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Society & culture: general

Paperback / so. Series: Schriftenreihe Medienforschung Der Landesanstalt Feur Rundfu. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810010919
ISBN
9783810010919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.92

Paperback. Demonstrates the existence of a coherent pre-Islamic Arabian myth that was subsequently incorporated into Islamic poetic tradition. This book dissects the Arab-Islamic myth built around Muhammad's unearthing of a "golden bough" from the grave of the last survivor of an ancient Arab people. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214133
ISBN
9780253214133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.93

Paperback. The Virgin Mary has been a figure of inspiration to Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims, artists, musicians, writers, and men and women everywhere. This text examines how Mary has been depicted and venerated through the ages. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300076615
ISBN
9780300076615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. Series: The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
0002-
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226653808
ISBN
9780226653808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HPJ; HRAB; HRAC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1993
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349225255
ISBN
9781349225255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFU; JWK; KNB; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
100
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624179945
ISBN
9781624179945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.09
€ 70.85

Paperback. Reveals how the internet is deadening personal interaction, stifling genuine inventiveness and even changing us as people. Showing us the way to a future where individuals mean more than machines, this book is a searing manifesto against mass mediocrity, a creative call to arms - and an impassioned defence of the human. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141049113
ISBN
9780141049113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

paperback. Globally, at least one in four women experiences domestic violence at some point in her life, according to World Bank figures, which are confirmed by local surveys around the world. This study contributes to the fields of domestic abuse and narrative studies with the author's analysis of the narrative practices of doctors who treat abused women. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKV; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803224940
ISBN
9780803224940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.93

paperback. This book is an exploration of the phenomenon of horror from an unusual angle. Focusing on reading specific examples of literature from Romanticism to Modernism, the study brings together the phenomenon of horror with the topical concepts of experience and intermediality and highlights the complex relations they present. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349452606
ISBN
9781349452606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816651054
ISBN
9780816651054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.40

Paperback. This workbook offers a comprehensive review of existing violence prevention programs, which can help schools evaluate their existing programs and select the right approach for them. Author Dr. Jared M. Scherz offers practical guidance on building a prevention paradigm that integrates into the existing mission and vision of a given school. Num Pages: 110 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFU; JNHB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 167.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Workbook
Condition
New
SKU
V9781475812428
ISBN
9781475812428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.98

Paperback. A history of the modern sequential comic form from the late nineteenth century through today, focusing on the unique ways in which it tells stories and interacts with readers. Series: Post - 45. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771474
ISBN
9780804771474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Collection of essays on issues of women and development, attempting to bridge theory and practice in the post-9/11 era to reflect debates in various realms, from the environment, land rights, and identity to information technology, employme Editor(s): Jaquette, Jane S.; Summerfield, Gale. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336983
ISBN
9780822336983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. In 1965, Tom Wolfe famously asked of Marshall McLuhan: "Suppose he is the oracle of the modern times--what if he is right?" Fifty years later, McLuhan's biographer Douglas Coupland, McLuhan's sons, and sixteen scholars explore the ways in which McLuhan's predictions have come true. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773752
ISBN
9780889773752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.82

Paperback. Drawing on ethnographic research in four distinct communities - the Chicago neighborhoods of Andersonville and Argyle and the New England towns of Provincetown and Dresden - this title paints a colorful portrait of how residents new and old, from wealthy gay homeowners to Portuguese fishermen, think about gentrification. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 halftones, 3 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226076638
ISBN
9780226076638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.73

Hardback. Religious scholars, anthropologists, and historians of America and the Anabaptist faiths will find this objective-yet-appreciative account of the Hutterites' distinct North American culture to be a valuable and fascinating study both of the religion and of a viable alternative to modern-day capitalism. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 45, 39 black & white halftones, 4 maps, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSR; JFSS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894893
ISBN
9780801894893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.95

Hardcover. Providing a comparison the most important instances of public engagement with biotechnology in Europe in recent years, this book provides a theoretically reflected and empirically grounded study of the opportunities and obstacles for a thorough democratization of technological development through processes of public engagement. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230242128
ISBN
9780230242128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Hardcover. This brief volume takes a panoramic view of the candidates for the most succinct theory of the 21st century division of labor that would replace Fordism, Taylorism and scientific management. Num Pages: 91 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378774
ISBN
9781137378774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.81

Hardback. This study demonstrates that three subjects traditionally discussed separately - prostitution, hysteria and the popular novel - share a discourse of marginality and of female marginality in particular, central to the 19th-century experience in France. Num Pages: 422 pages, 18 illustration. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072069
ISBN
9780231072069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.77
€ 90.75

Hardcover. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 blac and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; GTJ; JFD; JPF; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634072
ISBN
9780815634072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.38

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