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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today. The author examines the power of the arguments embedded in these speeches to inspire people to achieve great things, or do great harm. He draws upon his political expertise to explain how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moments of history. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846042720
- ISBN
- 9781846042720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.92
€ 19.99
€ 14.92
Paperback. Over 400 color photos illustrate the development of the necktie from 1900 through the Roaring Twenties, the Depression, the War years, and into the Modern Age. Neckties record textile and men's fashion trends. A price guide is included. Num Pages: 160 pages, color photographs and b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AKTA; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 281 x 12. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764305788
- ISBN
- 9780764305788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.78
€ 37.99
€ 24.78
Hardback. What will the world look like in 2020? Paul Cornish and Kingsley Donaldson guide us through a maze of global uncertainty in this fascinating look at the future. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2x8pp colour. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JFFR; JP; JW; KCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473640320
- ISBN
- 9781473640320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.44
€ 33.99
€ 22.44
Hardback. On January 21st, 2017, five million people in 82 countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150 colour photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Why I March
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419728853
- ISBN
- 9781419728853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.46
€ 15.99
€ 15.46
Paperback. Translator(s): Waters, T. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHBA; JHBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Weber´s Rationalism and Modern Society: New Translations on Politics, Bureaucracy, and Social Stratification
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349476640
- ISBN
- 9781349476640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.77
€ 61.77
Hardback. This book includes four new and fresh translations classic essays by Max Weber, including Classes, Status, Party; Discipline and Charisma; Bureaucracy; and Politics as Vocation. Editor(s): Waters, Tony; Waters, Dagmar. Translator(s): Waters, Tony; Waters, Dagmar. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFSC; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Weber´s Rationalism and Modern Society: New Translations on Politics, Bureaucracy, and Social Stratification
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373533
- ISBN
- 9781137373533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.69
€ 108.69
Hardback. Of the many ballads, tales, and plays extolling filial piety (xiao) the foundational virtue of imperial China none was more popular in that era than the legend of Dong Yong and his heavenly helpmate, Weaving Maiden. This title presents the five versions of the legend. It illustrates the changing perceptions of xiao in various genres. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Filial Piety and Its Divine Rewards: The Legend of Dong Yong and Weaving Maiden with Related Texts United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841368
- ISBN
- 9781603841368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.90€ 39.93
€ 50.90
€ 39.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934155196
- ISBN
- 9781934155196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.98
€ 15.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New World Library
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577314769
- ISBN
- 9781577314769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
paperback. The Japanese women whose memoirs, journals and essays are collected in this volume constitute a strong current in the history of modern Japanese life from the 1880s to the outbreak of World War II. The women reveal why they joined left-wing groups in order to fight oppression and injustice. Editor(s): Hane, Mikiso. Translator(s): Hane, Mikiso. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520084216
- ISBN
- 9780520084216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; ACXJ; AGC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226131054
- ISBN
- 9780226131054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.66
€ 46.99
€ 35.66
Paperback. The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would never be the same again. By December rock had exploded into the mainstream. How did it happen? This book tells you how. It is the story of 1971, rock's golden year. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; HBG; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784162061
- ISBN
- 9781784162061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Hardcover. The fourteen essays featured here focus on series such as Space Patrol, Tom Corbett, and Captain Z-Ro, exploring their roles in the day-to-day lives of their fans through topics such as mentoring, promotion of the real-world space program, merchandising, gender issues, and ranger clubs - all the while promoting the fledgling medium of television. Editor(s): Miller, Cynthia J.; Van Riper, A. Bowdoin. Num Pages: 294 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230377318
- ISBN
- 9780230377318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, C.; Van Riper, A. Bowdoin. Num Pages: 294 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; APF; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349350919
- ISBN
- 9781349350919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720202
- ISBN
- 9780814720202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.11
€ 97.11
Paperback. Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes. Num Pages: 128 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJG; AKTA; HBT; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 213 x 6. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 4th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486402932
- ISBN
- 9780486402932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Hardback. This innovative book puts modernist literature in its cultural, intellectual, and global context, within the framework of the year 1913. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151177
- ISBN
- 9781405151177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.42
€ 109.42
Hardback. An attempt to re-create and examine the literary culture of 1798, the culture on which Wordsworth and Coleridge decided to make their "experiment". This is a book in which Wordsworth and Coleridge vie for attention, as they did in 1798, with many other writers, including Schleiermacher. Editor(s): Cronin, Richard. Series: Romanticism in Perspective. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714089
- ISBN
- 9780333714089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.09
€ 181.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764341410
- ISBN
- 9780764341410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Cune Press,US
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614571124
- ISBN
- 9781614571124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.14
€ 47.99
€ 31.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cune Press,US United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614571131
- ISBN
- 9781614571131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.48
€ 27.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. David Rogers uses competing sociological models of mass society to analyze the New York City school system, which he describes as a "sick bureaucracy." The author discusses the divisive school decentralization crisis of the late 1960s and early 1970s as well as efforts by subsequent mayors to reform the system. Series: Ewp Foundations of Sociology. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 43. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780975273838
- ISBN
- 9780975273838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.35
€ 48.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385485760
- ISBN
- 9780385485760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.42
€ 22.42