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Hardcover. The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served as boundary-stones and signposts. In Rome, marble satyrs and nymphs grappled in gardens. How are we to make sense of this abundance of sexual imagery? Were these images seductive, shocking, humorous? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714122786
ISBN
9780714122786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. This is the story of the sexual revolution in a small university town in Kansas. Bypassing the tales of radicals on either coast, the author argues that the revolution was forged in both towns and cities, as "ordinary" people struggled over the boundaries of sexual behaviour in postwar America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones, 6 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JJP; HBJK; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009745
ISBN
9780674009745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. A collection of histories showing how women participated in Mexican revolutionary and postrevolutionary state formation by challenging conventions of sexuality, work, family life, and religious practice. Editor(s): Olcott, Jocelyn H.; Vaughan, Mary Kay; Cano, Gabriela. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822338994
ISBN
9780822338994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Offers insights into the potential for sex education to address adolescent challenges, particularly for girls. This book illuminates the tensions between and among adults and youth attempting to make sense of sex in a society that was then, as much as today, both sex-phobic and sex-saturated. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075315
ISBN
9780252075315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Hardback. Examines the remarkable and varied assessments of the intimate lives of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Gouverneur Morris from their own time to ours. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439911020
ISBN
9781439911020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Merril D., Ph.D. Num Pages: 220 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814780688
ISBN
9780814780688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. This volume collects and introduces some of the best writing on sexual behaviour and gender differences in ancient Greece and Rome including four chapters newly translated from German and French. Editor(s): Golden, Mark; Toohey, Peter. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748613205
ISBN
9780748613205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Hardback. aeo The first in depth study of American sexuality at the time of the conquest of the Americas. aeo Sheds new light on conventional ways of examining the sexual relations, mainly between males, encountered by the Spaniards and Portugese entering the Americas during the Conquests. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ; JFSL9; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745607276
ISBN
9780745607276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.10

Paperback. Beginning with an interpretation of the Third Reich's sexual politics and ending with the revisions of Germany's past facilitated by communism's collapse, this book examines the intertwined histories of capitalism and communism, pleasure and state policies, religious renewal and secularizing trends. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130392
ISBN
9780691130392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.60

Paperback. In August 1808, Sir Richard D Henegan landed in Portugal as part of the British army sent to stop the French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and put an end to Napoleon's Imperial ambitions. He provides an account of life in the army, describing not only the dangers of fighting, but also the existence for the soldier in Wellington's army. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880408
ISBN
9781845880408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; BGH; BK; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838206387
ISBN
9783838206387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.53

Hardcover. Bruce Nightingale joined The British Council in 1965, and his postings abroad include Malawi, Japan, Malaysia and Romania. He retired in 1992, and these memoirs survey a career overseeing cultural relations, providing an insight into the practical business of building cultural bridges. Num Pages: 225 pages, halftones, maps, illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBJD1; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
225
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860641312
ISBN
9781860641312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.19
€ 54.35

Paperback. Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed' that the Arabs had risen in revolt against the Turks as a result of fraudulent British promises of self-rule, Lawrence led them in a triumphant campaign which revolutionized the art of war. This title presents the epic events. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182766
ISBN
9780141182766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
NeWest Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926455532
ISBN
9781926455532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Andrea, Alfred J.; Holt, Andrew. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLC1; HBWC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664038
ISBN
9781624664038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.57

Hardback. Editor(s): Andrea, Alfred J.; Holt, Andrew. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLC1; HBWC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664045
ISBN
9781624664045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.28
€ 51.77

paperback. Series: The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816652624
ISBN
9780816652624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.64

Hardback. A fascinating look at how humanitarian language was used by the colonial press in New Zealand and on Vancouver Island to justify ongoing settler expansion while allaying fears of Indigenous resistance. Num Pages: 624 pages, 4 figures, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; HBJD1; HBJK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774829472
ISBN
9780774829472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Paperback. 'A gripping account of the terrible, confused struggle for mastery of Central Asia that followed the Russian Revolution' Evening Standard Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1FCA; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719564505
ISBN
9780719564505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. This title traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066236
ISBN
9780674066236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.87

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