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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484254
- ISBN
- 9780801484254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.37
€ 43.99
€ 39.37
Hardback. Exploring sugar's reputation as one of the most beloved yet reviled substances that we consume, this compelling history of the infamous ingredient is peopled with determined adventurers, relentless sugar barons and greedy plantation owners. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 207 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234342
- ISBN
- 9781780234342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.66
€ 23.66
Paperback. Reveals that every woman has her own answer. The author talks about the excruciating hazards of casual sex, while Gail Collins recounts her Catholic upbringing in Cincinnati and the nuns who passionately forbade her from having carnal relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062193223
- ISBN
- 9780062193223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.40
€ 15.99
€ 14.40
paperback. Islam is often described as abstract, ascetic, and uniquely disengaged from the human body. Examining Sufi conceptions of the body in religious writings from the late fifteenth through the nineteenth century, this title demonstrates that literature from this era often treated saints' physical bodies as sites of sacred power. Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 illustrations, 4 figures, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLB; HRLK2; JFSR2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University North Carolina Pr
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000550
- ISBN
- 9780807857892
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn 'Arabi, Gender, and Sexuality Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRHX; JFSJ; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469618906
- ISBN
- 9781469618906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.65
€ 44.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: HRHX; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546. Religion and Society in Medieval Islam. 304 pages, 21 halftones, 2 line drawings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRHX; JFSR2. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight: 546.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144902
- ISBN
- 9780231144902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.85
€ 141.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195321173
- ISBN
- 9780195321173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.16
€ 47.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ; JFSL; JPHF; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450860
- ISBN
- 9780801450860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.71
€ 54.71
Hardback. The book explores the drama of the Hebrew poetry coping with the violence of the Holocaust and the Israel-Arab war. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784108
- ISBN
- 9780804784108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Paperback. Dramatic personal stories of the unexpected discovery of a Jewish heritage. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584656203
- ISBN
- 9781584656203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. A collection of essays and tutorials that offer both practical and humorous makeup, travel, sex, dating (more topics TBD) advice from one of the most popular drag queen comedians on YouTube. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; WHX; WJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455566198
- ISBN
- 9781455566198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.47
€ 21.99
€ 16.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 271 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Harvest House Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736938563
- ISBN
- 9780736938563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.94
€ 14.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. The second book in a new series that brings the experiences of favourite Bible characters to challenges of contemporary life. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473650657
- ISBN
- 9781473650657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Hardcover. Creates a resource where women can find a role model, someone with whom they can relate. Profiling women with a wide diversity of experiences and career opportunities allows the reader to find a common connection. This series of book highlights both the pleasant and unpleasant career experiences which these women underwent. Editor(s): Hinkle, Amber S.; Kocsis, Jody A. Series: ACS Symposium Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 28 halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004189
- ISBN
- 9780841239128
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. As contemporary thinkers continue to explore the intellectual affinities that bind the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, their attention has turned with increasing frequency to Diderot. Focusing on models of communication, this book draws on an interdisciplinary configuration to analyze texts from Diderot's own interdisciplinary corpus. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719230
- ISBN
- 9780804719230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.36
€ 89.36
Hardback. Succeeding as a Female Superintendent provides a comprehensive look at the journey that several women superintendents of schools took in their pursuit of the top school leadership position. Real life stories relate what these women encountered and how they dealt with a wide variety of issues. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578869251
- ISBN
- 9781578869251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.77
€ 142.77
Paperback. Religious rivalries have been at the root of many human conflicts. This book includes insights from representatives of nine world religions into teachings of nonviolence within their tradition, how practice has often fallen short of ideals, and how they can overcome the contagion of hatred through a return to traditional teachings on nonviolence. Editor(s): Smith-Christopher, Daniel L. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRLB; HRLP5; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Edition
- 10th Anniversary edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570757471
- ISBN
- 9781570757471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.01
€ 31.99
€ 27.01
Paperback. Explores the changing forms of colonial domination and peasant politics in the Andean highlands from the 1740s (the starting point of large political and economic transformations) through the early 1780s, when a massive insurrection of the highland communities shook the foundations of Spanish rule. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331469
- ISBN
- 9780822331469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.95
€ 36.99
€ 33.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Moreau, Odile; Schaar, Stuart. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAM; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310915
- ISBN
- 9781477310915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. Probes New Orleans' history, uncovering a web of racial interconnections and animosities that was instrumental to the creation of a vital American art form - jazz. This book shows how musicians such as Jelly Roll Morton, Nick La Rocca, and Louis Armstrong negotiated New Orleans' complex racial rules to pursue their craft. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; AVGJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226328683
- ISBN
- 9780226328683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.81
€ 45.81