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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The concept of obscenity is an ancient one. But as Joan de Jean suggests, its modern form, the same that today's politicians decry, was invented in seventeenth century France. This work also casts a fresh light on the mythical link between sexual impropriety and all things French. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141411
- ISBN
- 9780226141411
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.28
€ 36.99
€ 29.28
The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce. Interdimensional Communication and G...
Wilcock, David; Free, Wynn
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: JFH; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583940839
- ISBN
- 9781583940839
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.65
€ 19.99
€ 19.65
Paperback. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Num Pages: 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 774. Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens. 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 477
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079298
- ISBN
- 9780520079298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643967
- ISBN
- 9780816643967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
The Refugee Convention at Fifty. A View from Forced Migration Studies....
. Ed(S): Selm, Joanne Van; Kamanga, Khoti; Mo...
Paperback. A collection of essays by scholars from a range of disciplines. Prompted by the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention on the status of refugees, the essays examine the impact of this document on forced migrants, the states they migrate from and to, and the societies they join and leave behind. Editor(s): Selm, Joanne van; Kamanga, Khoti; Morrison, John; Nadig, Aninia; Spoljar-Vryina, Sanja; Willigen, Loes van. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105665
- ISBN
- 9780739105665
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Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Paperback. An engaging, affecting memoir by one of the first women to live at the famous Chiswick Women's Refuge in the 1970s Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471129483
- ISBN
- 9781471129483
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.35
€ 9.99
€ 8.35
Paperback. Explores the connection between humans and animals, and asks what our responsibility is towards our fellow creatures. Inspired by the insights of Rudolf Steiner. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584201946
- ISBN
- 9781584201946
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.08
€ 26.99
€ 20.08
paperback. An original collection of essays by leading international Soviet cinema scholars, covering seventy years of cinema history, providing a clear understanding of the aesthetic developments and sociopolitical function of Soviet cinema. Editor(s): Lawton, Anna. Num Pages: 356 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: 1DVU; APF; GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415078191
- ISBN
- 9780415078191
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Condition: New
€ 55.14
€ 55.14
Paperback. Demonstrates how crucial French films were in making 'going to the movies' popular in the United States, first in vaudeville houses and then in nickelodeons. This book exposes the consequences of that popularity. It offers a revealing cultural history of American cinema's nationalization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; JFC; JPFN; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214781
- ISBN
- 9780520214781
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive. This book explores those findings. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140167726
- ISBN
- 9780140167726
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. This anthology offers a glimpse of women's writings not only in poetry but in other genres, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing and narrative fiction. These are presented within their respective biographical and historical contexts. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 800 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013933
- ISBN
- 9780674013933
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.59
€ 44.99
€ 37.59
Paperback. Winner of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award. One of the American West's bloodiest-and least-known-massacres is searingly re-created in this generation-spanning history of native-white intermarriage. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871408570
- ISBN
- 9780871408570
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.51
€ 18.99
€ 17.51
Paperback. Continuing William Mitchell's investigations of how we understand, reason about, and use images, The Reconfigured Eye provides the first systematic, critical analysis of the digital imaging revolution. Num Pages: 283 pages, 110. BIC Classification: JFD; TTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262631600
- ISBN
- 9780262631600
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Condition: New
€ 50.62€ 48.98
€ 50.62
€ 48.98
Paperback. A collection of essays that assert that the recipe in all its cultural and textual contexts - from the quintessential embodiment of lifestyle choices to the reflection of artistic aspiration - is a complex form of cultural expression. It addresses questions raised by the recipe and its context, cultural moment, and mode of expression. Editor(s): Floyd, Janet; Forster, Laurel. Series: At Table. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803233614
- ISBN
- 9780803233614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
The Rebirth of the West. The Americanization of the Democratic World, ...
Duignan, Peter; Gann, L. H.
Paperback. This work illustrates how America was a key factor in the economic and political recovery of European democracies that had been devastated by World War II. It provides an analysis of important aspects of Western society at this time, such as politics, economics, culture and science. Num Pages: 745 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW3; JFC; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 745
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847681983
- ISBN
- 9780847681983
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Condition: New
€ 74.59
€ 74.59
paperback. Attacking the illusion of simplicity which has dominated positivistic approaches and the out-dated identification of anthropology with non-Western, primitive, and tribal societies, Barrett contends that power and privilege everywhere should be the basic concerns of anthropological inquiry. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802067180
- ISBN
- 9780802067180
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.14
€ 40.99
€ 38.14
Paperback. From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe - built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. This title paints a portrait of Schneerson. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154428
- ISBN
- 9780691154428
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. An important work by one of the leading social thinkers of the late twentieth century. This book is one of Luhmann's most systematic statement about the nature of the media. He examines the media from the distinctive perspective of his theory of social systems. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621326
- ISBN
- 9780745621326
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Condition: New
€ 22.40
€ 22.40
paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jagiellonian University Press Poland
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 236
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9788323336273
- ISBN
- 9788323336273
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.50
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€ 35.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 115 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835607797
- ISBN
- 9780835607797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552779555
- ISBN
- 9780552779555
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Hardback. By 2025, twenty-seven cities will have populations greater than ten million - the common measure by which an urban population constitutes a 'megacity.' This title argues that megacities will become havens for terrorists and criminal networks as well as centers of major environmental depletion. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBD; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975513
- ISBN
- 9781597975513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.60
€ 35.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indra Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920787011
- ISBN
- 9781920787011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.25
€ 29.99
€ 20.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 484 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Publisher
- Tughra Books United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597842150
- ISBN
- 9781597842150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.04
€ 31.99
€ 21.04