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Paperback. Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word salary comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? This title tells the strange tales behind our favourite dishes and drinks and where they come from. Num Pages: 368 pages, 40 b/w. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043449
ISBN
9780141043449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; AVGT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
Bazillion Points
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Death-luxe
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935950165
ISBN
9781935950165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674768680
ISBN
9780674768680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Adelman, Jeremy. Num Pages: 408 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165677
ISBN
9780691165677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159904
ISBN
9780691159904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 340 Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFCV; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publisher
Electa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788891802682
ISBN
9788891802682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.55

Paperback. Compromise and Resistance in Postcolonial Writing offers a new critical approach to E. M. Forster's legacy. It examines key themes in Forster's work (homosexuality, humanism, modernism, liberalism) and their relevance to post-imperial and postcolonial novels by important contemporary writers. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349450015
ISBN
9781349450015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Hardback. Editor(s): Hughes, Albert O.; Sanders, Eric A. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634835268
ISBN
9781634835268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.85
€ 173.97

Paperback. Offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. This title conducts a library tour that extends from the author's childhood bookshelves to the 'complete' libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. Num Pages: 384 pages, 76 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Yale University Press London
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151305
ISBN
9780300151305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

Paperback. Argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. This title explores the crafts of reading and writing, the identity granted to us by literature, the far-reaching shadow of Jorge Luis Borges, to whom the author read as a young man, and the links between politics and books and between books and our bodies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300172089
ISBN
9780300172089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

hardcover. Series: Sage Studies in International Sociology. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Sage Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761947998
ISBN
9780761947998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Paperback. A sophisticated theoretical reconsideration of Latin American studies, critiquing past work and proposing new frameworks for the discipline. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327240
ISBN
9780822327240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. What is the appropriate criterion to use for distributive justice? Is it efficiency, need, contribution, entitlement, equality, effort, or ability?This book maintains that far from being rival principles of distributive justice, efficiency and need satisfaction are, in fact, complementary norms in our emerging knowledge economy." Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFFS; KCL; KCP; KJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 387.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370429
ISBN
9781349370429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Ranging over two millennia of history and culture, Koschorke considers such thinkers as Freud, Weber, Rousseau, and Kleist in an exploration that illuminates issues of historical, religious, artistic, psychological, and cultural importance. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127561
ISBN
9780231127561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post--modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean--Francois Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. Num Pages: 236 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745605388
ISBN
9780745605388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA; KCA; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312124359
ISBN
9780312124359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Paperback. Offers a range of interdisciplinary essays that discuss racialised, subaltern, feminist and diasporic identities and the aesthetic politics of hybrid and mestiza cultural productions. This title brings together a body of theoretically rigorous interdisciplinary essays that articulate and expand the contours of Chicana and Chicano cultural studies. Editor(s): Aldama, Arturo J.; Quinonez, Naomi. Num Pages: 432 pages, 22 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214928
ISBN
9780253214928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Explores the impact of violent speech and physical violence. Editor(s): Aldama, Arturo J. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 440 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215598
ISBN
9780253215598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. An investigation of the January 1932 massacre of thousands of rural laborers in El Salvador and its long-term cultural and political consequences. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342281
ISBN
9780822342281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Editor(s): MacPhee, Josh; Dunn, Alec. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AKC; JFCA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631561
ISBN
9781629631561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.59

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