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Society & culture: general
Paperback. To what extent should we use technological advances to try to make better human beings? Leading philosophers debate the possibility of enhancing human cognition, mood, personality, and physical performance, and controlling aging. Would this take us beyond the bounds of human nature? These are questions that need to be answered now. Editor(s): Savulescu, Julian; Bostrom, Nick. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199594962
- ISBN
- 9780199594962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.12
€ 60.12
Hardback. This stimulating volume is the first to review the very latest scientific developments in human enhancement. It is unique in its examination of the ethical and policy implications of these technologies from a broad range of perspectives, including philosophy, the biological and neurosciences, and the social sciences. Editor(s): Savulescu, Julian; ter Meulen, Rudd; Kahane, Guy. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMG; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 177 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195812
- ISBN
- 9781405195812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.33
€ 112.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSP1; JKV; JMU; VFJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613748084
- ISBN
- 9781613748084
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.14
€ 18.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639625
- ISBN
- 9780816639625
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Contested Spaces of Early America is a wide-ranging, eclectic volume that seeks to reconcile the parallel histories and historiographies of European and Indian spaces created throughout the hemisphere during the colonial era. Editor(s): Barr, Juliana; Countryman, Edward. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 444 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223996
- ISBN
- 9780812223996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801499715
- ISBN
- 9780801499715
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
Paperback. Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; JFCA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857337136
- ISBN
- 9781857337136
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.54
€ 11.99
€ 9.54
Paperback. Written by the world's leading experts on MDMA, "Ecstasy: The Complete Guide" takes the first unbiased look at the risks and the benefits of this unique drug, including the science of how it works; its promise as a treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress disorders, and other mental illnesses; and how to minimize the risks of use. Editor(s): Holland, Julie. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630. A Comprehensive Look at the Risks and Benefits of MDMA. 464 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Holland, Julie. Written by the world's leading experts on MDMA, "Ecstasy: The Complete Guide" takes the first unbiased look at the risks and the benefits of this unique drug, including the science of how it works; its promise as a treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress disorders, and other mental illnesses; and how to minimize the risks of use. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFD. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight: 626.
- Publisher
- Park Street Press
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892818570
- ISBN
- 9780892818570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.76
€ 33.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. This study questions the idea that the introduction of coffee to Latin America forced most people to become landless proles working on large plantations. It suggests that small and medium-sized growers in Nicaragua were vital to the economy, constituting the farming and land-owning majority. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSF; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130 x 585. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802278
- ISBN
- 9780896802278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
hardcover. Only book to discuss the use of legal advocacy to address the issues that affect the intersex community Num Pages: 179 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731895
- ISBN
- 9780814731895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.49
€ 43.49
Paperback. A collection of personal narratives - essays, letters, and poems - from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, it includes stories that tell of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage. Num Pages: 267 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYC; BG; HBW; JFFD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206342
- ISBN
- 9780520206342
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.56
€ 35.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. A study of moral education in American universities that examines the consequences of the 19th-century debates over the purpose and pursuit of higher education, and the modernization efforts of the academic reformers of that era. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JNA; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226710204
- ISBN
- 9780226710204
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.48
€ 44.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. Underscores the impossible mission that the U.S. public attempts to impose on students in schools: to contain the anger and rage that they feel toward society. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JNA; JNSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742519848
- ISBN
- 9780742519848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.38
€ 71.38
Hardback. Julie A. Wilson and Emily Chivers Yochim explore how working- and middle-class mothers of young children negotiate difficulties of holding a family together during difficulties such as job loss, health scares, and weakening social services through their everyday engagement with digital media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363361
- ISBN
- 9780822363361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Paperback. Julie A. Wilson and Emily Chivers Yochim explore how working- and middle-class mothers of young children negotiate difficulties of holding a family together during difficulties such as job loss, health scares, and weakening social services through their everyday engagement with digital media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363477
- ISBN
- 9780822363477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 63 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816638185
- ISBN
- 9780816638185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.39
€ 33.39
Paperback. A comprehensive social worker's guide to working with children with disabilities. Series: Critical Skills for Social Work. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFG; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Critical Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910391945
- ISBN
- 9781910391945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.77
€ 35.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. In this unique collection, the social capital - relationships and networks - of children and young people, and in one case parents and teachers, is explored in a wide range of formal and informal settings. Editor(s): Allan, Julie; Catts, Ralph. Num Pages: 248 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSB1; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429278
- ISBN
- 9781847429278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.41
€ 38.99
€ 37.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993498
- ISBN
- 9781784993498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.77
€ 26.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. Beauty shops are places where women can enjoy the company of other women and exchange information or secrets. This work traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market", to the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; KCCD; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814793589
- ISBN
- 9780814793589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. This collection of essays explores the social and cultural aspects of steampunk, examining the various manifestations of this multi-faceted genre, in order to better understand the steampunk sub-culture and its effect on-and interrelationship with-popular culture and the wider society. Editor(s): Taddeo, Professor Julie Anne; Miller, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 360 pages, 48 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AS; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810893153
- ISBN
- 9780810893153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.14
€ 50.14
Paperback. Presents an examination of Mexican-American and white girls coming of age in California's Central Valley. Investigating the cultural politics of how inequalities are both reproduced and challenged, this book examines the discursive formations that provide a context for the complex identity performances of contemporary girls. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280014
- ISBN
- 9780520280014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- SKU
- KNW0009105
- ISBN
- 9781852273958
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. In the early 1970s, few women participated in organized athletics, but in Catholic Philadelphia women's basketball was already a well-established tradition, sponsored by the Philadelphia Archdiocese far in advance of public schools. This volume explores the unusual lives of these young women. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSJ1; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127486
- ISBN
- 9780231127486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 79.12
€ 104.22
€ 79.12