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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic, as well as writing his memoirs - his "story of calamities". Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214441
ISBN
9780631214441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.90

Hardcover. Abel Kiviat (1892-1991) was one of track and field's legendary personalities, a world record-holder and Olympic medalist in the metric mile. This book brings Kiviat's story to life and re-creates a lost world, when track and field was at the height of its popularity and occupying a central place in America's sporting world. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSL1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609391
ISBN
9780815609391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.90

Paperback. How could anyone believe he or she was abducted by aliens? Or want to believe it? To answer these questions, the author interviewed and evaluated "abductees" - old and young, male and female, religious and agnostic. This book is not only an exploration of the workings of memory, but an inquiry into the nature of belief. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFH; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 33. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780674024014
ISBN
9780674024014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.36

Paperback. ABC of Domestic and Sexual Violence is a practical guide for all health care professionals who are looking after abused individuals (whether knowingly or not) and who wish to learn more in order to help their patients. Editor(s): Bewley, Susan; Welch, Jan. Series: ABC Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, colour tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFE3; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 277 x 7. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118482186
ISBN
9781118482186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.24

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 117 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717803910
ISBN
9780717803910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226484549
ISBN
9780226484549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.58

Hardback. Do you consider yourself a member of the middle class? Eighty percent of Americans describe themselves in those terms; working-class citizens who are neither rich nor poor. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Madison Books
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819184597
ISBN
9780819184597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hampton Roads Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571745125
ISBN
9781571745125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.93

Hardback. This book considers the work of the novelist and critic A.S. Byatt in the context of contemporary debates about art, authorship, creativity and gender. A.S. Byatt emerges as an author who presents us with fascinating and ambivalent portraits of writers and who uses metaphors of creativity in original ways. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801086
ISBN
9780333801086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.71

paperback. This is the first book to survey all of Klein's poetry, prose, and journalism, published and unpublished, and place it in the context of its times. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802072344
ISBN
9780802072344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.44

Paperback. The book is a personal account of the challenges faced by one family without Chinese consumer goods. In an accessible way, the book will shed light on China's reach into the daily lives of ordinary people. The author's reporting (based in part on her experience as a business writer) will offer insights into the "business". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BM; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wiley
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470379202
ISBN
9780470379202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.28

Hardback. This treasury of 52 stories collects together a rich resource of myths, fairy tales and legends from around the world, with a story for every week of the year. Illustrator(s): Corr, Christopher. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; YDC; YFA; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 250 x 283 x 16. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781847808592
ISBN
9781847808592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.33

paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Crown
Condition
New
Edition
First Broadway Books Edition.
SKU
V9780767905930
ISBN
9780767905930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.80

Paperback. Collection of essays and poems that address the challenges of being a Chicana, a lesbian, and a feminist in the changing world of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFSK1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822349778
ISBN
9780822349778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212518
ISBN
9780300212518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.26

Hardback. The processes of globalisation are reshaping our world dramatically and rapidly. The great issues of our day emphasise that we are all in this together. In this issue of Interface, scholars from the Yarra Institute for Religion and Social Policy within Melbourne's University of Divinity tackle key aspects of globalisation. Editor(s): Price, Peter. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
ATF Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922239433
ISBN
9781922239433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.65

Hardcover. An ethnography of an Irish community, considering the extent to which economic modernization has transformed the rural community. In doing so, it discusses whether the distinctive character of rural identity has been eroded by powerful and distant political and cultural forces. Num Pages: 168 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621595
ISBN
9781900621595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.36

Paperback. This study considers the extent to which economic modernization has transformed the rural community. In doing so, it discusses whether the distinctive character of rural identity has been eroded by powerful and distant political and cultural forces. Num Pages: 168 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 10. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621601
ISBN
9781900621601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.37

Hardcover. Many people understand urban renewal projects and the power of eminent domain as two of the most widely despised, and even racist, tools for reshaping American cities in the postwar period. Concerned more with winners and losers than with heroes and villains, this book offers a sober assessment of money and power in Jim Crow America. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 376 pages, 34 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226115146
ISBN
9780226115146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.72
€ 77.39

Paperback. Thought-provoking account of how the world's aging population will impact on society, offering radical solutions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318394
ISBN
9780745318394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.66

Hardback. A Woman's Voice examines the themes reflected in the stories of women in the Bible and relates these motifs directly to the lives of women today. Marcella Bakur Weiner and Blema Feinstein celebrate the ideas and lessons found in traditional Jewish sources and explain their relevance for contemporary women. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765761491
ISBN
9780765761491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Paperback. A Woman's Place is based upon Elizabeth Roberts's interviews with 160 elderly people from the towns of Barrow, Lancaster and Preston. They recall their memories of family life as children, youths and adults in the period between the last decade of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631147541
ISBN
9780631147541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.37

Paperback. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800797997
ISBN
9780800797997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.45

Hardcover. This book is about Black women's search for relationships and encounters that support healing from intimate and cultural violence. Narratives provide an ethnographic snapshot of this violence, while raising concerns over whether or not existing paradigms for pastoral care and counseling are congruent with how many Black women approach healing. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378132
ISBN
9781137378132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.44

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