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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. An integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. It shows students and professionals how to identify, measure and mitigate risk in Shari'ah-compliant banks. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management and reporting systems. Series: Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748670079
ISBN
9780748670079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 102.03

Paperback. Divided into male and female sections, this dictionary provides an alphabetical listing of Muslim names in both English and Arabic. Each name has a description of its origin and meaning as well as indication of whether the name is derived from Arabic or Persian. Num Pages: 367 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2BXF; 2CSR; GBC; HBTG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
367
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653578
ISBN
9781850653578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.80

Paperback. A history of Catholics in Cardiff Series: Pocket Images. Num Pages: 320 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; JFSR; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845884055
ISBN
9781845884055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Paperback. An important new study on a complex and highly controversial topic. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; 3J; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582369641
ISBN
9780582369641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.05

Paperback. Bisexuality has been rendered as mostly irrelevant to the history, politics and theory of sexuality. With this text, Steven Angelides explores the reasons why and invites us to rethink our preconceptions about sexual identity. Series: Sexuality, History & Society S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226020907
ISBN
9780226020907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.40

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with parents and teens, this title offers an intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in the United States and the Netherlands negotiate love, lust, and growing up. It provides a probing analysis of the way family culture shapes not just sex but also alcohol consumption and parent-teen relationships. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBB; JFC; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226736198
ISBN
9780226736198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.62

Hardback. Explores the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others and presents an overview of key developments in research, policy and practice on children and violence in the context of the recent major shift in thinking from 'child protection' towards 'safeguarding' and evidencing better outcomes. Series: New Childhoods. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFSP1; JKSB1; JN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441168900
ISBN
9781441168900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.87
€ 166.37

Paperback. Hampshire is proud host to traditions, customs and legends that may seem strange to the people of the twenty-first century but were very real to the Hampshire folk of yesteryear. From Abbotts Ann and the Maiden's Garlands to the Tichborne Dole and St Swithun's forty days of rain, this looks at the folklore of Hampshire. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451794
ISBN
9780752451794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Hardback. Working Feminism looks at key concepts and debates within feminist theory and puts them to work concretely in relation to the real problems faced by Filipina domestic workers and Asian youth in Canada. Num Pages: 220 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615698
ISBN
9780748615698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.53
€ 125.17

Paperback. Providing an accessible, critical intervention into the field of moving image studies, this book features 20 commissioned essays in a format designed to be of wide use to a range of course in digital media, film and television studies. Editor(s): Harries, Dan. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851709253
ISBN
9780851709253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. This book, by a lawyer and professor of commercial law who is the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white southern lawyer, is both an argument for affirming group claims in the legal vocabulary and a description of the seemingly ineluctable status of black people in the US. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014718
ISBN
9780674014718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.97

Hardback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America -- fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography -- and influential texts of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 33 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 175.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619467
ISBN
9780748619467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.87
€ 97.45

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137482662
ISBN
9781137482662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.96

Paperback. Assembling the reflections of prominent writers on the political and intellectual history of modern Britain, this book deals with aspects of British life and manners. It includes chapters on T.E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill and Chamberlain. Editor(s): Louis, William Roger. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860641152
ISBN
9781860641152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. Cultural theorist Colin McCabe reflects on cultural change from Shakespeare to Derek Jarman, on the institutional forms of knowledge, on the links between the popular and elite art, and on the role of the intellectual in contemporary life. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; CF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
193
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851706788
ISBN
9780851706788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.15

Paperback. This text presents the work of cultural theorists and philosophers of new media, together with the perspectives of artists experimenting with different interactive models critically examining their own practice. The book proposes the use of new critical tools for discussing new media forms. Editor(s): Rieser, Martin; Zapp, Andrea. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 904.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
267
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851708645
ISBN
9780851708645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.20
€ 48.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 41 b&w, 5 colour. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JM; JFSP1; JHB; JHMC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636086
ISBN
9783837636086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.39
€ 42.14

Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSR2; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850657606
ISBN
9781850657606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 52.77

Hardback. Series: War, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JFSJ1; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474238038
ISBN
9781474238038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.27
€ 137.06

Hardcover. Examines the role of women in Egyptian society, looking both at the legal system and how they themselves understand their rights. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784532451
ISBN
9781784532451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.40
€ 125.57

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