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Hardback. Tells the story of China's political elites from their own perspectives. Based on over five hundred interviews, this title offers a rare glimpse into how the attitudes and ideas of those at the top have evolved over the decades. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281219
ISBN
9780520281219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.55

Paperback. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 2 charts, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534. Might, Money, and Minds. 384 pages, illustrations. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254428
ISBN
9780520254428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JKV; K. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415588676
ISBN
9780415588676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.85

Paperback. With ready-to-use tools, this guide will help school leaders connect people, build trust, discover strengths, and clear barriers to improve teacher effectiveness - and ultimately raise student achievement. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781506344928
ISBN
9781506344928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.83

Hardback. The avalanche of day-to-day responsibilities facing those in community colleges threatens to bury ethical intent. This book addresses the importance of ethical leadership and explores real-world applications so that community college leaders can develop the institutional savvy to be extraordinary ethical leaders. Editor(s): Hellmich, David M. Series: JB-Anker. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933371221
ISBN
9781933371221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226314488
ISBN
9780226314488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. This volume's contributors outline the current war on sex, in which-despite the expansion of sexual liberties in the United States-sex has become the target of ever-expanding regulation and control, from sex offender registries to the criminalization of HIV. Editor(s): Halperin, Professor of Literature David M (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Hoppe, Trevor. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363514
ISBN
9780822363514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.64

Hardcover. In this work David Halperin revisits and re-examines the argument he set forth in "One hundred years of homosexuality": the idea that both hetero- and homo- sexuality are not biologically determined but, instead, socially constructed. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 halftones, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFSK2; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226314471
ISBN
9780226314471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Paperback. This volume's contributors outline the current war on sex, in which-despite the expansion of sexual liberties in the United States-sex has become the target of ever-expanding regulation and control, from sex offender registries to the criminalization of HIV. Editor(s): Halperin, Professor of Literature David M (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Hoppe, Trevor. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363675
ISBN
9780822363675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.01

Paperback. Seeks to lift the unofficial ban on the investigation of homosexuality and shame. This title tackles a range of issues - questions of emotion, disreputable sexual histories, dissident gender identities, and embarrassing figures and moments in gay history. It is accompanied by a collection of films, performance, and archival imagery on DVD. Editor(s): Halperin, David M.; Traub, Valerie. Num Pages: 500 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226314389
ISBN
9780226314389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.53

Paperback. A pioneer of LGBTQ studies dares to suggest that gayness is a way of being that gay men must learn from one another to become who they are. The genius of gay culture resides in some of its most despised stereotypes aestheticism, snobbery, melodrama, glamour, caricatures of women, and obsession with mothers and in the social meaning of style. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5S; DSA; JFSJ; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674283992
ISBN
9780674283992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.64

Paperback. This is a guide to the workings of festive behaviour, often seen as the "uniform expression of a collective consciousness". The book combines four case studies in multisite ethnography to demonstrate how concepts of race, ethnicity, history, gender, and nationhood are challenged and redefined. Num Pages: 252 pages, 28 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st PAPERBACK
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223318
ISBN
9780520223318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Glantz offers a definitive account of the forgotten catastrophe of Operation Mars, reveals the key players, and details the major events of the military disaster. 24 photos, 24 maps. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 422 pages, 24 photographs, 24 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614172
ISBN
9780700614172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.94

Hardcover. The completion of the monumental history of the decisive World War II Stalingrad campaign by the world's leading scholar of the Soviet-Nazi War. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619559
ISBN
9780700619559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.90

Paperback. This Main Selection of the History Book Club is "an outstanding work on one of the most significant battles of World War II" ("Journal of Military History"). 45 photos. 32 maps. Num Pages: 492 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBG; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613359
ISBN
9780700613359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.87

Hardcover. .
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616640
ISBN
9780700616640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.16

Hardcover. The completion of the monumental history of the decisive World War II Stalingrad campaign by the world's leading scholar of the Soviet-Nazi War. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619542
ISBN
9780700619542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138223592
ISBN
9781138223592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 13.00

Hardback. Constructing Otherness in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Law. 352 pages, Illustrations. Explores how Jews, Christians, and Muslims conceptualize 'us' and 'them' through rules about the preparation of food by adherents of other religions and the act of eating with such outsiders. This title illuminates the subtly different ways Jews, Christians, and Muslims perceive themselves. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSR1; JFSR2. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253216
ISBN
9780520253216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.39
€ 64.45

Paperback. Providing an innovative and accessible perspective on how civil rights legislation affects the lives of ordinary Americans, this work argues for a radical new understanding of rights. The study is based on interviews with those who had experienced discrimination on disability issues. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JP; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226208336
ISBN
9780226208336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

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