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Hardback. Family functioning plays a major role in the development of depression, relapse rates and suicidal behaviour. The children of depressed parents are at high risk for psychopathology. This book describes multiple family, individual and psychopharmacological therapeutic interventions on depression. Editor(s): Sholevar, G. Pirooz; Schwoeri, Linda. Num Pages: 354 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMC; MJN; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568210889
ISBN
9781568210889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.04

Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 170 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1HFJA; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349949274
ISBN
9781349949274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Paperback. Building upon a range of case studies that range from civil war to maritime security and cyber crime, the contributors analyse how non-state actors can and should be involved in contributing to state and human security. Editor(s): Wolf, K. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JKV; JKVM; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462711
ISBN
9781349462711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.25

Paperback. Haiming Liu presents a transnational history of a Chinese family from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. It makes it clear that, for many Chinese American families, migration does not mean a break from the past but the beginning of a life that incorporates and transcends dual national boundaries. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813535975
ISBN
9780813535975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Increasing numbers of migrants continue to participate in the political, social, and economic lives of their countries of origin even as they put down roots in the USA. This work offers an account of how ordinary people keep their feet in two worlds and create communities that span borders. Num Pages: 294 pages, 3 maps. 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228139
ISBN
9780520228139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. Explores the extraordinarily surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for replacements. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277960
ISBN
9780520277960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.94
€ 73.24

Paperback. Explores the surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for replacements. Num Pages: 236 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277984
ISBN
9780520277984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. From the names of cruise lines and bookstores to an Australian ranch and a nudist camp outside of Atlanta, the word serendipity - that happy blend of wisdom and luck by which something is discovered not quite by accident - is ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126302
ISBN
9780691126302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardcover. For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associations act as pressure groups and highlights the democratic regime that is prevailing and the potential convergence problems that Europe may face. Editor(s): Rego, Raquel. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JHBL; JPH; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137352743
ISBN
9781137352743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. Who are we? The story of the peoples of Britain and Ireland, drawing on new genetic discoveries, language, buildings and landscape. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 38. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817995
ISBN
9780753817995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; and, divination and social change. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520067912
ISBN
9780520067912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS; JPSD; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349469802
ISBN
9781349469802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. For many years to come, race will continue to be a source of controversy and conflict in American society. For many of us it will continue to shape where we live, pray, go to school, and socialize. We cannot simply wish away the existence of race or racism, but we can take steps to lessen the ways in which the categories trap and confine us. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470452080
ISBN
9780470452080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. An ethnography of lawyer-free family courts and mediations of rape and domestic violence charges in India, in which, the author depicts everyday life in legal sites of marital trouble, reevaluating feminist theories of law, marriage, violence, property, and the state. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 scattered b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282452
ISBN
9780520282452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This book was written with a view to sorting our some of the muddles and misreadings -- especially misreadings of Kant -- that have charaterized recent postmodernist and post--structuralist thought. For these issues have a relevance, as Norris argues, far beyond the academic enclaves of philosophy, literary theory, and cultural criticism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631187189
ISBN
9780631187189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Paperback. A history of American prejudice towards Turks in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Series: Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Studies (Paperback). Num Pages: 499 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607810131
ISBN
9781607810131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Paperback. What does it mean to say that while cutting is ending, the Western discourse surrounding it is on the rise? And what kind of a feminist anthropology is needed in such a moment? This book examines these questions from the vantage point of Ghanaian feminist and reproductive health NGOs that have organized campaigns against cutting over the years. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 black and white. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC; JKSN1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291997
ISBN
9780520291997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

hardcover. This honest glimpse into the nature of ethnographic fieldwork, revolves around letters written by the author to illustrate the daily adventures of learning to understand a largely unknown culture through participant observation and interactive discourse. Num Pages: 240 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780847682638
ISBN
9780847682638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.39

Editor(s): Van Minnen, Cornelis A (Roosevelt Study Center); Berg, Manfred (Heidelberg University Freie Universitat Berlin Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Freie Universitat Berlin German Historical Institute, Washington DC Freie Universitat Berlin Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany). Series: New Directions in Southern History. Num Pages: 307 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBBS; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813143088
ISBN
9780813143088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.35

Paperback. Presents a concise theory for the observed trends: population growth and increased income put pressure on supplies of resources. This book tackles issues such as the supposed rate of species extinction, the 'vanishing farmland crisis,' and the wastefulness of coercive recycling. Num Pages: 778 pages, 5 halftones 143 line drawings 13 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
778
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003818
ISBN
9780691003818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.01
€ 68.86

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