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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Why do the paintings and poetry of the Italian Renaissance--a celebration of classical antiquity--also depict the Florentine countryside populated with figures dressed in contemporary silk robes and fleur-de-lys crowns? Dempsey argues that a fusion of classical form with contemporary content was the defining characteristic of the period. Series: The Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Delivered at Villa I Tatti. Num Pages: 398 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049529
- ISBN
- 9780674049529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 47.52
€ 51.69
€ 47.52
Paperback. This clear and practical workbook shows the importance of encouraging resilience in pre-school children who live in challenging circumstances. Including guidance on ongoing monitoring and supported by case studies from practice, this book is an essential guide to nurturing resilience for all those who work with young children and their families. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JMBT; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 295 x 212 x 8. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100133
- ISBN
- 9781843100133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.84
€ 27.84
Hardback. An encyclopedic compendium of the myths and actual events from humanity's ancient civilizations that reveal the influence of visitors from the 12th planet--the Anunnaki. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591431015
- ISBN
- 9781591431015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.91
€ 33.99
€ 21.91
Paperback. Passover is coming dont panic! This contemporary kosher cookbook features a collection of over 100 recipes offering easy and delicious dishes to enhance your Passover experience. Whether preparing an elaborate seder-night feast or a simple brunch, The Easy-Way-out-of-Passover Cookbook provides kitniyot-free recipes that the whole family will enjoy. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HRJC; JFSR1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Gefen Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Spi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652297815
- ISBN
- 9789652297815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.04
€ 18.99
€ 14.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804777988
- ISBN
- 9780804777988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.87
€ 32.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. "A good story and first-rate social science."-New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLC; JFSL9; JHM; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393321005
- ISBN
- 9780393321005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.80
€ 18.99
€ 17.80
paperback. Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503735
- ISBN
- 9781509503735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.77
€ 24.99
€ 24.77
Hardback. Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503728
- ISBN
- 9781509503728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.49
€ 71.49
Paperback. Since the end of the nineteenth century, the division between nature and culture has been fundamental to Western thought. In this work, the author seeks to break down this divide, arguing for a departure from the anthropocentric model and its rigid dualistic conception of nature and culture as distinct phenomena. Translator(s): Godbout, Genevieve. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 121 x 6. Weight in Grams: 96. Anthropology and the Question of Nature. 90 pages. Since the end of the nineteenth century, the division between nature and culture has been fundamental to Western thought. In this work, the author seeks to break down this divide, arguing for a departure from the anthropocentric model and its rigid dualistic conception of nature and culture as distinct phenomena. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Dimension: 180 x 121 x 6. Weight: 96. Translator(s): Godbout, Genevieve.
- Publisher
- Prickly Paradigm Press
- Number of pages
- 90
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984201020
- ISBN
- 9780984201020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.41
€ 14.99
€ 13.41
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232567
- ISBN
- 9780823232567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.90
€ 102.90
Paperback. Employs business concepts and analyses to explore the operations and activities of media firms and the forces and issues affecting them. This book surveys the structures and operations of various media, including their business characteristics and business models, how they differ from other products and services, and why failure rates are so high. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white tables, figures, charts. BIC Classification: JFD; KFF; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232574
- ISBN
- 9780823232574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07
Hardback. Investigates development practice, civil organization formation and the increase of ethnically motivated conflicts over the past two decades in Western Africa. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDF; GTC; GTF; JFSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010681
- ISBN
- 9781847010681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
hardcover. This book investigates the effectiveness of current drug and alcohol policies through an economic lens. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761475
- ISBN
- 9780804761475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.96
€ 147.96
Paperback. This book investigates the effectiveness of current drug and alcohol policies through an economic lens. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761482
- ISBN
- 9780804761482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.55
€ 36.99
€ 35.55
Paperback. The Economics of Immigration shows that immigration could significantly boost world GDP, does little to impact the job prospects or wages of the native born population, has little net fiscal impact, and that immigrants are not assimilating more slowly than prior generations. Editor(s): Powell, Benjamin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 328 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190258795
- ISBN
- 9780190258795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.11
€ 71.11
Paperback. BIC Classification: HRCV; HRCX6; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780830843923
- ISBN
- 9780830843923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.41
€ 21.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. The book reviews past and present debates on the challenges faced in attaining equitable economic development. The book aims to provide an introduction to economics where the application to poverty is central and guides learning. And it aims to help those who already know some economics learn more about poverty and inequality. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190212773
- ISBN
- 9780190212773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.39
€ 102.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 478 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368187
- ISBN
- 9780674368187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.92€ 54.40
€ 59.92
€ 54.40
Paperback. At the start of the 18th century, literary "characters" referred as much to letters and typefaces as it did to persons in books. However, this text shows how, by the 19th century, readers used transactions with characters to accommodate themselves to newly-commmercialized social relations. Num Pages: 326 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226498201
- ISBN
- 9780226498201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.11
€ 40.99
€ 31.11
Paperback. Offers an array of topics from sex in cinema to drugs, graffiti, Bob Dylan, cyberculture, 9/11, book touring and Marlon Brando. This book simmers with direct challenges to conventional wisdom and deep insights into the kaleidoscopic nature of artistic vision, and the way the author's own experiences have fuelled his creative passions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563433
- ISBN
- 9780099563433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.53
€ 21.99
€ 17.53