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Hardback. The history of six centuries of weeping Britons. A comprehensive debunking of the myth of the British 'stiff upper lip', from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 271 x 33. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199676057
ISBN
9780199676057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.55

Paperback. For the University is a book both about and for the university in an age of mass and globalized education. Thomas Docherty analyses the current problems facing the university as an institution, and also offers some positive arguments for a revived and vibrant set of institutional arrangements and governing principles. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JNK; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849666152
ISBN
9781849666152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.26

Paperback. Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. This work argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place. Num Pages: 320 pages, 43 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129534
ISBN
9780231129534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 67 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640. Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934. Series: Film and Culture Series. 400 pages, 67 photos. This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight: 748.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110952
ISBN
9780231110952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.05

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 72 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFN; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 28. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163934
ISBN
9780231163934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.41

Hardback. From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. This title tells the story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFA; BGF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143585
ISBN
9780231143585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APF; JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143592
ISBN
9780231143592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.40

Hardcover. In this volume, a group of the foremost U.S. military officials and national security experts analyze the American experience in Iraq and Afghanistan thus far in order to map a way forward_not only for the military, but for diplomats, elected officials, and the American public. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
AEI Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780844743295
ISBN
9780844743295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 43.41

Hardback. Is opium a vile curse on society, a blessed medicine from God, or possibly both? This fresh history offers surprising new insights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16-page black & white section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 784.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300175325
ISBN
9780300175325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.33

paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 71. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480904
ISBN
9780801480904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.91

Paperback. 'What does it mean to be lonely?' This book takes us beyond social circumstances and into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. It shows how loneliness shapes the contemporary division between public and private, our inability to live with each other honestly and in comity. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047884
ISBN
9780674047884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.50

Paperback. A response to the contemporary moral debate about homosexuality, taking into account medical and social scientific research and examining biblical and theological concerns. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Inter-Varsity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851111575
ISBN
9780851111575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.01

Hardback. Includes research from North and South America, Europe, and the United Kingdom to provide a global overview of various learning and behavioral disorders. This volume discusses research pertaining to the following areas: working memory, reading disabilities, ADHD, hearing impairments, and motivational orientations. Editor(s): Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. Series: Advances in Learning & Behavioral Disabilities. Num Pages: 354 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780762314409
ISBN
9780762314409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.17

Hardcover. Includes chapters on curriculum based measurement and response to intervention, dynamic assessment and working memory, diagnostic accuracy and functional diagnosis, assessment of social behavior, assessment and intervention in reading and writing, and assessment and intervention in social and emotional competence and self-determination. Editor(s): Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. Series Editor(s): Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. Series: Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities. Num Pages: 375 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JNKD; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780857248299
ISBN
9780857248299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.64

Paperback. The final volume of a series on building a veterinary practice, this text provides the ways and means to keep a veterinary business going and growing under all sorts of circumstances. It offers advice and insights on a wide range of particulars, from marketing gimmicks to fiscal shelters. Series: Building the Successful Veterinary Practice. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSW; KJVS; MZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
Volume 3
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813829845
ISBN
9780813829845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.58

Paperback. Series: West Point Military History S. Num Pages: 148 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 350 x 17. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Square One Publishers United States
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Spiral
Condition
New
SKU
V9780757001598
ISBN
9780757001598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.64

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lynch, Thomas E. Num Pages: 235 pages, tables. BIC Classification: GPQ; JM; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600219344
ISBN
9781600219344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 272.48
€ 183.27

Paperback. A vivid portrait of an institution that has fallen far from the aspirations of our Founding Fathers, The Broken Branch highlights the costs of a malfunctioning Congress to national policymaking, and outlines what must be done to repair the damage. Series: Institutions of American Democracy Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JPH; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195368710
ISBN
9780195368710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.06

Hardcover. The timely dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell - 20th century champions of British democracy and freedom Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BK; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715652374
ISBN
9780715652374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 23.99

hardcover. Cutting through the headlines and spin, this book gives us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors to ordinary soldiers. It provides eye-witness accounts that contradict the official stories and figures. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141028507
ISBN
9780141028507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.37

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