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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A revealing exploration of how art acquires its financial value. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: ABQ; AC; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718192457
ISBN
9780718192457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Hardcover. This book looks at neo-classicism as a context for understanding early-modern English historical writing, and traces the implications of neo-classical history for English political culture at large. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333659403
ISBN
9780333659403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFFB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634043
ISBN
9780691634043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.61

Paperback. 'Required reading for anyone wishing to understand the war and the media's role in it.' The New Internationalist Editor(s): Hammond, Philip; Herman, Edward S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1QFN; 3JJPR; JFD; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745316314
ISBN
9780745316314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.53

Paperback. Examines the contradictions of fundamentalism as they appear in prophecy, sermon, film and fiction, including work by Gore Vidal, Peter Matthiesen, Thom Jones, Alison Lurie and Pete Dexter. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 391.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609789
ISBN
9780748609789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Food Studies: Economy, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 bw illus. BIC Classification: JFCV; KCT; KNAC; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472581112
ISBN
9781472581112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.10

Hardcover. Questions how cinema is ranked and, in doing so, uncovers a history of critical conflict, with different aesthetic positions battling for dominance. This book contains chapters which provide a summary of the film's plot and discuss the historical context, the individuals who made the film, and initial and subsequent popular and critical responses. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
English Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845206529
ISBN
9781845206529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.58
€ 137.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512. The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed. 320 pages, 40 black and white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New Page Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564149091
ISBN
9781564149091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.22

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Career Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564149237
ISBN
9781564149237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.15

Hardback. A disturbing look at how asylum seekers fare in America Num Pages: 354 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740743
ISBN
9780814740743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Provocative and wide-ranging, Global Perspectives on Higher Education considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has fundamentally altered higher education. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419268
ISBN
9781421419268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. An argument that it was only on September 11, 2001, that the symbolic universe of the Cold War was finally destroyed and a new world order put into place. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344735
ISBN
9780822344735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867408
ISBN
9781921867408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. This book explores new territory - revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us. Num Pages: 288 pages, 153 black & white illustrations, 99 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230221
ISBN
9781780230221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Hardcover. Shows us the undeniable realities of mass migration to which we have turned a blind eye: how it has driven down workers' wages and driven up inequality; how it has fostered unsafe working conditions; and how it has stalled our economic maturity by keeping us ever-focused on increasing consumption. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones, 21 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226190655
ISBN
9780226190655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Hardcover. The story of God is the story of a paradox. It is the drama of a transcendent, timeless being who, throughout history, has supposedly engaged with immanent and mortal creatures on a fallen and broken world of his own making. Num Pages: 16 pages of colour plates. BIC Classification: HBLH; HRAB1; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9781784537654
ISBN
9781784537654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Contains an essay on Gay Musicology, its history and scope. Along with this historical essay, this work includes an introduction that outlines the changes that have occurred as Gay Musicology has grown. Editor(s): Brett, Phillip; Wood, Elizabeth; Thomas, Gary C. Num Pages: 418 pages, 9 black & white tables, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AV; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415978842
ISBN
9780415978842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.79

Paperback. Brings together authorities on the subject to report on their recent research. Chapters include studies on the supply and use of crack/cocaine in London and Glasgow, on the projected epidemic in use, on treatment on the rights of users as well as placing the subject in its historical perspective. Editor(s): Bean, Philip. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333586815
ISBN
9780333586815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.09

Paperback. This book proposes that the complex systems view of social sciences has matured sufficiently to make it possible, desirable and perhaps essential to try formulating a unified scheme for studying, understanding and ultimately predicting the world we have made. Num Pages: 80 pages, 35 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 209 x 6. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642289996
ISBN
9783642289996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.78

Paperback. Introduces an area of scientific research: materials science. This book describes how scientists are inventing materials, ranging from synthetic skin, blood, and bone to substances that repair themselves and adapt to their environment, that swell and flex like muscles, that repel any ink or paint, and that capture and store the energy of the Sun. Num Pages: 472 pages, 17 color illus. 61 halftones 83 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; PD; PN; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009759
ISBN
9780691009759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 48.64

Paperback. A comparative history of the Spanish, Yugoslav and Greek Civil Wars 1936-1949 from the standpoints of politics, socio-economic structures, national questions, international conjunctures and foreign interventions. From the shifting nexus of relations between domestic and international conditions, Minehan explores the similarities and differences. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBW; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230117877
ISBN
9780230117877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.41

Hardcover. This volume is the culmination of five years of impassioned conversations among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. Editor(s): Heymann, Philip B.; Brownsberger, William N. Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674003279
ISBN
9780674003279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 76.62

Hardcover. The way in which energy is governed in China is driving its rising level of carbon dioxide emissions. This book analyses the nature of energy governance in China by combining ideas relating to transition management with institutionalist theories, which helps to identify factors which assist or constrain the country's path to a low-carbon economy. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFMG; KNB; RNF; RNU; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230282247
ISBN
9780230282247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. This work aims to disprove the idea that the United States has been on a steady march toward the end of racial discrimination. Rather, progress has been made only in brief periods and has always been followed by periods of stagnation and retrenchment. Num Pages: 418 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226443416
ISBN
9780226443416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

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