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Hardcover. Contributes to the interdisciplinary theory of 'word and image', and the history of the relationships between 'sister arts'. This title offers a fresh perspective of traditional Western art form as reflected in the eyes of a Hebrew survivor of twentieth-century Holocaust atrocities. Num Pages: 197 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194505
ISBN
9781845194505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.16

paperback. This book advances an innovative approach to explanations of international interventions' uneven outcomes in a range of contexts. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108403412
ISBN
9781108403412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739166512
ISBN
9780739166512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.84

Hardback. Championship is the key differentiator between women who achieve leadership roles and those who don't. This book examines the reasons why championing works and why it is so important for female executive development in particular, and provides a user-friendly guide to develop workplace champions for female leaders in any organization Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 black & white tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJC; KJG; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137478931
ISBN
9781137478931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.36

Paperback. Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of Muslim women rarely acknowledged in the West. The book aims to shed light on the status, conflicts and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. They tell of the conflicts and compromises with family and community. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629795
ISBN
9780815629795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.72

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRHP; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633815
ISBN
9780815633815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.94

Hardback. The Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq. This work argues that the Zina laws help situate morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence of societal immorality. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774812856
ISBN
9780774812856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

Paperback. This collection of cutting-edge articles focuses on recent shifts in thinking about land rights, particularly as they relate to women. Leading feminist scholars in the field provide searching treatment of the long-neglected subject of gender and access to land. Editor(s): Razavi, Shahra. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSF; JFSJ1; JPVH3; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405110761
ISBN
9781405110761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.11

Paperback. This book offers a signpost to help clarify our ideas on caring for the world in the twenty-first century. Headed by a veteran Senior Researcher, contributors from a wide range of backgrounds extend our understanding of the care economy in the developing world at a moment when existing systems are under strain and new ideas are coming into focus. Editor(s): Razavi, Shahra. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 222 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444361537
ISBN
9781444361537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.84

Paperback. How do we engage with the pressing challenges of xenophobia, radicalism and security in the age of the 'war on terror'? This book presents the debate on the uneasy and potentially mutually destructive relationship between the Muslim world and the West. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848851979
ISBN
9781848851979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.24

Paperback. In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220681
ISBN
9780812220681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardback. Drawing on extensive ethnographic engagement with youth in Tehran and Isfahan as well as with migrant workers in rural areas, Shahram Khosravi weaves a tapestry from individual stories, government reports, statistics, and cultural analysis to depict how Iranians react to the experience of precarity and the possibility of hope. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; JHB; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248876
ISBN
9780812248876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: HRHX; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546. Religion and Society in Medieval Islam. 304 pages, 21 halftones, 2 line drawings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRHX; JFSR2. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight: 546.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144902
ISBN
9780231144902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.49
€ 79.08

Hardback. Western media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan paints a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate real people on the ground, and analyze the political, social, and economic forces that shape their lives. Editor(s): Bashir, Shahzad; Crews, Robert D. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 halftones, 3 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065611
ISBN
9780674065611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.73

Paperback. Every commentator, from the classical rabbi to the modern-day scholar, has brought his or her own worldview, with all of its assumptions, to bear on the reading of holy text. This relationship between the text itself and the reader's interpretation is the subject of Torah Through Time . Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780827608481
ISBN
9780827608481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. How we die reveals much about how we live. This book traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. It shows how over time, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133904
ISBN
9780691133904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. The Iranian Talmud reexamines the Babylonian Talmud-one of Judaism's most central texts-in the light of Persian literature and culture, providing an unprecedented and accessible overview to the vibrant world of pre-Islamic Iran that shaped the Bavli. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223736
ISBN
9780812223736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.76

Hardback. Zane rushes home to tell his mother about problems he faced during his school day, and she reminds him that while others may only see his "autism stripe," he has stripes for honesty, caring, and much more. Illustrator(s): Zivoin, Jennifer. Num Pages: 40 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC; JNSG2; VFJB; YB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433819162
ISBN
9781433819162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Series: World of Islam. Num Pages: 160 pages, 24 black and white and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539351
ISBN
9781784539351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New European Publications
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0012429
ISBN
9781872410272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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