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Paperback. Argues that the skyrocketing increase in obesity levels is not caused by individuals moral weakness, but is due to modern society lacking the virtues necessary for people to adopt and maintain healthy behaviours. This book proceeds to identify a set of seven social and environmental sins that characterise our contemporary world. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868409559
- ISBN
- 9780868409559
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Condition: New
€ 32.33
€ 32.33
Paperback. This selection of papers present spiritual education as a distinctive field of academic enquiry in its own right. It is divided into three sections: religious and theological approaches; psychological and anthropological approaches; and pedagogical approaches. Editor(s): Erricker, Jane; Erricker, Clive; Ota, Dr Cathy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRCS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210612
- ISBN
- 9781902210612
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Notes that when inheritance appeared to determine social status, villagers protected family reputations and properties by demonstrating concern for 'what others might say'. This book traces shifts in the meaning of 'tradition', suggesting that although 'modern' people cannot 'be' traditional, they must have traditions to produce themselves. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016641
- ISBN
- 9780691016641
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Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Paperback. Jane Flax argues that a reciprocal relationship exists between unconscious processes and race/gender domination and that unless we attend to these unconscious processes, no adequate remedy for the malignant consequences of our current race/gender practices and relations can be devised. Flax supports her arguments using a variety of sources. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291458
- ISBN
- 9781349291458
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Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436897
- ISBN
- 9781349436897
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Anecdote and theory have diametrically opposed connotations: humorous versus serious, specific versus general, trivial versus overarching, short versus grand. This title cuts through these oppositions to produce theory with a sense of humor, theorizing which honors the uncanny detail of lived experience. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330387
- ISBN
- 9780822330387
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.34
€ 32.99
€ 25.34
Hardcover. Explores the relation between poststructuralist thought and postcoloniality, and identifies in that interaction the expression of a particular anxiety concerning the form of theoretical writing. This book argues that this anxiety betrays an unprecedented lucidity concerning the particular challenges of writing about ourselves and others. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 207 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312304
- ISBN
- 9781846312304
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Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68
Paperback. Jane Iwamura examines contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. At the heart of her study is the Oriental Monk, a non-sexual, solitary, conventionalized icon who generously and purposefully shares his wisdom with the West. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; HR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199738618
- ISBN
- 9780199738618
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Condition: New
€ 60.23
€ 60.23
Paperback. How migration - especially by Latinos - can create new forms of intimacy across cultural, religious, and ethnic lines Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439910535
- ISBN
- 9781439910535
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. A study of 'trauma culture' - a new popular culture of traumatic experiences and victim identity. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618163
- ISBN
- 9780748618163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.01€ 103.24
€ 113.01
€ 103.24
Hardback. This transnational, interdisciplinary study argues for the use of comics as a primary source. In recuperating currently unknown or neglected strips the authors demonstrate that these examples, produced during the World Wars, act as an important cultural record, providing, amongst other information, a barometer for contemporary popular thinking. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AKLC; HBWN; HBWQ; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273710
- ISBN
- 9781137273710
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Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Paperback. A valuable sourcebook for costume designers, dressmakers and those involved in historical reenactments, this book contains all the information you need to create authentic clothes from the Tudor period. Num Pages: 160 pages, 170 colour and black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 232 x 12. Weight in Grams: 714. Reconstructing Sixteenth-Century Dress. 160 pages, 170 colour and black & white illustrations. A valuable sourcebook for costume designers, dressmakers and those involved in historical reenactments, this book contains all the information you need to create authentic clothes from the Tudor period. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; JFCK. Dimension: 281 x 232 x 12. Weight: 720.
- Publisher
- Batsford Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713489859
- ISBN
- 9780713489859
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. We are living in a world full of games. More than 31 million people in the UK are gamers. In this book, visionary game designer Jane McGonigaI challenges conventional thinking and shows that games - far from being simply escapist entertainment - have the potential not only to radically improve our own lives but to change the world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDR; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540281
- ISBN
- 9780099540281
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Eleven authors analyse recent dance practices in the theatre, in club culture and on film, addressing dance in interdisciplinary relationship with music, painting and play texts. This text attempts to fill a gap with an up-to-date account of exciting and challenging new work, illuminated by fascinatingnew theoretical frameworks." Editor(s): Lansdale, Janet. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; ASD; JFC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349360147
- ISBN
- 9781349360147
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. Explores the idea that table activities - the mealtime rituals of food preparation, serving, and dining - lay the foundation for a proper education on the value of civility, the importance of the common good, and what it means to be a good citizen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076732
- ISBN
- 9780252076732
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.45
€ 27.99
€ 26.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 590 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816633364
- ISBN
- 9780816633364
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices. Editor(s): Chzran, Janet; Brett, John. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332890
- ISBN
- 9781785332890
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Condition: New
€ 178.99
€ 178.99
Hardcover. The pie, to quote one Victorian writer, is a great human discovery which has universal estimation among all civilized eaters'. This book explores the development of this most esteemed article of food, from the ancient pie, its crust inedible and used for preserving the contents, to its elevation as the highest expression of culinary art. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 31 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894250
- ISBN
- 9781861894250
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardback. This volume continues the story of European political theorising by focusing on medieval and Renaissance thinkers. It includes extensive discussion of the practices that underpinned medieval political theories and which continued to play crucial roles in the eventual development of early--modern political institutions and debates. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631186526
- ISBN
- 9780631186526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.90
€ 150.90
Paperback. Focuses on medieval and Renaissance thinkers and includes a discussion of the practices that underpinned medieval political theories and which continued to play crucial roles in the eventual development of early-modern political institutions and debates. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631186533
- ISBN
- 9780631186533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41