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Paperback. A timely analysis of mass media representations of the 'War on Terror' that dismantles the myths and rhetoric used to consolidate western power. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745320793
- ISBN
- 9780745320793
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Shows how Europe's leadership manifests in five major areas - economic strength; the best health care and other workfare supports for families and individuals; widespread use of renewable energy technologies and conservation; the world's most advanced democracies; and, regional networks of trade, foreign aid, and investment. Num Pages: 488 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248571
- ISBN
- 9780520248571
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Condition: New
€ 93.68€ 71.65
€ 93.68
€ 71.65
Paperback. The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of literary orphans and reveals their key role in the construction of gendered subjectivity. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479849
- ISBN
- 9781349479849
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Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardback. This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'. Num Pages: 100 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399045
- ISBN
- 9781137399045
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Condition: New
€ 79.20
€ 79.20
Paperback. Rives uncovers a context of aesthetic and social debate that modernist studies has yet to fully articulate, examining what it meant, for various intellectuals working in early twentieth-century Britain and America, to escape from personality. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349437733
- ISBN
- 9781349437733
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. A history of cheese in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, "Pacific Northwest Cheese: A History" uncovers the rich tradition of cheesemaking from the earliest fur traders to modern-day small farmers. " Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFCV; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717048
- ISBN
- 9780870717048
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 456 pages, 200 images. BIC Classification: AC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1270.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- STAMPS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783981673128
- ISBN
- 9783981673128
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Condition: New
€ 50.29€ 46.67
€ 50.29
€ 46.67
Paperback. Drawing on both literature and social reform texts, the author analyzes the organization of knowledge during the Victorian period and explores its role in the emergence of the idea of the social body. Readings of Disraeli, Gaskell and Dickens are included in the discussion. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675244
- ISBN
- 9780226675244
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Illuminating the question of what it means to be a mobile human anywhere in the modern world, this strikingly original work of cultural history examines how changes in consciousness, identity, and expression, both national and individual, resulted from the technological innovation and freedom of access represented by cars Translator(s): Mayagoitia, Anne; Nagao, Debra. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 22 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFCD; TRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737846
- ISBN
- 9780292737846
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
Hardcover. Identifies Facial Recognition Technology as an example of the failed technocratic approach to governance, where new technologies are pursued as short-sighted solutions to complex social problems Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814732090
- ISBN
- 9780814732090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.86
€ 97.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, Beverly; Russo, Mary. Num Pages: 423 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816627271
- ISBN
- 9780816627271
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. The Fatigue of the Shari'a places on a continuum two kinds of debates: debates in the Islamic tradition about the end of access to divine guidance and debates in modern scholarship in Islamic legal studies about the end of the Shari'a. The resulting continuum covers what access to divine guidance means and how it relates to Shari'a. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History. Num Pages: 221 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAM; HRAX; HRHT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349342921
- ISBN
- 9781349342921
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. "When I moved to northern New Mexico thirty-three years ago," writes John Nichols, "I immediately fell in with my neighbours and commenced laughing." As folklorist Nasario Garcia explains in his introduction to this collection, falling in with the voices of laughter and comic relief is a timeless, vital aspect of Hispanic culture. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 123 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890134313
- ISBN
- 9780890134313
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.13
€ 27.99
€ 21.13
Paperback. This book presents a history of AIDS control in Uganda, from the start of the epidemic in the early 1980s up until 2005. Uganda is well known internationally as an AIDS 'success story', both for its bringing down HIV incidence and prevalence over the 1990s, and for its innovative approach to scaling up the provision of antiretroviral therapy. Num Pages: 258 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM; JPA; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288755
- ISBN
- 9781349288755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Breaking with tradition, this text argues that many of Beckett's texts are deeply involved in Irish issues and situations. It provides an understanding of Beckett's work in its representation of Ireland, of Irish history, and of Irish literary traditions. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625285
- ISBN
- 9780815625285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.65
€ 44.99
€ 37.65
Hardback. Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; Lorey, David E. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASZP; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029148
- ISBN
- 9780842029148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.69
€ 161.69
Paperback. Artists like Blind Arthur Blake, Sonny Terry, Arizona Dranes, and Art Tatum have appeared throughout the history of popular music in America - the list of visually impaired black musicians is long. This book examines the ways that blindness, like blackness, shaped both the music these artists produced and the way the nation received it. Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVA; JFC; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472050642
- ISBN
- 9780472050642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.41
€ 30.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Offers a response to the question 'what do people do with books?' that goes beyond the narrow perception that reading is solely the consumption of narrative. This title combines different academic approaches (cultural geography and sociology and cultural history) in order to understand the complex nature of readers' encounters with their books. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533564
- ISBN
- 9781845533564
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Condition: New
€ 50.47
€ 50.47
paperback. Discusses same-sex desire among women in non-Western cultures. The book explores female eroticism in societies such as India and Polynesia, aiming to dispel ideas that non-Western women are victims of compulsory heterosexuality and that same-sex female desire is rooted in Western culture. Editor(s): Blackwood, Evelyn; Wieringa, Saskia. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 photos. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 632.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231112611
- ISBN
- 9780231112611
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.86
€ 40.99
€ 28.86
Paperback. Moving among Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean, this title demonstrates the vibrancy and historical roots of Africana thought and philosophy. It includes an essay that reveals the intricate richness of Africana thought, moving through psychoanalysis, folktales, Western metaphysics, and a critique of the political. Editor(s): Farred, Grant. Series: A Special Issue of South Atlantic Quarterly. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822367079
- ISBN
- 9780822367079
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.23
€ 16.99
€ 16.23
Paperback. An ethnography of post-Soviet Cuba s health-care sector which reveals Cuba to be a pragmatic and contradictory state. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352051
- ISBN
- 9780822352051
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.16
€ 32.99
€ 29.16
Paperback. Covering classic texts such as "Frankenstein" and "Wuthering Heights" and contemporary fiction by authors including Iain Banks and William Gibson, this study focuses on the opposition between the Gothic tradition and the law, suggesting that at all points it produces transgression. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 393.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333658024
- ISBN
- 9780333658024
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Condition: New
€ 122.24
€ 122.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Raudvere, Catharina. Series: Islam and Nationalism. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319390000
- ISBN
- 9783319390000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.19
€ 122.19
Hardback. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 297 pages, 97 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HD; HRA; JFC; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662527559
- ISBN
- 9783662527559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.19
€ 102.19