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Paperback. An investigation into poverty, corruption, crime and related issues in Britain including drugs and prostitution amongst children. The investigation moves from the slums and ghettos of our cities, to crack houses and brothels, contacts with street gangs and drug dealers uncovering secret rites and a bizarre and cruel world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BT; JFMX; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099583011
- ISBN
- 9780099583011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.52
€ 17.99
€ 13.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252061561
- ISBN
- 9780252061561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Hardback. This book constitutes the first major study showing (1) when transnational organized crime is likely to use corruption and violence tactics, (2) when transnational criminal activities most affect individual and state security, and (3) when the negative consequences of these tactics and activities can be most successfully combated. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 tables, 42 figures. BIC Classification: JPS; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769921
- ISBN
- 9780804769921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.85
€ 142.85
paperback. This book constitutes the first major study showing (1) when transnational organized crime is likely to use corruption and violence tactics, (2) when transnational criminal activities most affect individual and state security, and (3) when the negative consequences of these tactics and activities can be most successfully combated. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 tables, 42 figures. BIC Classification: JPS; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804769938
- ISBN
- 9780804769938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4; JHB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359388
- ISBN
- 9780822359388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.41
€ 31.99
€ 26.41
Hardback. Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359197
- ISBN
- 9780822359197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.33
€ 111.33
paperback. Num Pages: 612 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFH; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- Feral House,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 612
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised Edition, Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932595482
- ISBN
- 9781932595482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.62
€ 33.99
€ 24.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPFM; JPHF; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925228847
- ISBN
- 9781925228847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.08
€ 17.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. This edition offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction-from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005853
- ISBN
- 9780674005853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 43.25
€ 50.99
€ 43.25
Paperback. The companion volume to Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 carries more of the in-depth stories of aircraft crashes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District. The history of flying is told by way of the crash sites, where to this day piles of rusting metal still exist. Num Pages: 192 pages, 140 photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wharncliffe Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780850523362
- ISBN
- 9780850523362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.29
€ 15.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its transcendent vision for change. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199387434
- ISBN
- 9780199387434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.67
€ 35.67
Paperback. Revelations of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland - and its 'cover-up' by Church authorities - have given rise to one of the greatest institutional scandals of modern history. Through in-depth analysis of 20 years of media representation the book draws significant insights on the media's influence and its impact on civil society Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE1; JKSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447317852
- ISBN
- 9781447317852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.21
€ 41.99
€ 40.21
Paperback. Uses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b&w photos, and 4 photo color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329886
- ISBN
- 9780822329886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.78
€ 42.99
€ 38.78
Hardback. Features armor and weapon designs, character concepts, creatures, locations, rough sketches, an exclusive interview with the game's creators, and more. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA; UDX. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 299 x 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Udon Entertainment Corp United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927925560
- ISBN
- 9781927925560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.59
€ 51.99
€ 50.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AMX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 133. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941332139
- ISBN
- 9781941332139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.06
€ 21.99
€ 18.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935487401
- ISBN
- 9781935487401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Paperback. As cyber-attacks dominate front-page news, few books are more timely and enlightening than Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JWA; TTM; URJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781501140839
- ISBN
- 9781501140839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.37
€ 15.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. In Dark Threats and White Knights, Sherene H. Razack explores the racism implicit in the Somalia Affair and what it has to do with modern peacekeeping. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFFJ; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086631
- ISBN
- 9780802086631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.78
€ 42.99
€ 38.78
Hardback. The relationship between historical studies and psychoanalysis remains an open debate that is full of tension, in both a positive and negative sense. In particular the following question has not been answered satisfactorily: what distinguishes a psychoanalytical-oriented study of historical realities from a historical psychoanalysis? Editor(s): Straub, Jurgen; Rusen, Jorn. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 252 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HB; JM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457532
- ISBN
- 9781845457532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.25
€ 161.25
Hardcover. Many anthropological accounts of warfare in indigenous societies have described the taking of heads or other body parts as trophies. But almost nothing is known of the prevalence of trophy-taking of this sort in the armed forces of contemporary nation-states. This book is a history of this type of misconduct among military personnel.. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516. Hunting and the Enemy Body in Modern War. 244 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Many anthropological accounts of warfare in indigenous societies have described the taking of heads or other body parts as trophies. But almost nothing is known of the prevalence of trophy-taking of this sort in the armed forces of contemporary nation-states. This book is a history of this type of misconduct among military personnel. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBW; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454980
- ISBN
- 9780857454980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54