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Society & culture: general

hardcover. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 249 x 254 x 8. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Kar-Ben United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580131261
ISBN
9781580131261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. * Poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the Taliban * Like Desert Flower, this simple human story is a powerful way to tell readers around the world of the plight of a people, and this book couldn't be more timely Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BGA; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860499616
ISBN
9781860499616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. As one of the four members of the inner circle at Hull-House, Julia Lathrop played an instrumental role in the field of social reform for more than fifty years. This biography reveals the influence of Hull-House on the social and political history of the early twentieth century. It provides an account of women's work in voluntary associations. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071683
ISBN
9780252071683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. Provides a portrait of East European and American Jewish life in the immigrant generation at the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Cohen, Jocelyn; Soyer, Daniel. Num Pages: 329 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716953
ISBN
9780814716953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. What's in a name? A few vowels and some consonants - or a whole new identity just waiting to burst free? This book rearranges hundreds of famous names to create a parallel universe - like the world we know, but funnier, ruder, and much more vitriolic. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; WDKX; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
SKU
KLN0018437
ISBN
9780571243945
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

Hardback. What's in a name? A few vowels and some consonants - or a whole new identity just waiting to burst free? This book rearranges hundreds of famous names to create a parallel universe - like the world we know, but funnier, ruder, and much more vitriolic. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; WDKX; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0018591
ISBN
9780571243945
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

Paperback. Young readers can join Granny as she journeys around the world on a magic carpet, shopping for amazing treasures in all of the places she visits, and taking readers on a counting adventure through the different countries of the world. Full color. Illustrator(s): Corr, Christopher. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 245 x 212 x 3. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905236626
ISBN
9781905236626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; RGC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571313249
ISBN
9781571313249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.03

For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela's life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation. Editor(s): Cumana, Maria Caridad; Dubinsky, Karen; De La Cruz, Xenia Reloba. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVG; DSB; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647718
ISBN
9781442647718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.37

Paperback. For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela's life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation. Editor(s): Cumana, Maria Caridad; Dubinsky, Karen; De La Cruz, Xenia Reloba. Num Pages: 324 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVG; DSB; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615786
ISBN
9781442615786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.31

Paperback. A memoir of life, experience, and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s. The author describes the home life and education of Indian children. Like other boys, he played with toy bows and arrows in the tipi before learning to make and use them and became schooled in the ways of animals and in the properties of plants and herbs. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; BG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803293342
ISBN
9780803293342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.31

Hardback. Translation of: Inside IS: 10 Tage im "Islamischen Staat." Num Pages: 288 pages, 48 color photos, maps. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771642248
ISBN
9781771642248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.89

Paperback. In order to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa, Madame Alexandra David-Neel used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture, and inked skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the World. This title presntes her intensive study and daring adventure in mysterious territories of the East. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8-Page Black and White Photo Insert, 1 Map, Halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 1F; HR; JFSJ1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060596552
ISBN
9780060596552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. The first book chosen in Emma Watson's 'Our Shared Shelf Book Club' Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780749204
ISBN
9781780749204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. This is the autobiography of the former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan who negotiated with the US after 9/11 and spent time in Guantanomo. It is the first inside account of what motivates ordinary Afghans to join the Taliban. Editor(s): Strick van Linschoten, Alex; Kuehn, Felix. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BGHA; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041522
ISBN
9781849041522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.00

Hardback. My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology in which she uses everyday items to intimately examine the ways consumption resonates with personal and social meaning. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHMC; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361183
ISBN
9780822361183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.87

paperback. My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology in which she uses everyday items to intimately examine the ways consumption resonates with personal and social meaning. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFC; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361367
ISBN
9780822361367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJ; 3JM; BGA; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631059
ISBN
9781629631059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. At once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, this book provides an understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other city regions of the world. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white halftones, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281745
ISBN
9780520281745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJPL; BM; JFSL9; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873518536
ISBN
9780873518536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. The heartbreaking story of a bag lady and her daughter Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KNW0009210
ISBN
9780747585671
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. The heartbreaking story of a bag lady and her daughter Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KLN0015095
ISBN
9780747585671
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. The heartbreaking story of a bag lady and her daughter Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KLN0015100
ISBN
9780747585671
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Focusing on the unique psychological needs of women who must deal with the pain and devastation of a mother's breast cancer while repressing their fears for their own health, Tarkan profiles a wide range of women who have witnessed the effects of breast cancer. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMH; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878332274
ISBN
9780878332274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.13

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