Labour and the left in the 1980s (Davis Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Labour and the left in the 1980s (Davis Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

This volume of essays constitutes the first history of Labour and left-wing politics in the decade when Margaret Thatcher reshaped modern Britain. Leading scholars explore aspects of left-wing culture, activities and ideas at a time when social democracy was in crisis. There are articles about

The Global 1980s: People, Power and Profit (Davis Jonathan)(Paperback)

The Global 1980s takes an international perspective on the upheaval across the world during the long 1980s (1979-1991) with the end of the Cold War, a move towards a free-market economic system, and the increasing connectedness of the world.The 1980s was a decade of unimaginable change. At its

Football in the 1980s (Keane Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Football in the 1980s is a wide-ranging and quirky look at some of football's biggest moments, matches and personalities from the decade that fashion forgot. A mixture of facts, trivia and anecdotes, the author covers not only top-flight football, but also the lower leagues, European competitions

The Other 1980s: Reframing Comics' Crucial Decade (Costello Brannon)(Pevná vazba)

Fans and scholars have long regarded the 1980s as a significant turning point in the history of comics in the United States, but most critical discussions of the period still focus on books from prominent creators such as Frank Miller, Alan Moore, and Art Spiegelman, eclipsing the work of others

Rangers in the 1980s: The Players' Stories (Aird Alistair)(Pevná vazba)

Rangers in the 1980s chronicles the fortunes of the club during one of the most turbulent, transitional decades in their history. The story is told by the players of the era, who recount their routes to Ibrox, memories of their time with the club, and retrospective opinions on both Rangers FC and

China's Trade Patterns and International Comparative Advantage (Na Na)(Pevná vazba)

The outstanding performance of the Chinese economy in the 1980s and 1990s has been widely attributed to economic reforms and open-door policies. This book provides the first comprehensive and quantitative assessment of the impact of reform policies on the Chinese domestic economy at the detailed

Peugeot 205: The Complete Story (Sloman Adam)(Pevná vazba)

A definitive guide to the Peugeot 205, the unassuming car that saved Peugeot in the 1980s and went on to become a rally-winning legend. With technical specification details and a full production history from 1983-1999, Peugeot 205 - The Complete Story is an ideal resource for enthusiasts of the car

Anything Goes? Berlin Architecture in the 1980s (Mller Ursula)(Pevná vazba)

For the first time, this publication and the accompanying exhibition examine the significance of the architectural visions developed in East and West Berlin in the final decade before the fall of the Berlin

Art Work: Invisible Labour and the Legacy of Yugoslav Socialism (Praznik Katja)(Pevná vazba)

The Skinny (Wells Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

As a boy in preparatory day school in upstate New York in the 1970s, Wells's teacher abuses and humiliates him for his size, forcing Wells, for the first time, to question his right to take up space in the world. Wells's father, reading his weight as a clear deficit of masculinity, and perhaps

Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity and Diaspora (Hall Stuart)(Pevná vazba)

From his arrival in Britain in the 1950s and involvement in the New Left, to founding the field of cultural studies and examining race and identity in the 1990s and early 2000s, Stuart Hall has been central to shaping many of the cultural and political debates of our time. Essential Essays-a

Soho in the Eighties (Howse Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

In the 1980s Daniel Farson published Soho in the Fifties. This memoir is a sequel from the Eighties, a decade that saw the brilliant flowering of a daily tragi-comedy enacted in pubs like the Coach and Horses or the French and in drinking clubs like the Colony Room. These were places of constant

Reckless (Brubaker Ed)(Pevná vazba)

Sex, drugs, and murder in 1980s Los Angeles... And the best new twist on paperback pulp heroes since The Punisher or Jack Reacher. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, the modern masters of crime noir, bring us the last thing anyone expected from them - a good guy - in a bold new series of original

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

Mischief is in the air when the King and Queen of the Fairies quarrel and Puck is left in charge of the love potion. Four young people are lost in the woods on midsummer's night. Will they find each other and true love, or will Puck's meddling leave them broken-hearted and alone? A band of players

Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse (Stutzman Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

In the hilarious follow-up to Llama Destroys the World, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox give Llama another shot at saving the world...from himself, in Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse. Llama's back and ready to destroy the world AGAIN... this time with his best camelid,

The Last Mirror on the Left (Giles Lamar)(Pevná vazba)

In The Last Mirror on the Left, the second Legendary Alston Boys mystery from Edgar Award nominee Lamar Giles, Otto and Sheed must embark on their most dangerous journey yet, bringing a fugitive to justice in a world that mirrors their own but has its own rules to play by.Unlike the majority of

The Silk Road (Davis Kathryn)(Pevná vazba)

A spellbinding novel about transience and mortality, by one of the most original voices in American literature The Silk Road begins on a mat in yoga class, deep within a labyrinth on a settlement somewhere in the icy north, under the canny guidance of Jee Moon. When someone fails to arise from

The Dignity of Labour: Image, Work and Identity in the Roman World (Ferris Iain)(Pevná vazba)

Numerous incidental illustrations of agricultural workers occur on Roman artworks, while the names and trades of many individual working people, artisans, and professionals are known from inscriptions and funerary monuments in Rome and from across the empire. The most extraordinary individual

Where Did I Go Right? - How the Left Lost Me (Norcott Geoff)(Pevná vazba)

Geoff Norcott's colourful memoir of growing up Labour, but now voting

Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (National Research Council)(Pevná vazba)

Updating recommendations last made by the National Research Council in the mid-1980s, this report provides nutrient recommendations based on physical activity and stage in life, major factors that influence nutrient needs. It looks at how nutrients are metabolized in the bodies of dogs and cats,

Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Gonzalez-Torres Felix)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most significant artists to emerge in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Felix Gonzalez-Torres's reduced formal vocabulary, conceptual rigor, and evocative use of everyday materials resonates with meaning that is at once specific and mutable, rigorous and generous, poetic and political

Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics (Pevsner Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The bestselling introduction to bioinformatics and genomics - now in its third editionWidely received in its previous editions, Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics offers the most broad-based introduction to this explosive new discipline. Now in a thoroughly updated and expanded third edition,

Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe (Blossfeld H.)(Pevná vazba)

The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie (McIntosh Jonathan S.)(Pevná vazba)