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Paperback. Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the enduring challenges for volunteering in today's world. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHBL; JKSN; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349303144
- ISBN
- 9781349303144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
hardcover. Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the enduring challenges for volunteering in today's world. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210585
- ISBN
- 9780230210585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Paperback. Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make to society are at a new high. This book, now in paperback and with a major new foreword exploring the impact of the UK government's 'Big Society' agenda on volunteering, brings together in one volume what is known about the volunteering phenomenon. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230367722
- ISBN
- 9780230367722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.02
€ 72.02
Paperback. Mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. Steffen Hillmert Series: Life Course Research. Num Pages: 275 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 28 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783835070219
- ISBN
- 9783835070219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658019792
- ISBN
- 9783658019792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.54
€ 59.54
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JP; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1938
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663198338
- ISBN
- 9783663198338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.11
€ 71.11
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531170633
- ISBN
- 9783531170633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.88
€ 55.88
Paperback. Traces the relation between public speech and notions of personal interiority in Kathmandu. This book explores two seemingly distinct formations of voice that have emerged in the midst of the country's recent political and economic upheavals. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270701
- ISBN
- 9780520270701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This is a critical engagement with the issues, problems, and meanings of contemporary Chinese intellectual thought. The contributors explore concerns over the role of the intellectual and the outcomes of knowledge production in the humanities and offer a range of conflicting perspectives. Editor(s): Davies, Gloria. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFCX; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509344
- ISBN
- 9780742509344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.08
€ 75.08
Hardback. This is a critical engagement with the issues, problems, and meanings of contemporary Chinese intellectual thought. The contributors explore concerns over the role of the intellectual and the outcomes of knowledge production in the humanities and offer a range of conflicting perspectives. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFCX; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509337
- ISBN
- 9780742509337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.63
€ 199.63
Paperback. This work explores the popular Catholic musical ensembles of southeastern Brazil known as Folias de Reis (companions of kings).Focusing on urban folias, Suzel Ana Reily shows how participants use the ritual journeys and musical performance to create sacred spheres set apart from the everyday. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones, 6 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709413
- ISBN
- 9780226709413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. This book presents the voices of foreign brides from 123 countries who married Korean men in response to a critical shortage of marriageable women in rural Korea since the early 1990s. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759120358
- ISBN
- 9780759120358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.38
€ 137.38
Paperback. Combining case studies and interviews, this work focuses on multi-cultural families as a yet untapped source of information about inter-culture contact. It studies multiculturalism from three respects: multi-national, multi-religious, and multi-racial. Series: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441928016
- ISBN
- 9781441928016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Paperback. A collection of stories by refugees in the former Calais camp which describe their lives in the camp and their thoughts on the future. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399683
- ISBN
- 9780745399683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.09
€ 26.99
€ 19.09
Paperback. Looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. This ethnography offers insight into how the people have coped with extreme poverty and rapid population growth - and their creation of lives and customs in the process. Num Pages: 280 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713000
- ISBN
- 9780292713000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. A unique opportunity to hear the authentic voices of a world in change Series: Voices and Images of Nunavimmiut. Num Pages: 292 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982915516
- ISBN
- 9780982915516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.28
€ 35.28
Hardback. Stigmatized throughout Japanese history as outcastes, the burakumin are contemporary Japan s largest minority. In this study of youths from two different communities, Christopher Bondy explores how individuals navigate their social world, demonstrating the ways in which people make conscious decisions about disclosing a stigmatized identity." Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088405
- ISBN
- 9780674088405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Ewen, Alexander. Num Pages: 174 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666313
- ISBN
- 9780940666313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Voice and Environmental Communication explores how people give voice to, and listen to the voices of, the environment. This foundational book introduces the relationship between these two fundamental aspects of human existence and extends our knowledge of the role of voice in the study of environmental communication. Series: Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349492725
- ISBN
- 9781349492725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Wieringen, Fons Van; Attwell, Graham. Num Pages: 441 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNC; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048153237
- ISBN
- 9789048153237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 196.72
€ 196.72
Hardback. Looks at developments and debates in the development of European education and training, including the relation between markets and institutions, learning and organisations, different programmes and sectors and the economics of education and training. Editor(s): Wieringen, Fons Van; Attwell, Graham. Num Pages: 441 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JH; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359753
- ISBN
- 9780792359753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.78
€ 197.78
Paperback. Analyzing slavery and other forms of servitude in six non-state indigenous societies of tropical America at the time of European contact, this work offers a fresh approach to the study of slavery based on the notion of 'political economy of life'. Num Pages: 316 pages, 40 halftones in section, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292719132
- ISBN
- 9780292719132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities - places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This title centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita. Num Pages: 456 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272958
- ISBN
- 9780520272958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
paperback. Editor(s): Lucht, Petra; Schmidt, Lisa-Marian; Tuma, Rene. Series: Wissen, Kommunikation Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531192031
- ISBN
- 9783531192031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.61
€ 50.61