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Paperback. This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants. Series: Polity Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662411
- ISBN
- 9780745662411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.76
€ 22.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Grewal, Inderpal; Kaplan, Caren. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816621385
- ISBN
- 9780816621385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Drawing on over 20 years of research on topics ranging from Navajo and Catholic Charismatic ritual healing to the cultural and religious implications of virtual reality in biomedical technology, this text examines questions about human experience and the meaning of being human. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293925
- ISBN
- 9780312293925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. These are vintage fashions that can be worn and enjoyed every day. Ranging from the formal to the whimsical, the chic tailored suits of the 1940s to the free-style fashions of the late-1960s, there is something for every taste. With concise descriptions, color photos and a current price guide, this will be a welcome guide for collectors. Num Pages: 160 pages, 350 color photographs. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 356. A Handbook and Price Guide. 160 pages, 350 colour photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight: 354.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300233
- ISBN
- 9780764300233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.90
€ 21.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. Proposes "low theory" as a means of recovering ways of being and forms of knowledge not legitimized by existing systems and institutions Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 37 illustrations, including 14 in colour. BIC Classification: AB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350453
- ISBN
- 9780822350453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.79
€ 28.79
Paperback. A historical examination of the social culture of body image Num Pages: 219 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 219
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727690
- ISBN
- 9780814727690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.91
€ 30.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Just as the art of the table became a centrepiece of French mores, Balzac used it as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing. This title describes the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honore de Balzac's writings. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSRC; JFCV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907973222
- ISBN
- 9781907973222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. A tour of the most common cultural differences Americans/No. Europeans encounter when doing business in ten of the world's key markets Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941176146
- ISBN
- 9781941176146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.08
€ 26.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. Over the centuries, European debate about nature and status of images of God and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their core. This book focuses on these historical arguments, from the period of Late Antiquity up to the classic defenses of images by St John of Damascus and Theodore of Studion. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; HRC; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712146
- ISBN
- 9780814712146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Questions about how humans come to know themselves and their worlds have always been at the heart of anthropology, and are necessarily part of a broader intellectual history. This book brings together anthropologists to discuss how they come to know what they know about the societies they study. Editor(s): Harris, Mark. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453640
- ISBN
- 9781845453640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.32
€ 175.32
Hardcover. A significant collection of essays by the late Nicholas Mansergh, one of the leading historians of twentieth century Ireland, edited by his wife, Diana Series: Irish history. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181058
- ISBN
- 9781859181058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 52.59
€ 69.00
€ 52.59
Paperback. Explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, this book argues that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build alternatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400428
- ISBN
- 9781474400428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. In the 1920s, when film criticism was as new as the cinema itself, a particular way of thinking about the movies developed in Paris. This collection of essays discusses this mystery and others like it: Why did photography and the detective story originate at exactly the same time? Num Pages: 184 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214386
- ISBN
- 9780253214386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Contributors: Mary Thomas Crane, Nancy Easterlin, David Herman, Patrick Colm Hogan, Bruce McConachie, Alan Palmer, Alan Richardson, Ellen Spolsky, G. Gabrielle Starr, Blakey Vermeule, Lisa Zunshine Editor(s): Zunshine, Lisa. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894886
- ISBN
- 9780801894886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.79
€ 50.79
Paperback. The language of money has informed medical, psychological and political theories of sexual desire for at least 300 years. Desire, figured as libidinal energy, represented potential work-power and spending-power and hence a form of personal 'capital', an economic resource for both the individual and the collectivity. This book explores how this view Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907103575
- ISBN
- 9781907103575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Hardback. From cookbooks and family recipes to novels, poems, songs and cartoons, this book tells the story of puddings and how they developed from early savoury, sausage - like mixtures to today's sweet and sticky confections. It traces the development of puddings and explains how advances in kitchen equipment have changed them over time. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230429
- ISBN
- 9781780230429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Schleussner, Laura. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520. A Challenge for Cinema and Theory. Series: Film and Culture Series. 368 pages, 14 black & white halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight: 520. Translator(s): Schleussner, Laura.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151498
- ISBN
- 9780231151498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.15
€ 44.15
Paperback. "Across the Lines" is a study of how language mediates experience across cultures with regard to travel. The study is partly based on the books of various travel writers with no grasp of a foreign tongue and their perceptions using interpreters and guides. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; JFC; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181836
- ISBN
- 9781859181836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816634590
- ISBN
- 9780816634590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Serves as a history of rap music. This book traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifestyle and culture. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072017
- ISBN
- 9780252072017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75