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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Explores how modern food manufacturers have hijacked the brains of millions by turning our meals into perfectly engineered portions of fat, salt and sugar, turning us into addicts in the process. With a focus on the problems in the UK and Europe, this title lays out a plan and tools for reclaiming control over our cravings. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; KNDF; VFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047812
ISBN
9780141047812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Kaiser, David; McCray, Patrick. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226372914
ISBN
9780226372914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.52

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kaiser, David; McCray, Patrick. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226372884
ISBN
9780226372884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.70

Paperback. Takes the reader on a stroll through Thailand's intellectual history - the thoughts of the people of Siam, and the products of their thought, through history. The author touches upon political and religious thought, but also upon such "artistic" thought as that demonstrated in novels, paintings, and historical writing. Num Pages: 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Chiang Mai
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551723
ISBN
9789747551723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.56

Paperback. Charts the intertwining histories of African Americans and sport. This book contains over 100 documents on both pioneering and modern-day athletes, ranging chronologically from a challenge issued by prizefighter Tom Molineaux in 1810 to contributions from commentators like Frederick Douglass, W E B Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Eldridge Cleaver. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 528 pages, 65 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 258 x 28. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252072727
ISBN
9780252072727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814735282
ISBN
9780814735282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Paperback / so. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSC; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375708213
ISBN
9780375708213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.01

Hardback. Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. This title describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. It provides an original theory of art and architecture in the age of global networks. Series: Point: Essays on Architecture. Num Pages: 136 pages, 39 color illus. 1 halftone. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150444
ISBN
9780691150444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.36

Paperback. A look at Lorca's ambivalent view of his own homosexuality as expressed through his life and his art. Series: Outlines S. Num Pages: 96 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238. Series: Outlines S. 96 pages, b&w photographs. A look at Lorca's ambivalent view of his own homosexuality as expressed through his life and his art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSK2. Dimension: 188 x 150 x 11. Weight: 238.
Publisher
Absolute Press
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899791613
ISBN
9781899791613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033047
ISBN
9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.72

Paperback. Examines the media revolution and shows how it works. This book profiles groups of listeners and their different approaches to discovery, showing how breeds of technology make automated recommendations based on expert coding. It also shows creators how to fill the gaps in their knowledge about consumer behaviour. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857883985
ISBN
9781857883985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.87

Paperback. A New Nation of Goods highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States-chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing-to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 color, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222005
ISBN
9780812222005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611803358
ISBN
9781611803358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.48

This index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407531
ISBN
9781421407531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.07

Paperback. Covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, Wishart takes a wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the US. Series: Discover the Great Plains. Num Pages: 168 pages, 12 illustrations, 8 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269620
ISBN
9780803269620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444777
ISBN
9780801444777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92

Hardback. David Silverman argues against the notion that Indians prized flintlock muskets more for their pyrotechnics than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another, as arms races erupted across North America. Num Pages: 360 pages, 28 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 33. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737471
ISBN
9780674737471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 b&w photographs and drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566633482
ISBN
9781566633482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.84

Hardback. David Rothkopf, CEO and editor of Foreign Policy magazine, takes us around the world in search of the great thinkers of our time, uncovering their next big ideas. Perfect for fans of Think Like a Freak by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and The Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku. Series: TED. Num Pages: 120 pages, 4-colour throughout. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471156137
ISBN
9781471156137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Hardback. Why do Americans know so much about "celebrity criminals" and so little about crime? If crime is down, why is there so much mayhem on television news and in the newspapers? This book seeks to answer these and other questions, to attempt to make sense of crime, crime news and crime policy in the US. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JKV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102926
ISBN
9780231102926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20
€ 81.45

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