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Hardcover. This book uses ethnography as theological practice, yielding a theology constructed at the intersection of church, academy and everyday life. Drawing on the author's research in her Baptist church, the resulting 'ethnographic theology' produces creative theological insights, while also proposing fresh alternatives for Christian thought and action. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCM; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390431
- ISBN
- 9781137390431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.57
€ 149.57
Paperback. Chicago native Natalie Moore shine's light on contemporary segregation in the city's South Side; her reported essays showcase the lives of these communities through the stories of her family and the people who reside there. The South Side highlights the impact of Chicago's historic segregation - and the ongoing policies that keep the system intact. Num Pages: black and white map, one 8 page black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. .
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250118332
- ISBN
- 9781250118332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.18
€ 20.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du TiIh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historian who served as a consultant for the film, adds new dimensions to this famous legend. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674766914
- ISBN
- 9780674766914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.23
€ 34.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. The subject of this book is the lives of three very different 17th-century women. They were not queens or noblewomen, one was a Jewish merchant, one a Catholic mystic visionary, and one a Protestant painter. From their writings and memoirs the author has retrieved their lives from obscurity. Num Pages: 372 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; BG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674955219
- ISBN
- 9780674955219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.42
€ 32.99
€ 32.42
Hardback. This book analyses contemporary war commemoration in Britain and Russia. Focusing on the political aspects of remembrance, it explores the instrumentalisation of memory for managing civil-military relations and garnering public support for conflicts. It explains the nexus between remembrance, militarisation and nationalism in modern societies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; HBW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137395702
- ISBN
- 9781137395702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.97
€ 108.97
Paperback. Series: Globale Gesellschaft und Internationale Beziehungen. Num Pages: 284 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- GWV Fachverlage GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531192000
- ISBN
- 9783531192000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783835060524
- ISBN
- 9783835060524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891620027
- ISBN
- 9781891620027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. A passionate, controversial argument against compromises on the road to freedom, by the renowned former dissident, human rights activist and Jewish leader Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; JFFS; JPA; JPHC; JPQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586483548
- ISBN
- 9781586483548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.38
€ 24.99
€ 18.38
Hardback. This text argues that it is the nature of modernity to foster compassion. It offers a historical view to disprove the idea that modernity erodes moral sentiment and breaks down older social bonds. The book looks at the way in which modern society is building new and different social bonds. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695553
- ISBN
- 9780847695553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.68
€ 171.68
Paperback. This text argues that it is the nature of modernity to foster compassion. It offers a historical view to disprove the idea that modernity erodes moral sentiment and breaks down older social bonds. The book looks at the way in which modern society is building new and different social bonds. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695560
- ISBN
- 9780847695560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.73
€ 53.73
Hardback. Centering on "moving places" - places with locations that are not fixed, but relative - this book draws together contributions from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, exploring practices and experiences of movement, non-movement, and place-making. Editor(s): Gregoric Bon, Natasa; Repic, Jaka. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 253 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332425
- ISBN
- 9781785332425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.02
€ 154.02
Hardcover. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 315 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319398280
- ISBN
- 9783319398280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.98
€ 129.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Gordon-Chipembere, Natasha. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJH; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349297986
- ISBN
- 9781349297986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Paperback. Redefining the face of the American farmer Num Pages: 240 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFSL; TVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865717893
- ISBN
- 9780865717893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.30
€ 33.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. This new study explores the poetic tradition of the love sonnet sequence in English as written by women from 1621-1931. It connects this tradition to ways of speaking desire in public in operation today, and to the development of theories of subjectivity in Western culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358441
- ISBN
- 9781349358441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. "In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Back cover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145614
- ISBN
- 9781868145614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward. Num Pages: 456 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160887
- ISBN
- 9780691160887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.97
€ 37.99
€ 26.97
Hardcover. Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, this book is the first to examine how female drug user's identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426727
- ISBN
- 9781847426727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.80
€ 102.80
Paperback. Natasha Etherington offers a simple gardening program that empowers teachers and parents with little gardening know-how to get outside and use nature to help children with autism and special needs to play, learn and socialize. She provides inspiring gardening activities and explores the therapeutic potential of nature using a mindfulness approach. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 black and white. BIC Classification: JNSG2; MJW; MQTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849052788
- ISBN
- 9781849052788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.24
€ 21.24