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Paperback. Education under siege considers the English education system as it is and as it might be. It identifies the current system's strengths and weaknesses and proposes radical changes to ensure fair education for all. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447311324
ISBN
9781447311324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.65

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447311317
ISBN
9781447311317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.29

Paperback. When the author, a Harvard-trained sociologist, left the classroom to become a cop in Baltimore's Eastern District, he was thrust deep into police culture and the ways of the street - the nerve-rattling patrols, the thriving drug corners, and a world of poverty and violence. This book reveals the truths he learned on the midnight shift. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; JFSG; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
With a New afterword by the author
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143866
ISBN
9780691143866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.15

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 323 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531163598
ISBN
9783531163598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Frykman, Jonas; Muller, Peter Nieder. Num Pages: 158 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898483
ISBN
9788772898483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HRAM2; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526100788
ISBN
9781526100788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.22

Paperback. Peter Myers' intricate and ornately patterned drawings are brought together for the first time in this volume, which is the fascinating result of the collaboration of an artist and two scientists. The beautiful, complex images serve as a rare window into the precision and exacting creativity of the Asperger mind at work. Num Pages: 80 pages, colour insert. BIC Classification: JMP; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 301 x 238 x 7. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843100324
ISBN
9781843100324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Almande, Peter N. Num Pages: 126 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600219221
ISBN
9781600219221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.08
€ 113.05

Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453700
ISBN
9780801453700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.30

Paperback. Drawing on research of the consumer experience in the West and Japan, this title examines societies less renowned for consumerism, such as Africa. By relating consumerism to other issues in world history, it forces reassessment of our understanding of both consumerism and global history. It is suitable for students of world history. Series: Themes in World History. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415395878
ISBN
9780415395878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. Peter N. Stearns examines mounting pressures on modern families. Surveying popular media, "expert" childrearing manuals, newspapers, and journals, Stearns shows how schooling, physical and emotional vulnerability and the rise of commercialism became primary concerns for parents. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSP1; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798492
ISBN
9780814798492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. This is the study of a major change in American middle-class emotional culture. It took place between the end of World War I and the 1950s. Becoming a "cool" character meant adopting an air of nonchalance, an emotional mantle, to shield the whole personality from embarrassing excess. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814779965
ISBN
9780814779965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772882437
ISBN
9788772882437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.45

Paperback. Charts the response of successive Danish governments to the onset of the economic crisis of the 1970s, comparing it with British crisis policy over the same period. The author concludes that both countries failed in very different ways to deal with the underlying causes of economic decline. Series: Acta Jutlandica Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DND; 3JJPL; JPQB; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883991
ISBN
9788772883991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.89

Hardback. Describing the steps made by Russia towards WTO membership, and underlining the present and expected difficulties, this work warns against a fundamentalist approach by WTO which may result in Russia's isolation in political and economic matters which would represent a danger to the whole world. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPSN; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333682180
ISBN
9780333682180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633881143
ISBN
9781633881143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Hardback. Old and New Terrorism provides the most comprehensive account of the evolution of terrorism in the modern world, and a concise and careful analysis of the forces that have driven its transformation. Series: Understanding Terrorism. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643755
ISBN
9780745643755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.45

Paperback. An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. Series: Cambridge perspectives in history. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 1D; 4KL; HBTZ1; JW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521595018
ISBN
9780521595018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.04

Paperback. This title sets out the case for a modern "ethical policing" approach. It aims to provide an introduction to the key issues surrounding ethics in policing, linking this to developments and human rights legislation. Num Pages: 254 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JKSW1; JKV; JPVH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903240151
ISBN
9781903240151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Stoklund, Bjarne; Niedermuller, Peter. Series: "Ethnologia Europaea: Journal of European Ethnology". Num Pages: 93 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898995
ISBN
9788772898995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

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