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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Offers an ethnographic account of the relationship between the Ipili, an indigenous group in Papua New Guinea, and the large international gold mine operating on their land. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FM; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822355083
ISBN
9780822355083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.14

Paperback. This work is concerned with the ethno-nationalist explosions that have occurred in many regions of the world. It focuses primarily on collective violence, in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 417 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFE; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206427
ISBN
9780520206427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPHL; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739148389
ISBN
9780739148389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.65

Hardcover. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. This book grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260136
ISBN
9780226260136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.55
€ 77.43

Paperback. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. This title offers both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. It uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and when do they endanger it? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004839
ISBN
9780226004839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.84

Paperback. Cult favorite Letters to Wendy's has sold thousands of copies through web, direct and special orders, and will appeal to a wide variety of readers at independent and chain stores. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; FA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wave Books United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780970367204
ISBN
9780970367204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405919791
ISBN
9781405919791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Hardback. Written in the form of a father's correspondence to his daughther, this book traces women in the Torah and indicates, through text and commentary, that their status is equal to the status of men although their function is usually different. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568213873
ISBN
9781568213873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFFE; JKSN2; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465039685
ISBN
9780465039685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.98

Paperback. A witty, wise, biting, and completely individual meditation on what it means to think, live, and be to the contrary. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152. Series: Letters to a Young. 160 pages. Christopher Hitchens has made a career of disagreeing in profound and entertaining ways. While bemoaning the loss of the skills of dialectical thinking evident in contemporary society, he aims to inspire future generations of intellectuals, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men and dissidents. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JF. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 11. Weight: 148.
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Later ptg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465030330
ISBN
9780465030330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Van Doren, Carl. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; JFCX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691627434
ISBN
9780691627434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.46
€ 47.57

Hardback. Hailed by Terry Eagleton in The Guardian as "definitive," this is the only complete and authoritative edition of Antonio Gramsci's deeply personal and vivid prison letters. Editor(s): Rosengarten, Frank. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 374 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: BGA; JFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075527
ISBN
9780231075527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.45

Paperback. A collection of the correspondence between Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry. Their lives were inextricably, and often painfully, intertwined until her tragically early death from tuberculosis in 1923. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
VIRAGO PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860689454
ISBN
9780860689454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Kaynak Basim-Yayin Turkey
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9789757388449
ISBN
9789757388449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.70

paperback. Provides an overview of the power of written discourse in the historical formation of Latin American societies, and highlights the central role of cities in deploying and reproducing that power. Starting with the colonial period, this title undertakes a historical analysis of the hegemonic influences of the written word. Editor(s): Chasteen, John Charles. Translator(s): Chasteen, John Charles. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317661
ISBN
9780822317661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.90

paperback. Series: Gulbenkian Foundation report. Num Pages: 120 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFT; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903319812
ISBN
9780903319812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Howard, Amelia C. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; LNFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Number of pages
60
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628085778
ISBN
9781628085778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.72
€ 57.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 453.
Publisher
Zondervan Main United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310684541
ISBN
9780310684541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. From the West has risen a footballing sage whose words of truth have transcended the mundane realm of sport. Editor(s): Jones, Richard; Faragher, Steve. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 103 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Tangent Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954417796
ISBN
9780954417796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.70

Paperback. In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. This book provides a record of the place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; AJCR; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141188492
ISBN
9780141188492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.88

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