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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Many native North American cultures have origins that predate Confucius, who lived five hundred years before the birth of Christ. For generations the people of these traditions have thrived under conditions that many view as harsh if not hostile. This title explains how to nurture a society by observing the traditions of various native cultures. Series: Culture of the Land. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; RNU; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124872
ISBN
9780813124872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.82

Paperback. Explores the vibrancy and variety of humans' sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. Num Pages: 321 pages, 25 b/w images. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290426
ISBN
9780520290426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2; VFJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
AK Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352468
ISBN
9781849352468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Koefoed, Oleg; Kromann, Joakim; Paulsen, Michael B.; Ydesen, Christian. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NSU Press Denmark
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9788787564588
ISBN
9788787564588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.77

Hardcover. The first book to present practical methods for using the technique of scenario planning to chart a company's course. The program offered here is based on methods developed at Royal Dutch Shell and popularized by Peter Schwartz in the bestselling The Art of the Long View. Editor(s): Fahey, Liam; Randall, Robert M. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; KCJ; KJC; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 239 x 34. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471303527
ISBN
9780471303527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 50.25

Hardback. A biting satire on corruption, Xala set the standard for the new wave of African cinema. This is a dazzlingly illustrated reflection on West African cultural practices -- literary, social and visual -- and one of a kind. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; APF; HBJH; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046954
ISBN
9781849046954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.11

Hardcover. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416. Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 212 pages, 3 ills. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. This book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. Attention is focused on the child's perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in child-adult relations, which reveals the dilemmas of policy, planning, and parenting in a changing world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453259
ISBN
9780857453259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.85

Paperback. Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. His chief focus is on the words they wrote. What problem is being tackled? How exactly is the solution meant to work? Does it succeed? If not why not? What can be learned from its success or failure? Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199266289
ISBN
9780199266289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JFFH1; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 585. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311042
ISBN
9781477311042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785920035
ISBN
9781785920035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.35

Hardback. While conventional approaches tend to view education as the accumlation of knowledge, skill and understanding, there is a growing appreciation that it is concerned with the development of the mind. This book discusses education as enculturation. Editor(s): Wells, Gordon; Claxton, Guy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 24. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631223306
ISBN
9780631223306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.50

Hardback. Provides a unique longitudinal study of women in colonial India, examining their life experiences and how their position changed, both personally and professionally, over more than a century of British rule. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085796
ISBN
9780719085796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.06

Paperback. Highlighting examples of positive, evidence based practice throughout, this book explores working with people with learning disabilities at all life stages. With contributions from people with learning disabilities and their families, its person-centred approach illustrates how policy can be translated into practice with life-changing consequences. Series: Interagency Working in Health and Social Care. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; MQCL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230575554
ISBN
9780230575554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.33

Hardback. Editor(s): McKinney, Kathleen. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JMRL. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
100
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634838443
ISBN
9781634838443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.88
€ 145.26

Paperback. People with learning difficulties are considerably more likely to experience sexual violence than those without, and for this reason they are often described as 'vulnerable'. This book argues that treating adults with learning difficulties as 'vulnerable' leaves them with fewer of the skills which are needed to protect themselves from harm. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 figures/tables. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849051675
ISBN
9781849051675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Paperback. With a foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, this collection of contributions from leading contributors on the teaching of Islam in schools is aimed as a step towards improving intercultural understanding. Editor(s): Ellwood, Caroline. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
John Catt Educational
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908095282
ISBN
9781908095282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.25

Paperback. Rich ethnographies of Jewish supplementary schools drawn from every region in the U.S. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781584657705
ISBN
9781584657705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442607903
ISBN
9781442607903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.80

Paperback. One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Very few will return to the country they barely remember. Who are they, and what America do they know? This book provides an account of the lives, dreams, and frustrations of these youngest immigrants. Num Pages: 440 pages, 14 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1; JNA; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674045804
ISBN
9780674045804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Delgado, Marco. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631175336
ISBN
9781631175336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 58.29

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