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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Chronicles a harsh world in which young women faced the realities of sex for sale and were deprived of their freedom and identity. This work also tells of the author's life after leaving the geisha house, painting a panorama of the grinding poverty of rural life in wartime Japan. Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KOC0012729
- ISBN
- 9780099462040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Num Pages: 116 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFH2; JKVP1; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319155654
- ISBN
- 9783319155654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.80
€ 72.80
Paperback. An ethnography about 'Japan outside of Japan' - specifically, how Japanese families on corporate re-assignment in the United States recreate their homeland within domestic spaces Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336228
- ISBN
- 9780822336228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback / so. Series: Alltag Und Biografie. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810004826
- ISBN
- 9783810004826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. The first detailed study on the subject of Victorian unfinished novels, this book sheds further light on novels by major authors that have been neglected by critical studies and focuses in a new way on critically acclaimed masterpieces, offering a counter-reading of the nineteenth-century literary canon. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435531
- ISBN
- 9781349435531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.47
€ 61.47
Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608465590
- ISBN
- 9781608465590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.87
€ 37.87
Hardback. This collection uses the transnational activities of municipal urban governments to historicize the origins and development of the global city, focusing on how urban problems were addressed with concepts that emerged from the "world in between" nations and cities. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606630
- ISBN
- 9780230606630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813525846
- ISBN
- 9780813525846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.79
€ 47.99
€ 47.79
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the complex and conflicted topic of beauty in cultural, arts and medicine, looking back through the long cultural history of beauty, and asking whether it is possible to 'recover beauty'. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426734
- ISBN
- 9781137426734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Co...
Saul, Ben; Kinley, David; Mowbray, Jacqueline
Paperback. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is one of the most important human rights treaties in international law. This comprehensive collection of primary materials and analytical commentary is ideal reading for scholars, students, and practitioners working on issues of economic, cultural, and social rights. Num Pages: 1360 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPVH; LBBC; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 247 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198790464
- ISBN
- 9780198790464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.89
€ 126.89
Paperback. A Christian self-help guide to recovery shows believers how to combine their faith with twelve-step spirituality to successful overcome a variety of addictions. Original. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hazelden
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568385617
- ISBN
- 9781568385617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.24
€ 18.99
€ 18.24
Hardcover. In August of 1654, a few Ashkenazic Jews arrived in the Dutch colonial settlement of New Amsterdam (later renamed New York), and thus began the astonishing saga of American Jewry. In this stunning book of narrative and photographs, Dr. Saul Landa gives us a glimpse of its beauty. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 331 x 27. Weight in Grams: 2296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652294869
- ISBN
- 9789652294869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.41€ 47.19
€ 61.41
€ 47.19
Paperback. A magisterial history of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the regime's policies towards them in the years prior to World War II and the Holocaust. Written by arguably the world's leading scholar on the subject. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753801420
- ISBN
- 9780753801420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his chateau to brood on his own private grief - the deaths of his best friends, his brother, and his first-born child. This title offers a celebration of perhaps one of the most joyful and yet profound of all Renaissance writers. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map, port. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234585
- ISBN
- 9780571234585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Hardcover. An investigation into the transformational and fateful era of 1867-1914 in Russian-American relations. The book explores the fluctuation of economic, diplomatic, social and cultural affairs, personal and professional conflicts, and the evolution of each country's perception of the other. Num Pages: 672 pages, 63 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607549
- ISBN
- 9780700607549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.98
€ 82.98
Erfolge Und Defizite Der Integration Turkeistammiger Einwanderer
Sauer, Martina; Halm, Dirk (M??Nster Universi...
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Stiftung Zentrum F R T Rkeistudien. Num Pages: 183 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531166919
- ISBN
- 9783531166919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.67
€ 46.67
Hardback. Addressing the relationship between gossip, women and film in the genre of chick flicks, this book presents two case studies on the films Easy A (Will Gluck 2010) and Emma (Douglas McGrath 1996) to demonstrate that hearsay plays a defining role in the staging of these films and thus in the film experience in this under-theorised genre. Num Pages: 75 pages, 20 colour illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 75
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137560179
- ISBN
- 9781137560179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.68
€ 67.68
Paperback. The product of years of cross-border and cross-disciplinary collaboration, this is an innovative volume of essays situated at the intersection of multi-disciplinary fields: postcolonial/subaltern theory; comparative literary analysis, especially with a South Asian and transnational focus; the study of 'alternative' and 'indigenous' modernities. Editor(s): Mohanty, Satya P. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230619081
- ISBN
- 9780230619081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Readers of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina. Editor(s): Borras, Saturnino M., Jr.; Edelman, Marc; Kay, Cristobal. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFFS; JPW; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190411
- ISBN
- 9781405190411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.84
€ 28.84
hardcover. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JMR; PDR; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319216195
- ISBN
- 9783319216195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39