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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Cures, magic, divination and portents were all connected with the rich variety of available plant life, especially in verdant Britain. Series: Discovering S. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747801788
- ISBN
- 9780747801788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.50
€ 9.99
€ 8.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; AVGH; AVR; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215656
- ISBN
- 9780812215656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.84
€ 36.99
€ 35.84
Paperback. Presents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex,' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate articles of clothing. Num Pages: 392 pages, 71 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636. Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality. 392 pages, Illustrations. Presents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex,' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate articles of clothing. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 558.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252615
- ISBN
- 9780520252615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DBR; 3JJP; JFFN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888770
- ISBN
- 9781845888770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.18
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Few virtues are as celebrated in contemporary culture as openness. But what does openness mean, and what would a political theory of openness look like? The author uses Wikipedia, the most prominent product of open organization, to analyze the theory and politics of openness in practice - and to break its spell. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFD; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226192307
- ISBN
- 9780226192307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.74
€ 32.99
€ 25.74
Paperback. A collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscriptions. Beginning in the eighth century BCE, it covers archaic and Classical Athens, Etruscan Italy and the Roman Republic, concluding with the late Roman Empire and the advent of Christianity. Series: Continuum Sources in Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. A Sourcebook. Series: Continuum Sources in Ancient History. 336 pages. A collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscriptions. Beginning in the eighth century BCE, it covers archaic and Classical Athens, Etruscan Italy and the Roman Republic, concluding with the late Roman Empire and the advent of Christianity. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight: 432.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441179630
- ISBN
- 9781441179630
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Condition: New
€ 44.66
€ 44.66
Paperback. Combines Egyptology and Islamic Studies, seeking to overturn the conventional opinion of Western scholars that Moslems/Arabs had no interest in pre-Islamic cultures. This book examines a neglected period in the history of Egyptology, from the Moslem annexation of Egypt in the 7th century CE until the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HD; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598742800
- ISBN
- 9781598742800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. Captures the diverse, topical and timely expertise generated by the EU Kids Online project, which brings together 60 researchers in 21 countries across Europe. Editor(s): Livingstone, Sonia; Haddon, Leslie. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFF; JKSB1; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424389
- ISBN
- 9781847424389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.16
€ 33.99
€ 32.16
Paperback. Despite their small populations, Arab states exercise an enormous and global influence. By combining the views of anthropologists, political scientists and others, this book explores how the citizen populations of these states define themselves in a wider context. Editor(s): Dresch, Paul; Piscatori, James P. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848858664
- ISBN
- 9781848858664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JFFP; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137556486
- ISBN
- 9781137556486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.33
€ 98.33
Paperback. An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts. Translator(s): Jenkins, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393328639
- ISBN
- 9780393328639
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.21
€ 17.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. This insightful collection shows that conservative Muslim discourse does not necessarily match practices of believers or citizens and that women's empowerment is facilitated where indigenous and culturally appropriate strategies are developed. Editor(s): Helie, Anissa; Hoodfar, Homa. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780322858
- ISBN
- 9781780322858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.47
€ 32.99
€ 29.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Barney, Darin (University of Ottawa); Coleman, Gabriella; Ross, Christine; Sterne, Jonathan (McGill University USA); Tembeck, Tamar. Series: Electronic Mediations (Paperback). BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816697717
- ISBN
- 9780816697717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Hardback. In the period from 1901 to 1939, 29 Jewish boxers were recognized as world champions and more than 160 Jewish boxers ranked among the top contenders in their respective weight divisions. Stars in the Ring, by renowned boxing historian Mike Silver, presents this vibrant social history in the first illustrated encyclopedic compendium of its kind. Num Pages: 344 pages, 255 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSR1; WSBX; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 280. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781630761394
- ISBN
- 9781630761394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.30
€ 32.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 155 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP1; JHBK; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137570949
- ISBN
- 9781137570949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Paperback. David Brooks weaves a vast array of new research into the lives of two fictional characters, revealing a fundamental new understanding of human nature. He outlines a new definition of success, highlighting what economists call non-cognitive skills - those hidden qualities that can't be easily measured, but which lead to happiness and fulfilment. Num Pages: 549 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 44. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720371
- ISBN
- 9781780720371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology. Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society.Kay Peggs explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of human relations with other animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292581
- ISBN
- 9780230292581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardback. Tongan women living outside of their island homeland create and use hand-made, sometimes hybridized, textiles to maintain and rework their cultural traditions in diaspora. Central to these traditions is an ancient concept of homeland or nation - fonua - which Tongans retain as an anchor for modern nation-building. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 252 pages, 19 ills, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPT; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458957
- ISBN
- 9780857458957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.55
€ 151.55
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801016721
- ISBN
- 9780801016721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; HBJD1; JFHF; VX; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Green Magic London
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953663132
- ISBN
- 9780953663132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.66
€ 19.99
€ 15.66
Hardcover. A history of Jewish emigre art publishing in Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714867021
- ISBN
- 9780714867021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.17
€ 52.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. John Kirk presents the life of Martin Luther King in the context of the American civil rights movement placing him at the centre of the Afro-American fight for equality and recognition. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408220139
- ISBN
- 9781408220139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92
Paperback. Explores the influence of immigrant cultures on the capital's music scene. This title tells the story of the music and the larger-than-life characters making it, journeying from Soho jazz clubs to Brixton blues parties to King's Cross warehouse raves to the streets of Notting Hill - and onto sound systems everywhere. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JMC; AVG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 39. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846687617
- ISBN
- 9781846687617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Hardback. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; AN; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986405
- ISBN
- 9781403986405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.82
€ 129.82