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Paperback. Suitable for those in cultural studies, media and communication studies, the musicology, and the history of technology, this book explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. Num Pages: 472 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750. Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction. 448 pages, 48 illustrations. Explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. This book describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. It is of interest to those in cultural studies, media and communication studies, musicology, and the history of technology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; TJK. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight: 734.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330134
- ISBN
- 9780822330134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476488
- ISBN
- 9780801476488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Here is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience, as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience as well as rich archival material, Gorbachev ponders Russia's past, present, and future place in the world-including the October Revolution, the Cold War, and key figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Yeltsin. Translator(s): Shriver, George H. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422. On My Country and the World. 300 pages. Here is the whole sweep of the Soviet experiment and experience, as told by its last steward. Drawing on his own experience as well as rich archival material, Gorbachev ponders Russia's past, present, and future place in the world -- including the October Revolution, the Cold War, and key figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Yeltsin. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPA. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 422. Translator(s): Shriver, George.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115155
- ISBN
- 9780231115155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Eyewear Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911335344
- ISBN
- 9781911335344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.37
€ 23.99
€ 20.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KNSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389127
- ISBN
- 9780226389127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. A witty, wise, biting, and completely individual meditation on what it means to think, live, and be to the contrary. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152. Series: Letters to a Young. 160 pages. Christopher Hitchens has made a career of disagreeing in profound and entertaining ways. While bemoaning the loss of the skills of dialectical thinking evident in contemporary society, he aims to inspire future generations of intellectuals, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men and dissidents. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JF. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 11. Weight: 148.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Later ptg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465030330
- ISBN
- 9780465030330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then he shot them in cold blood. For those murders Gilmore was sent to languish on Death Row - and could confidently expect his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. In America, no one had been executed for ten years. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 50. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099688600
- ISBN
- 9780099688600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.49
€ 23.99
€ 16.49
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 halftones. 5 line illus. 19 maps. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691166056
- ISBN
- 9780691166056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. In addition to laying the moral foundations of research with human participants, the examples and analyses in this work help to guide researchers in identifying conflicts of interest and solving ethical dilemmas, planning research, recruiting participants and maintaining trust. Editor(s): Sales, Bruce Dennis; Folkman, Susan. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557986887
- ISBN
- 9781557986887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. The second edition of a text mapping directly onto a core module of the undergraduate social work degree: theories and methods. Chapters are written by a range of contributors from universities including Lancaster, Birmingham, Nottingham, York, UCLAN, UEA, Manchester and Glasgow. Editor(s): Gray, Professor Mel; Webb, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446208601
- ISBN
- 9781446208601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75
€ 53.75
Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144650
- ISBN
- 9780231144650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFS; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845400576
- ISBN
- 9781845400576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.78
€ 25.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Cheaure, Elisabeth; Nohejl, Regine. Num Pages: 138 pages, 17 b/w & 13 colour illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628586
- ISBN
- 9783837628586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.48
€ 37.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. This timely new book addresses the issues relating to risk assessment and risk-driven interventions in criminal justice settings, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It provides a critique of the risk paradigm and provides practical guidance for students and professionals on establishing a more effective way of working with offenders. Editor(s): Trotter, Chris; McIvor, Gill; McNeill, Fergus. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKVQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441324
- ISBN
- 9781137441324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.13
€ 44.99
€ 37.13
Paperback. An essential examination of how we might envisage and envoke the future of radical politics and social change. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780329017
- ISBN
- 9781780329017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. Focusing on the birth experiences of lower-class women in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, this title reveals the complex ways in which modernity emerges in local contexts. Through vivid description and animated dialogue, it conveys the birth stories of the women of Tamil Nadu in their own voices. Num Pages: 310 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFSJ; JHBF; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223592
- ISBN
- 9780520223592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Includes material on the Discworld books up to Raising Steam. This title looks at the living myths and folklore that are reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the imaginative universe of Discworld. Num Pages: 528 pages, b&w by Paul Kidby. BIC Classification: FZC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552154932
- ISBN
- 9780552154932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Hardback. Recounts the activities of former cocaine smuggler and dealer, Zachary Swan, chronicling his outstanding scams and successes of the early 1970s and the comings and goings of his various associates, customers, and antagonists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 190 x 94. Weight in Grams: 1408.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Limited Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841958187
- ISBN
- 9781841958187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,188.64€ 758.48
€ 1,188.64
€ 758.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KHN; 4KHT; JNLC; JNU; YQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 189 x 6. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907447174
- ISBN
- 9781907447174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.20
€ 30.99
€ 26.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781462528509
- ISBN
- 9781462528509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61