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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Editor(s): Horton, Catherine. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 188 x 16. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634633291
ISBN
9781634633291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.13
€ 133.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Rye, Sallie H. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MJX. Dimension: 153 x 234 x 7. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631176852
ISBN
9781631176852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.43
€ 58.90

Paperback. Following the modernising agenda in health and social care, this book describes the legal framework for working with older people. It covers the range of legal issues affecting the welfare and financial security of older people in the community and residential settings, and emphasises the empowering nature of legal knowledge. Series: BASW/Policy Press Titles. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFSP31; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861347145
ISBN
9781861347145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.81

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chase, Benjamin V. Num Pages: 116 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614702535
ISBN
9781614702535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.98
€ 110.66

Hardcover. A succinct and engaging history of the olive from antiquity to the present day, this book describes the role that olive trees, olives and their oil have played in myths, legends and literature, as well as in the everyday lives of people living throughout the Mediterranean. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 41 colour illustrations, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898685
ISBN
9781861898685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Hardback. Focusing on the key late-19th-century discourses of feminism, prostitution, colonialism, science and evolution, this study explores, in depth, Olive Schreiner's achievement as a writer. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333615324
ISBN
9780333615324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel and created a tornadoros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBS; KNSG; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137336316
ISBN
9781137336316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.51

Hardback. This volume explores sporting mega-events, their social, political, and cultural characters, the value systems that they inscribe and draw on, the claims they make on us and the claims the organisers make for them, the spatial and ethical relationships they create, and the responses of civil societies to them. Editor(s): Hayes, Graeme; Karamichas, John. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSG; JHBS; RN; WSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230244177
ISBN
9780230244177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.88

Hardback. This book examines how women athletes were represented in international media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games. Through feminist theorizing and qualitative textual analysis, the contributors discuss sexualization, nationalism, success, failure and the [in]visibility of women athletes in newspaper reporting in Asia, Europe and the USA. Editor(s): Markula, Pirkko. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1; WSBB; WSBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222847
ISBN
9780230222847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardback. This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture; arguing that it is in this unique culture that a specific conception and practice of diplomacy has been developed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642953
ISBN
9780748642953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.88
€ 103.50

Paperback. Offers a profound critique of the experience of postcolonial, postsocialist temporality. This title presents the case study at its core is the demise of the Grenada Revolution (1979-83), and the repercussions of its collapse. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356219
ISBN
9780822356219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Omens of Adversity is a profound critique of postcolonial temporality. David Scott argues that the palpable sense of the present as time stalled, without hope for emancipatory futures, has had far-reaching effects on how we think about justice and the nature of political action. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356066
ISBN
9780822356066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. Ofering an exploration of internationally distributed, multi-director episode films, this book fills a considerable gap in the history of world cinema and aims to expand contemporary understandings of authorship, genre, narrative, and transnational production and reception. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695669
ISBN
9780748695669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.39

Hardback. This work is committed to identify published materials on the status of women in the profession of librarianship and to compile, update and issue a bibliography of these materials. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; GL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810837256
ISBN
9780810837256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.45

Paperback. Surveys the efforts to promote equal rights in the fifties and sixties, and examines government policy changes. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFFK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467. "Includes index. Bibliography: p. 309-326. Commissioning organisation: Cynthia Harrison. xxii, 337 p. 23 cm. Paperback. A good copy." Keywords: "Subjects - History - General,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Government & Politics - General,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Women's Studies - Feminist Criticism,Education Reso"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0036434
ISBN
9780520066632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608467617
ISBN
9781608467617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA; JHB; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231182850
ISBN
9780231182850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.76

Hardback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA; JHB; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231182843
ISBN
9780231182843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.64
€ 80.25

Paperback. A pithy, inspiring, instructive and straight-to-the-point manifesto for women on how to be fearless, from one who knows: New York Times bestselling author, columnist, and activist Arianna Huffington. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316166829
ISBN
9780316166829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. A book about being homosexual in the United States. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106968
ISBN
9780143106968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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