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Paperback. Editor(s): Liang, Bin; Lu, Hong. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170079
ISBN
9780231170079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JKVP; JP; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349378166
ISBN
9781349378166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardcover. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230613546
ISBN
9780230613546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Springer
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306414169
ISBN
9780306414169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.81

Paperback. The fifth edition of this renowned work charts the progress towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty internationally. The authors make a powerful case for abolition, regarding capital punishment as cruel, inhuman, and degrading. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: JFMC; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198701743
ISBN
9780198701743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.56

Paperback. A photographic essay which conveys the emotional power of the death rituals of a small Greek village - the funeral, the singing of laments, the distribution of food, the daily visits to the graves, and the rite of exhumation. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHBT; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 247 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000275
ISBN
9780691000275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 43.11

Paperback. A literary exploration of the prevalence of death--its connection to political oppression and its use as salvation--in Richard Wright's work. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334880
ISBN
9780822334880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Frederick Douglass and George Fitzhugh disagreed on virtually every major issue of the day. On slavery, women's rights, and the preservation of the Union their opinions were opposed. This title demonstrates the links between their very different ideas and to show how, operating from liberal principles, they came to such different conclusions. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722138
ISBN
9780814722138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.78

paperback. This collection of articles questions how the human mind influences the content and organization of culture. It pitches the arguments for innatism (proposed by evolutionary psychologists) against ethnographic perspectives which question the theories of evolutionary biology and cognitive science. Editor(s): Whitehouse, Harvey. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP; JMC; JMR; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berg
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036592
ISBN
9781859734322
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 170 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307256
ISBN
9780764307256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 32.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 549 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JH; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 962.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
549
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972407
ISBN
9780865972407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.28

Hardcover. Huw Macartney considers the politics of depoliticisation in response to the Euro-zone debt crisis, and the limits to depoliticisation as indicated by recent resistance movements. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPS; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137298003
ISBN
9781137298003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.93

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PM Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604866797
ISBN
9781604866797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.13

Hardcover. Examines seven prominent theories of motivation, including research on self-efficacy, achievement goal theory, expectancy-value theory, self-determination theory, self-concept research, implicit motives, and interest. This book also examines the associations between motivation and other constructs, such as emotion and self-regulation. Editor(s): Karabenick, Stuart; Urdan, Timothy C. Series Editor(s): Urdan, Timothy C.; Karabenick, Stuart. Series: Advances in Motivation and Achievement. Num Pages: 284 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JMRL; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857241115
ISBN
9780857241115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Pelling, Rowan; Doyle, James; Hodsdon, Amelia. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517642
ISBN
9781903517642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. How to be decent, how to build a decent society, emerges out of the author's analysis of the corrosive functioning of humiliation in its many forms. Avishai Margalit writes from experience at the borderlands of conflicts between Eastern Europeans and Westerners, and Palestinians and Israelis. Translator(s): Goldblum, Naomi. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
318
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674194373
ISBN
9780674194373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.67

Hardcover. Combines an inventive reading of Jean-Luc Nancy with queer theoretical concerns to argue that while scenes of intimacy are spaces of sharing, they are also spaces of separation. The author shows that this tension informs our efforts to coexist ethically and politically, an experience of sharing and separation that informs any decision. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 colour plates, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSB; HPN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226717777
ISBN
9780226717777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 107 x 10. Weight in Grams: 62.
Edition
1998. 3rd Printing ed.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Classics
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553214826
ISBN
9780553214826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.85

Paperback. In 1787, "We the people" were the three words that not only engendered a new and cohesive nation; they went on to change the face of the world as well. This book prefaces the volume with a succinct history and interpretation of the place and meaning of both the Declaration and the Constitution in American life. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 58.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878401437
ISBN
9780878401437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.81

Hardcover. Moving from the birth of Europe to the current crisis, this irreverent and topical book questions the relevance of the European Union today, addressing issues ranging from immigration and Turkish integration to the sovereign debt crisis, and whether this will prove to be merely the beginning of intractable economic challenges. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 31. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368927
ISBN
9780230368927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.96