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Paperback. An attempt to understand human attachment to the canis familiaris in terms of reciprocity and empathy, this title tackles such difficult concepts as intimacy and kinship with dogs, the shame associated with identification with their suffering, and the reasons for the profound mourning over their deaths. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102702
- ISBN
- 9780226102702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.18
€ 25.99
€ 21.18
Hardback. The 2nd edition of this successful book tests the claims of those who dismiss the continuing significance of globalization. It will appeal to all those who remain intrigued, confused or simply baffled by the controversy about globalization and its consequences for the twenty first century world order. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639109
- ISBN
- 9780745639109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. In recent years, the media has inundated us with coverage of the increasing abuse of prescription painkillers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hazelden Information & Educational Services United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592859016
- ISBN
- 9781592859016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.73
€ 18.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. The book looks at people who are living with the disorder, shedding new light on the day-to-day struggle of coping with bulimia. It challenges the stereotypical image of the bulimic teenage girl, revealing that it affects a far wider range of people, and dispelling the myth that bingeing involves only food and purging involves only vomiting. Editor(s): Stavrou, Maria. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; MMZD; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843106685
- ISBN
- 9781843106685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.63
€ 30.99
€ 30.63
Hardcover. This book is a result of an output of a Commission of the World Leisure and Recreation Association (WRLA) to examine the role of leisure and education for leisure activities among people with special needs living in the community, requiring social or health services outside hospital. Editor(s): Sivan, A.; Ruskin, Hillel. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBS; JKS; JN; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994444
- ISBN
- 9780851994444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.86
€ 116.86
Paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFFK; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816651344
- ISBN
- 9780816651344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.26
€ 26.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. Offers an account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284746
- ISBN
- 9780520284746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Lalaie Ameeriar follows the experiences of immigrant Pakistani women in Toronto who-despite being skilled, white-collar workers-suffer high levels of unemployment and poverty and who are advised by government-sanctioned worker programs to conform to an embodied form of multiculturalism that privileges whiteness and erases difference. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363163
- ISBN
- 9780822363163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. Outlines the steps necessary to engage the contemporary conflict between traditional religious belief and Western secularism. The author believes that the key objective is to build a community that is inclusive without denying the validity of particular commitments. He also criticizes secularists who fail to recognize the role of religion. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139304
- ISBN
- 9780231139304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.82€ 63.58
€ 82.82
€ 63.58
Paperback. This unique and comprehensive second edition of an important volume presents writing from renowned authors about achieving social justice in medicine. Each of the 42 chapters addresses continuing and emerging policy challenges facing medicine. They deepen our understanding of theoretical and practical aspects of issues in the contemporary debate. Editor(s): Rhodes, Rosamond; Battin, Margaret; Silvers, Anita. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: JFF; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199744206
- ISBN
- 9780199744206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 189.51
€ 189.51
Paperback. This text comprises specific counselling approaches to help HIV positive people live with their illness. Also discussed is familiarity with specific techniques to treat AIDS clients experiencing substance abuse problems, personality disorders, and other dual diagnoses. Editor(s): Dilley, James W.; Marks, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JKSN2; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787941949
- ISBN
- 9780787941949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Presents an alternative vision, where life and work are regrounded in a natural sense of continuity, connection and purposeful direction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 212. 8vo. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Random House Business
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0262233
- ISBN
- 9780099301257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HRCC99; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935317
- ISBN
- 9780813935317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.36
€ 55.36
Hardcover. Editor(s): McAvoy, Henry C. Num Pages: 155 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617612817
- ISBN
- 9781617612817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.05€ 149.67
€ 220.05
€ 149.67
Paperback. The threats of the Cold War were supplanted by a national security environment characterized by unpredictable, motivated, capable adversaries posing multiple threats. This work reminds Americans that the world continues to be a very dangerous place, filled with people and groups eager to topple the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549531
- ISBN
- 9780742549531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.02
€ 29.02
Paperback. This text reconstructs the conflict between MOVE, a radical black separatist group, and the city of Philadelphia. Against this account, the author develops an analysis of the relation between definition and action, between language and violence. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226869773
- ISBN
- 9780226869773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.81
€ 34.99
€ 27.81
Hardback. * A sophisticated yet accessible introduction to the experiences of Latino immigrant groups in the US - the largest minority group in the US * Covers topics such as the definition of the Latino category, pathways to citizenship, gender, labour and transnationalism. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647425
- ISBN
- 9780745647425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573093927
- ISBN
- 9781573093927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.10
€ 73.10
Paperback. A guide compiled on the basis of review of family skills training programs, a meeting and a literature review and focuses on providing basic information and guidance to those policymakers and program managers interested in launching a family skills training program at the universal or selective level. Num Pages: 58 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 212 x 4. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- United Nations
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789211482386
- ISBN
- 9789211482386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.24
€ 29.24
paperback. ".. will help us think through how the U.N. can be restructured and empowered so that it can better achieve its noble goals."-Robert Muller, former U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823216437
- ISBN
- 9780823216437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372. Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Imagination. 240 pages, 5 illustrations. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352617
- ISBN
- 9780822352617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Uses the writings of 16th and 17th century women to construct a feminist perspective on drama by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Ford, and their contemporaries. This book includes plays such as: "Doctor Faustus", "Measure for Measure", "The Spanish Tragedy", "The Revenger's Tragedy" and "The Maid's Tragedy". Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205098
- ISBN
- 9780631205098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.81
€ 50.81
Hardback. Drawing on archival materials, secondary sources, and eyewitness accounts of the brave men and women who marched, this gripping account offers a brief and nuanced narrative of this critical phase of the black freedom struggle. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421421599
- ISBN
- 9781421421599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.26
€ 52.99
€ 44.26
Hardback. Editor(s): Pratt, Geraldine; Rosner, Victoria. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231154482
- ISBN
- 9780231154482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.85€ 82.78
€ 108.85
€ 82.78