Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This welcome new resource for international students in art, design, and media provides clear explanations of the terminology and concepts they must master in order to fulfill their academic potential and enrich their professional careers. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AB; AK; GBC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118768945
- ISBN
- 9781118768945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Hardcover. This welcome new resource for international students in art, design, and media provides clear explanations of the terminology and concepts they must master in order to fulfill their academic potential and enrich their professional careers. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AB; AK; GBC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118768891
- ISBN
- 9781118768891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.08
€ 102.08
Paperback. Here, for the first time, is a simple, single explanation for the major problems facing the world today. Environmental superstar Annie Leonard has already reached millions worldwide with her message about the way stuff is ruining our lives. It's time she reached you, too. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348. How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change. 400 pages. Tells the story of the 'stuff' we use everyday - where our bottled water, mobile phones and jeans come from, how they're made and distributed, and where they really go when we throw them away. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849010382
- ISBN
- 9781849010382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384. The Modern World's Assault on the Imaginal Realm. 240 pages.
The constant force-feeding of too much information causes a reality overload that robs us of our living connection to time, the physical world, and each other. The degradation of the environment mirrors what is happening to us in our own imaginal realm, the home of our dreams, creativity, and individuality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFF. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594772443
- ISBN
- 9781594772443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.83
€ 24.99
€ 22.83
Paperback. The explosive, untold story of the Cold War's biggest secret. The REAL X-Files. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; HBW; JFHC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 34. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409136866
- ISBN
- 9781409136866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCV; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136525
- ISBN
- 9780231136525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Hardcover. Annie Coleman has written the first cultural history of skiing in the United States, telling how this European sport evolved into an American industry combining recreation, tourism, consumption, and wildness. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFCA; WSWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613410
- ISBN
- 9780700613410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.19
€ 55.19
Paperback. Mema lives in a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her house is a sanctuary for young homosexual men and transvestites. Mema is an AIDS educator and leader of the group. This study follows the transvestites in their daily activities, and analyzes their complicated relations. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 306 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSK2; JMU; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682570
- ISBN
- 9780226682570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
Hardcover. Once a major metropolis in North America, Montreal now finds itself increasingly marginal to the continental economy while remaining the heartland of the province of Quebec; it is facing a major identity crisis. This book discusses the city's economic decline due to the shift of corporate and financial leadership from Montreal to Toronto. Series: World Cities S. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFSG; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471949077
- ISBN
- 9780471949077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.60
€ 130.60
Hardback. A shocking and moving investigation into the hidden abuses perpetrated by Colonel Gaddafi, Gaddafi's Harem reveals the appalling private life of one of the twentieth century's most malevolent dictators. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JFFE2; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611856101
- ISBN
- 9781611856101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.78
€ 21.99
€ 15.78
Hardback. Cultural Dynamics of Tourism. 352 pages, 37, 32 black and white, 5 line drawing. Editor(s): Van Beek, Walter. Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFP; KNSG. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 28. Weight: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010490
- ISBN
- 9781847010490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847886286
- ISBN
- 9781847886286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.74
€ 49.99
€ 41.74
paperback. In Southern Mercy, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; JFSL3; JHB; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613980
- ISBN
- 9781442613980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.69
€ 38.99
€ 36.69
Paperback. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628. Class, Race, and Family Life. 480 pages, illustrations. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight: 640.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271425
- ISBN
- 9780520271425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: "[A] commanding and important book."-Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Num Pages: 816 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337761
- ISBN
- 9780393337761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.41
€ 21.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844453474
- ISBN
- 9781844453474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.79
€ 47.99
€ 42.79
Paperback. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424. The Paradox of Keeping-while-giving. 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight: 414.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520076044
- ISBN
- 9780520076044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. Using a spectrum of literary, artistic, archaeological and epigraphic evidence, this book uncovers the kaleidoscopic story of some of the most intriguing women in history, and the complex role of the empresses as political players on Rome's great stage. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523932
- ISBN
- 9780099523932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.46
€ 21.99
€ 16.46
Hardback. Reveals how deaf people in Adamorobe did not live in a social paradise but that they created their own "Deaf Space" by seeking each other out to form a society of their own. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs, 11 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686320
- ISBN
- 9781563686320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 48.15
€ 70.56
€ 48.15
Paperback. The complete, contemporary, colourful companion to Dutch Fashion Editor(s): Smelik, Anneke. Series: Dress Cultures Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 86 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; AKTH; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531973
- ISBN
- 9781784531973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.22
€ 33.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. Since World War II, the biological and technological have been fusing and merging in new ways, resulting in the loss of a distinction between the two. This title deals with the fusion of biological and technological power and the entanglements of biocultures. Editor(s): Smelik, Anneke; Lykke, Nina. Series: In Vivo S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988092
- ISBN
- 9780295988092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Hardback. In cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative though solitary positions in medieval society. Mulder-Bakker offers a new history of these women and their roles as counselors, theological innovators, and public recluses. Translator(s): Scholz, Myra Heerspink. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HRCC2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238525
- ISBN
- 9780812238525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
Paperback. Describes a world in which government officials - police investigators, financial regulators, even judges and legislators - exchange information and coordinate activity across national borders to tackle crime, terrorism, and the routine daily grind of international interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 50245th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123974
- ISBN
- 9780691123974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
€ 46.99
€ 33.23
Paperback. A compelling clarion call for a cultural shift that will enable us all to live more balanced lives Shortlisted for the FT McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748702
- ISBN
- 9781780748702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91