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Paperback. Meet Chelsea - a young girl who is adopted. Chelsea invites readers to learn about adoption from her perspective and introduces us to two friends of hers who have been transracially adopted. Chelsea and her friends help children understand what it means to be adopted, the experiences that follow the adoption process, and how they can help. Illustrator(s): Salaman, Rosy. Series: Can I Tell You About..?. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSF; VFVK; YXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849059428
ISBN
9781849059428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.86

Paperback. Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life. Editor(s): Hensley, Jeannine. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; DCF; DN; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050273
ISBN
9780674050273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

paperback. This volume of essays attempts to identify the shared experiences of disabled children and examine the key debates about their care and control. The essays follow a chronological progression while focusing on the practices in a number of different countries. Series: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFG; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138662100
ISBN
9781138662100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Paperback. Anne Bishop confronts the question of oppression head on by drawing on her own experience both as an oppressed person as an oppressor. She tells us the we learn to be oppressors from our own oppression. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552667231
ISBN
9781552667231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.67

Hardback. Translator(s): Kinney, Anne Behnke. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163088
ISBN
9780231163088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.77
€ 90.75

Paperback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163095
ISBN
9780231163095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. A comprehensive study that draws upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. It explains what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss. Num Pages: 800 pages, b&w illustrations and illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140192926
ISBN
9780140192926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.06

Paperback. A cultural theorist and media designer issues a call for taking culture seriously in the design and development of innovative technologies Num Pages: 296 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344452
ISBN
9780822344452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.92

Paperback. From female body building to virtual reality, from cosmetic surgery to cyberpunk, from reproductive medicine to public health policies to TV science programs, this book articulates the key issues concerning the status of the body for feminist cultural studies in a postmodern world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 29ill. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316985
ISBN
9780822316985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.40

Hardcover. Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic back-grounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. This book recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327570
ISBN
9780820327570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.73

hardcover. Jerusalem has for centuries been known as the spiritual center for the three largest monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Yet Jerusalem s other-worldly transcendence is far from the daily reality of Jerusalem, a city bombarded by conflict. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 47. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671031
ISBN
9780745671031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Jerusalem has for centuries been known as the spiritual center for the three largest monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Yet Jerusalem s other-worldly transcendence is far from the daily reality of Jerusalem, a city bombarded by conflict. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671048
ISBN
9780745671048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.29

Tells the story of the remarkable efforts and accomplishments of the Atlanta Woman's Club from 1895 to present time. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Mercer University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881462753
ISBN
9780881462753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.93

Paperback. Talks about the politicising of parenthood in the Scandinavian welfare states. This book focuses on the relationship between parents and the state, and the renegotiations between the public and the private. It explores policy discourses, scrutinises outcomes, and presents the similarities and differences between Nordic countries. Editor(s): Ellingsaeter, Anne Lise; Leira, Arnlaug. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSJ; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861346452
ISBN
9781861346452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: Communism. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141021874
ISBN
9780141021874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.38

Paperback. A collection of the writings of survivors of the Gulag, the Soviet concentration camps. It includes the personal stories of figures such as renowned literary scholar Dmitri Likhachev; Anatoly Marchenko, the son of illiterate labourers; and, American citizen Alexander Dolgun. Editor(s): Applebaum, Anne. Translator(s): Miller, Jane Ann. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300177831
ISBN
9780300177831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. Reveals one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the system of Soviet camps that are responsible for the deaths of countless millions. This work presents history of the camp: from its origins under the tsars, to its colossal expansion under Stalin's reign of terror, its zenith in the late 1940s and eventual collapse in the era of glasnost. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Penguin Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140283105
ISBN
9780140283105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. In this text the author explains and provides clinical examples of her psychogenealogical approach to psychotherapy. She shows how, as mere links in a chain of generations, we may have no choice in having the events and traumas experienced by our ancestors visited upon us in our own lifetime. Translator(s): Trager, Anne. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJT; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415191876
ISBN
9780415191876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.36

Paperback. Taking a psychoanalytic and developmental approach, this text outlines the developments in therapeutic techniques used by the Tavistock Autism Team and Workshop to treat autistic children. It also underlines the importance of support for parents and siblings as a factor in the childs progress. Editor(s): Alvarez, Anne; Reid, Susan. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMC; JMS; MJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415146029
ISBN
9780415146029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JMAF; MJW; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415554879
ISBN
9780415554879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.84

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