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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Talks about the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative visions of social and economic justice. This book reflects on the momentum of LA's progressive movement, including the 2005 landslide victory of Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 8 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition,Revised
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250093
ISBN
9780520250093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Acknowledging that technology is an inescapable aspect of our lives, author and blogger Tim Challies provides guidance and direction for readers who struggle with the changes brought about by the digital revolution. He helps readers understand why digital technology exists and how a Christian can use new technologies with biblical discernment. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Zondervan
Edition
Exp Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310515050
ISBN
9780310515050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. "American Bandstand", one of the most popular television shows ever, broadcast from Philadelphia in the late fifties, a time when that city had become a battleground for civil rights. This book reveals how the program directed at teens discriminated against black youth and how black teens and civil rights advocates protested this discrimination. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJPG; APT; JFCA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272088
ISBN
9780520272088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardcover. This work, written towards the end of Al-Ghazali's career as a philosopher, advances the idea that reason can serve as a connection between the devout and God. Exploring the boundary between philosophy and theology, it seeks to understand the role of reality in the perception of the spiritual. Series: Brigham Young University's Islamic Translations S. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Brigham Young University
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842523530
ISBN
9780842523530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. Countless attempts have been made to appropriate the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche for diverse cultural and political ends, but nowhere have these efforts been more sustained and of greater consequence than in Germany. This title offers a magisterial chronicle of the philosopher's presence in German life and politics. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 337 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HPC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085558
ISBN
9780520085558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that took Florence Aubenas - one of France's most accomplished undercover journalists - on a journey into the worst recession since the Great Depression. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCFM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651996
ISBN
9780745651996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. A Mexican native, Carrillo has written an insightful study of the relations between sexuality and social change in Mexico during the time of AIDS. Carrillo argues that there is a demand for a new approach to AIDS prevention and education in Mexico. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFH2; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226093031
ISBN
9780226093031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442200678
ISBN
9781442200678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 660 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 39. Weight in Grams: 912.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197957
ISBN
9781845197957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.27

paperback. First published in 1600 in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects, this polemic displays Lucrezia Marinella's knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso. Translator(s): Dunhill, Anne; Panizza, Letizia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226505466
ISBN
9780226505466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.85

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; JFSC; JFSG; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643373
ISBN
9780691643373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.56

Paperback. What is literary noir? How do British and American noir thrillers relate to their historical contexts? Lee Horsley's updated study of the genre, now available in paperback, ranges over hundreds of novels from the hard-boiled fiction of Hammett, Chandler and Cain to the game-players, voyeurs and consumers of contemporary thrillers and future noir. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230218864
ISBN
9780230218864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.70

Hardback. This is the ethnography of the Mykoniots d'election, a 'gang' of romantic adventurers who have been visiting the island of Mykonos for the last thirty-five years and have formed a community of dispersed friends. Their constant return to and insistence on working, acting and creating in a tourist space, offers them an extreme identity.. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFS; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454265
ISBN
9781845454265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.45

Hardback. In this wide-ranging study, Gomma examines contemporary migrant narratives by Arab-American, Chicana, Indian-American, Pakistani-American, and Cuban-American women writers. Concepts such as national consciousness, time, space, and belonging are scrutinized through the "non-national" experience, unsettling notions of a unified America. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137502865
ISBN
9781137502865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Grusin, Richard. Series: 21st Century Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816694679
ISBN
9780816694679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Tasty, convenient, and cheap, instant noodles are one of the most remarkable industrial foods ever. Consumed around the world by millions, they appeal to young and old, affluent and impoverished alike. This title examines the history, manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of instant noodles. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFCV; JFFT; KNDF; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Uncorrected Proof Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276345
ISBN
9780520276345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750967921
ISBN
9780750967921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The Normal and the Pathological is one of the crucial contributions to the history of science in the last half century. Translator(s): Fawcett, Carolyn R. Num Pages: 327 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299595
ISBN
9780942299595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. This is a topical and saleable theme, and should attract a wide general audience. Ulrich Beck is one of today's leading European sociologists, he is best known for his work The Risk Sociey (Sage 1992). This book will have a wide cross-disciplinary appeal. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745613826
ISBN
9780745613826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dunedin Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780460352
ISBN
9781780460352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.25

Hardcover. Who were the Norse gods - the mighty Aesyr, led by Odinn, and the mysterious Vanir? This book describes the myths' origins in pre-Christian Scandinavia and Iceland, and their survival in artefacts and written sources, from Old Norse sagas and poems to the less approving accounts of medieval Christian writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 102 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 202 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500251966
ISBN
9780500251966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1322.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Sew Rep
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836550567
ISBN
9783836550567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.96

Hardback. Based on extensive sources, including newspapers, trial documents, and local histories, this gripping account of a seemingly typical woman who achieved extraordinary notoriety will appeal to true crime lovers and historians alike. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19, 7 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420202
ISBN
9781421420202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157438
ISBN
9780231157438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

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