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Hardback. Traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. This title explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056107
- ISBN
- 9780674056107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Schuman concludes that these schools-Baylor University, Anderson University, New Saint Andrews College, Calvin College, North Park University, George Fox University, Westmont College, Oral Roberts University, Northwestern College, and Wheaton College-and others like them offer important and timely lessons for the broader higher-education community. Num Pages: 336 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLR; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893728
- ISBN
- 9780801893728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
Hardcover. In stories that range from the discovery of a religious truth to remembering a childhood trauma to coming out of the closet, the author reveals a common social pattern: When people escape a place of darkness by discovering a life-changing truth, they typically ally with a new community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 halftones, 4 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226175744
- ISBN
- 9780226175744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. In stories that range from the discovery of a religious truth to remembering a childhood trauma to coming out of the closet, the author reveals a common social pattern: When people escape a place of darkness by discovering a life-changing truth, they typically ally with a new community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 halftones, 4 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226175881
- ISBN
- 9780226175881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. Seeing the Myth in Human Rights explores the role of myth in the creation and propagation of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drawing on records, publications, and speeches from the Declaration's creators as well as current scholarship on human rights, Jenna Reinbold sees the Declaration as an exemplar of modern mythmaking. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248814
- ISBN
- 9780812248814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.32
€ 52.32
Paperback. While religious history and intellectual history are both active, dynamic fields of contemporary historical inquiry, historians of ideas and historians of religion have too often paid little attention to one another's work. This title includes essays that show the issues related to the study of the history of religious ideas. Editor(s): Chapman, Alister; Coffey, John; Gregory, Brad S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022983
- ISBN
- 9780268022983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
€ 40.99
€ 36.22
Paperback. Uses vision to shed light on the complex relationship between teachers' ideals and the realities of school life. Through the stories of four teachers, this work reveals how teacher educators can help new teachers articulate, develop, and sustain their visions and assist them as they navigate the gap between their visions and their daily work. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807746837
- ISBN
- 9780807746837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330523646
- ISBN
- 9780330523646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633883017
- ISBN
- 9781633883017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.01
€ 18.99
€ 18.01
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800725327
- ISBN
- 9780800725327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.96
€ 18.96
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813527871
- ISBN
- 9780813527871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Chronicles media's role in shaping American life during the tumultuous nineteenth century by focusing specifically on the presentation of race and gender in the newspapers and magazines of the time. This book examines the ways in which American women were portrayed in the national media as they assumed a greater role in public and private life. Editor(s): Sachsman, David B.; Rushing, S. Kittrell; Morris, Roy. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFD; JFSJ; JFSL; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535085
- ISBN
- 9781557535085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.13
€ 35.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665389
- ISBN
- 9780816665389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSJ1; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759311
- ISBN
- 9781894759311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
Hardback. This extended, real-world case study provides an authentic, unvarnished account of a fully-human principal knee deep in what is appropriately called the toughest job in education. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475806694
- ISBN
- 9781475806694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.07
€ 91.07
Paperback. The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated - this was an article of faith of its founders. But seeking common civic ground in public schools has never been easy in a society where schoolchildren followed different religions, adhered to different cultural traditions, and were identified as members of different "races". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JNLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024205
- ISBN
- 9780674024205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.59
€ 32.99
€ 27.59
paperback. Traces the history of African Americans in California Editor(s): De Graaf, Lawrence Brooks; Mulroy, Kevin; Taylor, Quintard, Jr. Series: Series No Longer Used. Num Pages: 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Seattle
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295980836
- ISBN
- 9780295980836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Staller, Karen M.; Faller, Kathleen Coulborn. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSN; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146142
- ISBN
- 9780231146142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.55
€ 94.55
Paperback. David Koitz cuts through the partisan rhetoric that has made social Security one of the most debated programs on the U.S. political scene and looks at both the Republican and the Democratic plans for Social Security, showing important flaws in each. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817999728
- ISBN
- 9780817999728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.21
€ 12.21
Paperback. The political upheaval in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala had a devastating human toll at the end of the twentieth century. Many of those who survived the wars chose temporary refuge in neighboring countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica. This book tells the story of that migration. Num Pages: 289 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247017
- ISBN
- 9780520247017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06