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Hardcover. Redolent of everything sensual and hedonistic, chocolate is synonymous with our idea of indulgence. It is adored around the world and has been since the Spanish first encountered cocoa beans in South America in the sixteenth century. This title explores the origins and growth of this almost universal obsession. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861895240
- ISBN
- 9781861895240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Hardback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351214
- ISBN
- 9780822351214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.40
€ 123.40
Paperback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351320
- ISBN
- 9780822351320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Cholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence beginning with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFFE; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226891545
- ISBN
- 9780226891545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Hardback. Choosing Ethnic Identity explores the ways in which people are able to choose their ethnic identities in contemporary multiethnic societies such as the USA and Britain. Notions such as adopting an identity, or self--designated terms, such as Black British and Asian American, suggest the importance of agency and choice for individuals. Num Pages: 190 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622767
- ISBN
- 9780745622767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.10
€ 79.10
Paperback. Moving from meetings with artists to the creation of the first public museums in the 18th century, recounting the practice of inspirational figures such as Diaghilev, skipping between exhibitions, continents and centuries, the author argues that curation is far from a static practice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950968
- ISBN
- 9780241950968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
paperback. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the Lahu society in Southwest China where practical gender equality has become the byproduct of a potent ideology of gender unity, vividly expressed by the proverb, "chopsticks only work in pairs." Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 figs. & 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231119573
- ISBN
- 9780231119573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.87
€ 42.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Combines historical analysis with the tools of gender studies and religious studies to compare the roles of the Virgin Mary in medieval Christianity with those of Fatima, daughter of the prophet Muhammad, in Shi'ite Islam. This book explores the proliferation of Marian imagery in Late Antiquity through the Church fathers and popular hagiography. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRC; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268042318
- ISBN
- 9780268042318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Destiny Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892818617
- ISBN
- 9780892818617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.06
€ 24.99
€ 23.06
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCV; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158602
- ISBN
- 9780231158602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Series: Torchbooks. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Publisher
- Bravo Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061300035
- ISBN
- 9780061300035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.92
€ 18.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. This new introductory text constructs a Christian feminist theology, and lays out a view of the world indebted to both traditional Christian faith and recent feminist thought critical of that faith. Throughout the book Professor Carmody weaves back and forth, trying to develop a conversation stimulating for both partners. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557865878
- ISBN
- 9781557865878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Hardcover. Issued with an attached, hard, folded cover over the front cover which has a pop-up illustration on its inside. Num Pages: 304 pages, 300 Colour. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 334 x 263 x 46. Weight in Grams: 3180.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 9/25/11
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847836512
- ISBN
- 9780847836512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.05€ 97.22
€ 136.05
€ 97.22
Paperback. A collection of Lewis's essays against 'the new morality' - a fine collection representing Lewis at his most brilliant. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008203856
- ISBN
- 9780008203856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Black and white women's struggles over race relations in the YWCA and beyond Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077104
- ISBN
- 9780252077104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Series: The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 0002-
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226653808
- ISBN
- 9780226653808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Reed, Martin S. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590333952
- ISBN
- 9781590333952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.25€ 61.45
€ 79.25
€ 61.45
Paperback. Translator(s): Lerner, Joel. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814735206
- ISBN
- 9780814735206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Is African Christianity a religious marketplace now dominated by only two big players, the Catholic Church and Pentecostals? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; HRC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044776
- ISBN
- 9781849044776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813529325
- ISBN
- 9780813529325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49