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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Theorists of autobiography tend to emphasize the centrality of the individual against the community. By contrast, in her reading of Hebrew autobiography, Tamar Hess identifies the textual presence and function of the collective and its interplay with the Israeli self. What characterizes the ten writers she examines is the idea of a national self, a Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 319 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688801
- ISBN
- 9781611688801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.42
€ 50.99
€ 39.42
Paperback. Cinderella and Pygmalion stories provide inspiration for the plots of Hollywood romantic comedies, dramas, and even action films. This book examines a key aspect of film style: the costume. Series: International Library of Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848850408
- ISBN
- 9781848850408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.32
€ 26.99
€ 26.32
Paperback. This is a new paperback edition of a book originally published (by OUP) in 1990. It includes a new Introduction by the authors. It is on many reading lists already, so the paperback should be bought by students. The book is a path-breaking study of how TV viewers interpret popular TV programmes - in this case, Dallas . Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745612959
- ISBN
- 9780745612959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06
Paperback. Drawing on Black feminist scholarship, cultural studies, and women's history, this work traces the historical and social influences of normative Black femininity, looking at how notions of self-image and strength create a distraction from broader forces of discrimination and power. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592136681
- ISBN
- 9781592136681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.65
€ 30.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040481
- ISBN
- 9780252040481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95
€ 118.95
Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CJBR; DSA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081958
- ISBN
- 9780252081958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.35
€ 26.35
Hardback. Editor(s): Chalabi, Tamara; Van Cauteren, Philippe. Num Pages: 152 pages, 408 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; AFF; AGHF; HBJF1; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300218206
- ISBN
- 9780300218206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.77
€ 24.99
€ 18.77
paperback. Argues African ways of seeing and interpreting their environments and past are not only critical to how historians write environmental history, they also have important lessons for policymakers and conservationists. It focuses on the Mpiemu people of the Central Arfrican Republic. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJR; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813921037
- ISBN
- 9780813921037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
Paperback. The makers of obi, the elegant and costly sash worn over kimono in Japan, belong to an endangered species. Tamara Hareven integrates historical research with intensive life history interviews to reveal the relationships among family, work, and community in this highly specialized occupation. Num Pages: 371 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFS; JHBK; JHBL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228184
- ISBN
- 9780520228184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.20
€ 38.99
€ 28.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFP; JHBK; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479866298
- ISBN
- 9781479866298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFP; JHBK; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814760512
- ISBN
- 9780814760512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. New York, Washington, Madrid, London and now Paris D the list of Western cities targeted by radical Islamic terrorists waging global jihad continues to grow. Series: Global Futures. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 127 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509504428
- ISBN
- 9781509504428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.79
€ 16.79
Hardback. New York, Washington, Madrid, London and now Paris D the list of Western cities targeted by radical Islamic terrorists waging global jihad continues to grow. Series: Global Futures. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 245 x 16. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509504411
- ISBN
- 9781509504411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback. Training methods for tracking and wilderness observation woven into extraordinary real-life stories of intuitive animal-reading skills. Num Pages: 320 pages, 41 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591431602
- ISBN
- 9781591431602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.29
€ 24.99
€ 23.29
Hardcover. This book is designed to introduce the reader to the work culture of animal shelter employees, volunteers, activists, educators and pets. The author describes the traditions, philosophies, history and current social dynamics of a typical social animal welfare community. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFS; KNS; MZ; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532602
- ISBN
- 9781557532602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback. A history of cheese in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, "Pacific Northwest Cheese: A History" uncovers the rich tradition of cheesemaking from the earliest fur traders to modern-day small farmers. " Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFCV; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717048
- ISBN
- 9780870717048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Offers knowledge and insight to those who want to understand the movements and events behind the modern-day hostilities wracking Western and Islamic societies. This title clarifies how the Muslim world, sees the history of the world, and what they therefore make of our own version of events. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30 maps throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586488130
- ISBN
- 9781586488130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.26
€ 25.99
€ 18.26
Hardback. It used to be that raves were grassroots organized, anti-establishment, unlicensed all-night drug-fueled dance parties held in abandoned warehouses or an open field. This book explores the dance music, drug use and social deviance that are part of the pulsing dynamics of this collective. Num Pages: 242 pages, 7 Tables, 19 Halftones, 2 Figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AVGV; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592139330
- ISBN
- 9781592139330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.77
€ 94.77
Paperback. In this enlightening cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States, Horn, herself a beekeeper, shows how the honey bee was one of the first symbols of colonization and how bees' societal structures have shaped our ideals about work, family, community, and leisure. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCA; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191638
- ISBN
- 9780813191638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 387 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AKTA; AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 278 x 14. Weight in Grams: 818. Late 1930's. 159 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AKTA; AKTH; JFCK. Dimension: 217 x 278 x 14. Weight: 806.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 159
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324857
- ISBN
- 9780764324857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.01
€ 37.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 394 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AKTA; AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 4. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326158
- ISBN
- 9780764326158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.18
€ 37.99
€ 25.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 300 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AKTH; JFCK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 280 x 3. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764327346
- ISBN
- 9780764327346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.38
€ 37.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Governance of Addictions: European Public Policies comprehensively analyses the multidisciplinary research which has been used as a framework for understanding how governments formulate and implement addiction policies in Europe. Series: Governance of Addictive Substances & Behaviours. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198703303
- ISBN
- 9780198703303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.00
€ 94.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 179 pages, 35. BIC Classification: JFCK; VFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583229040
- ISBN
- 9781583229040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.70
€ 15.99
€ 14.70