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paperback. Appearing here for the first time in paperback, the stories in Folktales from Iraq, each accompanied by specially commissioned engravings, allow the reader to travel to a distant, imaginary land swirling with great fortunes, terrifying predicaments, and quick-witted heroes. Illustrator(s): Wright, John Buckland. Series: Pine Street Books. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219135
ISBN
9780812219135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Science of Mythology provides an account of the meaning and the purpose of mythic themes that is linked to modern life: the heroic battles between good and evil of yore are still played out, reflected in contemporary fears. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415267427
ISBN
9780415267427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.47

Paperback. This book examines the relationship between the literary and bioscientific cultures of the period as a means of exploring the ways in which the comprehension and representation of the human body fundamentally shapes a variety of the period's communal and national visions. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537594
ISBN
9781349537594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. Dimension: 136 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Gotham
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592404308
ISBN
9781592404308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A cruise along the streets of Chennai - or Silicon Valley - filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In this book, the authors examine one particularly striking group who have taken part in this development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226152745
ISBN
9780226152745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. A cruise along the streets of Chennai - or Silicon Valley - filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In this book, the author examine one particularly striking group who have taken part in this development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226152608
ISBN
9780226152608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 79.04

Paperback. Shows that traditionalism and modernity reinforce each other among the priests at the Minakshi Temple. This book also shows that the priests have become more 'professional' and modern-minded while also insisting on the legitimacy of tradition. It concludes by critiquing the analysis of modernity and tradition in social science. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLP1; HRLP7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116587
ISBN
9780691116587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, this title sheds light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. It offers an approach that analyzes masculinity as not only a gendered process but also a sexual one. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSK2; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Second Edition, With a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271487
ISBN
9780520271487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442272927
ISBN
9781442272927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.69

Paperback. This collection explores the ways in which traumatic experience becomes a part of public memory. It explores the premise that traumatic events are realities; they happen in the world, not in the fantasy life of individuals or in the narrative frames of our televisions and cinemas. Editor(s): Lee, C. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFD; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349488063
ISBN
9781349488063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardback. From a multi-sited ethnography with Swedish migrant women in the United States, Singapore and Spain, the book explores gender vulnerabilities and racial and class privilege in contemporary feminized migration, filling a gap in literature on race and migration. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137289186
ISBN
9781137289186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press Of America United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761814566
ISBN
9780761814566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.49

Paperback. Theatre of the Real interrogates theatre's representation of real events. In the works discussed here the self, society, and politics are deeply connected to the development of a new performance theory and the invention of theatrical techniques. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137522825
ISBN
9781137522825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.98

Paperback. This volume brings together essays by five scholars concerned with the senses and the anthropology of everyday life. Covering a wide range of topics from film to food, the authors describe ways in which sensory memories have preserved cultures otherwise threatened by urbanism and modernity. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
158
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Univ of Chicago PR ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748771
ISBN
9780226748771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press Chicago
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748764
ISBN
9780226748764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.41

Hardcover. Nielsen offers a dialogue with Foucault, Frederick Douglass, Frantz Fanon and the Augustinian-Franciscan tradition, investigating the relation between social construction and freedom and proposing an historically friendly, ethically sensitive, and religico-philosophical model for human being and existence in a shared pluralistic world. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM1; HRLB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137034106
ISBN
9781137034106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 59.86

Paperback. This book examines the range of public debates on the Nazi legacy in Germany since Gerhard Schroder's Red-Green coalition came to power in 1998." Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355730
ISBN
9781349355730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.50

Hardback. Edited by Francois Depelteau and Christopher Powell, this volume and its companion, Applying Relational Sociology: Networks, Relations, addresses fundamental questions about what relational sociology is and how it works. Editor(s): Depelteau, Francois; Powell, Christopher. Num Pages: 247 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137379900
ISBN
9781137379900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFX; JPVH1; JPZ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198077329
ISBN
9780198077329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.99

Hardback. Examines how the ongoing struggle over the Washington Redskins team name raises important questions about how white Americans perceive American Indians, about the cultural power of consumer brands, and about continuing obstacles to inclusion and equality. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803278646
ISBN
9780803278646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Condition
New
Number of pages
216
SKU
V9780816677979
ISBN
9780816677979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. This is the first study of mass media in Germany from a social and cultural-historical perspective. Beyond the conventional focus on organizational structures or aesthetic content, it investigates the impact the media has on German society under varying political systems, and how the media is shaped by wider social, political and cultural context. Editor(s): Ross, C. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349284016
ISBN
9781349284016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850363463
ISBN
9780850363463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.19

Paperback. A collection of Lewis's essays against 'the new morality' - a fine collection representing Lewis at his most brilliant. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008203856
ISBN
9780008203856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

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