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Society & culture: general
Paperback. An expose on the fashion industry written by the Observer's 'Ethical Living' columnist, examining the inhumane and environmentally devastating story behind the clothes we so casually buy and wear. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFCK; JFM; KNSX; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007264094
- ISBN
- 9780007264094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) London
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KEX0233284
- ISBN
- 9781903699706
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. While in the service of India's Nizam of Hyderbad, Marmaduke Pickthall converted to Islam, and, with the help of Muslim theologians and linguists, produced this English interpretation of the Holy Koran. Translator(s): Pickthall, Marmaduke. Num Pages: 693 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 43. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 693
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151053
- ISBN
- 9781857151053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.03
€ 24.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. Krog captures the complexity of South Africa's Truth and Reconcilliation Commission in a personal narrative, taking the reader beneath the big movements of the Truth Commission and beyond, into the heart of what it means to be a South African today. Originally published by Jonathan Cape. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; JFF; JFSL1; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289791
- ISBN
- 9780099289791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Hardback. An encyclopedic compendium of the myths and actual events from humanity's ancient civilizations that reveal the influence of visitors from the 12th planet--the Anunnaki. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591431015
- ISBN
- 9781591431015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.91
€ 33.99
€ 21.91
Paperback. Published to tie-in with the new series of the popular BBC Radio 4 programme, IN OUR TIME guides us through the most significant moments in our history. Num Pages: 608 pages, B & W throughout. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340977521
- ISBN
- 9780340977521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628929539
- ISBN
- 9781628929539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.65
€ 51.65
Paperback. Passionate Views offers a new approach to our understanding of film and will be of interest to anyone fascinated by the emotional power of motion pictures and their relationship to the central concerns of our lives, as well as by the techniques filmmakers use to move an audience. Editor(s): Plantinga, Carl R.; Smith, Greg M. Num Pages: 302 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801860119
- ISBN
- 9780801860119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.89
€ 38.89
Hardback. Westerners have a strong impression that Islam does not allow religious imagery. Elias corrects this view. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history, he argues that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought in diverse areas such as optics, alchemy, dreaming, vehicle decoration, Sufi metaphysics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AGR; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674058064
- ISBN
- 9780674058064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.68
€ 47.99
€ 39.68
Paperback. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261287
- ISBN
- 9780226261287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.38
€ 32.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution'. Illustrator(s): Boreham, Judy. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSB; HPCD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848311787
- ISBN
- 9781848311787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69
Paperback. Addresses the issues about increased violence in the developing countries with two common perspectives. The first is the liberal interpretation, and the second is a romantic, utopian view of violence. This book aims to forge an alternative way of understanding the role of violence in the transition to capitalism and a global economy. Num Pages: 329 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFE; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- HURST and COMPANY
- Number of pages
- 329
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850658214
- ISBN
- 9781850658214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.23
€ 36.99
€ 33.23
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HRCC7; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. . 187pp
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KCBK000024
- ISBN
- 9780815623946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 14.00
€ 28.00
€ 14.00
Hardcover. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS0057299
- ISBN
- 9780815623946
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 28.00€ 11.00
€ 28.00
€ 11.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892815739
- ISBN
- 9780892815739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.68
€ 20.68
Paperback. In this fascinating volume, renowned historian Howard M. Sachar relates the tragedy of twentieth-century Europe through an innovative, riveting account of the continent's political assassinations between 1918 and 1939 and beyond. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442609181
- ISBN
- 9781442609181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.69
€ 41.99
€ 36.69
Paperback. In this vastly important, widely-acclaimed volume, Appiah, a Ghanaian philosopher who now teaches at Harvard, explores what it means to be an African American, on the many preconceptions that have muddled discussions of face, Africa, and Afrocentrism since the end of the 19th century. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195068528
- ISBN
- 9780195068528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.81
€ 39.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Heinze, Rudiger; Kramer, Lucia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 4 b/w & 7 colour illus. BIC Classification: DS; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628944
- ISBN
- 9783837628944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.24
€ 44.99
€ 32.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- CPAG United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901698930
- ISBN
- 9781901698930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 4.89
€ 14.99
€ 4.89
Paperback. There is a myth about how something new comes to be; that geniuses have dramatic moments of insight where great things and thoughts are born whole. Symphonies are composed complete. Science is accomplished with eureka shrieks. Businesses are built by magic touch. The myth is wrong. This book dispels the myths around genius and creativity. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591771
- ISBN
- 9780099591771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73