Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Examining the care of older people from a holistic viewpoint, Ruth Bright argues that all of geriatric care is, or should be, intended to improve the overall quality of life for older people. To that end the book discusses the many different challenges that an older person might face. Num Pages: 272 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853024474
- ISBN
- 9781853024474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.96
€ 40.99
€ 40.96
paperback. Illustrator(s): Kahn, Katherine Janus. Num Pages: 40 pages, Col.ill. BIC Classification: JFSR1; YNR. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 5. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kar-Ben Copies Ltd United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929371238
- ISBN
- 9780929371238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
Hardcover. Whole Grains and Health presents a science-based discussion of whole grains and their expanding role in health and disease. An international collection of authors presents current perspectives on grains, the many opportunities for further research into whole grains and the remarkable growth potential for product development. Editor(s): Marquart, Len; Reicks, Maria; McIntosh, Graeme H.; Jacobs, David R.; Poutanen, Kaisa; Reicks, Marla. Num Pages: 360 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813807775
- ISBN
- 9780813807775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.05€ 289.17
€ 290.05
€ 289.17
Hardcover. Series: Who's Who in Research. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GBCB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Intellect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841504971
- ISBN
- 9781841504971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.35
€ 128.35
Hardback. Alphabetically arranged entries on all the major gods, goddesses, myths, and themes of Egyptian mythology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; GBC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810829671
- ISBN
- 9780810829671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.62
€ 111.62
Paperback. The colour of clothing, the width of shoe laces, a pierced ear, certain brands of sneakers, the braiding of hair and many other features have long been seen as indicators of gang involvement. This book demonstrates that gang identity is a carefully coordinated performance with many nuanced rules of style and presentation. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732137
- ISBN
- 9780814732137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Capshaw, Katharine; Duane, Anna Mae. Num Pages: 400 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 51. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900274
- ISBN
- 9781517900274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. By the eve of the Holocaust, Poland was home to the second largest Jewish population in the world. By war's end, its Jews had been decimated and their culture all but destroyed. The authors of this work revisit their roots to research a rumour that Jewish life is being rekindled in modern Poland. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 74 photographs, bibliography, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607199
- ISBN
- 9780815607199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.65
€ 42.99
€ 38.65
Hardback. Revolving around the central figure of the rebbe, this book explores two families with too few successors, two with too many successors, and one that believes their last rebbe continues to lead them even after his death. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277236
- ISBN
- 9780520277236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Aims to provide answers to a host of teasing historical questions and exasperating mysteries, such as the death of Hitler; who the real Snow White was and whether she lived with seven short miners; the identity of Tom, Dick and Harry; the sinking of the Lusitania; Howard Carter's trickery; and the real events behind the saying 'Sweet Fanny Adam'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HB; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750946858
- ISBN
- 9780750946858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. In a dual-earner marriage, why is a wife's paid employment less likely to be defined as "breadwinning" than her husband's? This book uses data from a study of 153 dual-earner couples to examine the allocation of responsibility for breadwinning and the social construction of gender in their marriages. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728362
- ISBN
- 9780804728362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Hardback. In a dual-earner marriage, why is a wife's paid employment less likely to be defined as "breadwinning" than her husband's? This book uses data from a study of 153 dual-earner couples to examine the allocation of responsibility for breadwinning and the social construction of gender in their marriages. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728355
- ISBN
- 9780804728355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.89
€ 127.89
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816642595
- ISBN
- 9780816642595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Hardback. Based on the largest ever study of its kind, this book is the first to present the fascinating findings of the Gallup Poll of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Gallup Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595620170
- ISBN
- 9781595620170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.15
€ 24.99
€ 21.15
Twentieth-century America has witnessed the most widespread movement of African-Americans from the South to urban centres in the north. This study examines the impact of this dislocation identifying the resulting migration narratives as a major genre in African-American cultural production. Series: Race & American Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, halftones, line figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195088977
- ISBN
- 9780195088977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.91
€ 82.91
Paperback. The lifestyle, economic basis and political affiliations of the British upper class are the focus of this exciting new textbook. Combining a review of existing sociological theory on class and capitalism with material drawn from a great variety of sources it is likely to become a standard course text. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745605630
- ISBN
- 9780745605630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. In the West during the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherised possession. This text documents a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom were instruments - whether they knew it or not - of America's secret service. Num Pages: 544 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPFK; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Granta
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862073272
- ISBN
- 9781862073272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Hardback. Focusing on pastoralist societies in East and West Africa, the Far North and Siberia, and the Eurasian steppes, this volume addresses the issue of property rights and the changes these societies have undergone due to the direct or indirect influence of modernization and globalization processes. Editor(s): Khazanov, Anatoly M.; Schlee, Gunther. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFSF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453358
- ISBN
- 9780857453358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.02
€ 167.02
Hardback. In the decades since the collapse of socialism in eastern Europe, time has been a central resource under negotiation. Focusing on a local community that was considered a "model" in the socialist period, the author explores a variety of state-sponsored and unofficial pasts - history, folklore, and tradition - and shows how they "fit" together.. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- Illustrated ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815347
- ISBN
- 9781571815347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813536064
- ISBN
- 9780813536064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.50
€ 44.99
€ 39.50
Paperback. Series: Crisis Points. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333232972
- ISBN
- 9780333232972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199755424
- ISBN
- 9780199755424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.26
€ 37.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: G; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652294760
- ISBN
- 9789652294760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.27
€ 31.99
€ 21.27
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780576220
- ISBN
- 9781780576220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.35
€ 32.99
€ 28.35