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Paperback. New in paperback, this book, is likely to be adopted on many courses covering the Holocaust. A unique but disturbing book - winner of the 1989 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences. The hardback received enormous acclaim. Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world's leading social theorists. Num Pages: 238 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745609300
- ISBN
- 9780745609300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.43
€ 24.43
Hardcover. In 1911, when a professor took his students to tour Nanjing's shantytowns, one student was grateful as his eyes had been opened to the poverty in his own city. Years later, when another professor showed his students a film on the poor quarters of Nanjing, they demanded his expulsion. This book explores the reasons for these different reactions. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 b/w figures, 5 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021327
- ISBN
- 9780674021327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.40
€ 53.99
€ 45.40
Hardback. Editor(s): Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi; Geroulanos, Stefanos; Jerr, Nicole. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; HPN; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171861
- ISBN
- 9780231171861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.28€ 61.01
€ 79.28
€ 61.01
Hardcover. First full-length study of attitudes to abortion in the early medieval west. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; HBLC; HBTB; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153574
- ISBN
- 9781903153574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.57
€ 95.57
Paperback. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HPC; HRAX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454105
- ISBN
- 9781349454105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. Sephardic Jews trace their origins to Spain and Portugal. They have contributed some of the most important Jewish philosophers, poets, biblical commentators, and scientists, and have had a significant impact on the development of Jewish mysticism. This book presents an introductory overview of their history and culture over the past 1500 years. Editor(s): Zohar, Zion. Num Pages: 343 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797068
- ISBN
- 9780814797068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. In 1931, Ninette de Valois started a ballet company with just six dancers. Within twenty years, The Royal Ballet - as it became - was established as one of the world's great companies. This book portrays the extraordinary personalities who created the company and the dancers who made such an impact on their audiences. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ASDL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571227969
- ISBN
- 9780571227969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.29
€ 19.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Yolande of Aragon is one of the most intriguing of late medieval queens who contrived to be everywhere and nowhere, operating seamlessly from backstage and center stage. She is acknowledged as having been shrewd and intelligent - an eminence grise whose political and diplomatic agency secured the throne of France for her son-in-law, Charles VII." Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349581290
- ISBN
- 9781349581290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.20
€ 143.20
Paperback. Ranging from analyses of Condoleeza Rice and Bush's other 'Cowgirls' to the Iraq war, this book pushes the boundaries of contemporary theory. It charts the militarist and masculinist configurations through discussions of the Afghan and Iraq wars, violations at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, the 2004 US Presidential election, and hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842778173
- ISBN
- 9781842778173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.28
€ 31.99
€ 27.28
Paperback. An examination of British Asian identity which traces the history of Asians in the UK. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGA; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007673
- ISBN
- 9781847080820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An examination of British Asian identity which traces the history of Asians in the UK. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGA; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007651
- ISBN
- 9781847080820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On the morning of April 26, 1986, a Soviet nuclear plant at Chernobyl (near Kiev) exploded, pouring radioactivity into the environment and setting off the worst disaster in the history of nuclear energy. Now a former Soviet scientist gives a comprehensive account of the catastrophe. Photographs. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJPN; HBT; MBNH2; RNQ; THK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 108 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851248035
- ISBN
- 9780851248035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Saussy, Haun; Handler-Spitz, Rebecca; Lee, Pauline. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166133
- ISBN
- 9780231166133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.01
€ 36.99
€ 27.01
Hardback. "Explores intimate accounts of lower-class women's struggles with poverty, deprivation, and marital strife in wartime Beijing between 1936 and 1945, revealing an urban underworld built on an informal economy and conducted primarily through neighborhood networks"-- Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 36. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088382
- ISBN
- 9780674088382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.34
€ 53.99
€ 45.34
Hardback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275522
- ISBN
- 9780520275522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.27€ 71.22
€ 93.27
€ 71.22
Paperback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275539
- ISBN
- 9780520275539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.27
€ 33.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. This volume examines the church's history, theology and ethics in order to discover reasons for the inconsistencies in its approach to human rights issues. Plantak identifies certain historical, pragmatic and theological issues and examines three major issues of social ethics, the 'New Theology' and Adventist theological thinking. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPQ; HRCC2; HRCC99; HRCM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333724484
- ISBN
- 9780333724484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.09
€ 122.09
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- David Philip South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864866417
- ISBN
- 9780864866417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Hardback. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBTR; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382924
- ISBN
- 9781137382924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Tartan: A Complete History and Visual ...
Zaczek Iain Phillips Charles
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780192758
- ISBN
- 9781780192758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08