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Paperback. Taking disability theory out of a Western context, Eunjung Kim questions the assumptions that treating disabilities with cure represents a universal good by examining the manifestations of violence that accompany medical and nonmedical cures in twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Korea. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JFFE; JFFG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362883
ISBN
9780822362883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Hardback. Using extensive evidence from archival documents from both the ecclesiastical court system and the records of city and royal government, as well as advice manuals, chronicles, moral tales, and liturgical texts, McSheffrey examines how marital and sexual relationships were woven into the fabric of late medieval London. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239386
ISBN
9780812239386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.43

Paperback. This collection brings together diverse analyses of women in Japan--including department store elevator girls, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, soldiers, soccer players, beauty queens, and educators--who have been intimately involved in the practices and professions of modernity. Editor(s): Freedman, Alisa; Miller, Laura; Yano, Christine Reiko. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781145
ISBN
9780804781145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.14

Paperback. Time in the Shadows examines the counterinsurgencies of our time, tracing their ancestry, to offer a critical reading of the mechanisms by which today's counterinsurgents--foremost the United States and Israel--reproduce illiberal regimes of domination while noisily declaring their liberal intent to liberate and improve. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804778336
ISBN
9780804778336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Explains who the smugglers were, what motivated them, where they operated, and how items ranging from barrels of brandy to boxes of tea would surreptitiously be moved inland under the noses of, and sometimes even in collusion with, the authorities. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 72 pages, 40 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747812074
ISBN
9780747812074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.24

Paperback. Nearly 70 years on, the question of the Nazis' rise to power still provokes heated debate. In this study of the growth of the Nazi Party, Fischer examines both long standing assumptions and newly released works in order to provide a new take on the subject. Series: New Frontiers in History. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JPFQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719060670
ISBN
9780719060670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.19

Paperback. The therapeutic gap between traditional and modern medicine Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222459
ISBN
9780253222459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.09

Paperback. The first comprehensive portrait of the Roman Renaissance world. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212085
ISBN
9780253212085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Hefner, Robert W. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JHMC; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022523
ISBN
9780253022523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. Offers an inquiry into how to understand, describe, and represent what it is to live in the contemporary moment. This book argues that predictions that post-modernity would emerge as a global successor to modernity have not materialized as anticipated. Editor(s): Enwezor, Okwui; Condee, Nancy; Smith, Terry. Num Pages: 456 pages, 77 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342038
ISBN
9780822342038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816642786
ISBN
9780816642786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. Essays on media change past and present, with examples ranging from religious pamphleteers of the seventeenth century to the World Wide Web. Editor(s): Thorburn, David; Jenkins, Henry. Series: Media in Transition S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262701075
ISBN
9780262701075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JNF; JNM; LNHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807078129
ISBN
9780807078129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. The author challenges masculinist assumptions relating to the stability and homogeneity of the Orientalist gaze. The extent of women's involvement in the popular field of visual Orientalism is revealed. Num Pages: 324 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AGP; DSB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415124904
ISBN
9780415124904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.02

Paperback. Presents an account of the history of reggae. This book describes reggae's origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and to reggae itself, a local music which conquered the world. It relates the story of reggae to the history of Jamaica, from Colonial Island to troubled independence, and Jamaicans, from Kingston to London. Num Pages: 608 pages, 8pp b&w photographs, further reading, index. BIC Classification: AVGS; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780140237634
ISBN
9780140237634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.32

Paperback. Designed for all those involved in education within the practice-based setting, this book encourages the reader to become involved in their own personal development as a practice-based educator through reflection on their own practice. Num Pages: 266 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861564221
ISBN
9781861564221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.37

Paperback. A history of the early medieval German Armies from the fragmentation of Charlemagne's Frankish Empire to the rise of the German, or Holy Roman Empire. This text looks in detail at the period of the Saxon wars and the Crusades including the rise of the Teutonic Knights. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855326576
ISBN
9781855326576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.33

Paperback. The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing frigate - a fast multi-purpose warship that could patrol the sea lanes, protect convoys and scout for enemy battle fleets. While the battleships and carriers grabbed the headlines, these warships quietly got on with the job of securing control of the seas. This book deals with these ships. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849086844
ISBN
9781849086844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. Collects together key papers by international leaders in the field from a range of sources that explain the concepts, actors and processes that constitute global social policy. This book covers emergence of global social policy as an expanding field of practice, and the impact of globalisation on key welfare discourses and governance mechanisms. Editor(s): Yeates, Nicola; Holden, Chris. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847423771
ISBN
9781847423771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 25.64

Paperback. Clastres's final, posthumous book on the affirmative role of violence in "primitive societies." Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine; Lebner, Ashley. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Edition
new edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350934
ISBN
9781584350934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.66

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