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Paperback. Raises questions about what is distinctive about veiling in Africa and what religious histories or practices are reflected in particular uses of the veil Editor(s): Renne, Elisha P. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 color illus., 31 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1H; JFCK; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253008206
- ISBN
- 9780253008206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFCK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501322778
- ISBN
- 9781501322778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.77
€ 13.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Though the word 'vegetarianism' was not coined until the mid-nineteenth century, the vegetarian diet has been around as long as man has. Colin Spencer's comprehensive book explores the psychology of abstention from flesh and attempts to discover why omnivorous humans at times voluntarily abstain from an available food. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910690215
- ISBN
- 9781910690215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJD1; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349267446
- ISBN
- 9781349267446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Paperback. Mario Vargas Llosa is a heterogeneous writer whose positions have often not been consistent from novel to novel, between his fictional and nonfictional work, between his literary and political commentary, and as his political commentary has proceeded over the decades. This analysis of his work reveals his insights into socio-political matters. Editor(s): De Castro, Juan E.; Birns, Nicholas. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289691
- ISBN
- 9781349289691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book unites scholars from Brazil, the U.S., and Europe who draw on a close re-reading of the literature and hitherto unavailable or unused primary sources to shed new light on the political changes and cultural representations of Vargas's regimes, thereby exploring why he meant so different things to different people. Editor(s): Hentschke, Jens. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534586
- ISBN
- 9781349534586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. What role does 'vanity' play in the lives of 21st century subjects? Exploring a range of fields including public health, information technology, media studies and feminist approaches to the body and beauty, this book offers a broad analysis of how 'vanity' shapes contemporary Western societies and its understandings of selfhood. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHB; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323050
- ISBN
- 9781349323050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. What role does 'vanity' play in the lives of 21st century subjects? Exploring a range of fields including public health, information technology, media studies and feminist approaches to the body and beauty, this book offers a broad analysis of how 'vanity' shapes contemporary Western societies and its understandings of selfhood. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFCK; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272187
- ISBN
- 9780230272187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. Since 1993, "Vanity Fair" magazine has featured the celebrated Proust Questionnaire, in which a different noteworthy person each month answers the same series of probing personal questions. This title features responses of 100 of the most vibrant personalities of our time, from Bette Midler and Lauren Bacall to Salman Rushdie and Norman Mailer. Illustrator(s): Risko, Robert. Editor(s): Carter, Graydon. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Rodale Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605295954
- ISBN
- 9781605295954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. Vanity Fair 100 Years showcases a century of personality and power, art and commerce, crisis and culture--both highbrow and low. In the sumptuous 384-page coffee table book, the editors of Vanity Fair have created the definitive history of the most talked-about magazine of our day. Num Pages: 456 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 340 x 288 x 40. Weight in Grams: 3854.
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 8.11.2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419708633
- ISBN
- 9781419708633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.23€ 60.94
€ 77.23
€ 60.94
Paperback. With the help of mirrors, trap doors, elevators, photographs, and film, women vanish and return in increasingly spectacular ways throughout the centuries. The author tracks the proliferation of this figure, the vanishing woman, from her genesis in Victorian stage magic through her development in conjunction with photography and film. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822330745
- ISBN
- 9780822330745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574592
- ISBN
- 9780813574592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574585
- ISBN
- 9780813574585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531194875
- ISBN
- 9783531194875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.82
€ 49.82
Paperback. Explains why youth gangs emerged, how they evolved, and why young men found membership and the violence it involved so attractive. This book describes how postwar urban renewal, slum clearances, and ethnic migration pitted African-American, Puerto Rican, and Euro-American youths against each other in battles to dominate changing neighborhoods. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 halftones, 3 line illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691074542
- ISBN
- 9780691074542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857850751
- ISBN
- 9780857850751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.10
€ 36.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. "This volume gets to the heart of what films mean to people on personal, political and commercial levels. Exploring value judgements that underpin social, academic and institutional practices, it examines the diverse forms of worth attributed to a range of international films in relation to taste, passion, morality and aesthetics"-- Editor(s): Hubner, Laura. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311040
- ISBN
- 9781349311040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFC; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607418665
- ISBN
- 9781607418665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.43€ 81.20
€ 116.43
€ 81.20
Paperback. It is not uncommon to hear that poor school performance, welfare dependancy, youth unemployment, and criminal activity result more from shortcomings in the personal makeup of individuals than from societal forces beyond their control. Editor(s): Aaron, Henry J.; Mann, Thomas E.; Taylor, Timothy T. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815700555
- ISBN
- 9780815700555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.16
€ 35.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271014036
- ISBN
- 9780271014036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.57
€ 46.99
€ 36.57