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Society & culture: general

Paperback. This exceptionally successful survey text introduces the teachings and practice of Islam from its earliest origins up to its contemporary practice. John L. Esposito, an internationally renowned expert on Islam, traces the development of Islam and its impact on world history and politics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPDC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 282 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190632151
ISBN
9780190632151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.32

Hardback. Based on the largest ever study of its kind, this book is the first to present the fascinating findings of the Gallup Poll of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Gallup Press United States
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595620170
ISBN
9781595620170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.15

Hardback. This newly updated edition of What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam is the best single source for clearly presented, objective information about new developments and understanding of Islam, and for answers to questions about its origin and traditions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199794133
ISBN
9780199794133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Hardback. One of the world's leading authorities on the Islamic world answers the many troubling questions raised in the wake of the September 11 attack Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRAM9; HRH; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478. Clean copy in quarter cloth over card boards. Covers showing some light shelf wear. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0008110
ISBN
9780195154351
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In this text, John L. Esposito clearly and carefully explains the teachings of Islam - the Quran, the example of the Prophet, Islamic law - about jihad or holy war, the use of violence and terrorism. He chronicles the rise of extremist groups and examines their frightening worldview and tactics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195168860
ISBN
9780195168860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199975778
ISBN
9780199975778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.87

Hardback. Authenticity is considered the best way to distinguish the real from the phony, the genuine from the fake. The author proposes a new model for thinking about these issues - racial sincerity. This book offers a kaleidoscope of subjects and stories that directly and indirectly address how race is negotiated in today's world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4halftones, 6line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226390017
ISBN
9780226390017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.87
€ 59.21

Hardcover. Series: Collected Works of Norbert Elias. 272 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wouters, Cas. Explains differences in power and rank between two very similar groups - both working class - in a local community studied in the early 1960s. This book shows how one group monopolised sources of power and used them to exclude and stigmatise members of the other, pinpointing the role of gossip in the process. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFS. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 30. Weight: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558927
ISBN
9781904558927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 54.16

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KNW0008647
ISBN
9780747558309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326351
ISBN
9780745326351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. This text examines from various philosophical perspectives the different reasons for adopting a vegetarian diet, ranging from animal interests and rights to global ecology and world hunger. It includes a chapter responding to common objections to vegetarianism. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681389
ISBN
9780847681389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Offers account of author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BM; FXZ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 240 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603093002
ISBN
9781603093002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

Hardback. .
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603093835
ISBN
9781603093835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Takes you behind the scenes of some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement. This book features historic events both accessible and relevant to an entire new generation of Americans. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BM; FXZ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603094009
ISBN
9781603094009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. The second volume of Double Exposure, a major new series of books based on the remarkable NMAAHC photography archive. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; AJCR; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 183 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804472
ISBN
9781907804472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.17

Paperback. Seeks at once to describe and explain the emergence of export-oriented South Korean popular music and to make sense of larger South Korean economic and cultural transformations. This book delves into the broader background of South Korea in this wonderfully informed history and analysis of a pop culture phenomenon sweeping the globe. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AVGN; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283121
ISBN
9780520283121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Presents the study of stand-up comedy as a form of art. This title appreciates and analyses the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read stand-up through the lens of literary and cultural theory. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325468
ISBN
9780822325468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Presents an examination of why people do what they do - and how effective incentives can spur people to change their behaviour and achieve more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847946751
ISBN
9781847946751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Modern analysis of link between journalism and PR Series: Reuters Challenges. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KJSP; KNTJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784530624
ISBN
9781784530624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Paperback. This book proposes a series of reforms that could improve the media and politics, and the interaction of the two, in Britain. * This book makes an important contribution to public debate in Britain about the relationship between the media and politics. * Contributors include academics, journalists and political commentators. Editor(s): Lloyd, John; Seaton, Jean. Series: Political Quarterly Special Issues. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 8. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405136938
ISBN
9781405136938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 4.80

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