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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This latest title in the hugely popular series of proverbs from around the world focuses on the richness of Japanese culture and language and highlights the uncanny similarity of inherited wisdom between the East and West. Num Pages: 96 pages, black, white and blue illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 216. .
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Publisher
- Medina Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339996
- ISBN
- 9781909339996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.27
€ 9.27
Hardback. Follows the daily lives of rural women in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, an agricultural region with high rates of infant mortality, where maternal health services are poor while family planning efforts are intensive, from a range of castes and communities. This book develops an approach to access to care that focuses on various aspects. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBF; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453107
- ISBN
- 9781845453107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.82
€ 166.82
Paperback. Explores the issues of borders and borderland identities that have accompanied the many transitions since 1990. This book combines an ethnographic account of everyday life under socialist rule and after German reunification with an investigation of the paradoxical human condition of a borderland. Num Pages: 307 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214774
- ISBN
- 9780520214774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.60
€ 34.99
€ 25.60
Paperback. An examination of Sahtu Dene participation in the assessment of the Mackenzie Gas pipeline and other resource extraction projects, this book provides an in-depth account of the workings and effects of participatory environmental assessment in the Canadian North and its implications for the legitimization of resource co-management. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 b&w photos, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP; RND; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780774828468
- ISBN
- 9780774828468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. An examination of Sahtu Dene participation in the assessment of the Mackenzie Gas pipeline and other resource extraction projects, this book provides an in-depth account of the workings and effects of participatory environmental assessment in the Canadian North and its implications for the legitimization of resource co-management. Series: Nature / History / Society Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 b&w photos, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828451
- ISBN
- 9780774828451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.48
€ 106.48
Paperback. Where the River Ends examines the response of the Cucapa people of Mexico's northwest coast to the state's claim that they are not "indigenous enough" to merit the special fishing rights which would allow them to subsist during environmental crisis. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354451
- ISBN
- 9780822354451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442243545
- ISBN
- 9781442243545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.48
€ 40.99
€ 38.48
board_book. Num Pages: 12 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Kar-Ben United States
- Number of pages
- 12
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822589464
- ISBN
- 9780822589464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.30
€ 9.30
Hardcover. Transnationalism - and the connected issues of race, migration, and diaspora - has been an area of increasing interest in Irish Studies. Where Motley Is Worn is one of the first collections to focus on transnationalism in Irish literature. Editor(s): Tucker, Amanda; Casey, Moira. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBF; DSBH; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KIN0035176
- ISBN
- 9781782051008
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars, barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps, megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and examines their provenance, purpose, and appeal. Num Pages: 264 pages, 79 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137348
- ISBN
- 9780231137348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.23
€ 125.23
Paperback. Documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars, barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps, megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and examines their provenance, purpose, and appeal. Num Pages: 264 pages, 79 photographs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137355
- ISBN
- 9780231137355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. The 1973 military coup in Chile deposed the democratically elected Salvador Allende and installed a dictatorship that terrorized the country for almost twenty years. This title examines cultural sites and representations in postdictatorship Chile - what the author calls "memory symbolics" - to uncover the impact of state-sponsored violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFC; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255845
- ISBN
- 9780520255845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295211
- ISBN
- 9781935295211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.67
€ 20.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Presents an analysis of the career of Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-American feminist artist who came to prominence in the late 70s and early 80s, in terms of gender and performance theory. This work is useful for those involved with the production, criticism, theory, and history of contemporary art. Num Pages: 184 pages, 29 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323242
- ISBN
- 9780822323242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KRF0037639
- ISBN
- 9781846552212
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 14.99€ 5.28
€ 14.99
€ 5.28
Hardback. Essential career guidance for corporate women with talent and ambition and advice for HR leaders on managing a diverse workforce; it sets out nine job assignments that every woman should have on her CV in order to lay the way for promotion and progression and insights into the lessons learned by the top senior women (and men) in business. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJM; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301290
- ISBN
- 9780230301290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.72
€ 75.72
Paperback. Series: The King Legacy. Num Pages: 256 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807000670
- ISBN
- 9780807000670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Hardcover. Series: King Legacy (Hardcover). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780807000762
- ISBN
- 9780807000762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.11
€ 27.99
€ 23.11
Hardback. Collects twenty essays that explore how the frontier experience has helped create Latin American national identities and institutions. Using 'frontier' to mean more than 'border,' this work regards frontiers as the geographic zones of interaction between distinct cultures. Editor(s): Rausch, Jane M.; Weber, David J. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 222 pages, suggested readings, suggested films. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024778
- ISBN
- 9780842024778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.26
€ 159.26
Paperback. Chris Kraus examines artistic enterprises of the past decade that reclaim the use of lived time as a material in the creation of visual art. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 115 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Semiotext
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350989
- ISBN
- 9781584350989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.96
€ 18.99
€ 13.96
Paperback. An analysis of the history and social role of mobile phones today (with an enhancement of their primary writing function) is followed by a proposal of a philosophical theory of objects, which is meant to be complementary to Searle's 'collective intentionality', that places writing at the basis of social reality. Translator(s): De Sanctis, Sarah. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256167
- ISBN
- 9780823256167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Series: Places Books. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: AMD; AMX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691170138
- ISBN
- 9780691170138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.93
€ 23.99
€ 17.93
Hardback. Many urban residents, especially persons of colour, are or have been involved in the juvenile and/or criminal justice system. This volume discusses correctional supervision and the needs of individuals. It aims to address the strengths of individuals and how can they can be capitalized on. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKSN; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120401
- ISBN
- 9780231120401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Paperback. Many urban residents, especially persons of colour, are or have been involved in the juvenile and/or criminal justice system. This volume discusses correctional supervision and the needs of individuals. It aims to address the strengths of individuals and how can they can be capitalized on. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKSN; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120418
- ISBN
- 9780231120418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.17
€ 50.17