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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Covers the 2000 Bush-Gore and 2004 Bush-Kerry debates, including innovations in format and press coverage, and incorporates research into the analysis of televised debates since 1960. This book describes production in painstaking detail, from the selection of questioners to camera angles, from makeup to lighting and set design. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
second edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141048
ISBN
9780231141048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43
€ 79.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159265
ISBN
9780231159265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.17
€ 82.56

Hardcover. Thirst shows how average citizens in communities across the U.S. are fighting multinational corporations and their supporters to maintain public control of our water and most necessary resource. We are at the tipping point in the new global water wars, and the United States is a major front. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787984588
ISBN
9780787984588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.03

Paperback. Alan Sokal, best-known for his role in the 'Sokal Hoax', here turns his attention to a new set of targets - pseudo-science, religion, and misinformation in public life. He argues that clear thinking, combined with a respect for evidence, are of the utmost importance to the survival of the human race in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFHX; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561834
ISBN
9780199561834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604244
ISBN
9780691604244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. Offers an assessment of the non-Jewish defense of Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness from the foundation of the German Reich in 1871 until the ascent of the Nazis in 1932, when befriending Jews became a crime. Alan T. Levenson reveals the dynamic process by which a generally despised minority attracts defenders and supporters. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803245761
ISBN
9780803245761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Hardback. In The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times. Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 722 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1242.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
722
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196376
ISBN
9781405196376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.35

paperback. Highlighting well-known Jewish thinkers from a very wide spectrum of opinion the author addresses a range of issues including: What makes a thinker Jewish? What makes modern Jewish thought modern? How have secular Jews integrated Jewish traditional thought with agnosticism? What do Orthodox thinkers have to teach non-Orthodox Jews and vice versa? Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742546073
ISBN
9780742546073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Clarke & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227174678
ISBN
9780227174678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.15

Paperback. Series: Sport & culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633838
ISBN
9780816633838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. An introduction to Jewish beliefs and practices, demonstrating that Judaism is a living religion which retains the vitality found in the Biblical corpus, but which has gone on to develop institutions, modes of behaviour and ideas which constitute the singularity of Jewish expression. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLB; HRLF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898723417
ISBN
9781898723417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810855250
ISBN
9780810855250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.73

Paperback. This unique book represents the first multi-disciplinary examination of ageing, from basic cell biology to social participation in later life, drawing on the pioneering New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, the UK's largest research programme in ageing. Editor(s): Walker, Alan. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447314677
ISBN
9781447314677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.62

Paperback. Putting the spotlight on the Chinese and South-East Asian welfare systems, this title provides an assessment of their character and development. It examines the underlying assumptions of these systems and how the processes of globalization are impacting on them. There is also a comparative analysis of Eastern and Western welfare states. Editor(s): Walker, Alan; Wong, Chack-kie. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HRKN1; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861345523
ISBN
9781861345523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.54

Paperback. This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explanation of food choice and it develops new concepts which will help reshape and reorient common understandings. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745691718
ISBN
9780745691718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.69

Hardcover. This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explanation of food choice and it develops new concepts which will help reshape and reorient common understandings. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745691701
ISBN
9780745691701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. HIV/ AIDS continues to be a major public health issue, affecting millions of sufferers worldwide. This Very Short Introduction explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics, and the devastating consequences of the disease, and addresses some of the big issues that will concern us over the next decade. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 black and white images. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MBN; MBX; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198727491
ISBN
9780198727491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFH2; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403997685
ISBN
9781403997685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.13

Paperback. "A feast for the eyes..bringing alive a long vanished world that's still eerily present."--Daniel Czitrom, New York Post Editor(s): Newhouse, Alana. Num Pages: 352 pages, 531 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: AJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393333916
ISBN
9780393333916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKS; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631516
ISBN
9781629631516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.86

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