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Society & culture: general
paperback. VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Language by Xiaolu Guo Death by Julian Barnes Love by Jeanette Winterson Home by Salman Rushdie Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. . Paperback in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- RANDOM HOUSE UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2233533
- ISBN
- 9781784872779
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 14.99€ 7.13
€ 14.99
€ 7.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; AJB; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 280. .
- Publisher
- Damiani
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788862085137
- ISBN
- 9788862085137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth. Underneath her mother's gentility and her father's roguish charm lay horrifying secrets, which eventually led to their only child's near destruction. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0010549
- ISBN
- 9780007223763
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724647
- ISBN
- 9780804724647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Gives an ethnographic account of Bosnian Muslims' lives in a rural village located near Sarajevo. Although they represent a majority of the population in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims are still members of a minority culture in the region that was once Yugoslavia. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691001753
- ISBN
- 9780691001753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.42€ 45.34
€ 56.42
€ 45.34
paperback. Series: Thela Latin American S. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFSG; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Thela Thesis
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789055380220
- ISBN
- 9789055380220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Observes that the modern study of religion is peculiarly ambivalent toward the question of origin. Historians of religion have abandoned speculative quests for the origin of religion; at the same time, they allege that concepts of absolute beginnings are fundamental to religion itself. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226509853
- ISBN
- 9780226509853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. This book attempts to elucidate Japanese religious experiences by presenting an innovative interpretation of the oldest existing text of Japanese myth, the Kojiki. Iwasawa offers new insights into Japanese mythology regarding the relationship between the human and the divine. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761855248
- ISBN
- 9780761855248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Paperback / so. A full-color how-to guide to growing pot for pleasure or medicinal.. Num Pages: colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: GBC; JFCA; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616080938
- ISBN
- 9781616080938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.79
€ 19.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. A practical introduction to the process of designing, doing and writing up research with children and young people. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GPS; JFSP1; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857028860
- ISBN
- 9780857028860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.77
€ 59.77
Paperback. Argues that many forms of African-American cultural expression display resistance through appropriation, and reconstitution, of denigrating representations fostered by the dominant racist culture. The text includes chapters on DuBois, Alain Locke and Sargent Johnson. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210191
- ISBN
- 9780631210191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761834977
- ISBN
- 9780761834977
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Condition: New
€ 57.38
€ 57.38
Paperback. Scholars of history, anthropology, literature, and film explore the transformations in Japanese politics, culture, and society since Japan s recession of the early 1990s. Editor(s): Yoda, Tomiko; Harootunian, Harry. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338130
- ISBN
- 9780822338130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.10
€ 41.99
€ 31.10
This short collection of essays looks at the television show and films produced by the Monty Python troupe from a number of perspectives: *Gender studies *Post-structuralism *Psychoanalysis *Cultural studies Editor(s): Dobrogoszcz, Tomasz. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442237360
- ISBN
- 9781442237360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.60
€ 92.60
Hardback. Suitable for scholars and students in humanities, history, Jewish studies, philosophy, Christian theology, and for those concerned with the roots of anti-Semitism and with the need for toleration and intercultural pluralism, this book combines the development of German philosophy from the Enlightenment to Idealism. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Enlarged ed
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402015946
- ISBN
- 9781402015946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.89
€ 132.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Boyd, Matthieu. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037369
- ISBN
- 9780268037369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.20
€ 53.20
Paperback. Unlike the wave of immigration that came through Ellis Island and then subsided, immigration to the United States from Mexico has been virtually uninterrupted for one hundred years. This book takes us into the lives of later-generation descendants of Mexican immigrants. It sheds light on America's largest ethnic group. Num Pages: 366 pages, 6 line illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261426
- ISBN
- 9780520261426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Series: Readings in.. 252 pages, maps, figures. Editor(s): Young, Tom. These readings focus on African politics. The topics covered include: African socialism; the Eritrean war; violence in Nigeria; the social power of religious organization and civil society; and aspects of democracy and democratization in Zambia and Botswana. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JPA; JPH. Dimension: 233 x 203 x 16. Weight: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852552575
- ISBN
- 9780852552575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
paperback. Editor(s): Young, Tom. Series: Readings in African Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018885
- ISBN
- 9780253018885
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.64
€ 50.99
€ 46.64
Hardback. Examines the way in which the great 19th-century novelists managed to say something new and true and important about sexual behaviour in spite of, or perhaps because of, rules which dictated that the recording of this behaviour should combine the utmost discretion and deep disapproval. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333591918
- ISBN
- 9780333591918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Paperback. This book is about the need for an alternative to capitalism. But what does that alternative look like? BIC Classification: JFFS; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552668726
- ISBN
- 9781552668726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816696147
- ISBN
- 9780816696147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.55
€ 102.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Between the Lines United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897071069
- ISBN
- 9781897071069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Tempting as it is to write off intolerant students as a generational blip, our inability to stick up for our founding, liberal values, so that the free exchange of ideas should be a risky business, has eroded free speech from within. Bringing together journalists, academics and agitators from the US and UK, this is a wake-up call. Editor(s): Slater, Tom. Num Pages: 134 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JNF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137587855
- ISBN
- 9781137587855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.05
€ 50.05