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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A fascinating and surprising history, revealing the peaceful tradition that has existed between Islam and the West Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp b/w. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719567551
- ISBN
- 9780719567551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America. Editor(s): Heller, Zachary I.; Gordis, David M. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857945
- ISBN
- 9780761857945
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Condition: New
€ 56.22
€ 56.22
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107182561
- ISBN
- 9781107182561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.67
€ 117.67
Hardback. The Shape of Revelation highlights the image of form-creation, sheer presence, lyric pathos, rhythmic repetition, open spatial dynamism, and erotic pulse unique in the work of Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, and German Expressionism in order to explore the overlap between revelation and aesthetic shape from the perspective of Judaism. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804753210
- ISBN
- 9780804753210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.05
€ 82.05
Keep This Sex out of My Sight: the Undisplayable of Female Sex as Reve...
Zabunyan, Elvan; Gange, Francoise; Bertini, M...
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGH; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dis Voir France
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782914563109
- ISBN
- 9782914563109
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.48
€ 31.99
€ 27.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Various, 30. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; JPW; KCP. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199475278
- ISBN
- 9780199475278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.60
€ 61.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 550 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; GBCY; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Publisher
- Visible Ink Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578595075
- ISBN
- 9781578595075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.62
€ 28.62
Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of the changing representations of military women in American and British movies and TV programs from the Second World War to the present. Num Pages: 328 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348474
- ISBN
- 9780822348474
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Brings feminist critique to bear on contemporary "postfeminist" mass media culture, analyzing phenomena ranging from female action films to the "girling" of aging women in productions such as the movie Something's Gotta Give and the British television series 10 Years Younger. Editor(s): Tasker, Yvonne; Negra, Diane. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340324
- ISBN
- 9780822340324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.70
€ 41.99
€ 37.70
Fully updated with new crime statistics, case studies - including Jimmy Savile, the murder of Lee Rigby, and Wikileaks - and a student website, this bestselling text introduces students to this exciting area and encourages them to think critically about key issues Series: Key Approaches to Criminology. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JKV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 252 x 27. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446272527
- ISBN
- 9781446272527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.34
€ 161.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446272534
- ISBN
- 9781446272534
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Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardcover. This selection of tales about leprechauns is now available in a miniaturised edition. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Mini
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717134236
- ISBN
- 9780717134236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.40
€ 7.40
Hardback. The book focuses on human development in a world dominated by post-9/11 security and political challenges, economic and financial collapses, as well as environmental threats. Editor(s): Reisinger, Yvette, PhD. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 181 x 252 x 19. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780643922
- ISBN
- 9781780643922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.46
€ 55.46
Paperback. Between 1840 and 1930, approximately 900,000 people left Quebec for the United States and settled in French-Canadian colonies in New England's industrial cities. This work explores the conversion of these immigrants and their descendants from French-Canadian to Franco-American. It aims to raise questions about Franco-Americans. Num Pages: 562 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 1043. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Editions du Septentrion,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 562
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782894484005
- ISBN
- 9782894484005
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Condition: New
€ 39.05
€ 39.05
Hardback. Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503728
- ISBN
- 9781509503728
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Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. These 130 articles explore mythologies in societies from India to Japan. Among the many topics are Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Indonesian rites of passage, Chinese cosmology and demons, and Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit." Editor(s): Bonnefoy, Yves. Translator(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1F; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064567
- ISBN
- 9780226064567
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Condition: New
€ 56.71
€ 56.71
Hardcover. Provides an integrated view of the five kinds of enabling technologies in terms of knowledge media architectures such as: multimedia and hypermedia, object oriented GUI and visual programming, reusable component software and component integration, network publishing and electronic commerce, and object oriented and multimedia databases. Num Pages: 498 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD; UYQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471453789
- ISBN
- 9780471453789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.27
€ 204.27
Paperback. This text chronicles a great lost period in cinema history, that of pre-Revolutionary Russia. In contrast to standard film histories, this book focuses on reflected images: it features the historical filmgoer and early writings on film, as well as examining the physical elements of performance. Editor(s): Taylor, Richard. Translator(s): Bodger, Alan. Num Pages: 292 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226814261
- ISBN
- 9780226814261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.72
€ 42.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Translator(s): Brickman, Caroline Lemak. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: BM; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564789969
- ISBN
- 9781564789969
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. What was the fate of Stanislav Perfetsky - poet, provocateur and hero of Ukranian underground culture? This text constructs Perfetsky's final days using a mishmash of relics, from official documents to recorded interviews to scraps of paper. Translator(s): Naydan, Michael M. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGU; BG; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119642
- ISBN
- 9780810119642
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Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
paperback. This book explores the casting of China s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824828
- ISBN
- 9780774824828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Explores the rise of female athletes in China in the early twentieth century. It shows how female athletes coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame, arguing that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSJ1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824811
- ISBN
- 9780774824811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.33
€ 107.33
Hardback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 262 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816698905
- ISBN
- 9780816698905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.93
€ 104.93
Marriage, Gender and Sex in a Contemporary Chinese Village (Studies on...
Yuen, Sun-Pong; Law, Pui-Lam; Ho, Yuk-Ying; Y...
paperback. This book explores changing concepts of marriage and gender relationships and attitudes toward sex in a rural Chinese community over the past five decades. The book is based on a study of an industrialized peasant village in Guangdong Province from 1994 to 1996 and subsequent visits from 2000 to 2002. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765612540
- ISBN
- 9780765612540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.77
€ 39.77