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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive. This book explores those findings. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140167726
- ISBN
- 9780140167726
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
paperback. An original collection of essays by leading international Soviet cinema scholars, covering seventy years of cinema history, providing a clear understanding of the aesthetic developments and sociopolitical function of Soviet cinema. Editor(s): Lawton, Anna. Num Pages: 356 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: 1DVU; APF; GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415078191
- ISBN
- 9780415078191
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Condition: New
€ 55.56
€ 55.56
Paperback. Explores the connection between humans and animals, and asks what our responsibility is towards our fellow creatures. Inspired by the insights of Rudolf Steiner. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584201946
- ISBN
- 9781584201946
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.01
€ 26.99
€ 20.01
The Refugee Convention at Fifty. A View from Forced Migration Studies....
. Ed(S): Selm, Joanne Van; Kamanga, Khoti; Mo...
Paperback. A collection of essays by scholars from a range of disciplines. Prompted by the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention on the status of refugees, the essays examine the impact of this document on forced migrants, the states they migrate from and to, and the societies they join and leave behind. Editor(s): Selm, Joanne van; Kamanga, Khoti; Morrison, John; Nadig, Aninia; Spoljar-Vryina, Sanja; Willigen, Loes van. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105665
- ISBN
- 9780739105665
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Condition: New
€ 65.36
€ 65.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643967
- ISBN
- 9780816643967
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.19
€ 32.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Num Pages: 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 774. Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens. 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 477
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079298
- ISBN
- 9780520079298
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce. Interdimensional Communication and G...
Wilcock, David; Free, Wynn
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: JFH; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583940839
- ISBN
- 9781583940839
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.76
€ 20.99
€ 20.76
Hardcover. This book examines a sophisticated effort by radical economic reformers to change the ideology of nationalism in Mexico from 1988-94 and so "reinvent" the country in a way that was more friendly to their market policies, and responses to this by opposition parties. Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846314858
- ISBN
- 9781846314858
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Condition: New
€ 139.70
€ 139.70
Paperback. Argues that feminist theorizing has been skewed toward non-disabled experience, and that the knowledge of people with disabilities must be integrated into feminist ethics, discussions of bodily life, and criticism of the cognitive and social authority of medicine. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415910477
- ISBN
- 9780415910477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.24
€ 61.24
Paperback. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Mono). Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119038580
- ISBN
- 9781119038580
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.81
€ 46.99
€ 46.81
Paperback. Presents a collection of essays and lectures of the author. This volume features new English translations of a number of previously unpublished works. Num Pages: 412 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- HAU
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990505037
- ISBN
- 9780990505037
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.46
€ 35.99
€ 28.46
The Religions of the Book. Christian Perceptions, 1400-1660.
. Ed(S): Dimmock, Dr Matthew; Hadfield, A.
Paperback. This book is the first study to explore the relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam in the Early Modern period. Editor(s): Dimmock, Dr Matthew; Hadfield, A. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; HBL; HRAX; JFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286133
- ISBN
- 9781349286133
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Condition: New
€ 70.89
€ 70.89
Paperback. Looking at the lives of women in the Bible, this title reveals refreshing models of faith for today. It provides nourishment from a woman's point of view and connects today's woman with the source of fulfillment that sustained her sisters in Bible times - a relationship with God. It is adapted from "Women Who Loved God". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCG; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Harvest House Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprinted
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736907385
- ISBN
- 9780736907385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.63
€ 21.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Argues that although the last two decades of Korean history were a period of progress in political democratization, the country refused to part from a "masculine point of view" which is also mirrored in Korean cinema Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 66 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332671
- ISBN
- 9780822332671
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Describes and analyzes life in Rampura in the late 1940s. In addition to the rich detail of village life and of a number of individual villagers, the author gives us insights into the nature of ethnographic research. He relates how he came to study this particular village. He also discusses the factors that could and did bias his research. Series: Center for South & Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12ill.6M. BIC Classification: JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520039483
- ISBN
- 9780520039483
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.29
€ 41.99
€ 30.29
Paperback. Immigrants in the United States send more than $20 billion every year back to Mexico - one of the largest flows of such remittances in the world. The author offers the first extended look at what is done with that money, and in particular how the building boom that it has generated has changed Mexican towns and villages. Num Pages: 336 pages, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226202815
- ISBN
- 9780226202815
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.98
€ 34.99
€ 27.98
Paperback. The first comprehensive portrait of the Roman Renaissance world. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212085
- ISBN
- 9780253212085
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.98
€ 36.99
€ 32.98
The Renaissance of Islam. History, Culture and Society in the 10th Cen...
Mez, Adam. Ed(S): Kennedy, Hugh
hardcover. Editor(s): Kennedy, Hugh. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2024
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781784538910
- ISBN
- 9781784538910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.06€ 105.77
€ 119.06
€ 105.77
Paperback. Shows that traditionalism and modernity reinforce each other among the priests at the Minakshi Temple. This book also shows that the priests have become more 'professional' and modern-minded while also insisting on the legitimacy of tradition. It concludes by critiquing the analysis of modernity and tradition in social science. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLP1; HRLP7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116587
- ISBN
- 9780691116587
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. An angry look at the private renting in the UK, including corruption, inequality and deregulation. Series: Left Book Club. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFB; LNSH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745336466
- ISBN
- 9780745336466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 6.23
€ 14.99
€ 6.23