMP; MJRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348894
- ISBN
- 9780822348894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Examines the mutually influential interactions of gender and the state in Latin America from the late colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. This book locates watershed moments in the processes of gender construction by the organised power of the ruling classes and in the processes by which gender has conditioned state-making. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFSJ; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324690
- ISBN
- 9780822324690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
paperback. When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet.The latest title from the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 28. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperElement
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007362967
- ISBN
- 9780007362967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.80
€ 11.99
€ 9.80