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Paperback. The stories gathered here explore the vagaries of sexual desire, gender identity, and erotic attachment, revealing the surprising queerness of nineteenth-century American literature. Editor(s): Looby, Christopher. Series: Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223668
- ISBN
- 9780812223668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.75
€ 37.99
€ 35.75
Hardback. "This long-awaited book makes available .. the most important collection of material on women's diseases and their treatments for the period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries."-Social History of Medicine Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235890
- ISBN
- 9780812235890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Hardback. Kingdom of Snow investigates the impact of Roman rule in Cappadocia and the fate of classical Greek culture in an increasingly Christian society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236811
- ISBN
- 9780812236811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.02
€ 83.02
Hardback. A provocative and historical reading of the relations between Victorian liberalism and aestheticism that challenges critical assumptions concerning liberal agency and aesthetic experience more generally. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237542
- ISBN
- 9780812237542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Hardback. As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. The essays in this volume consider the larger implications of transmissions between cultures. Editor(s): Alter, Joseph S. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JHMC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238662
- ISBN
- 9780812238662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. "Writing a book about one of the most complex books ever assembled is no easy task, yet Griffiths rises to the occasion.. This work will be widely and warmly received by medievalists everywhere."-Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 412 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HRLB; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239607
- ISBN
- 9780812239607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
Hardback. "The Pilgrim and the Bee makes a broad claim about a reading-centered history, reclaiming for this purpose a distinctive body of texts. Brown's analysis marks an important step toward a better history of reading."-David D. Hall, Harvard University Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JB; CFC; DSBD; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240153
- ISBN
- 9780812240153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Hardback. No Place of Rest pursues the literary traces of the traumatic expulsion of Jews from France in 1306. Through careful readings of liturgical, philosophical, memorial, and medical texts, Susan Einbinder reveals how medieval Jews asserted their identity in exile. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241150
- ISBN
- 9780812241150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.43
€ 81.43
Hardback. Drawing on hundreds of unpublished court records, Marie Kelleher examines how women in the fourteenth-century Crown of Aragon engaged with patriarchal assumptions to shape their own legal identities, thus playing a crucial role in the formation of a gendered legal culture that shaped women's lives throughout Europe for centuries afterwards. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242560
- ISBN
- 9780812242560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.88
€ 80.88
Hardback. Narrating the Law: A Poetics of Talmudic Legal Stories creates a new theoretical framework for considering the relationship between law and narrative, models a new method of studying Talmudic law, and fills out the picture of the cultural life of the rabbis who contributed to the Talmud. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242997
- ISBN
- 9780812242997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.43
€ 81.43
Hardcover. Fictions of Conversion investigates the anxieties produced by the rapid and erratic religious, political, and cultural transformations in early modern England, which were often given shape in poetry, plays, and translations by the figure of the Jewish converso. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244823
- ISBN
- 9780812244823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
Hardcover. Among the many contentious frontier zones in nineteenth-century North America, Florida was an early and important borderland where the United States worked out how it would colonize new territories. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248364
- ISBN
- 9780812248364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.92
€ 69.92
Hardcover. Following the stories of families who built their lives and fortunes across the Atlantic Ocean, Intimate Bonds shows how households anchored the French empire and shaped the meanings of race, slavery, and gender in the early modern period. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1QSA; HBTQ; HBTS; JFFN; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248401
- ISBN
- 9780812248401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.26
€ 114.26
Paperback. This is an examination of the lives of black people in Victorian England. Contributors to the book look at the ways blacks were represented in popular culture of the time and also at their lives as they experienced them - as workers, travellers, lecturers, performers and professionals. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813532158
- ISBN
- 9780813532158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.22
€ 43.22
Paperback. Tom Johnson, Corey Flintoff, Tony Kahn, and Ted Koppel are some of the better known contributors of the 16 essays, some of which were presented at a spring 1998 lecture series at the University of Rhode Island. The anthology is designed as a bridge between working journalists and academics in the fi Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JP; KNTJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813802565
- ISBN
- 9780813802565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Paperback. Deals with the human/companion animal relationship and what happens when that bond is broken. This book acknowledges the significance of the relationship and the grief involved when a pet dies or is terminally ill. It covers multidisciplinary care that can be given by veterinarians, psychiatrists, social workers, philosopher-ethicists, and others. Editor(s): Kay, William; Nieburg, Herbert; Kutscher, Austin; Grey, R.; Fudin, Carole. Num Pages: 198 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBZ; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813813271
- ISBN
- 9780813813271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.08
€ 55.08
Hardcover. Presents readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods of America. This work also demonstrates how local participation and knowledge can be used to identify problems, form solutions, and maintain community support for long-term goals. Num Pages: 363 pages, 86. BIC Classification: JFSF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 833.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813816371
- ISBN
- 9780813816371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.19
€ 139.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813821672
- ISBN
- 9780813821672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.57
€ 57.57
Hardcover. Addresses the growing concern about journalism ethics in the United States and worldwide. Essays provide insights into the motivations, techniques, and challenges of journalists everywhere. Editor(s): Atkins, Joseph. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813821887
- ISBN
- 9780813821887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.36
€ 103.36
Paperback. Treating the Dental Patient with a Developmental Disorder provides a basic understanding of patients with developmental and intellectual disorders and offers help in communicating with and treating these patients. Editor(s): Raposa, Karen A.; Perlman, Steven P. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 242 x 13. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813823935
- ISBN
- 9780813823935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.07
€ 118.07
Paperback. An ethnographical examination of self harm in teenagers Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814705070
- ISBN
- 9780814705070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Focuses on the issues of Arab immigrants post 9/11 and the way they interact with global processes Num Pages: 242 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707340
- ISBN
- 9780814707340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. An exploration of how the integration of immigrants affects subsequent generations in developed countries Editor(s): Alba, Richard; Waters, Mary. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707432
- ISBN
- 9780814707432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Hardcover. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814708460
- ISBN
- 9780814708460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05