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Society & culture: general

Paperback. An indispensable resource for understanding the evolution of Al-Qaeda since the death of Osama bin Laden Editor(s): Holbrook, Donald. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048101
ISBN
9781849048101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. A leading observer of Chinese literature, society, and politics lifts the veil on the culture wars that have raged between officials and dissidents in the period before and after the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Num Pages: 512 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106153
ISBN
9780231106153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. Uncovering an archive of laughter, from the forbidden giggle to the explosive guffaw. Series: Short Circuits. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262514743
ISBN
9780262514743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.62

Paperback. A study of the alternative media that can be found outside the mainstream mass media. Series: Media Topics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619580
ISBN
9780748619580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.49

Paperback. Looks at educational reform through the Islamic perspective Editor(s): Sardar, Ziauddin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045421
ISBN
9781849045421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. From age four to 18, Sue William Silverman was sexually abused by her father, a high-ranking government official. This is an often graphic memoir of those years which recounts how Silverman's mother ignored her distress, thus conspiring in an attempt to keep the situation unreported and undetected. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321752
ISBN
9780820321752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 12.33

Paperback. The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFCA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 40. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007175758
ISBN
9780007175758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848858107
ISBN
9781848858107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89
€ 134.38

Paperback. Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with tolerance and imagination. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 97 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
97
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112659
ISBN
9780231112659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFMX; JFSK2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309101
ISBN
9780226309101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This study of Howl elucidates the nexus of politics and literature in which it was written and gives portraits of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246775
ISBN
9780520246775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.93

Paperback. A Global Catastrophic Risk is one that has the potential to inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. This book focuses on such risks arising from natural catastrophes (Earth-based or beyond), nuclear war, terrorism, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and social collapse. Editor(s): Bostrom, Nick; Cirkovic, Milan M. Num Pages: 576 pages, Tables and figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFC; PDZ; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199606504
ISBN
9780199606504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.35

Paperback. Presents a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British popular music. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; APW; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571327898
ISBN
9780571327898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. The first critical study of Disney films. Editor(s): Bell, Elizabeth; Haas, Lynda; Sells, Laura. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209788
ISBN
9780253209788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.89

Paperback. This text presents the ideas of a number of contemporary modernist and liberal Muslim thinkers, exposing an important intellectual current in Islamic thought. Responding to the challenges brought by colonialism and modernization, they propose new conceptions and interpretations of Islam. Editor(s): Cooper, John; Nettler, Ron (Oriental Institute, Oxford University); Mahmoud, Muhammed (Oriental Institute, Oxford University). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860645310
ISBN
9781860645310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. Complexity and Postmodernism is an exciting and an original book that should be read by anyone interested in gaining a fresh understanding of complexity, postmodernism and connectionism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 line figures, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415152877
ISBN
9780415152877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Paperback. The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God 'live and direct' from the Holy Spirit. This book documents how this rejection of scripture speaks to longstanding concerns within Christianity over mediation and authority. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 321 pages, 3 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HRC; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
321
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249042
ISBN
9780520249042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. I still think about Peter, the man I loved most in the world, all the time. We were friends, soul mates and lovers. I was seven. He was fifty-one. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950159
ISBN
9780241950159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.66

Paperback. The author was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. This title brings together a substantial collection of his speeches, editorials, political campaign materials, and press releases. Editor(s): Black, Jason Edward; Morris, Charles E., III. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378. Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings. 280 pages. Editor(s): Black, Jason Edward; Morris, Charles E., III. The author was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. This title brings together a substantial collection of his speeches, editorials, political campaign materials, and press releases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight: 378.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275492
ISBN
9780520275492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. In Alien Capital Iyko Day retheorizes the history and logic of settler colonialism by examining its intersection with Asian racialization and capitalism, showing how the conflation of Asian immigrants to Canada and the United states with the abstract dimensions of capital became settler colonialism's defining feature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360933
ISBN
9780822360933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.06

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