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Paperback. To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. This book gives an account of the streets and those who have no choice but to live on them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JJG; BM; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 117 x 15. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141042701
- ISBN
- 9780141042701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.44
€ 11.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184388
- ISBN
- 9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 6. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560721598
- ISBN
- 9781560721598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.77
€ 52.99
€ 37.77
Paperback. The most accurate and comprehensive picture of homelessness to date, this study offers a powerful explanation of its causes, proposes short-and long-term solutions, and documents the striking contrasts between the homeless of the 1950s and 1960s and the contemporary population, which is younger and contains more women, children, and blacks. Num Pages: 264 pages, 61 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226728292
- ISBN
- 9780226728292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.45
€ 40.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners , this landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, charts, tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFFA; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428387
- ISBN
- 9781847428387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.87
€ 42.99
€ 40.87
Hardback. An ethnography that describes life in the Uyghur suburbs of Yining, a city near the border with Kazakhstan, and situates that account in a broader examination of Uyghur culture. This book explores topics ranging from family life to market trading, from informal socializing to forms of religious devotion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032828
- ISBN
- 9780674032828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.21
€ 44.99
€ 38.21
Paperback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Grub Street United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906502720
- ISBN
- 9781906502720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Ernest, John. Series: Writers in Their Own Times. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609382803
- ISBN
- 9781609382803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.85
€ 45.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764352324
- ISBN
- 9780764352324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.40
€ 53.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. Alec Douglas-Home was an aristocrat who disclaimed his peerage to become Prime Minister in 1963. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 194 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950677
- ISBN
- 9781904950677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.52
€ 17.99
€ 13.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, over 260 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1412.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325816
- ISBN
- 9780764325816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.76€ 46.41
€ 64.76
€ 46.41
Paperback. The famed Skyraider in Korea and Vietnam, emphasizing its great ground assault capabilities. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 100 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: JWG; JWL; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 10. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887405129
- ISBN
- 9780887405129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.04
€ 25.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Doughnuts, those deep-fried pieces of dough, have powerful associations with nostalgia, irreverence and playfulness. Doughnut: A Global History takes the reader on a fast-paced journey through the story of this iconic food, from prehistory, ancient Egypt and Rome to medieval Europe and the Renaissance to Krispy Kremes and today's artisan creations. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234984
- ISBN
- 9781780234984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. She finds that the country and the conscripts-in their view-entered into a certain social compact, one that assured veterans that the federal government owed conscripted soldiers of the twentieth century debts far in excess of the pensions the Grand Army of the Republic had claimed in the late nineteenth century. Series: War/Society/Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18, 15 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874468
- ISBN
- 9780801874468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.64
€ 39.64
Hardback. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141864
- ISBN
- 9780231141864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.88€ 75.76
€ 98.88
€ 75.76
This groundbreaking analysis of nineteenth-century European clinical case histories of hermaphrodites shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 160 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086908
- ISBN
- 9780719086908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.75
€ 149.75
Paperback. Explores the dynamics of the interaction between the patient and the analyst. This book includes descriptions of the clinical process that allow the reader to follow the actual process that enables the patient to get into contact with thoughts and feelings of which he or she was previously unconscious or only vaguely aware. Editor(s): Joseph, Betty. Series: The New Library of Psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415479356
- ISBN
- 9780415479356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 51.39
€ 52.99
€ 51.39
Paperback. This is an interdisciplinary reassessment of standard assumptions in social theory about time and modernity. Bringing together leading scholars in both sociology and anthropology, it rethinks capitalist and neo-liberal conceptions of time. Series: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 8. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118903872
- ISBN
- 9781118903872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.28
€ 28.28
Paperback. This valuable text combines the latest research with a national study of diverse schools that dramatically increased student achievement by implementing key strategies and reallocating resources. Editor(s): Odden, Allan R.; Archibald, Sarah J. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781412969635
- ISBN
- 9781412969635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.51
€ 42.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Jackson, Paul; Feldman, Matthew. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 336 pages, fig: 3, b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838205540
- ISBN
- 9783838205540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.37
€ 44.99
€ 32.37