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Paperback. Recounting the stories of seven Holocaust survivors who overcame obstacles to earn advanced degrees and become college and university professors, these accounts show that despite the worst of circumstances it is possible to heal with time. Each account describes the social background and circumstances that helped to shape the survivor's destiny. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033651
ISBN
9780268033651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. This book examines the myriad ways in which war is culturally reassembled, appropriated, and commodified as it manifests itself in our culture and invades our public imagination and becomes an indelible part of our landscape through fashion, movies, graphic novels, television etc. Num Pages: 82 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 259.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137550767
ISBN
9781137550767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.46

Hardback. "This long-awaited book makes available .. the most important collection of material on women's diseases and their treatments for the period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries."-Social History of Medicine Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812235890
ISBN
9780812235890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. Shows that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement; that corrupt, dictatorial regimes have hobbled agriculture, enterprise and foreign investment; that African family values and fatalism are more destructive than tribalism; and, that African leaders prey intentionally on Western guilt. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300125122
ISBN
9780300125122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. For many years to come, race will continue to be a source of controversy and conflict in American society. For many of us it will continue to shape where we live, pray, go to school, and socialize. We cannot simply wish away the existence of race or racism, but we can take steps to lessen the ways in which the categories trap and confine us. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470452080
ISBN
9780470452080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.96

Paperback. What do your Eggs Benedict say about your notions of class? Series: Exploded Views. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSC; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 120 x 3. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452851
ISBN
9781552452851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. An ethnography of lawyer-free family courts and mediations of rape and domestic violence charges in India, in which, the author depicts everyday life in legal sites of marital trouble, reevaluating feminist theories of law, marriage, violence, property, and the state. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 scattered b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282452
ISBN
9780520282452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Powrie, Phil; Davies, Ann; Babington, Bruce. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Wallflower Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904764083
ISBN
9781904764083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 13.87

Hardcover. Editor(s): Powrie, Phil; Davies, Ann; Babington, Bruce. Num Pages: Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Wallflower Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904764090
ISBN
9781904764090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Baker, Houston A.; Simmons, K. Merinda. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169356
ISBN
9780231169356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. Editor(s): Baker, Houston A.; Simmons, K. Merinda. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169349
ISBN
9780231169349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; HRLM3; JFSR1; JNU; YQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739130940
ISBN
9780739130940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL3; JPA; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195375916
ISBN
9780195375916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.08

Hardcover. Offers a reminder that women haven't done that much, ever, particularly in comparison to all those male geniuses we learnt about in school. This book puts the women back in, but only in their proper place, of course - behind curtains, trussed up in corsets, kneeling in subservience. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 134. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910931097
ISBN
9781910931097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardback. These three authors address the problems of female authority and authorship by reworking the myths of Phaedra, Ariadne, Hippolytus, and Theseus in plays intended for reading rather than performance. By rewriting Greek tragedy they enact their own displacement within a masculine literary tradition and struggle to define themselves as women writers. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 515.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910352
ISBN
9781575910352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.79

Paperback. "Remarkable..a richly detailed, affecting account..Giridharadas seeks less to uplift than illuminate..Which of these men is the "true American" of the title? That there is no simple answer to that question is Giridharadas's finest accomplishment."--Ayad Akhtar, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; BTP; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350791
ISBN
9780393350791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Bruce A. Kimball attacks the widely held assumption that the idea of American "professionalism" arose from the proliferation of urban professional positions during the late nineteenth century. This first paperback edition of The "True Professional Ideal" in America argues that the professional ideal can be traced back to the colonial period. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681433
ISBN
9780847681433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.57

Hardback. In this book we encounter the real men and combat missions on which Catch 22 was based. Blending fact, fancy, and history with full-blown original illustrations and rare, previously unpublished photos, the work includes twelve men of the Bomb Group relating twelve richly told tales of their own. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; FZC; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508. The Real Men and Missions of Joseph Heller's 340th Bomb Group in World War II. 288 pages, illustrated throughout. In this book we encounter the real men and combat missions on which Catch 22 was based. Blending fact, fancy, and history with full-blown original illustrations and rare, previously unpublished photos, the work includes twelve men of the Bomb Group relating twelve richly told tales of their own. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; FZC; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001036
ISBN
9781612001036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. Looks at the social transformation of inner city ghettos, offering an evaluation of the convergence of race and poverty. Rejecting both conservative and liberal interpretations of life in the inner city, this title offers essential information and a number of solutions to policymakers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSG; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226901268
ISBN
9780226901268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. On November 8, 2016, American voters elected Donald J. Trump to become the 45th President of the United States. Peter Kivisto analyses how this happened, focusing on who Trump is, who his supporters are, and the role of the media, right-wing Christians and the Republican Party in making Trump's victory possible. The book concludes with an analysis. Series: Society Now. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: JP; JPFM; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787143685
ISBN
9781787143685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.51

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