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Paperback. According to a major health survey, nearly half of all Americans have been mentally ill at some point in their lives - more than a quarter in the last year. Can this be true? The author defends the careful approach of describing disorders by patterns of symptoms that can be seen, and shows how often the system medicalizes everyday emotional life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JMP; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066205
ISBN
9780674066205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Thornley, Yseult. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 144 x 30. Weight in Grams: 486. Fine in fine dust wraper. Showing light age and shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
LIBERTIES PRESS
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0026187
ISBN
9781905483471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Arguing that hypocrisy can be constructive and that strictly principled behaviour can be destructive, this book explores a range of ethical alternatives, distinguishing the various types of hypocrisy and integrity. Drawing on the work of Machiavelli and Rousseau, it considers the moral limits. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305844
ISBN
9780226305844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, 4 line drawings, 6 maps, 24 photos, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRK; HRQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226858029
ISBN
9780226858029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPHC; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226894966
ISBN
9780226894966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.61

Hardback. Expands and enrichs African diaspora history in the Americas Editor(s): Bryant, Sherwin K.; O'Toole, Rachel Sarah; Vinson, Ben, III. Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036637
ISBN
9780252036637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Hardback. How is art conceived, created, and experienced? How is it taught? How does the act of viewing a work make the viewer part of that work? This title addresses these questions and documents the changing practices in the making, teaching, and exhibition of art. Editor(s): Jacob, Mary Jane; Baas, Jacquelynn. Num Pages: 296 pages, 67 color illustrations and 6 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260764
ISBN
9780520260764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.84
€ 49.44

Paperback. Presents a world history and cultural theory of aesthetic surgery. This book discusses how people have reshaped their noses to repair the ravages of war and disease, to match prevailing ideas of beauty, and to avoid association with negative images of the "Jew," the "Irish," the "Oriental," or the "Black." Num Pages: 424 pages, 95 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; MBX; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070537
ISBN
9780691070537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Since the UN's World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, feminists around the world have campaigned with increasing success for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Drawing from an international group of scholars and activists, this book explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Editor(s): Ferree, Myra Marx; Tripp, Aili Mari. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814727362
ISBN
9780814727362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9789059110045
ISBN
9789059110045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW showing some light shelf wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0010685
ISBN
9781853961069
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An attack on critics who have, or seem to have, advocated the abolition of the family. Fletcher's targets include Edmund Leach, R.D. Laing, various Marxists, and feminists such as Betty Friedan, Kate Millett and Germaine Greer. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Previous owners name on FFEP, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0008983
ISBN
9780415008754
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This book was first published in 1987, offering a masterly review and synthesis of the available literature on family life in western societies. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0009028
ISBN
9780521337526
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 113. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Cover has light nicks. Previous owners name on FFEP, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Pr
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0009204
ISBN
9780809307159
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. David Wray offers a practical range of suggestions for enhancing literacy work in primary and secondary schools (Key Stages 1 to 3). Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLB; JNLC; JNU; YQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 189 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853467172
ISBN
9781853467172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.71

Paperback. When the author was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it. In this book, he argues for our right to choose - our right to a good life, and a good death too. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 112 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 48.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552172776
ISBN
9780552172776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.15

Hardback. By focusing on such commonplace, prosaic and mundane matters as dog-fouling, swearing, drinking, smoking, nudity, public toilets and parking, Orderly Britain very entertainingly tells us much about social change and, more particularly, about the changing nature of British society. Num Pages: 288 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472137968
ISBN
9781472137968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. Analyses texts drawn from the Bleek and Lloyd Archive - one of the important collections for the understanding of South African cultural heritage and in particular the traditions of the /Xam, South Africa's 'first people'. This book offers an analysis of the corpus of /Xam narratives found in the Bleek and Lloyd collection. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DSB; HBJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Witwatersrand University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144709
ISBN
9781868144709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. A study of the abortion controversy in the United States. It examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. It draws data from public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055971
ISBN
9780520055971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.78

Hardback. Sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time-the human consequences of US immigration policy. This book reveals the suffering and deaths that occur daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 60 b/w, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; JFFE; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 842.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282742
ISBN
9780520282742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 72.45

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