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Paperback. A lavishly illustrated collection that explores ideas of beauty in Africa and its diasporas, asking by and for whom concepts of beauty and aesthetics have developed. Editor(s): Nuttall, Sarah. Num Pages: 416 pages, 126 illustrations (incl. 112 in color). BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339182
- ISBN
- 9780822339182
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.49
€ 32.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. 100 years of the best writing and reportage by female journalists Editor(s): Mills, Eleanor. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 494. 100 Years of the Best Journalism by Women. 400 pages. Editor(s): Mills, Eleanor. Many female journalists came to the fore during the first and second world wars, and their perspective was very different to that of their male peers, who were reporting from the field. This title offers a collection of writings, that features the most influential pieces of journalism by the best women in the business. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KNTJ. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 32. Weight: 572.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845291655
- ISBN
- 9781845291655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Paperback. Addresses the socio-political context informing both queer DIY video and independent gay cinema, including films such as Patrice Chereau's Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train, Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's Drole de Felix, Francois Ozon's Le Temps qui reste and Andre Techine's Les Temoins. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFN; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685967
- ISBN
- 9780748685967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.60
€ 38.99
€ 32.60
Paperback. Award-winning author Paul Goble examines the construction, art, and significance of the tipi to the Plains Indians in his newest book, entitled Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters. Through a re-telling of the old-timer's stories, Goble shows how the tipi was more than just a home, but an expression of spiritual beliefs. Num Pages: 120 pages, 150 color ills. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 254 x 12. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316376
- ISBN
- 9781933316376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.79
€ 21.99
€ 21.79
Hardcover. This book explores how trust and community are affected by the rapid increase in the scope of communication. Uncertainty of relations generates many destructive reactions, yet it also creates the possibility of a community wider and more diverse than ever before. The book puts these contrasting scenarios in a historical and theoretical context. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198708551
- ISBN
- 9780198708551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.02
€ 70.02
Paperback. This vivid picture of an Irish navvy's life in England in the 1950s mirrors that of an entire generation who left Ireland without education or hope. Days without food or work, the hardships of work camps, lonesome partings after trips home, periods of intense isolation and bitter reflection, all were part of the experience. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DBR; 3JJPG; BJ; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Gill
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848891883
- ISBN
- 9781848891883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.63
€ 10.99
€ 10.63
Paperback. A weird journey into modern paranoia, disinformation and UFOs for all the fans of Jon Ronson's Them. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFHC; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 314. A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs. 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. Reveals the long history of UFOria and its parallels in little known tales from the murky worlds of espionage, psychological warfare and advanced military technology. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFHC; VXQB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight: 310.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845298579
- ISBN
- 9781845298579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. In Making Refuge Catherine Besteman follows the lives of a group of Somali Bantu refugees over the course of three decades, from their pre-civil war homes and terrible experiences in Kenyan refugee camps, to their recent resettlement in the struggling former mill town of Lewiston, Maine. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBBEN; HBJH; JFFD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360445
- ISBN
- 9780822360445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. A New York Times bestseller: "This terrific new book .. [explores] the 'notion of whiteness,' an idea as dangerous as it is seductive."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 512 pages, 70 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339741
- ISBN
- 9780393339741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.36
€ 19.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races. Series: Debating Race. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; JFSL1; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 189 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689227
- ISBN
- 9780745689227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.52
€ 15.52
Paperback. Provides an account of the English and a portrait of its people and a story about being an alien in your own land. This book shows a country in which the familiar becomes strange, and the strange familiar. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079984
- ISBN
- 9781862079984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.83
€ 11.99
€ 9.83
Paperback. Covering more than one hundred years of history, this multidisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the important links between citizenship, national belonging, and popular music in Brazil. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528. 376 pages, 22 photographs. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Explores the vital connections between popular music and citizenship in Brazil. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349068
- ISBN
- 9780822349068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Valls, Andrew. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472749
- ISBN
- 9780801472749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.99
€ 40.99
€ 39.99
Paperback. Dazzling recreation of the world of radical free-thinkers in 18th-century France. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780220109
- ISBN
- 9781780220109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. The Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media offers original insights into the complex set of relations which exist between gender, sex, sexualities and the media, and in doing so, showcases new research at the forefront of media and communication practice and theory. Series: Handbooks in Communication and Media. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118721483
- ISBN
- 9781118721483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.28
€ 61.28
Hardback. Examines why sexual violence against men, both soldiers and civilians, remains so pervasive in conflict. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 312 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042826
- ISBN
- 9781849042826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.34
€ 33.99
€ 30.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 400+ color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AKTA; AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 278 x 13. Weight in Grams: 798. Early 1940s. 160 pages, 408ill.(235col.). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AKTA; AKTH; JFCK. Dimension: 216 x 278 x 13. Weight: 798.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764317552
- ISBN
- 9780764317552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.81
€ 37.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. 2008 reissue of the 19th century classic. Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTS; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552399
- ISBN
- 9780199552399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Imagine yourself without a face - the task seems impossible. The face is a core feature of our physical identity. Our face is how others identify us and how we think of our 'self'. This book examines the cultural meaning and social significance of interventions aimed at repairing faces defined as disfigured. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814784112
- ISBN
- 9780814784112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. Translator(s): Strathausen, Carsten. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146180
- ISBN
- 9780231146180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 47. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488917
- ISBN
- 9780801488917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.01
€ 41.99
€ 41.01
Paperback. The experiences of joining and leaving organizations permeate mostpeople s lives in the 21st century. This book provides aframework for increasing our understanding of those experiencesusing a mixture of specific examples, scholarly findings, andtheoretical concepts and models. Series: Polity Key Themes in Organizational Communication. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646350
- ISBN
- 9780745646350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.38
€ 24.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Longmore, Paul K.; Umansky, Lauri. Series: The History of Disability. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814785645
- ISBN
- 9780814785645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908684097
- ISBN
- 9781908684097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.48
€ 25.99
€ 19.48