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Paperback. Considers why people pierce, tattoo, cosmetically enhance, or otherwise modify their body, from a psychoanalytic perspective, discussing how the therapist can understand and help individuals who feel body modification is necessary. Series: New Library of Psychoanalysis 'Beyond the Couch' Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415485708
- ISBN
- 9780415485708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.43
€ 53.43
Paperback. This account of the author's experience with a chronic pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture in the biomedical domain, illustrating medicine's power to create and inflict suffering. Num Pages: 383 pages, 7 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223981
- ISBN
- 9780520223981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.62
€ 38.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. The Canadian contribution to the Second World War bombing campaign, from the first days to the last, proved instrumental in securing the defeat of Nazism. Historian Ken Cothliff has pieced together the extraordinary stories of four Canadian volunteers who chose to fly Under the Maple Leaf and play their part in the eventual victory over tyranny. Num Pages: 256 pages, Approx 90. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Fighting High Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993212918
- ISBN
- 9780993212918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.96
€ 36.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. In this companion volume to "Parallel Worlds," Alma Gottlieb explores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 2 maps, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305073
- ISBN
- 9780226305073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99
€ 40.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Disinformation Company United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932857009
- ISBN
- 9781932857009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.16
€ 28.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 700 pages, 80 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBWQ; JFSR1; JWXR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780853039082
- ISBN
- 9780853039082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.90
€ 57.90
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€ 39.80
€ 47.99
€ 39.80
Hardcover. This text is a look at how the social welfare system in the United States developed, and with what results. It critically assesses how social workers invent themselves as they simultaneously invent their field of knowledge, and in so doing, upsets conventional understandings of social work. Series: Knowledge: Disciplinarity & Beyond S. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917139
- ISBN
- 9780813917139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620970102
- ISBN
- 9781620970102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.43
€ 28.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620972533
- ISBN
- 9781620972533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.03
€ 24.03
Paperback. The inside account of ISIS, including first-hand accounts and interviews. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784533083
- ISBN
- 9781784533083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.75
€ 20.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. Surrounded, abandoned and fighting overwhelming odds in Afghanistan - one true man's story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF; HBWS4; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444784435
- ISBN
- 9781444784435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Hardback. Translator(s): Strathausen, Carsten. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146180
- ISBN
- 9780231146180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.41
€ 93.41
Hardcover. Studies on the First World War are plentiful but most tend to focus on the combatants. This volume offers a new and highly original perspective that shows the reader the civilian side of this protracted and destructive war through a succession of "snapshots": 130 excerpts from leading American and Canadian newspapers provide a collective portrait. Editor(s): Young, Robert J. Num Pages: 200 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; GTB; HBJD; HBWN; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811325
- ISBN
- 9781571811325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.39
€ 155.39
Hardback. Examines ethno-politics in Abkhazia, a region in the north eastern corner of the Black Sea. This book clarifies Abkhazia's ethno-political dynamics, which have played a major role in the country's state building efforts and have shaped the conditions under which many ethnic communities live. Editor(s): Trier, Tom; Lohm, Hedvig; Szakonyi, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFSL; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040204
- ISBN
- 9781849040204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JMH; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Inner City Books
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780919123649
- ISBN
- 9780919123649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. Modern Navajo tribal government originated in 1923 solely to approve oil leases. This book tracks the major changes brought to the Navajo people in the six decades following the discovery and exploitation of oil and gas on tribal lands. Num Pages: 189 pages, 11 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826320421
- ISBN
- 9780826320421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Hardback. In the Western literary tradition, the "jew" has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation - the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This provocative study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the "jew" as the litmus test of multicultural society. Series: Studies in Antisemitism. Num Pages: 316 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH5; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803245037
- ISBN
- 9780803245037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.59
€ 70.59
Under New Public Management explores how new managerial governance practices coordinate the work of people doing front-line work in public sectors. Editor(s): Griffith, Alison I.; Smith, Dorothy E. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JN; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649101
- ISBN
- 9781442649101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Paperback. Under New Public Management explores how new managerial governance practices coordinate the work of people doing front-line work in public sectors. Editor(s): Griffith, Alison I.; Smith, Dorothy E. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPP; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626560
- ISBN
- 9781442626560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.20
€ 42.99
€ 38.20