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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. The word 'luxury' has almost lost its meaning. This title takes us on a voyage around the luxury universe, slipping behind the facades of the world's most sophisticated businesses to show the reader how they function. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Kogan Page Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749452636
- ISBN
- 9780749452636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.94
€ 52.94
Paperback. The turn of the twenty-first century witnessed a spectacular rise in gross consumption. With the super-rich setting the pace, everyone spent furiously in a desperate attempt to keep up. This title presents a comprehensive account of these financial choices. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146935
- ISBN
- 9780691146935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.40
€ 29.99
€ 22.40
Hardback. Focuses on the study of how humans use high quality, highly pleasurable, and frequently rare products, services, and experiences to distinguish to themselves and others who they are as well as whom they are not - both within and across cultures. Editor(s): Woodside, Arch G.; Ko, Eunju. Series Editor(s): Woodside, Arch G. Series: Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research. Num Pages: 300 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781902103
- ISBN
- 9781781902103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.07
€ 137.07
Paperback. Tells the tale of two cities in Ho Chi Minh City. This book portrays the human costs of urban reorganization as the author explores the complex and sometimes contradictory experiences of individuals grappling with the forces of privatization in a socialist country. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 images. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 277 x 2. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292512
- ISBN
- 9780520292512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardcover. Luxurious Citizens traces the ways in which Americans tied consumer desire to the national interest between 1789 and 1865 and reveals how the nation transformed individual desires for goods into an index of civic worth, placing unbridled consumption at the heart of their modern political economy. Series: America in the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFFT; KCP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248920
- ISBN
- 9780812248920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. The vexed and sometimes shocking story of Martin Luther, one of the most important figures in modern European history, and his increasingly vitriolic attitudes towards the Jews - as well as the ominous legacy of Luther's anti-semitism for the future of Germany in the centuries to come Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738541
- ISBN
- 9780198738541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. This collection brings together a wide selection of Martin Luther's extensive writings on women. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521658843
- ISBN
- 9780521658843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.09
€ 53.09
paperback. The authors draw on findings from their own research on sexual and romantic attraction, as well as on an extensive review of the relevant social, behavioural and medical literature. Series: SAGE Series on Close Relationships. Num Pages: 184 pages, tables, figures, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780761917939
- ISBN
- 9780761917939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.84
€ 141.84
Paperback. Luis Eligio Tapia is one of the leading contemporary Hispanic artists in the United States. Tapia's keen interpretations of modern culture and daily life in his native northern New Mexico are unexpected, ironic, colourful windows on his culture. Num Pages: 36 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AC; AGB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 36
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890134115
- ISBN
- 9780890134115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.52
€ 27.99
€ 21.52
Hardcover. Top young fashion designer Luella Bartley celebrates English style and explains how to acquire it. Num Pages: 200 pages, 30 b/w, 75 col illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AKT; JFCK; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852. Missing dustwrapper, otherwise as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KCG0000846
- ISBN
- 9780007285310
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 108 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594540110
- ISBN
- 9781594540110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.84€ 70.74
€ 99.84
€ 70.74
paperback. Lucretia Mott was a central figure in the interconnected struggles for racial and sexual equality in nineteenth-century America. This biography, the first in thirty years, focuses on Mott's long and controversial public career as an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and Quaker minister. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222791
- ISBN
- 9780812222791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Densmore, Christopher; Faulkner, Carol; Hewitt, Nancy A. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNS; DQ; HRCC97; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252040795
- ISBN
- 9780252040795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.22
€ 134.22
Paperback. Lucrecia de Leon lived on the fringes of the 16th-century Spanish royal court. As a teenager, Lucrecia had hundreds of dreams about Spain's future that became the stuff of political controversy. This book is based upon surviving transcripts of her dreams and on the records of her Inquisition trial. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201583
- ISBN
- 9780520201583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04
Paperback. Lt Charles B Gatewood (1853-96), an educated Virginian, served in the Sixth US Cavalry as the commander of Indian scouts. Gatewood was largely accepted by the Native peoples with whom he worked because of his efforts to understand their cultures. Editor(s): Kraft, Louis. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218840
- ISBN
- 9780803218840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.83
€ 25.99
€ 20.83
Paperback. In this personal and political narrative, Salon. com journalist and anti-globalization activist Marisa Handler offers readers both a compelling coming-of-age memoir and eye-opening insights into what's really going on inside the global justice movement. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576753927
- ISBN
- 9781576753927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.06
€ 25.99
€ 24.06
Hardback. For those who loved Devoted and Unlikely Heroes, this treasury features heartwarming photographs and touching stories of dedicated working dogs who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and proven themselves as true heroes. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 177. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426217739
- ISBN
- 9781426217739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.67
€ 16.67
Paperback. Addresses the field of film sound theory and its significance in rethinking historical models of film analysis. This book also analyzes how shifting modulation of the spoken word in cinema results in variations in audience interpretation. Editor(s): Beck, Jay; Grajeda, Tony. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075322
- ISBN
- 9780252075322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.64
€ 29.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Manhattan's Lower East Side stands for Jewish experience in America. This is an account of one of our famous neighborhoods and its power to shape identity. It examines children's stories, novels, movies, museum exhibits, television shows, summer-camp reenactments, walking tours, and photos hung on deli walls far from Manhattan. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095455
- ISBN
- 9780691095455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.80
€ 46.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Kerr, Xavier A.; Phipps, Rod K. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: G; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620810545
- ISBN
- 9781620810545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.82€ 52.45
€ 72.82
€ 52.45