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Society & culture: general
paperback. Born in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, he became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. This is the biography of a tireless leader. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 photographs, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218857
- ISBN
- 9780803218857
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. An exciting new series of great writing on television from the BFI. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sure to be a hit. Series: BFI TV Classics. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 154
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844570898
- ISBN
- 9781844570898
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.84
€ 31.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. A contributor to "The Tactile Mind Weekly" and the National Association of the Deafs "Mind Over Matter" writes about the biases he has faced in both the hearing and deaf communities, and addresses such topics as Christmas trips and marriage with a withering wit. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563683572
- ISBN
- 9781563683572
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.12
€ 25.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375701276
- ISBN
- 9780375701276
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.00
€ 17.99
€ 15.00
Hardback. An exploration of the history, ideology and aesthetics of China's left-wing cinema movement, a quixotic film culture that was as political as commercial, as militant as sensationalist. The author demonstrates that the movement was a product of the era's social, economic and political discourses. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; APF; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509450
- ISBN
- 9780742509450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.73
€ 173.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBSM; JFSL3; JNB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226394626
- ISBN
- 9780226394626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.04€ 48.68
€ 57.04
€ 48.68
Building a New World (Palgrave Studies in Postmetaphysical Thought)
Irigaray, Luce. Ed(S): Marder, Michael
paperback. With an original introduction by Luce Irigaray, and original texts from her students and collaborators, this book imagines the outlines of a more just, ecologically attuned world that flourishes on the basis of sexuate difference. Editor(s): Marder, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies in Postmetaphysical Thought. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN; HPS; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349497591
- ISBN
- 9781349497591
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Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardback. Coenen Snyder considers what the architecture and construction of nineteenth-century European synagogues reveal about the social progress of modern European Jews. The process of claiming a Jewish space was a marker of acculturation but not full acceptance, she argues. The new edifices, even if spectacular, revealed the limits of Jewish integration. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059894
- ISBN
- 9780674059894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.73€ 56.34
€ 61.73
€ 56.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19, 8 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; KCF; KNJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801454158
- ISBN
- 9780801454158
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Condition: New
€ 139.27
€ 139.27
Hardcover. Editor(s): Caron, Rosemary M.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 196 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: JFFJ; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 187 x 16. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620810224
- ISBN
- 9781620810224
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Condition: New
€ 237.66€ 160.69
€ 237.66
€ 160.69
Hardcover. The whole is harmony, not discord. Based on fourteen years of research involving nearly 50,000 managerial respondents and on the authors' extensive experience in international business, this book compares the cultural values of more than forty nations. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471495277
- ISBN
- 9780471495277
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Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Hardcover. Editor(s): Berardo, Kate; Deardorff, Darla K. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JNRV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stylus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579228033
- ISBN
- 9781579228033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.46
€ 219.46
Hardback. This work covers cultural change in a Chinese city following the Manchu conquest of 1644. Yangzhou, at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangzi river, is known as the site of human and physical devastation during the conquest and as a vibrant commercial centre during the 18th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744850
- ISBN
- 9780804744850
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Condition: New
€ 76.26
€ 76.26
Paperback. From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. This title scrutinizes the growing phenomenon of transnational architecture and its profound effect on the development of urban space. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 halftones, 4 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; AM; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709819
- ISBN
- 9780226709819
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Chicken - both the bird and the food - has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women since the slavery era. This book examines the complexity of black women's legacies using food as a form of cultural work. It focuses on the ways black women have forged their own self-definitions and relationships to the "gospel bird". Num Pages: 312 pages, 41 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856864
- ISBN
- 9780807856864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415631204
- ISBN
- 9780415631204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. This book highlights the critical role of social capital in the ability of a community to withstand disaster and rebuild the infrastructure and ties that are at the foundation of any community. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPQB; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226012889
- ISBN
- 9780226012889
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.52
€ 40.99
€ 31.52
Hardback. How do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanisation and climate change? This key issue forms the discussion point for this book. Particular reference is made to cities in India, and the capability of such urban communities of responding to climate-related disasters. Editor(s): Joerin, Jonas; Shaw, Rajib; Krishnamurthy, R. R. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783509058
- ISBN
- 9781783509058
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Condition: New
€ 133.86
€ 133.86
Paperback. This book uses historical and contemporary materials to document the ways in which policy-makers, in different eras, have sought to use state powers and regulations to create better, more balanced, and sustainable communities and citizens. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861347435
- ISBN
- 9781861347435
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.24
€ 43.99
€ 41.24
Paperback. A collection of articles addressing the issue of whether the industrial model of human progress can be sustained in the long term. It asks what the social, political, economic and environmental implications as well as potential solutions to the problem of resource-intensive growth are. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFS; KC; KN; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 557. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012354
- ISBN
- 9781563247392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28, 27 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; JFSG; JP; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781501700477
- ISBN
- 9781501700477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Paperback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781439912379
- ISBN
- 9781439912379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. An examination of the practical issues that should be considered by anyone building a Web site aimed at a multinational audience. It covers: writing systems, character sets and encoding; XHTML and CSS style sheets; the sensible use of graphics; and the possible uses of Javascript, XML and XSLT. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSL1; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845039
- ISBN
- 9780810845039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.43
€ 87.43
Hardcover. Editor(s): Geller, Paul S. Num Pages: 356 pages, b/w photos, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSG; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608769155
- ISBN
- 9781608769155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 294.70€ 198.51
€ 294.70
€ 198.51