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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Celebrates the particular communication of thoughts that takes place by means of the business of writing, producing, and selling books. This book features a semiology of the cultural practice that begins with the character of the writer's voice and culminates in a customer's crossing the bookstore threshold, package under arm, on the way home. Translator(s): Wills, David. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
4 Rev ed
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230372
ISBN
9780823230372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.69

Hardback. Celebrates the particular communication of thoughts that takes place by means of the business of writing, producing, and selling books. This book features a semiology of the cultural practice that begins with the character of the writer's voice and culminates in a customer's crossing the bookstore threshold, package under arm, on the way home. Translator(s): Wills, David. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
4 Rev ed
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230365
ISBN
9780823230365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPM; JFSJ; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273478
ISBN
9780823273478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Hardback. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPM; JFSJ; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780823273461
ISBN
9780823273461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFS; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816619245
ISBN
9780816619245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Reflections of a "revolutionary whore" and champion of sexual freedom and prostitutes' rights. Translator(s): Reines, Ariana. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350781
ISBN
9781584350781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.19

Hardback. Exploring culinary evolution and eating habits in a cornucopia of cultures from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and from the Byzantine Empire to Jewish Mediterranean culture in the Middle Ages, Food: A Culinary History is a rich banquet for readers. Culinary customs, the writers reveal, offer great insight into societies past and present. Editor(s): Flandrin, Jean-Louis; Montanari, Massimo. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 624 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111546
ISBN
9780231111546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.94

Paperback. Translator(s): Roberts, M.S.; Michel, A. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618576
ISBN
9780816618576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed. This book extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information is controlled in the Western world. Translator(s): Bennington, G.; Massumi, B. Num Pages: 144 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719014505
ISBN
9780719014505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.16

Paperback. Translator(s): Abbeele, Georges van den. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816625550
ISBN
9780816625550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers. His earlier work The Postmodern Condition is widely regarded as a modern classic. This book develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity. The author is one of Europe's foremost philosophers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745612386
ISBN
9780745612386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.04

Paperback. In this new book, Jean-Franois Bayart offers a radically new account of globalization which challenges the way it is interpreted by neo-liberals and by the anti-globalization movement. He develops an illuminating account of how the social relations constitutive of globalization produce new forms of subjectivity, lifestyles and moral subjects. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636689
ISBN
9780745636689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.53

Hardback. In this new book, Jean-Franois Bayart offers a radically new account of globalization which challenges the way it is interpreted by neo-liberals and by the anti-globalization movement. He develops an illuminating account of how the social relations constitutive of globalization produce new forms of subjectivity, lifestyles and moral subjects. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636672
ISBN
9780745636672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816645916
ISBN
9780816645916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

paperback. This study examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, revealing the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other during the Middle Ages. It discusses Augustine's influence on medieval authors, and monastic visions and folklore. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 290 pages, 28 colour plates, 3 halftones, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HRAC; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226738888
ISBN
9780226738888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. The number of one-person households is rising steeply all over the world and a growing proportion of these 'new singles' are women. It is estimated that one woman in three lives on her own. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JMH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640495
ISBN
9780745640495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. In 1785 James Boswell and Dr Johnson were trying to come up with a way of distinguishing human beings from animals. The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree,' said Boswell, but no beast is a cook. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646916
ISBN
9780745646916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Paperback. "This work was originally published in French as .. Le versant animal. Bayard Editions, 2007"--T.p. verso Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Num Pages: 100 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823234448
ISBN
9780823234448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. What has the land of Israel meant for the Jewish imagination> This work provides an answer, covering Biblical times up to the present. Its aim is to pierce the mystery of the images of Israel, to grasp their meaning and function, and to trace their origins and history. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741668
ISBN
9780804741668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. This work is intended both as a comprehensive review and discussion of the major studies on language development and functioning in mentally retarded persons since the 1950s, and as an exploration of a number of important issues in this field. Series: Exc Business and Economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG; JMC; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861560049
ISBN
9781861560049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.33

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