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Paperback. A thought-provoking book that empowers educators to give themselves and the people in their lives second chances in order for themselves and the children they teach to learn and thrive. This book includes stories from the author and contributors to the author's blog posts. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JNF; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Redleaf Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605544090
ISBN
9781605544090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.71

Paperback. The diversity of contemporary London is extraordinary, and begs to be better understood. Never before have so many people from such diverse backgrounds been free to mix and not to mix in close proximity to each other. But increasingly people's lives take place behind the closed doors of private houses. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644042
ISBN
9780745644042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.38

Hardback. The diversity of contemporary London is extraordinary, and begs to be better understood. Never before have so many people from such diverse backgrounds been free to mix and not to mix in close proximity to each other. But increasingly people's lives take place behind the closed doors of private houses. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644035
ISBN
9780745644035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.66

Paperback. In an era marked by atrocities perpetrated on a grand scale, the tragedy of the comfort women - mostly Korean women forced into prostitution by Japanese army - endures as one of the darkest events of World War II. This study reveals that the forces of Japanese colonialism and Korean patriarchy together determined the fate of Korean comfort women. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones, 4 maps, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; HBTB; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767772
ISBN
9780226767772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 7tabs.5M. BIC Classification: 1H; JFMX; JFSJ1; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226895079
ISBN
9780226895079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.27

Paperback. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; DS; H; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401047241
ISBN
9789401047241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 180.86

Paperback. Showing how scarcity and surplus populations can lead to disaster, the contributors to this text discuss "ethnic cleansing" and the world's expanding killing fields. They anticipate mass death and genocide for the 21st century and provide responses to this impending catastrophe. Editor(s): Dobkowski, Michael N.; Wallimann, Isidor. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 384 pages, map. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBJD; HBTZ1; JHBD; KCP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815627449
ISBN
9780815627449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Random House USA Paperbacks
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780375707599
ISBN
9780375707599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.84

Paperback. The world sees a glorious future for China. Beneath the veneer of modernisation however, it is another story. This work predicts the imminent implosion of the economy and government of the People' s Republic of China. It covers China's new membership of the WTO. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099445340
ISBN
9780099445340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 line illustrations, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376. The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it. 264 pages, illustrations. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight: 370.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271234
ISBN
9780520271234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. : A call to arms by a group of French intellectuals that rejects leftist reform and aligns itself with younger, wilder forms of resistance. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 117 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Autonomedia
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350804
ISBN
9781584350804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.00

Paperback. This work provides a context for understanding what globilization means for human society. It describes the underlying processes which have led to globilization and then sets out the present stage in the evolution of these processes in three vital areas. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFS; JPS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333947180
ISBN
9780333947180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.13

Paperback. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. This book lays out the story of the photographs, their supposed provenance, and the implications of their existence. Series: Extraordinary World. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Bison Books ed.
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803266551
ISBN
9780803266551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.46

Paperback. What does the Economic Freedom Front stand for? How do they propose to nationalise mines, banks and land? Is Julius Malema, founder of the EFF, equipped to legislate or to lead? These tough questions are asked in The Coming Revolution. Malema is tackled on his tax woes and on the tenderpreneur label by Janet Smith, executive editor of The Star. Editor(s): Shivambu, Floyd; Smith, Janet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
Number of pages
160
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431410378
ISBN
9781431410378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.37

paperback. Describes the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. This work describes not just battles, voyages and cruises but how the Navy was manned, how it was supplied with timber, hemp and iron, how its men were fed, and how it was financed and directed. Num Pages: 1008 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141026909
ISBN
9780141026909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.36

paperback. Editor(s): Bobik, Joseph; Corbett, James A. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAB; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1974th Edition
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401503556
ISBN
9789401503556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.69

Hardcover. Examining the commercialization of accountancy, this book finds it directly related to the shift by capital away from the consensus it had entered into with labour during the post-war boom. It argues that this transformation polarized the class-structure of the advanced economies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KFC; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333618561
ISBN
9780333618561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.20

Paperback. Gathers some of the author's widely read articles. This book reflects on the complex negotiations we make day to day to juggle the conflicting demands of love and work. Num Pages: 322 pages, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214880
ISBN
9780520214880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

paperback. Europeans and Americans tend to hold the opinion that democracy is a uniquely Western inheritance. In this book, the authors recover stories of an alternate version, describing a transnational history of democracy in the first half of the twentieth century through the lens of ethics in the broad sense of disciplined self-fashioning. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; HPS; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226019901
ISBN
9780226019901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. Series: Teaching Practices That Work. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLB; JNS; JNU; YQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 206 x 13. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Guilford Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781462515578
ISBN
9781462515578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.33

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