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Society & social sciences
Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475726
- ISBN
- 9780801475726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.14
€ 42.99
€ 38.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447308775
- ISBN
- 9781447308775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.12
€ 37.99
€ 36.12
Paperback. This volume explores the role of the Speaker and the Lord Chancellor in the Westminster Parliament before the advent of democracy, setting it beside the practice at Dublin and Edinburgh over the same period, and the more recent history of the role at London and Washington. Editor(s): Seaward, Paul. Series: Parliamentary History Book Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444332896
- ISBN
- 9781444332896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. What happens when anthropologists lose themselves during fieldwork while attempting to understand divergent cultures? When they stray from rigorous agendas and are forced to confront radically unexpected or unexplained experiences? This book deals with these questions. Editor(s): Goulet, Jean-Guy A.; Miller, Bruce Granville. Num Pages: 472 pages, Map, index. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259928
- ISBN
- 9780803259928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.22
€ 42.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. An eye-opening, jaw-dropping account of Britain's dispossessed youth and inner city wastelands by an insider, as funny and inspiring as it is heartbreaking. 'Another CITY OF GOD, this time for Britain rather than Brazil.' Observer Num Pages: 320 pages, integrated. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340837351
- ISBN
- 9780340837351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. What makes a lesson outstanding? This book describes what expert teachers do in classrooms, workshops, laboratories and workplaces and examines why they are so successful.The evidence emerges from twenty real lessons judged by Her Majesty's Inspectors to be outstanding. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNP; JNT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335262625
- ISBN
- 9780335262625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.09
€ 38.09
Paperback. This book explores different ways of carrying out life story work, a method which helps traumatized children question and resolve issues from their past. Using the experience of practitioners based in a range of settings, it provides a useful overview of the latest developments in the field. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JKSF; JKSN; JKSN2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785921858
- ISBN
- 9781785921858
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.59
€ 44.99
€ 43.59
Paperback. Freedoms Flowers is a book about the effects of domestic abuse on children. It is composed of firsthand accounts from these children and their mothers. Some of the children write as adults from memory and some are male. The youngest contributor is eight years old. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Freedom Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955882746
- ISBN
- 9780955882746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Hardcover. Berel Lang's Genocide: The Act as Idea analyzes and defends the distinctiveness of the concept of genocide as a notable advance in the history of moral and political thinking and practice. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; JWXK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248852
- ISBN
- 9780812248852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.20
€ 33.20
Paperback. In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost $2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs. But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world's neediest communities is both the right and wise thing to do. BIC Classification: JP. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745686066
- ISBN
- 9780745686066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.03
€ 22.03
Paperback. Veblen's landmark study of affluent American society exposes the 'pecuniary culture' and 'conspicuous consumption' that results when unessential goods are exploited at the expense of production of true value. This new edition examines Veblen's still pertinent arguments. Editor(s): Banta, Martha. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; JFC; JFSC; JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552580
- ISBN
- 9780199552580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.41
€ 15.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 429 x 30. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345465665
- ISBN
- 9780345465665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.26
€ 25.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. Argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers and frequent references to popular culture, this title examines the causes of violent outbreaks like those seen in Israel and Palestine and in terrorist acts around the world. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846680274
- ISBN
- 9781846680274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.38
€ 16.99
€ 12.38
Paperback. From Alcatraz to the Argentine Penitentiary, museums constructed on the former locations of surveillance, torture, colonial control, and even rehabilitation, this book tells the tales about the economic, political, religious, and scientific roots of each site's historical relationship to punishment. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 b&w scattered. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286160
- ISBN
- 9780520286160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. Our planet may be insignificant on a cosmic scale, but the evolution of intelligent life here makes it unusual, it is likely to be unique in our galaxy. Yet we may be on the verge of destroying int, of destroying ourselves - over the next century the future of life in the cosmos could be either jeopardised - of safeguarded for perpetuity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099436867
- ISBN
- 9780099436867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473837980
- ISBN
- 9781473837980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Liveness is a persistent and much-debated concept in media studies. Until recently, it was associated primarily with broadcast media, and television in particular. However, the emergence of social media has brought new forms of liveness into effect. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509502646
- ISBN
- 9781509502646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. Gives an account of transracial and transnational adoption from the point of view of the mothers and communities that lose their children. This title looks at adoption as part of larger structures of inequality (poor people do not adopt the children of the wealthy, as she points out). Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2.6.2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351610
- ISBN
- 9780822351610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13
Paperback. Covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, Wishart takes a wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the US. Series: Discover the Great Plains. Num Pages: 168 pages, 12 illustrations, 8 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269620
- ISBN
- 9780803269620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.37
€ 16.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Translation of the authoro's Fabbrica della strategia. Translator(s): Bove, Arianna. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 268 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146838
- ISBN
- 9780231146838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.13
€ 33.99
€ 25.13