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Society & culture: general
Hardback. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as the teddy bear. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047822
- ISBN
- 9780674047822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.62
€ 33.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. This work contains two narratives which together offer a portrait of how two German Jews came to terms with the changes in their lives brought on by the Nazis. Translator(s): Goldstein, Brigitte. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 325. Clean copy in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Translated
- SKU
- KAG0000614
- ISBN
- 9780810111813
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Explores the meaning of social justice and examines how it translates into the everyday concerns of public and social policy. Editor(s): Craig, Gary; Gordon, Dave; Burchardt, Tania. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349330
- ISBN
- 9781861349330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993498
- ISBN
- 9781784993498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.77
€ 26.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2012. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 color maps, I figure, 17 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131834
- ISBN
- 9780231131834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.05
€ 21.99
€ 17.05
Hardback. This volume traces the development of a unique 'Anglo-Malay madhhab' in these states, initially by colonial and latterly by successor states. In Malaysia and Brunei, shari'ah has been filtered through Anglo-common law state institutions, creating a hybrid 'Anglo-Muslim' mixture of legal doctrines. Series: Islam and the Law in Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSR2; LAFS; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848850675
- ISBN
- 9781848850675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.64
€ 180.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Columbia Global Reports United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990976363
- ISBN
- 9780990976363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFU; JPS; JPWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442252141
- ISBN
- 9781442252141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.73
€ 70.73
Paperback. Discusses the endemic nature of Islamophobia in the West across various sections of society, both left and right. Editor(s): Massoumi, Narzanin; Mills, Tom; Miller, David M. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JKV; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399577
- ISBN
- 9780745399577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 19.00
€ 33.99
€ 19.00
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Fleming, Jacky. Num Pages: 42 cartoon: line drawn. BIC Classification: JFFE3; VFV; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Freedom Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955882708
- ISBN
- 9780955882708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Features reviews on book pages of national newspapers, and in history magazines. The author chronicles her five-year legal battle with David Irving that culminated in a sensational trial in 2000. In her acclaimed 1993 book "Denying the Holocaust", she called David Irving, "one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial". Series: P.S. Num Pages: 400 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060593773
- ISBN
- 9780060593773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.22
€ 17.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. How people move from deviant to conventional lifestyles is an issue that has attracted considerable interest over the past few years. However, much of this work has focused on men desisting from crime. This book provides one of the first examinations of desistance which is centred on women and, more specifically, how they exit prostitution. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137289407
- ISBN
- 9781137289407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. In closely-read case studies, we encounter artworks by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ana Mendieta, Louise Bourgeois, Alina Szapocznikow, Anna Maria Maiolino, Vera Frenkel, Sarah Kofman and Chantal Akerman to explore trauma and bereavement, fatal illness, Holocaust experience, migration, exile and the encounter with political horror and atrocity. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, 91 black & white halftones, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFFK; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087981
- ISBN
- 9780719087981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. This introductory text offers a chronological account of the main Greek myths in surviving literary and artistic sources, and also examines the history of interpretation of Greek mythology from the 17th century to the present. It examines the relationship between Greek myths and epic poetry. Translator(s): Marier, Thomas. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801853951
- ISBN
- 9780801853951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.51
€ 35.99
€ 30.51
Paperback. This work explains the nature and extent of contemporary world hunger, explaining why hunger still persists while agricultural production increases and genetic engineering revolutionizes food production and distribution. Series: Routledge Introductions to Development. Num Pages: 198 pages, 1. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFFC1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. Ex library with usual markings otherwise remains a good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRF0019223
- ISBN
- 9780415137737
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. As housing moves up the UK political agenda, Brian Lund uses insights from public choice theory, the new institutionalism and social constructionism to explore the political processes involved in constructing and implementing housing policy and its political consequences. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFB; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447327080
- ISBN
- 9781447327080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.34
€ 37.99
€ 36.34
Paperback. Shows how the concepts of childhood innocence fundamentally shaped the history of race in the US Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 318 pages, 52 b&w illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814787083
- ISBN
- 9780814787083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Providing an overview of Japanese media theory from the 1910s to the present, this volume introduces English-language readers to Japan's rich body of theoretical and conceptual work on media for the first time, challenging media theory's Eurocentric formation and perspective and redefining its location and practice. Editor(s): Steinberg, Marc. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363262
- ISBN
- 9780822363262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. This book strips away modern myths about the Druids Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 b&w illustrations, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBTB; HRKP2; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752425764
- ISBN
- 9780752425764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198719946
- ISBN
- 9780198719946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90