Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A guide to the world of the Freak. It features blogs, conversations, wisecracks and advice from the last decade to reveal the outlandish truth about everything from lying to bank robbing, fast food to sex taxes. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141980980
- ISBN
- 9780141980980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPF; JPQB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677313
- ISBN
- 9780816677313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. "Social Suffering" takes in the human consequences of war, famine, depression, disease and torture, problems that result from what political, economic and institutional power does to people. Experts have joined together to investigate the cultural representations of human suffering. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Das, Veena; Lock, Margaret M. Num Pages: 425 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602. 425 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Das, Veena; Lock, Margaret. "Social Suffering" takes in the human consequences of war, famine, depression, disease and torture, problems that result from what political, economic and institutional power does to people. Experts have joined together to investigate the cultural representations of human suffering. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight: 602.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 425
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520209954
- ISBN
- 9780520209954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Philippe Legrain makes a compelling case for global immigration with a book that is guaranteed to spark debate Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119748
- ISBN
- 9780349119748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, this title sheds light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. It offers an approach that analyzes masculinity as not only a gendered process but also a sexual one. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSK2; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Second Edition, With a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271487
- ISBN
- 9780520271487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.03
€ 34.03
Hardback.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227874
- ISBN
- 9780807827291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Challenges conventional understandings of 'solving' environmental problems and offers a radically new set of strategies to attain sustainability. This book identifies problematic cultural attributes, such as the unending consumption that characterizes modern life, and outlines practical steps toward developing sustainability as a mindset. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; RNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158434
- ISBN
- 9780300158434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.40
€ 25.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Those swinging Fifties are fondly remembered in this bright, eye-catching book of everyday fashions for men, women, boys and girls. Color photos illustrate hundreds of examples, most of them never worn and retaining their original colors and freshness. A glossary, index and price guide make this a very useful book for collectors. Num Pages: 160 pages, 633 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- illustrated ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407246
- ISBN
- 9780887407246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 25.06
€ 36.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925228342
- ISBN
- 9781925228342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 4.57
€ 11.99
€ 4.57
Hardcover. In this, the first book to deal with the concepts of war power and police power together, Mark Neocleous conducts a critical exploration of the ways in which war power and police power are intertwined in the form of state violence and exercised in social ordering. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692361
- ISBN
- 9780748692361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.12€ 118.01
€ 123.12
€ 118.01
Paperback. In the 1380s and 90s, Nicolo and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly, reaching the New World a full century before Columbus. This title tells the story of their adventure travelled throughout Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; JFHF; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571243785
- ISBN
- 9780571243785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
€ 14.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. * 'In every generation there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy' Ian Hacking Num Pages: 608 pages, 5pp of b/w int. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082346
- ISBN
- 9781844082346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. Meredith Ray shows that women were at the vanguard of empirical culture during the Scientific Revolution. They experimented with medicine and alchemy at home and in court, debated cosmological discoveries in salons and academies, and in their writings used their knowledge of natural philosophy to argue for women's intellectual equality to men. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504233
- ISBN
- 9780674504233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.23€ 51.85
€ 56.23
€ 51.85
Paperback. Explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditional Muslim culture. This book provides an account of the Koran as codex, as scripture, as liturgy, and as the embodiment of truth, and examines its means of formation and dissemination. It also discusses issues of interpretation for certain key verses. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192853448
- ISBN
- 9780192853448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. In this, the first book to deal with the concepts of war power and police power together, Mark Neocleous conducts a critical exploration of the ways in which war power and police power are intertwined in the form of state violence and exercised in social ordering. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692378
- ISBN
- 9780748692378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.60
€ 33.99
€ 32.60
Paperback. This long-awaited new edition is revised and expanded in response to the rapid evolution of multicultural societies and global organizations. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780983955849
- ISBN
- 9780983955849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.60
€ 26.99
€ 18.60
paperback. Fine clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- SKU
- KTJ0025425
- ISBN
- 9780349108742
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. aeo Contains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars. aeo Situates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural conditions in which he wrote. Editor(s): Kastan, David Scott. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218784
- ISBN
- 9780631218784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFDV; KJSA; KNTY; LNJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190625894
- ISBN
- 9780190625894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.10
€ 17.99
€ 17.10
Paperback. Describes the impact of domestic violence on children and provides support for education and social care professionals. This book provides guidance and advice on: identifying and responding to signs of distress; helping pupils to talk about and make sense of their experiences; the impact on parenting and how parents can be supported; and, more. Num Pages: 160 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JKSB1; JNSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 180 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415465519
- ISBN
- 9780415465519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.26
€ 43.26