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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Presents a review of the relevant molecular, genetic, and behavioral approaches used to investigate the neurobiological basis of drug addiction. This work explores the findings on opioid, psychostimulant, cannabinoid, alcohol, and nicotine addiction. It offers insight into the genetic basis of drug addiction and the therapeutic perspectives. Editor(s): Maldonado, Rafael. Num Pages: 346 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMH; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 841.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588290601
ISBN
9781588290601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.95

hardcover. This anthology gathers the great 20th-century myth-inspired poems from around the world, by the likes of Valery, Yeats, Lawrence, Rilke, Akhmatova, and Auden writing in the first half of the century to contemporary poets such as Lucille Clifton, Derek Walcott, Rita Dove and Wislawa Szymborska. Editor(s): Kossman, Nina. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DCQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780195133417
ISBN
9780195133417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.11

Paperback. Rodney Harrison and John Schofield explore how archaeology can inform the study of our own society and other late-modern societies through detailed case studies and a summary of the existing literature. They draw together cross-disciplinary perspectives, and develop a new agenda for the study of the materiality of contemporary societies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HDD; JFCD; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199548088
ISBN
9780199548088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.96

Hardcover. The Lome Peace Accord, signed in 1999, presented significant implications, challenges, and possibilities for post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the literature on post-conflict Sierra Leone only scantily addresses these issues. This project seeks to address the void in the literature on post-Lome Sierra Leone. Editor(s): Mustapha, Marda; Bangura, Joseph J. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102859
ISBN
9780230102859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.55

Hardcover. This groundbreaking and truly interdisciplinary collection of essays examines how digital media technologies require us to rethink established conceptualisations of human memory in terms of its discourses, forms and practices. Editor(s): Garde-Hansen, Joanne; Hoskins, Andrew; Reading, Anna. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JMR; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542525
ISBN
9780230542525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.98

Hardcover. The essays in this volume exploring the construction of gender ideology in early modern England, focus attention on the implications of the gender debate for women writers and their literary relations, cultural ideology and the family, and political discourse and ideas of nationhood. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Cristina; Suzuki, Mihoko. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294571
ISBN
9780312294571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Hardcover. The Funk Era and Beyond is the first scholarly collection to discuss the significance of funk music in America. Contributors employ a multitude of methodologies to examine this unique musical genre's relationship to African American culture and to music, literature, and visual art as a whole. Editor(s): Bolden, Tony. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312296070
ISBN
9780312296070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Hardcover. What are the causes and effects, in both the sending and receiving countries, of East-West migration? What are the policy reactions in the East and the West, and how is this phenomenon likely to develop and to be regulated in the near future? This book addresses these and other questions. Editor(s): Ardittis, Solon. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
MacMillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333592373
ISBN
9780333592373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.58

Hardcover. This volume deals with the politics of ethnicity in east central Europe. The major part of the book focuses upon the nature of identity and inter-ethnic relations in the Central European region of Silesia. Editor(s): Cordell, Karl. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Macmillan Pub Co
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333731710
ISBN
9780333731710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Paperback / so. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSC; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375708213
ISBN
9780375708213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.40

Hardcover. Examines the growth-equity relationship in developing countries Editor(s): Solimano, Andres; Aninat, Eduardo; Birdsall, Nancy. Series: Development & Inequality in the Market Economy S. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1QFG; GTF; JFFJ; KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472110865
ISBN
9780472110865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.01

Paperback. Here, a dozen Native American writers reclaim their rightful role as influential "voices" in the debates about Native communities at the dawn of a new millennium, They examine the issues of politics, law and religion in the context of ongoing Native American resistance to the dominant culture. Editor(s): Grounds, Richard A.; Tinker, George E.; Wilkins, David E. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612598
ISBN
9780700612598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.67

Paperback. Environmental history has traditionally told the story of Man and Nature. This book reintroduces gender as a meaningful category of analysis for environmental history, showing how women's actions, desires and choices have shaped the world and seeing men as gendered actors as well. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia J. (Professor of History, University of New Mexico, USA). Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSJ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612857
ISBN
9780700612857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.53

Paperback. Uncovers the forgotten World War II diary of journalist Roi Ottley, who was the first African American correspondent to cover the war for major American newspapers. Establishes Ottley as a key figure in both American journalism and the Civil Rights movement. Editor(s): Huddle, Mark A. Num Pages: 200 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618910
ISBN
9780700618910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.60

Major criminal trials have fascinated the American public for centuries; this book is the first to explain their nature, and their role in society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620777
ISBN
9780700620777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

"American Organic" analyzes the history and significance of organic gardening, farming, shopping, and eating as a cultural movement in the United States. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCV; TVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621330
ISBN
9780700621330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.02

Hardcover. Focuses on urban earthquake safety developments around the world. This book provides approaches and procedures for the creation of earthquake damage scenarios (EDS). It discusses needs and approaches to reducing earthquake risk. Editor(s): Tucker, Brian E.; Erdik, Mustafa Ozder; Hwang, Christina N. Series: NATO Science Series E:. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 656. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "An Evaluation of Guidelines for Developing Earthquake Damage Scenarios for Urban Areas", Istanbul, Turkey, October 8-11, 1993. Series: NATO Science Series E:. 346 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Tucker, Brian E.; Erdik, Mustafa Ozder; Hwang, Christina N. Focuses on urban earthquake safety developments around the world. This book provides approaches and procedures for the creation of earthquake damage scenarios (EDS). It discusses needs and approaches to reducing earthquake risk. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: GPS; JFFC; RNR. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 24. Weight: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic
Edition
1994th Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792329145
ISBN
9780792329145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.00

paperback. A richly textured narrative that seeks to capture the role played by the law in the definition of race and shoring up of racial repression in Canada. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082862
ISBN
9780802082862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.19

Paperback. Some cities have been more successful than others in creating environments conducive to the cohabitation of a diverse population. Case studies analyze ten cities in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa in terms of their social sustainability. Editor(s): Polese, Mario; Stren, Richard. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 515.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802083203
ISBN
9780802083203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.76

With its insights into the political, religious, and domestic battles that have dominated women's destinies, Sadik's life story is as inspirational as it is dramatic Num Pages: 536 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BG; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 953.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211049
ISBN
9780803211049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.95

A comparative study of four federal communities in the American West that restricted the rights of their citizens in the name of preserving progress and national security. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFS; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 794. Inverse Utopias and the Wartime Social Landscape in the American West. 448 pages, Illustrations. A comparative study of four federal communities in the American West that restricted the rights of their citizens in the name of preserving progress and national security. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFS; JPQ. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 34. Weight: 794.
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220331
ISBN
9780803220331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.43

Paves the way for historians to better understand Native peoples and their communities through the eyes and experiences of Indians themselves Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243569
ISBN
9780803243569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

Based on extensive fieldwork and ongoing contact with local indigenous organizations in Paraguay, John Renshaw presents an overview of contemporary Indian life in the Paraguayan Chaco. Num Pages: 305 pages, 11 photos, 4 maps, 5 figures, 10 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Nebraska
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289918
ISBN
9780803289918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.53

paperback. Presents an overview of the problem of violence against lesbians and gay men and discusses the context of anti-gay violence, focusing on both the victims and the perpetrators, and concludes with coverage of a variety of community responses. Editor(s): Herek, Gregory M.; Berrill, Kevin T. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFM; JFSK; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Sage Publications United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803945425
ISBN
9780803945425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.25

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