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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFH; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142050
ISBN
9780691142050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.11

Paperback. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023982
ISBN
9780884023982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.39

Paperback. Bell Hooks' writings have been touchstones for debates in the culture wars, fostering insight into many central questions in communication studies. This book provides readers with an introduction to how Hooks' writings on media and culture enhance our understanding of key concepts in communication. Series: A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: CBP; GTC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433115868
ISBN
9781433115868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Paperback. Fame is the lifeblood of architecture. Throughout history fame has motivated architects and their clients to build ever more ambitious schemes. In recent years, the power of the media and the force of celebrity have intensified this. Some kind of public rofile or degree of publicity has become essential to any thriving architectural practice. Series: Architectural Design S. Num Pages: 112 pages, colour facsimiles, colour and b&w plans. BIC Classification: AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 532. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd London
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KNH0011573
ISBN
9780470842294
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Arguments that animals possess an emotional life are often dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. This book challenges that notion by proposing that the objective scientific evidence for human emotions is all but non-existent. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JM; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478911
ISBN
9780099478911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. What is rock? This book offers a new and systematic approach to understanding rock by applying sociological concepts in a historical context. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 192 x 24. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442600157
ISBN
9781442600157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.17

Hardback. The tragic-comedic story of the cinema, art and architecture of the early 20th Century, highlighting the unlikely intersections of East and West Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; AB; AM; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336015
ISBN
9780745336015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.77

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Schaberg, Dr. Christopher; Bogost, Ian, Prof. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628929133
ISBN
9781628929133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.23

Hardcover. When Sara was only five years old, her violent father began to sexually abuse her. She suffered in silence for many years, as her father took advantage of her innocence and her mother turned a blind eye to the horrors. In an attempt to rebuild her life, as a teenager, she became a model but even this choice was to lead to more misery. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd London
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KNW0008158
ISBN
9781844542840
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. The British Women's Institute is more often associated with jam and Jerusalem than radical activity, but in this book Maggie Andrews explores the WI's relationship with feminism from the formation of the organisation in 1915 up to the eve of British feminism's renaissance in the late 1960s. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; JFFK; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910448168
ISBN
9781910448168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.57

Hardcover. Editor(s): Arseneau, Mary; Harrison, Antony H.; Kooistra, Lorraine Janzen. Num Pages: 373 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
373
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821412435
ISBN
9780821412435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.60

Paperback. Shawn Levy, author of 'Rat Pack Confidential' brings alive London in the swinging Sixties with a gripping, groovy story of those who created the scene that changed the world. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841152264
ISBN
9781841152264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. A healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy even begins. This book examines the dramatic shift in ideas about reproductive risk and birth outcomes over the last several decades, unearthing how these ideas intersect with the politics of women's health and motherhood at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 292 pages, 2 line drawings and 3 halftones, scattered. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288072
ISBN
9780520288072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; UDBS; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629561714
ISBN
9781629561714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.06

Hardback. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, this book examines moderation in modern French political thought and focuses on the French Revolution and its legacy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146768
ISBN
9780691146768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.43
€ 55.26

Paperback. Fusing digital humanities with media studies and graphic design history, Graphesis offers a critical language for analysis of graphical knowledge and argues for studying visuality from a humanistic perspective, exploring how graphic languages can serve fields where qualitative judgments take priority over quantitative statements of fact. Series: metaLABprojects. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: AKC; JFD; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 142 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724938
ISBN
9780674724938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.79

Hardback. Editor(s): Arenfeldt, Assistant Professor of History Pernille (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Golley, Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Women's Studies Nawar Al (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774164989
ISBN
9789774164989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479862238
ISBN
9781479862238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores different approaches to myth from several disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. In this new edition, Robert Segal considers both the future study of myth as well as the impact of areas such as cognitive science and the latest approaches to narrative theory. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198724704
ISBN
9780198724704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Color Photos, Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSS; RNU; VS; WK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933392479
ISBN
9781933392479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.26

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