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Paperback. This volume explores issues central to the civil uprisings that swept the world in 2011. It offers profound analysis of the relationship between democracy and neoliberalism in an urban context, explaining how democracy can help us evolve socially, and how it can be used to revivify the political left. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444349986
- ISBN
- 9781444349986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.32
€ 28.32
Paperback. An intriguing contribution to the literature published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in August 2014. The book's primary focus is an attempt to explain why Christianity changes its mind about war at different points in its history. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCX6; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281072248
- ISBN
- 9780281072248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.07
€ 18.99
€ 13.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 520 pages, 788 colour & b/w photos & drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 288 x 46. Weight in Grams: 2820.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764348334
- ISBN
- 9780764348334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.25€ 65.10
€ 86.25
€ 65.10
paperback. Written as an official report for MI5 in 1945, this title details the Allied handling of enemy agents and the British infiltration of Nazi spy-rings. It tells the story of a triumphant operation in the Second World War's intelligence effort. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578239
- ISBN
- 9780099578239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.57
€ 12.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. Few incidents in crime history have been as notorious as the 1927 murder of Queens suburbanite Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover. This book assesses the entire case, from grisly slaying and shabby cover-up to sharp police work and aftermath. It explores the question: what effect does news reportage exert upon high profile cases. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 black-&-white illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608240
- ISBN
- 9780815608240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.51
€ 27.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the creases in his trousers, was transformed. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; JMTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099458203
- ISBN
- 9780099458203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. In the Election of 1872 the conflict between President US Grant and Horace Greeley has been typically understood as a battle for the soul of the ruling Republican Party. This book argues that the campaign was more than a narrow struggle between Party elites and a class-based radical reform movement. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPL; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 226 x 32. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227099
- ISBN
- 9780823227099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.32
€ 106.32
Hardback. It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. Jimmy Doolittle's legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders' official historian. Carroll Glines is also the author of Attack on Yamamoto. Num Pages: 272 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887403477
- ISBN
- 9780887403477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.18
€ 37.99
€ 25.18
Paperback. In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison explores the many places where the dead cohabit the world of the living - the graves, images, literature, architecture, and monuments that house the dead in their afterlife among us. This elegantly conceived work devotes particular attention to the practice of burial. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317939
- ISBN
- 9780226317939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.21
€ 23.99
€ 19.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442227996
- ISBN
- 9781442227996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.22
€ 63.22
Hardback. Despite its significance in the history of Spanish colonialism, the Dominican Republic is familiar to most outsiders through only a few elements of its past and culture. This book provides an introduction to the history, politics, and culture of the country from precolonial times into the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Roorda, Eric Paul; Derby, Lauren Hutchinson; Gonzalez, Raymundo. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 560 pages, 85 illustrations, including 10 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBJK; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356882
- ISBN
- 9780822356882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.19
€ 115.19
hardcover. Series: Critical Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 2 figures, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBTQ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813584485
- ISBN
- 9780813584485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.20
€ 160.20
paperback. Series: Critical Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 2 figures, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBTQ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813584478
- ISBN
- 9780813584478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.21
€ 41.99
€ 37.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521292429
- ISBN
- 9780521292429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.74
€ 29.74
Paperback. Presents the argument that Neolithic symbolism, including figurines, decorated pottery, burial rituals as well as other symbols found in archaelogical settlement sites, hold the key to understanding social and economic changes central to the origins of farming and a settled mode of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 maps, figures, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; ACV; HDDA; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631177692
- ISBN
- 9780631177692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.18
€ 52.18
Paperback. Focuses on Laweyan, a production center of batik textiles that had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of Indonesia during the twentieth century. This book portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its forms of social life and highlights the power of women in the marketplace and the home. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016924
- ISBN
- 9780691016924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.17€ 42.10
€ 53.17
€ 42.10
paperback. Challenges long-held assumptions that, in the development of Homo sapiens, form follows function alone. In this fascinating exploration, Loretta A. Cormier and Sharyn R. Jones explain the critical contribution that conscious female selection made to the attributes of the modern male form. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 B&W figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHMC; JMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, First ed.
- SKU
- V9780817358914
- ISBN
- 9780817358914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.59
€ 34.59
Hardback. Provides an analysis of neo-liberal political economics implemented in Ireland and the deleterious consequences of that model Series Editor(s): Kitchin, Rob. Series: Irish Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084829
- ISBN
- 9780719084829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.10
€ 158.10
Paperback. The Domestic Space Reader demonstrates how discussions of domestic spaces can help us better understand our inner lives and challenge our perceptions of life in particular times and places. Editor(s): Briganti, Chiara (Carleton College, USA); Mezei, Kathy. Num Pages: 448 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802096647
- ISBN
- 9780802096647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.41
€ 46.99
€ 41.41
Paperback. Second edition of a classic text on canine science and behavior, incorporating two decades of new evidence and discoveries. Editor(s): Serpell, James. Num Pages: 424 pages, 84 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFFZ; PSVP; WNGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 191 x 24. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107699342
- ISBN
- 9781107699342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.61
€ 54.61