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paperback. Looks at the details of the political rise of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, assessing his presidency to date within the context of the dynamics of Iranian politics, and measuring his achievements against his own goals as outlined in 2005. Series: Adelphi Series. Num Pages: 106 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415454865
- ISBN
- 9780415454865
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Condition: New
€ 41.84
€ 41.84
Paperback. A reader on the 2,000-year-old debate about the meaning of the story of Adam and Eve. Editor(s): Kvam, Kristen E.; Schearing, Linda S.; Ziegler, Valarie H. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLC1; HRLP5; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 0007-
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212719
- ISBN
- 9780253212719
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. Contributed articles, festschrift for Javeed Alam, Indian educationist; Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tulika Book India
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381396
- ISBN
- 9789382381396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.06
€ 65.06
paperback. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349387830
- ISBN
- 9781349387830
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This is a personal account of what it is like to be deaf in a hearing world. The book discusses such issues as: mainstreaming and its effect on deaf children and the deaf community; total communication versus oralism; employment opportunities for deaf adults; and public policy toward deaf people. Num Pages: 181 pages, 36 figures, 21 tables, references, index. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930323615
- ISBN
- 9780930323615
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.36
€ 24.99
€ 20.36
Hardcover. In the aftermath of the Kosovo Crisis, it is said that Macedonia will be next. This volume provides an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of the Macedonian Question. The essays included illustrate the intimate connections between culture and ethnic politics in Macedonia Editor(s): Roudometof, Victor. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; HBAH; HBJD; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334518
- ISBN
- 9780880334518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.13
€ 52.99
€ 38.13
paperback. A feminist and performance studies-oriented ethnography of the on- and offstage lives of a group of traveling artists in southern India and their complex relation to their deviant status in the larger culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 62 illus. (incl. 10 in color), 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AN; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334439
- ISBN
- 9780822334439
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.13
€ 46.99
€ 32.13
hardcover. This book is a history of the complex relations between scientific advisors, primarily physicists, and U.S. presidents in their role as decision makers about nuclear weapons and military strategy. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPHL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739665
- ISBN
- 9780804739665
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Condition: New
€ 171.35
€ 171.35
hardcover. This is an analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by one of Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century. It is intended to represent an intellectual step in discussions of art and an important advance in systems theory. Translator(s): Knodt, Eva M. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 755.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739061
- ISBN
- 9780804739061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
The Dynamics of Rules. Change in Written Organizational Codes.
March, James G.; Schulz, Martin; Zhou, Xuegua...
hardcover. This study uses qualitative and quantitative data from the history of a specific organization, Stanford University, to develop speculations about the ways in which written rules change. It contributes both to a theory of rules and to theories of organizational decision-making, change, and learning. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 line diagram 21 tables 13 graphs. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737449
- ISBN
- 9780804737449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.35
€ 171.35
The disappearance and imprisonment behind the Iron Curtain of the American brothers Noel and Hermann Field in 1949, followed by that of Noel's wife and their foster daughter, was one of the most publicized international mysteries of the Cold War. This dual memoir gives an intensely human dimension to that struggle. Num Pages: 488 pages, 18 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPG; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735902
- ISBN
- 9780804735902
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Condition: New
€ 109.46
€ 109.46
hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735261
- ISBN
- 9780804735261
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Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
hardcover. This work explores challenges to male hegemony throughout continental Europe. It focuses especially on France, but it also offers comparative material on developments in the German-speaking countries and in the smaller European nations and aspiring nation-states. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734196
- ISBN
- 9780804734196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.35
€ 171.35
hardcover. This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body, constructing a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFC; JFSR1; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732727
- ISBN
- 9780804732727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
hardcover. In an era of attacks on the humanities by the right ("Goethe is not taught anymore!") and the left ("Why teach dead white males?"), a distinguished teacher and scholar presents a series of closely interconnected exercises in understanding the present state and future possibilities of the humanities. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: H; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732635
- ISBN
- 9780804732635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
hardcover. Edmund Burke, long considered modern conservatism's founding father, is also widely believed to be an opponent of empire. This book shows that Burke was a passionate supporter and staunch defender of the British Empire in the eighteenth century, whether in the new world, India, or Ireland. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520287822
- ISBN
- 9780520287822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.35€ 54.84
€ 69.35
€ 54.84
Paperback. Plucked from tropical America, the pineapple was brought to European tables and hothouses before it was conveyed back to the tropics, where it came to dominate US and world markets. This title presents the history of the world's tropical and temperate zones told through the pineapple's illustrative career. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 7 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QMT; HBG; HBTB; JFCV; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265905
- ISBN
- 9780520265905
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.27
€ 31.99
€ 23.27
Forensic mental health experts have gained increasing visibility in the legal arena, particularly in the area of assessment. Handbook of Forensic Assessment addresses this topic from a psychiatric as well as psychological perspective. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: JM; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 187 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1558.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 824
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470484050
- ISBN
- 9780470484050
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Condition: New
€ 122.87
€ 122.87
paperback. Offers a variety of approaches to understanding the role of women as producers, presenters and consumers and gives guidelines, advice and information for women wanting to work in radio. The text examines the relationship between radio audiences, technologies and programming and explains the inequalities experienced by women working in the industry. Editor(s): Mitchell, Caroline. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415220712
- ISBN
- 9780415220712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
Editor(s): Di Blasi, Luca; Holzhey, Christoph F. E. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 120 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170185
- ISBN
- 9780231170185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95