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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? Was "Alice in Wonderland" a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? This book tells the story of how hallucinogenic mushrooms, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, came to be the illicit drug of choice. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; JMTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571227716
- ISBN
- 9780571227716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. A lucid and vibrant contribution to the field of urban studies, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGCP; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 124 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334837
- ISBN
- 9780745334837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.51
€ 33.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. Series: Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345307
- ISBN
- 9780820345307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.94
€ 31.94
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670606
- ISBN
- 9781583670606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.33
€ 25.33
Paperback. Breathes new life into the Marxist tradition, applying previously unexplored approaches that reveal vital new modes of political activism and debate. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745330594
- ISBN
- 9780745330594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.50
€ 33.99
€ 22.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670590
- ISBN
- 9781583670590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.49
€ 46.99
€ 38.49
Hardcover. Series: Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345291
- ISBN
- 9780820345291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.88
€ 149.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBS; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262035477
- ISBN
- 9780262035477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.15
€ 38.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. This work outlines the duduk, a cylindrical double-reed aerophone made of apricot wood, and its relation to the American identity. It aims to deepen our understanding of musical instruments through an examination of musical features, and also through the application of a socio-cultural framework. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 1KBB; AVRN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840751
- ISBN
- 9780810840751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.37
€ 91.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 155 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP1; JHBK; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137570949
- ISBN
- 9781137570949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Hardcover. Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding offers innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks relating to the ways that actors create meaning and value in commodity brands and branding through processes of geographical association. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118556382
- ISBN
- 9781118556382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.33
€ 77.33
Paperback. Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding offers innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks relating to the ways that actors create meaning and value in commodity brands and branding through processes of geographical association. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118556405
- ISBN
- 9781118556405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.92
€ 33.99
€ 33.92
Hardcover. The inside story of the glossy fashion magazine Series: Dress Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 integrated bw. BIC Classification: AKT; JFCK; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531478
- ISBN
- 9781784531478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.74€ 125.03
€ 141.74
€ 125.03
Paperback / so. Series: Duv Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824441723
- ISBN
- 9783824441723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.93
€ 67.93
Paperback. Though intersectionality theory has emerged as a highly influential school of thought in ethnic studies, gender studies, law, political science, sociology and psychology, no scholarship to date exists on the evolution of the theory. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199370375
- ISBN
- 9780199370375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.82
€ 59.82
Hardcover. This book takes the political theory of intersectionality - the most cutting-edge approach to the politics of gender, race, sexual orientation, and class - and introduces it to the general public for the first time. Series: The Politics of Intersectionality. Num Pages: 223 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JPA; JPH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108004
- ISBN
- 9780230108004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardback. American Routes provides a comparative and historical analysis of the migration and integration of white and free black refugees from nineteenth century St. Domingue/Haiti to Louisiana and follows the progress of their descendants over the course of two hundred years. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190624750
- ISBN
- 9780190624750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.49
€ 131.49
Hardcover. Presents research regarding substance and other behavioral addictions. This book features topics that range from drug addiction among male, female, teen and aging populations, using alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, khat, and/or other lesser known drugs, to behavioral addictions including online gambling, excessive buying, and eating disorders. Editor(s): Browne-Miller, Angela, PhD. Series: Abnormal Psychology. Num Pages: 1609 pages, 82 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JM; MMH; MMZR; VF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 140. Weight in Grams: 3152.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 1609
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275996055
- ISBN
- 9780275996055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.71€ 187.97
€ 206.71
€ 187.97
Hardback. Kids Don't Want to Fail uses empirical evidence to refute the widely accepted hypothesis that the black-white achievement gap in secondary schools is due to a cultural resistance to schooling in the black community. The author finds that inadequate elementary school preparation--not negative attitude--accounts for black students' underperformance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 53 graphs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JNFR; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057722
- ISBN
- 9780674057722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.34
€ 51.99
€ 42.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 299 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319339689
- ISBN
- 9783319339689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Hardback. This collection of 45 stories and legends embodies the culture, history and spirit of the Hispanic Southwest. The first chapter examines the origins and development of the stories. The book is illustrated with pictures of original paintings and sculpture by contemporary Latino artists. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563081941
- ISBN
- 9781563081941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.72
€ 72.72
Hardback. A collection of folk tales from the provinces of Mexico. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DQ; JFC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563087035
- ISBN
- 9781563087035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.28
€ 73.28
Paperback. An interdisciplinary study of skin bridging cultural and psychoanalytic theory to consider how the body's "exterior" is central to human subjectivity and relations. The authors explore racialization, body modification, self-harm, and comedic representations of skin, drawing from the clinical domain, visual arts, popular culture, and literature. Editor(s): Failler, Angela. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349418
- ISBN
- 9781349349418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Hardback. Mining rich archival resources of play-texts, censorship reports, critical reviews, and contemporary writings on performance practice, Angela C. Pao reveals the complex processes by which the institutions of popular culture helped shape nineteenth-century notions of race, ethnicity, and nationality. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812234251
- ISBN
- 9780812234251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.40
€ 76.40