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Paperback. Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a terrifying world of darkness, crisis, and catastrophe. This book traces the history of the modern city through its critical representations in art, cinema, print journalism, literature, sociology, and architecture. Editor(s): Prakash, Gyan. Series: Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146447
ISBN
9780691146447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. A collection of essays, which historicize the contemporary discussion of urbanism, highlighting the local and global breadth of the city landscape. It focuses on issues such as street design in Vienna, the motion picture industry in Los Angeles, architecture in Marseilles and Algiers, and the kaleidoscopic paradox of post-apartheid Johannesburg. Editor(s): Prakash, Gyan; Kruse, Kevin M. Series: Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University. Num Pages: 472 pages, 27 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
470
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133430
ISBN
9780691133430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. This book outlines how adolescent neglect differs from child neglect, the context of why it is overlooked, how it is defined, the causes and consequences of neglect, young people's views, and what professionals can do. Based on original research, the book establishes an evidence base and considers the implications for policy and practice. Series Editor(s): Davies, Carolyn; Ward, Harriet. Series: Safeguarding Children Across Services. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP2; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849051040
ISBN
9781849051040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardcover. Parenting by people with intellectual disabilities is a new field of study. Bringing together the research from different disciplines, this is an accessible and up-to-date examination of this growing field. Editor(s): Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Traustadottir, Rannveig; McConnell, David; Sigurjonsdott, Hanna Bjorg. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JM; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470772959
ISBN
9780470772959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.13

Paperback. Parenting by people with intellectual disabilities is a new field of study. Bringing together the research from different disciplines, this is an accessible and up-to-date examination of this growing field. Editor(s): Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Traustadottir, Rannveig; McConnell, David; Sigurjonsdott, Hanna Bjorg. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470772942
ISBN
9780470772942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Paperback. Gwynne Dyer's War, now in its first UK edition, is widely regarded as one of the most compelling analyses of the history and psychology of armed conflict. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 138. .
Publisher
Periscope Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902932415
ISBN
9781902932415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Details missed opportunity in the newspaper industry's diversity efforts Series: History of Communication. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; GTC; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078941
ISBN
9780252078941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. The author, a developmental psychologist and mother, demonstrates how a young child's developing personality and intelligence is revealed through non-verbal communication. She shows how parents and other adults have the potential to facilitate a child's social and intellectual growth through acknowledging and responding to this unspoken language. Num Pages: 240 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JMC; VFXC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843101208
ISBN
9781843101208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Hardcover. More than two decades of deconstruction, renovation, and reconstruction have left the urban environments in the former German Democratic Republic completely transformed. This volume considers the changing urban landscapes in the former East. Editor(s): Cliver, Gwyneth; Smith-Prei, Carrie. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMVD; JFSG; RG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384908
ISBN
9781782384908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.48

Paperback. A small minority of children and adolescents can be dangerous, violent and murderous. Gwyneth Boswell researched this field throughout the 1990s. Editor(s): Boswell, Gwyneth. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV; JMC; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861561251
ISBN
9781861561251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.18

Hardcover. The first cultural history of greyhound racing in America, this book charts the sport's meteoric rise and equally meteoric decline against the backdrop of changes in American culture during the twentieth century." Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; WSNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619139
ISBN
9780700619139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.36

Paperback. After the French and Dutch decisively rejected the Constitution at the polls in 2005, in 2008 an Irish electorate delivered a resounding 'Third No', triggering a political earthquake in the capitals of Europe. This book includes the thoughts and ideas of over seventy distinguished thinkers and practitioners across the European Union. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBR; 1QFE; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242. 170pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0009725
ISBN
9781843511502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. After the French and Dutch decisively rejected the Constitution at the polls in 2005, in 2008 an Irish electorate delivered a resounding 'Third No', triggering a political earthquake in the capitals of Europe. This book includes the thoughts and ideas of over seventy distinguished thinkers and practitioners across the European Union. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBR; 1QFE; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242. 170pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0009724
ISBN
9781843511502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. After the French and Dutch decisively rejected the Constitution at the polls in 2005, in 2008 an Irish electorate delivered a resounding 'Third No', triggering a political earthquake in the capitals of Europe. This book includes the thoughts and ideas of over seventy distinguished thinkers and practitioners across the European Union. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBR; 1QFE; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242. 170pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0009723
ISBN
9781843511502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. After the French and Dutch decisively rejected the Constitution at the polls in 2005, in 2008 an Irish electorate delivered a resounding 'Third No', triggering a political earthquake in the capitals of Europe. This book includes the thoughts and ideas of over seventy distinguished thinkers and practitioners across the European Union. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBR; 1QFE; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242. 170pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0009722
ISBN
9781843511502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. After the French and Dutch decisively rejected the Constitution at the polls in 2005, in 2008 an Irish electorate delivered a resounding 'Third No', triggering a political earthquake in the capitals of Europe. This book includes the thoughts and ideas of over seventy distinguished thinkers and practitioners across the European Union. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBR; 1QFE; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242. 170pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0009721
ISBN
9781843511502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. Editor(s): Jones, George. Translator(s): Jones, Gwyn; Jones, Thomas. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460872973
ISBN
9780460872973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. Examines the distinctive uses and experiences of children in slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book adds historical depth to the literature on contemporary slavery, emphasizing the vulnerabilities of children, or effective equivalents, that made them particularly valuable to those who could acquire and control them. Editor(s): Campbell, Gwyn; Miers, Suzanne; Miller, Joseph C. Num Pages: 228 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTS; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821419588
ISBN
9780821419588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Hardback. This book offers a comparative analysis of the US and European prosecution system. It offers solutions on how to improve the American system as well as details lessons that European criminal justice systems can draw from the experience in the US. Num Pages: 386 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 31 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; LB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319045030
ISBN
9783319045030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.69

Paperback. Demonstrates the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960s. This book presents case studies of ten African states, demonstrating that African women are creating a powerful and specifically African feminism. Editor(s): Mikell, Gwendolyn. Num Pages: 392 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215809
ISBN
9780812215809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

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