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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764335686
- ISBN
- 9780764335686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Terpstra's meticulous investigation not only uncovers the sad fate of the lost girls of the Casa della Pieta but explores broader themes, including gender relations, public health, church politics, and the challenges girls and adolescent women faced in Renaissance Florence. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407722
- ISBN
- 9781421407722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.25
€ 44.25
Paperback. The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. Updated with thrilling new discoveries for the paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828854
- ISBN
- 9780753828854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Translator(s): Moshenberg, Daniel. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- new edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351177
- ISBN
- 9781584351177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780932813251
- ISBN
- 9780932813251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.85
€ 23.85
Paperback. This is a story of dispossession, a meditation on place, home and identity, as well as a deeply personal account of the social ills of South Africa and the triumph of its people Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; HBJH; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780990
- ISBN
- 9781783780990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost' in terms of 'what remains'. It reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Kazanjian, David. Num Pages: 498 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694. The Politics of Mourning. 498 pages, 9 b&w photographs, index. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Kazanjian, David. Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost' in terms of 'what remains'. It reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight: 686.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 498
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232365
- ISBN
- 9780520232365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Hardback. Refugee flight, settlement, and repatriation are not static, self-contained, or singular events. Instead, they are three stages of an ongoing process made and mirrored in the lives of real people. For that reason, there is an evident need for historical and longitudinal studies of refugee populations that rise above description.. Series: Refugee & Forced Migration Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 maps, 5 tables, 7 graphs, 7 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JFFD; JFFN; JFSF; JHM; JPVH1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810830
- ISBN
- 9781571810830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.11
€ 162.11
paperback. Despite the expansion of higher education, representation, level of participation and likelihood of academic success remain highest amongst young people from affluent areas and lowest amongst those from deprived neighbourhoods. This report identifies factors which impact upon the minority of disadvantaged young people who enter higher education. Num Pages: 76 pages, 4figs.23tabs. BIC Classification: JFF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345080
- ISBN
- 9781861345080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. What is the fascination that decollation holds for us, as individuals and as a culture? Why does the idea make us laugh and the act make us close our eyes? "Losing Our Heads" explores in both artistic and cultural contexts the role of the chopped-off head. Num Pages: 255 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742709
- ISBN
- 9780814742709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. The first book to look beyond the brutal events toward the broad implications of Matt Shepard's story. Loffreda shows how the politics of sexuality unfolds in a remote and sparsely populated area of the country. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; JFFE; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118590
- ISBN
- 9780231118590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Publishing essays that examine American societies and cultures in global and local contexts, the journal contributes to the understanding of the United States, its diversity, and its impact on world politics and culture. Editor(s): Villa, Raul Homero; Sanchez, George J. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882081
- ISBN
- 9780801882081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.47
€ 36.47
Hardcover. Researchers, activists, and educators draw inspiration from the radical thought of Lorenzo Milani to invite readers to explore the intricacies, logistics, ethics and pedagogy of conflict and peace as played out in a number of domains, including religion, education, gender, sexuality, democracy, art, sociology and philosophy. Editor(s): Borg, Carmel; Grech, Michael. Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HRAM; JFSR; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382108
- ISBN
- 9781137382108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.44
€ 52.90
€ 47.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Mathijs, Ernest. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 662. Popular Culture in Global Context. 224 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Mathijs, Ernest. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight: 660.
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904764823
- ISBN
- 9781904764823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. An account of three young women who attended the University of California at Berkeley and became caught up in the tumultuous changes of the 60s. It chronicles the hopes, confusion and disillusionment of a generation whose rites of passage defined one of the most contentious decades of this century. Num Pages: 381 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley
- Number of pages
- 381
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520209107
- ISBN
- 9780520209107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. In Looking West, John D. Dorst examines a largely neglected pattern of seeing that stands in contrast to the universally familiar iconography. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214406
- ISBN
- 9780812214406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Presenting a model of film studies in which films themselves are only one source of information among many, this volume aims to bring together film histories that draw on primary sources including collections of personal papers, popular and trade journalism, fan magazines, studio publications, and industry records. Editor(s): Lewis, Jon; Smoodin, Eric. Num Pages: 400 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338215
- ISBN
- 9780822338215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Hardcover. Territoriality and Migration in the E.U. Neighbourhood Editor(s): Walton-Roberts, Margaret; Hennebry, Jenna. Series: International Perspectives on Migration. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400767447
- ISBN
- 9789400767447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Paperback. Examines the questions of what it means to look like a lesbian, and what it means to be a lesbian but not to look like one Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFSK1; WJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814793725
- ISBN
- 9780814793725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Imagines Cuba's future after the "poof moment" - when the current regime will no longer exist. This volume does not try to predict how and when the Castro regime will end, but instead considers the possible consequences of change. Each chapter takes up a basic issue: politics, the military, the legal system, civil society, and US-Cuba relations. Editor(s): Perez-Stable, Marifeli. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; GTB; JFC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038915
- ISBN
- 9780268038915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758366
- ISBN
- 9780814758366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. This study offers an explanation of why the radical Catholic church is losing, and Pentecostalism and "umbanda" are winning, the battle for souls in urban Brazil. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRCC7; HRCC96; HRCX6; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520205031
- ISBN
- 9780520205031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. For ten years "Calvin and Hobbes" was one of the world's most beloved comic strips. And then, on the last day of 1995, the strip ended. Its mercurial and reclusive creator, Bill Watterson, not only finished the strip but withdrew entirely from public life. This title traces the life and career of the intensely private man behind Calvin and Hobbes. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441106858
- ISBN
- 9781441106858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.54
€ 23.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646722
- ISBN
- 9780816646722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73