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Society & culture: general

Paperback. This is an interdisciplinary study of romantic pianism in relation to gender and sexuality. Confronting problems posed by keyboard players the author underscores the extent to which the piano resonates with intimations of both homosexuality and mortality. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: AVA; AVRG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725989
ISBN
9780804725989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

hardcover. Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon Num Pages: 418 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253357045
ISBN
9780253357045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Paperback. In this enlightening cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States, Horn, herself a beekeeper, shows how the honey bee was one of the first symbols of colonization and how bees' societal structures have shaped our ideals about work, family, community, and leisure. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCA; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813191638
ISBN
9780813191638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Hardback. Informative and highly entertaining, Beer explores a legion of brews from Mexico to Milwaukee, Beijing to Bruges, in this superb study of the origins and contemporary consumption habits of one of the world's most popular drinks. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232607
ISBN
9781780232607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

paperback. Beginning where stories of colonial liquor control and exploitation leave off, this title looks at the commerce of beer, it's valorising of male sociability and sports, and the corporate culture of South African Breweries, the world's most successful brewing company. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFCV; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221803
ISBN
9780253221803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Informative, and truly entertaining, this book illustrates the finer points of beer advertising in over 500 color photographs of many sharp or pointed objects associated with beer advertising. Information about the breweries and brands advertised, the makers, a price guide, and a detailed index make it a sharp beer reference. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 176 pages, 520 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCA; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311680
ISBN
9780764311680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621901549
ISBN
9781621901549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.66

paperback. Editor(s): Hellmich, Frank; Hoya, Fabian; Forster, Sabrina. Series: Jahrbuch Grundschulforschung. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531186085
ISBN
9783531186085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962230
ISBN
9780750962230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. This title weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 color illus. 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140315
ISBN
9780691140315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.06

Paperback. Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the search for identity in an image-oriented world. That search is told through the experiences of a group of women who came of age in the wake of second and third wave feminism, featuring voices from marginalized and misrepresented groups. Num Pages: 408 pages, 25. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610057
ISBN
9781442610057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.31

Hardback. Proud, happy, grateful gay youth describe their lives in terms that would have seemed surprising a generation ago. Yet many adults, including parents, are skeptical of this sea change coming out is supposed to involve struggle. This is the kind of thinking, say the honest, humorous young men in Ritch Savin-Williams's new book, that needs to change. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JMC; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 279 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971592
ISBN
9780674971592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardback. Disputes the widespread stereotypes about Muslim women prevalent in the West, providing an account of young women in contemporary Iran. This book presents the experiences of these young women who wield a key if indirect political influence on the seemingly male dominated politics of this society, as they achieve a fresh visibility. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, fifteen b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845118785
ISBN
9781845118785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.60
€ 126.76

Offers psychological perspectives on bisexual and queer identities and the cultural and mental health issues facing bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, and questioning individuals and their partners. This book addresses the therapeutic needs of bisexuals at various stages of the life cycle. Num Pages: 472 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 1 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137249
ISBN
9780231137249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.23

Paperback. Proposes that Darwin's writings are a rich resource for developing a more politicized, radical, and far-reaching feminist understanding of matter, nature, biology, time, and becoming Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PSAD; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386. Darwinian Reflections on Life, Politics, and Art. 280 pages, 1 illustration. Proposes that Darwin's writings are a rich resource for developing a more politicized, radical, and far-reaching feminist understanding of matter, nature, biology, time, and becoming. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PSAD; PSAJ. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight: 386.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350712
ISBN
9780822350712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. This book examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988078
ISBN
9780295988078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.46

Paperback. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Fleming H. Revell Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Repackaged ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800728359
ISBN
9780800728359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.68

Paperback. Talya Fishman explores the impact of the textualization process in medieval Europe on the Babylonian Talmud's roles within Jewish culture. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222876
ISBN
9780812222876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351763
ISBN
9781349351763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. The sexualization of girls has captured the attention of the media, advocacy groups and politicians in recent years. This prolific discourse sets alarm bells ringing: sexualization is said to lead to depression, promiscuity and compassion deficit disorder, and rob young girls of their childhood. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650739
ISBN
9780745650739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

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