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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Editor(s): Malloy, Judy. Series: Leonardo Book Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, 23 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFD; UDBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 954.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The MIT Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262034654
ISBN
9780262034654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 49.42

Hardcover. French cultural theorist and urbanist Paul Virilio is best known for his writings on media, technology, and architecture. This title gathers conversations in which Virilio and architectural writer Marianne Brausch look at a 20th century characterized by enormous technological acceleration and by technocultural accidents of barbarism and horror. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 186 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497859
ISBN
9781906497859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dezso, Andrea. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: FC; FYT; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 209 x 45. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691173221
ISBN
9780691173221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.45

Paperback. Argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. This work then adopts far more radical position, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation of mankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', and a full-scale reorganization of British society. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JF; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780140433487
ISBN
9780140433487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317908
ISBN
9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JHMC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141049083
ISBN
9780141049083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141187426
ISBN
9780141187426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Deals with human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. This title shows the surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and also features objects which characterise the world we live in today. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780241951774
ISBN
9780241951774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Takes us underground to the sewers of NYC and London and overground, to meet the heroes of India's sanitation movement, American sewage schoolteachers, the Japanese genius of toilet technology, and the biosolids lobbying team. This title also proves that shit doesn't have to be a dirty word. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; VF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781846270703
ISBN
9781846270703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Davey, Moyra. Num Pages: 345 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583220726
ISBN
9781583220726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Reveals the secret history of our era to look at how from a privileged few are making millions from worldwide devastation. This book shows how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402 558pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
9780141024530
ISBN
9780141024530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Hardback. What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book studies poverty in a premodern Jewish community - from the viewpoint of both the poor and those who provided for them. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3H; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691092720
ISBN
9780691092720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 63.94

Paperback. Marriage is often described as a melding of two people into one. But what-or who-must be lost, fragmented, or buried in that process? Dolan reveals the contradiction that lies at the very heart of modern marriage. We have inherited from early modern England a model of marriage, she contends, so flawed that its logical consequence is conflict. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812220827
ISBN
9780812220827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. In contrast with scholarship on women and gender in the modern period, the author asserts that the rise of the absolute state, with its centralising and unifying tendencies, could actually increase women's economic, social, and legal opportunities and allow them to thrive in corporate organisations such as the guild. Num Pages: 528 pages, 21 photos, 7 graphs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326663
ISBN
9780822326663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Rycenga, Jennifer; Barufaldi, Linda. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479877768
ISBN
9781479877768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. In Immigrants in Prairie Cities, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes of cultural interaction and adaptation that unfolded in these urban centres and describe how this model of diversity has changed over time. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007226
ISBN
9780802096098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A witty and touching account of ten inspirational figures that makes us reconsider conventional ideas of the fifties woman. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0006192
ISBN
9781844087419
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFSL; WSB; WSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 426. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Argyll Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0307886
ISBN
9781906134013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 40 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 104 x 89 x 2. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Kar-Ben Copies Ltd United States
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822570509
ISBN
9780822570509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AFJG; AVGR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 211.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Soft Skull Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
15th Anniversary
SKU
V9781933368559
ISBN
9781933368559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.15

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