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Paperback. An account of the traditional customs that are put into practice when a Jewish person dies. It provides both an informative anthropological perspective on Jewish rites of mourning and a chronicle of the loss of the author's father. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236783
- ISBN
- 9780520236783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393328516
- ISBN
- 9780393328516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403113
- ISBN
- 9781421403113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.61
€ 73.61
Paperback. SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403120
- ISBN
- 9781421403120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.90
€ 27.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. Examines the proliferation of surveillance technologies - such as facial recognition software and digital fingerprinting - that have come to pervade our everyday lives. This book focuses on the ways that the technologies reinforce distinctions of race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and nationality. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 photos, 11 figures. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351351
- ISBN
- 9780822351351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Based on a two-year study of boys aged four to six, this book offers a new way of thinking about boys' development. It provides insight into ways in which adults can foster boys' healthy resistance and help them to access a broader range of options for expressing themselves. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSP1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814764800
- ISBN
- 9780814764800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.91
€ 30.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. Based on a two-year study of boys aged four to six, this book offers a new way of thinking about boys' development. It provides insight into ways in which adults can foster boys' healthy resistance and help them to access a broader range of options for expressing themselves. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSP1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814764688
- ISBN
- 9780814764688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. Drawing on eye-witness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab and Indian sources, this work shows readers the inside of China's most illustrious scientific and technological era. It sheds light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195112078
- ISBN
- 9780195112078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Arguments that animals possess an emotional life are often dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. This book challenges that notion by proposing that the objective scientific evidence for human emotions is all but non-existent. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JM; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478911
- ISBN
- 9780099478911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.87
€ 21.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Provides a primer on the current state of the same-sex marriage debate, and a new way of framing the issue that provides valuable new insights into the political, social, and personal stakes involved Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814709306
- ISBN
- 9780814709306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Around 1800 roughly three per cent of the human population lived in urban areas; by 2030 this number is expected to have gone up to some seventy per cent. This poses problems for traditional religions that are all rooted in rural, small-scale societies. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitis, Lisa. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, plans. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455545
- ISBN
- 9781845455545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.74
€ 161.74
Paperback. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234. Religious Traditions in Urban Contexts. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. 166 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Pinxten, Rik; Dikomitiz, Lisa. The authors in this volume question what the possible appeal of these old religions, such as Christianity, Judaism, or Islam could be in the new urban environment and, conversely, what impact global urbanization will have on learning and on the performance and nature of ritual. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight: 234.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 166
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458070
- ISBN
- 9780857458070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.82
€ 32.99
€ 30.82
Hardback. This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780774829199
- ISBN
- 9780774829199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
hardcover. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804775175
- ISBN
- 9780804775175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Paperback. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804775182
- ISBN
- 9780804775182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0004426
- ISBN
- 9781583226148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Swirski, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137597724
- ISBN
- 9781137597724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.11
€ 139.11
Paperback. When I'm Away From Home is a workbook designed to provide specific information about the individual care requirements of a disabled child for anyone responsible for their care. It includes the child's medical and physical needs, their daily routine and a section which they can fill in themselves about their personality, preferences and habits. Num Pages: 76 pages, directory. BIC Classification: JFFG; VFJD; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028984
- ISBN
- 9781853028984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his chateau to brood on his own private grief - the deaths of his best friends, his brother, and his first-born child. This title offers a celebration of perhaps one of the most joyful and yet profound of all Renaissance writers. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map, port. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234585
- ISBN
- 9780571234585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. A collection of the personal life histories of four female St'at'imc elders: Beverley Frank, Gertrude (Gertie) Ned, Laura Thevarge, and Rose Agnes Whitley. Their stories are presented in the original St'at'imcets as well as in English translation. In addition, a morpheme-by-morpheme gloss is provided for the purposes of linguistic analysis. Editor(s): Matthewson, Lisa. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 552 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780774810906
- ISBN
- 9780774810906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.41
€ 148.41