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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Kimono traces the transformation of the Japanese garment from everyday attire to National symbol, exploring the historic and contemporary use of this enduring cultural legacy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 140, 125 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 195 x 21. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780232782
- ISBN
- 9781780232782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.29
€ 33.99
€ 24.29
Paperback. In fifty-four short chapters, the author recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own Mormon faith, and contemplates the notion of absence in art and in our world. She deals with the question: What does it mean to have a voice? Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 117 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Picador USA United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250024114
- ISBN
- 9781250024114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.55
€ 19.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. Series: The Cosmopolitan Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHMC; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177900
- ISBN
- 9780231177900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.21
€ 37.99
€ 27.21
Hardback. Superintendents play a large role in the formation of relationships and networks within their neighborhood; and yet, no study in social science has focused on them. Williams closes this knowledge gap through ethnographic fieldwork, providing an in-depth analysis of the daily life of superintendents in the lower Harlem area in New York City. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFN; JFSC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446909
- ISBN
- 9781137446909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.34
€ 93.34
Paperback. Superintendents play a large role in the formation of relationships and networks within their neighborhood; and yet, no study in social science has focused on them. Williams closes this knowledge gap through ethnographic fieldwork, providing an in-depth analysis of the daily life of superintendents in the lower Harlem area in New York City. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349562411
- ISBN
- 9781349562411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Paperback. Offers students with a critical understanding of poverty and social exclusion in relation to wealth, rather than as separate from it. This book includes chapter summaries, illustrative boxes and diagrams, and pointers to relevant websites and other sources of further information. Editor(s): Ridge, Tess; Wright, Sharon. Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349149
- ISBN
- 9781861349149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.16
€ 33.99
€ 32.16
Paperback. This book is an accessible introductory to Women's Studies. It is divided into interdisciplinary sections covering key aspects and major debates, centering on four main areas: The Social Organization of Gender Relations; The Cultural Representation of Women; Gender and Social Identity; Women and Political Change. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 548. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KOC0005652
- ISBN
- 9780335193905
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Without a deeper understanding of poverty as a lived experience in childhood, policies targeted at eradicating child poverty may fail. This book presents an opportunity to understand the issues and concerns that low-income children themselves identify as important. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861343628
- ISBN
- 9781861343628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.40
€ 33.99
€ 32.40
Paperback. The heartbreaking story of a little girl who was sold into prostitution by the person she should have been able to trust most - her mother. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0009419
- ISBN
- 9780340960851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Sets the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in the context of the different societies in which they lived and worked. This title examines the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in France during times of tolerance of the Protestant religion in the 16th and 17th centuries. Editor(s): Murdoch, Tessa. Num Pages: 172 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; JFSR1; KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192624
- ISBN
- 9781845192624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.16
€ 128.16
Paperback. This volume presents original writings and interviews with prominent thinkers on the front lines of an international intellectual effort to reconsider the fundamental terms of modernity and promote a philosophical design that reconsiders the significance of modernity itself. Editor(s): Yamamoto, Tetsuji. Num Pages: 860 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 175 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2092.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 860
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695386
- ISBN
- 9780847695386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.74
€ 122.74
Hardback. Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World brings together Australian and Japanese scholars to examine the ways in which their two very different societies have dealt with challenges to their cultural and institutional fabric, and social cohesion associated arising from the acceleration of global interdependence during recent decades. Editor(s): Healy, E.; Arunachalam, Dharma. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MBF; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520210
- ISBN
- 9781137520210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Kregel Publications,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825443602
- ISBN
- 9780825443602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.33
€ 12.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319439334
- ISBN
- 9783319439334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.77
€ 61.77
Hardcover. The papers in this volume were presented at the third conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI). The theme of the 2012 conference was "Conflict, Cooperation and Transformation in Everyday Life." This volume focuses on interactions of Conflict and Cooperation. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784418564
- ISBN
- 9781784418564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.23
€ 129.23
Hardcover. The papers in this volume were presented in at the third conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI). The theme of the 2012 conference was "Conflict, Cooperation and Transformation in Everyday Life." This volume focuses on 'Reflections on Methods'. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784418540
- ISBN
- 9781784418540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.99
€ 135.99
Hardback. Women have practiced as landscape architects, since the founding of the practice as a profession in the United States in the 1890s. They came to landscape architecture as gardeners, garden designers, horticulturalists, and fine artists. This book describes design practice in landscape architecture by women in the first half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour & 65 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AMV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928081
- ISBN
- 9780813928081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.92
€ 74.92
Hardcover. In its updated edition, this book covers techniques used in simulating crowds, particularly in video games and film. Covers path planning, and introduces the important concept of gaze attention - individuals seeming conscious of their environment and of others. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 147 colour illustrations, 19 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: JFFP; UYM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447144496
- ISBN
- 9781447144496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.44
€ 120.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Padmanabhan, Thanu. Num Pages: 162 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; PDX; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132228448
- ISBN
- 9788132228448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Making the Invisible Visible: Understanding Leadership Contributions o...
Thatchenkery, Tojo, Sugiyama, Keimei
Hardcover. Making the Invisible Visible is a study of Asian Americans in the workplace and provides a framework through which to transform the same qualities that are contributing to this invisibility phenomenon into a positive leadership approach that provides a counterweight to balance the showmanship approach to leadership. Num Pages: 212 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388. Understanding Leadership Contributions of Asian Minorities in the Workplace. 212 pages, Illustrations. Making the Invisible Visible is a study of Asian Americans in the workplace and provides a framework through which to transform the same qualities that are contributing to this invisibility phenomenon into a positive leadership approach that provides a counterweight to balance the showmanship approach to leadership. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; KJMB. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103061
- ISBN
- 9780230103061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.37
€ 139.37
Paperback. Making the Invisible Visible is a study of Asian Americans in the workplace and provides a framework through which to transform the same qualities that are contributing to this invisibility phenomenon into a positive leadership approach that provides a counterweight to balance the showmanship approach to leadership. Num Pages: 212 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; KJC; KJG; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349287635
- ISBN
- 9781349287635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. With killing representing the ultimate expression of human power over animals, this book reveals the complexity of the phenomenon by exploring the extraordinary diversity in killing practices and the wide variety of meanings attached to them. It examines aspects of the role of animals in human societies, from the 17th century to the present day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072901
- ISBN
- 9780252072901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Suitable for those who want to know what the next four decades hold in store, this title charts the rise and fall of fertility rates across continents; how energy resources will change in light of new technology, and how different nations will deal with major developments in science and warfare. Editor(s): Franklin, Daniel; Andrews, John. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFR; JFFS; KCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685859
- ISBN
- 9781846685859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.59
€ 19.99
€ 14.59
The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art...
The Editors Of Faerie Magazine
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA; JFHF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062668110
- ISBN
- 9780062668110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.94
€ 35.99
€ 31.94