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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Explores aspects of Arab Muslim life that are, at first glance, perplexing to Westerners. This title argues that the common thread is the importance Arabs place on the negotiation of interpersonal relationships - a link that helps to explain actions as seemingly unfathomable as suicide bombing and as elusive as Quranic interpretation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226726175
ISBN
9780226726175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226726113
ISBN
9780226726113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

hardcover. In studying the white male body, a counterpoint in gender studies to the many readings of the representations of the female body, this book considers works by such authors as Poe, Maupassant, Moravia, Tournier, Roth, Guibert, and Foucault. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804729192
ISBN
9780804729192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.89

Paperback. This collection of 15 essays deals with the representations, theories, and problematics of homosexuality in French writing of the 19th and 20th centuries Editor(s): Fisher, Dominique D.; Schehr, Lawrence R. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729758
ISBN
9780804729758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Focusing on works by Rene Crevel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, and Herve Guibert, this book studies how the figures of homosexuality function at the limits of narrative, as part of the deep structure of narrative, and at the border between public and private discourse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724678
ISBN
9780804724678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

Paperback. Former CBS corresondent explores the abyss of misunderstanding and mis-reporting in both the US and Arab media. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFM; JFD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745324197
ISBN
9780745324197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.89

Hardback. Offers a narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. This title reveals how artistic collectives in New York, Chicago, and Washington fostered a sense of destiny and belonging among diverse and disenchanted peoples. Num Pages: 608 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141350
ISBN
9780691141350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 42.32

Hardback. Despite global progress, staggering health inequalities between rich and poor raise basic questions of social justice. Defining the field of global health law, Lawrence Gostin drives home the need for effective governance and offers a blueprint for reform, based on the principle that the opportunity to live a healthy life is a basic human right. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; LND; LNTJ; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 958.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728844
ISBN
9780674728844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.47
€ 62.51

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226484549
ISBN
9780226484549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Total Quality Management (TQM) is shaping the management of the 1990s. This book is the first to present TQM concepts with social service administrators in mind. With examples drawn from public administration, gerontology, public health and non-profit-making organizations, the book provides sound background information on TQM for practitioners. Series: Sage Human Services Guides. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small stain to bottom corner of pages. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0006882
ISBN
9780803949508
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Lawrence, Kaylynn C. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631174841
ISBN
9781631174841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.89
€ 58.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Anness Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780193335
ISBN
9781780193335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Offers a narrative of the seventy-five-year struggle to house the "deserving poor." This title offers the novel concept of "design politics" to show how issues of architecture and urbanism are intimately bound up in thinking about policy. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 63 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: AM; JFFB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226012452
ISBN
9780226012452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

paperback. A collection of instructive stories about both prominent and relatively unknown Jewish personalities from biblical times onwards. Arranged alphabetically by personality, it includes Moses, Job, Rabbi Akiva, Hillel, and Maimonides, as well as Sholom Aleichem, Theodor Herzl, and even Harpo Marx. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9781568215136
ISBN
9781568215136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.32

Paperback. Threat of book burning ignites passionate discussion about censoring, banning, and other responses to books. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 228 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646798
ISBN
9780888646798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Includes essays that offer a sophisticated view of the growing power of popular culture and its increasing inseparability from contemporary structures of economic and political power and from our everyday lives. This title reveals the ways in which popular culture is being mobilised in the service of economic and political struggles. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319177
ISBN
9780822319177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. One of the leading figures in cultural studies offers a powerful critique of the present state of the field and, more broadly, of the intellectual left, especially in the Anglo-American academy. Num Pages: 356 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348306
ISBN
9780822348306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fine, Lawrence; Fishbane, Eitan P.; Rose, Or N. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jewish Lights Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580234344
ISBN
9781580234344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.18

Paperback. The central premise of this work is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus it focuses on Luria the person and his relationship to his disciples. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRJX; HRLK2; HRQX2; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748261
ISBN
9780804748261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Links an investigation of mind and body in old age in four neighborhoods of the Indian city of Varanasi (Banaras) with events and processes around India and around the world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFSP31; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224629
ISBN
9780520224629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

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