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Hardcover. This book critically examines the socio-cultural role of achievement within education, arguing that the increasingly global demand for measurable standards of academic achievement is an expression of political ideology and the aggressive competitive reality of a neo-capitalist schooling system, resulting in many students feeling socially worthless. Num Pages: 148 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JNAM; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324887
- ISBN
- 9781137324887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.13
€ 77.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Vaughne, Isabella A. Num Pages: 170 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP; JW; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617285103
- ISBN
- 9781617285103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.82€ 137.67
€ 204.82
€ 137.67
Hardback. Editor(s): Pinheiro, Romulo; Geschwind, Lars; Aarrevaara, Timo. Series: Higher Education Dynamics. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; JNB; JNF; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319219172
- ISBN
- 9783319219172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education: International Practice and ...
. Ed(S): Curaj, Adrian; Georghiou, Luke; Harp...
paperback. Editor(s): Curaj, Adrian; Georghiou, Luke; Harper, Jennifer Casenga; Egron-Polak, Eva. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 22 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319376271
- ISBN
- 9783319376271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Hardback. Editor(s): Georghiou, Luke; Curaj, Adrian; Harper, Jennifer Casenga; Egron-Polak, Eva. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 22 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319131344
- ISBN
- 9783319131344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.96
€ 68.96
Paperback. Merengue is a quintessential Dominican dance music. This work aims to unravel the African and Iberian roots of merengue. It examines the historical and contemporary contexts in which merengue is performed and danced, its symbolic significance, its social functions, and its musical and choreographic structures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; AVGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- PAP/COM
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394840
- ISBN
- 9781566394840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.78
€ 42.99
€ 37.78
Paperback. An exploration of C.S. Lewis's thinking and writing on education, and how Lewis's insights offer a challenge to modern educational theory and practice. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893255
- ISBN
- 9780718893255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.16
€ 39.16
Paperback. Uses the lens of executive clemency in capital cases to discuss the fraught condition of mercy in American political life. This book examines the history of capital clemency in the twentieth century and surrounding legal controversies and philosophical debates about when mercy should be extended. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JMC; JKVP; JPQB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133997
- ISBN
- 9780691133997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Series: An Asia watch report. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Human Rights Watch
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929692593
- ISBN
- 9780929692593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.16
€ 12.16
Hardback. Some 10 million migrant workers cross national borders each year. This book examines the businesses that move low-skilled workers, explaining recruitment, remuneration and retention, and showing how national borders increase recruitment costs. Tackling the often murky world of labor migration, it fills an important void in this fast-growing field. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KCFM; RGCM. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198808022
- ISBN
- 9780198808022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.13
€ 52.13
Paperback. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. 368 pages, Illustrations. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408824832
- ISBN
- 9781408824832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.62
€ 19.99
€ 14.62
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Encounter Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594037375
- ISBN
- 9781594037375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.35
€ 18.99
€ 17.35
Hardcover. These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century the industry finds itself faced with perhaps the greatest challenges since Gutenberg. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663616
- ISBN
- 9780745663616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressures-specifically international tourism and immigration-are forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JM; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442634619
- ISBN
- 9781442634619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.23
€ 31.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; JPA; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349252039
- ISBN
- 9781349252039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Hardcover. During World War II the Merchant Navy played a vital part in evacuations from countries that were overrun. They saved over 90,000 troops from Dunkirk and went on to rescue more than 200,000 from other parts of France. They also manned salvage ships, rescue tugs and other specialist craft. This book tells the story of these achievements. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781550458
- ISBN
- 9781781550458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.41
€ 26.99
€ 19.41
paperback. Competition, flexibility and profit are still the common currency, even at a time when Western countries have been driven off a cliff by these very values. But will it always be this way? This title argues for the predominance in any society of one of three broad value systems - that of the merchant; the soldier; and the sage. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955215
- ISBN
- 9780241955215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
€ 14.99
€ 10.45
Hardback. Editor(s): West, James L.; Petrov, Iurii A. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 346 pages, 231 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633053
- ISBN
- 9780691633053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.68
€ 175.68
Paperback. With the growth of insurgents, terrorists, private military companies, and modern pirates, there is a renewed interest in non-state or private violence--this is a history of such violence. Editor(s): Colas, Alejandro; Mabee, Bryan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JPWS; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041492
- ISBN
- 9781849041492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.91
€ 52.99
€ 46.91
Paperback. Argues that the contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural; it is distinctively modern. This book examines how the arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 230 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025711
- ISBN
- 9780691025711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28€ 42.04
€ 53.28
€ 42.04