Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Discusses the unprecedented challenges that the movement of peoples across national borders poses, for the people involved as well as for the places to which they travel and their countries of origin. Editor(s): Benhabib, Seyla; Resnik, Judith. Num Pages: 520 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPA; JPVH1; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814775998
- ISBN
- 9780814775998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.38
€ 91.38
Paperback. This book combines a critical analysis of health care policy and practice with the reflections of one personally experiencing the issues of which he speaks. The book examines the impending surge in demand for facilities and personnel to care for the elderly. Series: Caregiving: Research, Practice, Policy. Num Pages: 109 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSN; KCP; MBNH9; MBP; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202. Series: Caregiving: Research, Practice, Policy. 124 pages, black & white illustrations. This book combines a critical analysis of health care policy and practice with the reflections of one personally experiencing the issues of which he speaks. The book examines the impending surge in demand for facilities and personnel to care for the elderly. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSN; KCP; MBNH9; MBP; MJX. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 8. Weight: 202.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441957245
- ISBN
- 9781441957245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.30
€ 59.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Frederick Fell United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883910269
- ISBN
- 9780883910269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.03
€ 17.99
€ 17.03
Hardcover. Seymour Mandelbaum's extended reflection on communities and the myths that sustain them is a plea for a communitarian sensibility. Communities are critically important in maintaining and adapting public moral orders. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499. Fine copy, with fime D.J
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KST0010076
- ISBN
- 9780262133654
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604331769
- ISBN
- 9781604331769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.79
€ 10.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. This work was written specifically for Muslims, and in particular young Muslims, urging them to become familiar with their religion and to gain an understanding of the modern world from the Islamic point of view in order to respond positively to its challenges. Num Pages: 280 pages, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621514
- ISBN
- 9780946621514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.10
€ 18.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. A revised and updated edition of the best-selling introduction to Islam written by one of the foremost scholars in the field. S H Nasr outlines the essential aspects of the Islamic beliefs and presents the Islamic spiritual and intellectual tradition in the light of contemporary modern thought. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621873
- ISBN
- 9780946621873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.86
€ 19.00
€ 16.86
Paperback. A revised and updated edition of this seminal work on the responses of Islam to the modern world. The author examines the profound struggle in the Muslim world between the Islamic tradition and Western ideologies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903682043
- ISBN
- 9781903682043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.71
€ 19.00
€ 16.71
Paperback. This work, written by the foremost authority on the subject, includes an in-depth survey of the individual Islamic sciences from cosmology, philosophy, theology to alchemy, physics, mathematics, astronomy and medicine, concluding with a chapter on the gnostic tradition. Num Pages: 404 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Paperback ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903682401
- ISBN
- 9781903682401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Hardback. Literary Passports is the first book to explore Hebrew modernist fiction in Europe in the early decades of the twentieth century. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2CSJ; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770644
- ISBN
- 9780804770644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.90
€ 90.90
Paperback. A prominent activist's guide to settlement in Canada "for the information of colored immigrants." Editor(s): Antwi, Phanuel. Series: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFFN; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813216
- ISBN
- 9781554813216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.71
€ 23.71
Paperback. Noted Middle East scholar Shadi Hamid draws from years of research on Islamist parties to explain their past, their activities in the present, and the likely paths they will follow in the future. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HRH; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190229245
- ISBN
- 9780190229245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.55
€ 26.55
Hardcover. Contributes to the interdisciplinary theory of 'word and image', and the history of the relationships between 'sister arts'. This title offers a fresh perspective of traditional Western art form as reflected in the eyes of a Hebrew survivor of twentieth-century Holocaust atrocities. Num Pages: 197 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194505
- ISBN
- 9781845194505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739166512
- ISBN
- 9780739166512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.95
€ 136.95
Hardback. Championship is the key differentiator between women who achieve leadership roles and those who don't. This book examines the reasons why championing works and why it is so important for female executive development in particular, and provides a user-friendly guide to develop workplace champions for female leaders in any organization Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 black & white tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJC; KJG; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478931
- ISBN
- 9781137478931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.22
€ 63.22
Hardback. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349949175
- ISBN
- 9781349949175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.93
€ 64.93
Paperback. Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of Muslim women rarely acknowledged in the West. The book aims to shed light on the status, conflicts and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. They tell of the conflicts and compromises with family and community. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629795
- ISBN
- 9780815629795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63
Hardback. The Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq. This work argues that the Zina laws help situate morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence of societal immorality. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812856
- ISBN
- 9780774812856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.77
€ 112.77
Paperback. This collection of cutting-edge articles focuses on recent shifts in thinking about land rights, particularly as they relate to women. Leading feminist scholars in the field provide searching treatment of the long-neglected subject of gender and access to land. Editor(s): Razavi, Shahra. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSF; JFSJ1; JPVH3; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405110761
- ISBN
- 9781405110761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.55
€ 34.55
Paperback. How do we engage with the pressing challenges of xenophobia, radicalism and security in the age of the 'war on terror'? This book presents the debate on the uneasy and potentially mutually destructive relationship between the Muslim world and the West. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848851979
- ISBN
- 9781848851979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.88
€ 39.88
Paperback. In this ethnography of contemporary youth culture in Iran's capital, Shahram Khosravi examines the practices of everyday life through which young Tehranis demonstrate defiance against the official culture and the parental generation. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220681
- ISBN
- 9780812220681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: HRHX; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546. Religion and Society in Medieval Islam. 304 pages, 21 halftones, 2 line drawings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRHX; JFSR2. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight: 546.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144902
- ISBN
- 9780231144902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.38
€ 104.58
€ 79.38
Hardback. Western media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan paints a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate real people on the ground, and analyze the political, social, and economic forces that shape their lives. Editor(s): Bashir, Shahzad; Crews, Robert D. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 halftones, 3 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065611
- ISBN
- 9780674065611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
Paperback. How we die reveals much about how we live. This book traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. It shows how over time, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133904
- ISBN
- 9780691133904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49