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The World Told and the World Shown: Multisemiotic Issues
Ventola, Eija, Guijarro, Arsenio Jes?S Moya
Hardcover. Positioned within the field of linguistics and multisemiotic discourse analysis, the theme of this book is the multifaceted interaction between text and image in different discourse genres, and it offers critical views on how we talk and show our experience of the world around us. Num Pages: 310 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576353
- ISBN
- 9780230576353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88
Hardcover. Drawing on fieldwork in the Herat area, Afghanistan, this book addresses migration patterns in war. It launches a framework for understanding the role of social networks for people's responses to war and disaster as well as mobilizing or maintaining material resources for security and gathering information. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFD; JFFN; JHBC; JHBD; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576551
- ISBN
- 9780230576551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Hardcover. For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTJ; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576568
- ISBN
- 9780230576568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.01
€ 231.01
Hardcover. The risk process commonly used in the corporate world to deal with risks may be suitable for non-catastrophic events, but not for extreme events. By analyzing a series of past disasters and the relevant 'lessons learned', this books proposes a series of prescriptive measures to cope with future disasters. Series: Finance and Capital Markets Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; KFF; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488. Series: Finance and Capital Markets Series. 224 pages, 53 figures. The risk process commonly used in the corporate world to deal with risks may be suitable for non-catastrophic events, but not for extreme events. By analyzing a series of past disasters and the relevant 'lessons learned', this books proposes a series of prescriptive measures to cope with future disasters. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GPQD; KFF; KJMV1. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577312
- ISBN
- 9780230577312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.96
€ 195.96
Hardcover. This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DNF; DSB; GTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577558
- ISBN
- 9780230577558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Paperback. This comprehensive study of the rise of multinational corporations from emerging economies explores the basis of their success. Andrea Goldstein argues that the history of multinational business offers valuable lessons for the present and shows how emerging multinationals are embedded in dense political, social and ethnic networks. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM; KCP; KJK; KJVG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577947
- ISBN
- 9780230577947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. This book explores the ways in which professional groups develop specific interactional procedures for conducting and representing their activities, all of which contribute to a distinctive collaborative identity. It highlights the drawbacks as well as the advantages of collaborative talk, pointing to ways of improving professional performance. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; GTN; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 134 x 62. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580114
- ISBN
- 9780230580114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Hardcover. Drawing on many of the wars and peaces of recent decades, this book offers a persuasive new perspective on postwar justice. In her analysis wars of succession, wars for territory, and the political institutions that precede and follow wars, Fixdal explores the outer limits of the idea that it is worth paying almost any price for peace. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600348
- ISBN
- 9780230600348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Hardcover. This book looks at the Guatemalan peace process, which was successful in providing a development program to modernize the economy and national infrastructure with the support of international organizations and negotiating parties, analyzing the extent to which peace processes offer opportunity for progressive social transformation. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTJ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600515
- ISBN
- 9780230600515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.05
€ 67.05
Hardcover. This innovative book explores the role of evangelical religion in the conflict in Northern Ireland, including how it may contribute to a peaceful political transition. Ganiel offers an original perspective on the role of a 'strong' religion in conflict transformation, and the misunderstood role of evangelicalism in the process. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; JFSR; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605398
- ISBN
- 9780230605398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. This book examines periodical production in the context of post-revolutionary Ireland, employing the unique lens of genre theory in detailed comparisons between Irish, English, Welsh, and Scottish magazines. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; GBCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605510
- ISBN
- 9780230605510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardcover. Post-conflict reconstruction stretches the capacities of international institutions and they turn to NGOs to answer the challenge. This book explores how the interactions between international public institutions and NGOs have affected peacebuilding in the post-conflict situations of Bosnia, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607699
- ISBN
- 9780230607699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. This book delves into the reasons why pop culture, and all of its "X-Rated" features, are so appealing to masses of people, even though they may hate to love it. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610675
- ISBN
- 9780230610675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Paperback. This book delves into the reasons why pop culture, and all of its "X-Rated" features, are so appealing to masses of people, even though they may hate to love it. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610682
- ISBN
- 9780230610682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611573
- ISBN
- 9780230611573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. While featuring field-based examples in multiple disciplines, including political science, anthropology, communication, psychology, sociology, law and teacher training, this book presents real cases of conflict work. Explained are concepts underlying conflict transformation and strategies that have been adapted for use in professional practice. Editor(s): Carter, Candice C. Num Pages: 236 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTJ; JNAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620643
- ISBN
- 9780230620643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.10€ 47.56
€ 53.10
€ 47.56
Hardcover. This book documents recent and historical events in the theoretically-based practice of peace development. Its diverse collection of essays describes different aspects of applied philosophy in peace action, commonly involving the contributors' continual engagement in the field, while offering support and optimal responses to conflict and violence. Editor(s): Carter, Candice C.; Kumar, Dr. Ravindra, Ph.D. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. 256 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Carter, Candice C.; Kumar, Ravindra. This book documents recent and historical events in the theoretically-based practice of peace development. Its diverse collection of essays describes different aspects of applied philosophy in peace action, commonly involving the contributors' continual engagement in the field, while offering support and optimal responses to conflict and violence. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTJ. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 18. Weight: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622401
- ISBN
- 9780230622401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.10€ 47.44
€ 53.10
€ 47.44
Hardback. Provides key word and subject indexes to a collection of the most memorable lines written by the best British and American poets. Editor(s): Hazen, Edith P. Num Pages: 1132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DC; DSC; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075466
- ISBN
- 9780231075466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.97
€ 270.97
"This book is on the emergence of mammals in Asia, based largely on new fossil finds throughout Asia and cutting-edge biostratigraphic and geochemical methods of dating the fossils and their geological substrate"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Wang, Xiaoming; Flynn, Lawrence J.; Fortelius, Mikael. Num Pages: 752 pages, 143 figures. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 216 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2630.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150125
- ISBN
- 9780231150125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.17€ 101.95
€ 127.17
€ 101.95
Paperback. 350 pages. One of the earliest ethnic theatres in America was the Norwegian Theater of Marcus Thrane, established in Chicago in September 1866. This book includes seven translated plays written by Thrane between 1866 and 1884, and covers the entire period of his active professional life in America. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; DD; GTB. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 11. Weight: 400. Translator(s): Leiren, Terje I.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of Washington Pr
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987989
- ISBN
- 9780295987989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.42
€ 44.42
Paperback. Considers the old concepts of tolerance, shalom, and wa, and the relatively new concepts of human security, decent peace, credibility, accountability, plurality, multiculturalism, and transnationalism Editor(s): Kawamura, Noriko; Murakami, Yoichiro; Chib, Shin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 charts. BIC Classification: GTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991030
- ISBN
- 9780295991030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.86
€ 38.86
Hardcover. Deconstructs stereotypes and cultural assumptions made by non- South Asians and South Asians alike Num Pages: 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992440
- ISBN
- 9780295992440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.10
€ 141.10
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992556
- ISBN
- 9780295992556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.32
€ 140.32
Paperback. This handbook provides a guide to sources of grant funds for research or other activities in the USA. Describing information sources and detailing the main grant-making sectors in government, private organizations, and business and industry, it outlines the procedures for obtaining a grant. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABQ; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306402708
- ISBN
- 9780306402708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19