Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Using history, painting, literature and food, this book sheds light on southern Italy's legacy of political corruption and violent crime. It takes you on a journey into the dark heart of Sicily. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; 3JJP; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099595809
- ISBN
- 9780099595809
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Local urban high streets have the potential to meet policy aspirations with regard to sustainability and social inclusion, yet they have frequently been neglected. Drawing on case-studies in three different locations, this report provides a wealth of findings produced from a variety of sources. A free pdf is available at www.jrf.org.uk Series: Public Spaces Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFS; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349859
- ISBN
- 9781861349859
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.32
€ 26.99
€ 26.32
Paperback. This work shows that while the series ""The West Wing"" may be criticized as ""idealistic"", its clever techniques of camera work, lighting, editing, and mise en scene reflect America's best image of itself, and entertains a loyal audience that wants to believe in the nobility of the American Dream. Editor(s): O'Connor, John E. Series: Television and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFCA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630319
- ISBN
- 9780815630319
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Condition: New
€ 27.49
€ 27.49
Hardback. Examines how filmmakers have presented important events, topics, eras, and figures in the American past, often comparing the film versions of events with the interpretations of the historians. This book features cross-references, a filmography (of discussed and relevant films), notes, and a bibliography of selected historical works. Editor(s): Rollins, Peter C. Num Pages: 696 pages, 100 photos. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 264 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112222
- ISBN
- 9780231112222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.89€ 99.33
€ 132.89
€ 99.33
hardcover. Each of the five photographs in this book generates a dialogue that is as honest and practical as it is spiritual and philosophical. Drawing on history, literature, and his upbringing in the Jewish communities of Brooklyn, Peter S. Temes seeks a new understanding of what it means to be Jewish and what the future holds for the Jewish people. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803239791
- ISBN
- 9780803239791
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.25
€ 27.99
€ 25.25
Hardcover. New York Unbound is a critical examination of the problems and prospects of New York City as it approaches the twenty--first century and a call to arms for a new infusion of energy and creativity in charting its future. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD; JFF; JFSG; JKS; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557860088
- ISBN
- 9781557860088
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Condition: New
€ 51.54
€ 51.54
Paperback. An interesting and accessible introduction to ethical issues raised by various forms of human use of animals. This textbook avoids moral lecturing and presents a range of ethical viewpoints without defending or applying any specific stance. Num Pages: 194 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; MZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151207
- ISBN
- 9781405151207
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Condition: New
€ 75.15
€ 75.15
Paperback. Companion Animal Ethics explores the important ethical questions and problems that arise as a result of humans keeping animals as companions. Series: UFAW Animal Welfare. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 244 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118376690
- ISBN
- 9781118376690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.93
€ 51.99
€ 50.93
Paperback. Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners , this landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, charts, tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFFA; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428387
- ISBN
- 9781847428387
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.28
€ 42.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. Hellenistic Egypt is firmly established as the generating source of anti-semitism in this book, with roots extending back into the pre-Hellenistic period. Comments on the Jews in Greek and Roman writing further illuminate the hostility towards this culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- n Second printing
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674487789
- ISBN
- 9780674487789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.64
€ 48.99
€ 40.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 336 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP; JFCK; WCP; WCR; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 281 x 9. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409387
- ISBN
- 9780887409387
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
hardcover. This book examines how trust relates to the main political concepts - sovereignty, reason of state, natural law - of seventeenth-century discourse? Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFCX; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107175464
- ISBN
- 9781107175464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.43
€ 108.43
Paperback. Featuring over eighty essays, Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers is a seminal guide to the literary critics, sociologists, historians, artists, philosophers and writers who have shaped culture and society. Editor(s): Edgar, Andrew; Sedgwick, Peter. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415232814
- ISBN
- 9780415232814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.72
€ 33.99
€ 32.72
paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, 80 halftones, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; VFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 205 x 10. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780903319577
- ISBN
- 9780903319577
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Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Paperback. Social Work and Disability offers a contemporary and critical exploration of social work practice with people with physical and sensory impairments, an area that has previously been marginalized within both practice and academic literature. Series: Polity Social Work in Theory and Practise. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670201
- ISBN
- 9780745670201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.20
€ 33.99
€ 33.20
Hardcover. Social Work and Disability offers a contemporary and critical exploration of social work practice with people with physical and sensory impairments, an area that has previously been marginalized within both practice and academic literature. Series: Polity Social Work in Theory and Practise. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670195
- ISBN
- 9780745670195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Paperback. How should we treat non-human animals? In this book, the author addresses this simple question with trenchant, dispassionate reasoning. Accompanied by the disturbing evidence of factory farms and laboratories, his answers triggered the birth of the animal rights movement. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 214 x 26. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847923844
- ISBN
- 9781847923844
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.21
€ 24.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196054
- ISBN
- 9780300196054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Hardback. As Bill and Melinda Gates point out in their Foreword, Singer's classic essay "Famine, Affluence and Morality," is as relevant today as it ever was. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 101 x 178 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190219208
- ISBN
- 9780190219208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Highlights challenges facing the animal rights movement. This book contains essays that explore fresh ways of measuring animal suffering, reassess the question of personhood, and draw highlight of tales of effective advocacy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405119412
- ISBN
- 9781405119412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.04
€ 34.04