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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Editor(s): White, Roger D. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: JFFB; JKS; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634820134
ISBN
9781634820134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.69
€ 173.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865301
ISBN
9781604865301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.43

Hardcover. American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive. Num Pages: 149 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFDT; JHBS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137555885
ISBN
9781137555885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardback. Editor(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth. Translator(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 2 tables in the interior. BIC Classification: HPDF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1500. A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China, by Liu An, King of Huainan. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 1016 pages, 2 tables in the interior. Editor(s): Roth, Harold D. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPDF; JF. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 54. Weight: 1476. Translator(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
1016
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142045
ISBN
9780231142045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 98.47

Hardback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024736454
ISBN
9789024736454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 207 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HRAB; JFSR; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 479.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319443904
ISBN
9783319443904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardback. In this volume some of the world's authorities on embryology trace the tradition of enquiry over two and a half thousand years. The answers given in related cultures reflected the purposes to be served at different times, in medical practice, penitential discipline, canon law, common law, human feeling. Editor(s): Dunstan, G. R. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893404
ISBN
9780859893404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.47

Paperback. Improving human characteristics goes beyond compensating for an impairment. This book explores the rich and complex relationship between enhancement and impairment, showing that the study of disability offers new ways of thinking about the social and ethical implications of improving the human condition. Editor(s): Eilers, M; Gruber, K; Rehmann-Sutter, C. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; MBS; MN; MQW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349487752
ISBN
9781349487752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Hardback. Improving human characteristics goes beyond compensating for an impairment. This book explores the rich and complex relationship between enhancement and impairment, showing that the study of disability offers new ways of thinking about the social and ethical implications of improving the human condition. Editor(s): Eilers, Miriam; Gruber, Katrin; Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (University of Basel). Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137405524
ISBN
9781137405524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Paperback. Examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. This title demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520078277
ISBN
9780520078277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HPJ; HRAB; HRAC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1993
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349225255
ISBN
9781349225255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Paperback. Describing research and practice from diverse fields of positive psychology, and covering topics such as motivation, happiness and academic performance, this book assembles contributions from around the world and especially from Europe's growing cohort. Editor(s): Brdar, Ingrid. Num Pages: 290 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMH; JMS; MBNH9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401783330
ISBN
9789401783330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. Describing research and practice from diverse fields of positive psychology, and covering topics such as motivation, happiness and academic performance, this book assembles contributions from around the world and especially from Europe's growing cohort. Editor(s): Brdar, Ingrid. Num Pages: 271 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMH; MBNH9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400713741
ISBN
9789400713741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319534886
ISBN
9783319534886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Hardcover. Since 1989, when the movement for Kashmiri independence took the form of an armed insurgency, it has been one of the most highly militarized regions in the world. This book is based on the idea that preserving memory is central to the struggle for justice and to someday rebuild a society shattered by two decades of armed conflict. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; JFFE; JPVH; JPVR; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137509055
ISBN
9781137509055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Paperback. This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JMAL; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099482116
ISBN
9780099482116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Wilfred L. David makes a plea for the fundamental reorientation of the economics that guide conventional development discourse, moving toward an emancipatory conversation focusing on human well-being or people-centred liberation. Num Pages: 374 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KCS; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761827559
ISBN
9780761827559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.61

Paperback. Argues that the humanities - the academic disciplines that study the potential of the human - represent a 'dream of America.' This title explores a number of linked problems: the role, at once inspiring and disturbing, played by modern philology in the discipline's formation; and, the reasons behind the humanities' perpetual state of crisis. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: H; JFCX; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316994
ISBN
9780226316994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardback. Editor(s): Chan, Evelyn T y; O'Sullivan, Michael (King's College London UK). Series: The Humanities in Asia. Num Pages: 159 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811022654
ISBN
9789811022654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

paperback. An exploration of the natural and cultural act of eating. The author reveals how the various aspects of this phenomenon, and the customs, rituals, and taboos surrounding it, relate to universal and profound truths about the human animal and its deepest yearnings. Num Pages: 268 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226425689
ISBN
9780226425689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. These charged images from the Great War cover a wide range of products, including trench coats, motor-cycles, gramophones, cigarettes and invalid carriages, all bringing an insight into the preoccupations, aspirations and necessities of life between 1914 and 1918. Num Pages: 112 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN; JFDV; WZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243990
ISBN
9781851243990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.53

Paperback. His compelling narrative gives undergraduate students of early America and the Atlantic World a revealing glimpse into this fascinating-and surprising-meeting of cultures. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10, 8 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898556
ISBN
9780801898556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.90

Hardback. His compelling narrative gives undergraduate students of early America and the Atlantic World a revealing glimpse into this fascinating-and surprising-meeting of cultures. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10, 8 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801898549
ISBN
9780801898549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.06
€ 50.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349488100
ISBN
9781349488100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.99

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