Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This text offers lore of the land, ghost stories, fairy stories, tales of the 'oak men', and the true historical tales that inspired many of the famous legends of Cumbria's wild landscape. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752471273
- ISBN
- 9780752471273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.21
€ 16.99
€ 14.21
Hardback. Traveling along 4 prominent trade routes - the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real, this book follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from the frankincense-gathering grounds and ancient harbors of the Arabian Peninsula to the port of Zayton on the China Sea to Santa Fe in the southwest United States. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 332 pages, 12 color illustrations, 10 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267206
- ISBN
- 9780520267206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.56
€ 42.56
Paperback. Presented in three parts, this book explores what's alluring and what's revolting in cunning. It draws on a range of sources: tales of Odysseus; texts from Machiavelli; pamphlets from early modern England; salesmen's newsletters; Christian apologetics; sermons; philosophical treatises; famous, infamous, and obscure historical cases; and more. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136349
- ISBN
- 9780691136349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 218 x 7. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Publisher
- Last Gasp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Clean & Tight Contents
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780867193718
- ISBN
- 9780867193718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. 100 years of the best writing and reportage by female journalists Editor(s): Mills, Eleanor. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 494. 100 Years of the Best Journalism by Women. 400 pages. Editor(s): Mills, Eleanor. Many female journalists came to the fore during the first and second world wars, and their perspective was very different to that of their male peers, who were reporting from the field. This title offers a collection of writings, that features the most influential pieces of journalism by the best women in the business. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KNTJ. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 32. Weight: 572.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845291655
- ISBN
- 9781845291655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Hardback. Editor(s): Levine, Elana. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29 black and white photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252039577
- ISBN
- 9780252039577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.79
€ 148.79
Paperback. Taking disability theory out of a Western context, Eunjung Kim questions the assumptions that treating disabilities with cure represents a universal good by examining the manifestations of violence that accompany medical and nonmedical cures in twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Korea. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JFFE; JFFG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362883
- ISBN
- 9780822362883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Hardback. Taking disability theory out of a Western context, Eunjung Kim questions the assumptions that treating disabilities with cure represents a universal good by examining the manifestations of violence that accompany medical and nonmedical cures in twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Korea. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JFFE; JFFG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362777
- ISBN
- 9780822362777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.72
€ 156.72
Paperback. A critical history of the study of Buddhism in the West, incorporating insights of colonial and post-colonial cultural studies. Social, political and cultural conditions that have shaped the course of Buddhist studies are discussed. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226493091
- ISBN
- 9780226493091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.55
€ 50.55
Hardcover. An eye-opening account exploring common themes between major disasters and providing important lessons for successful natural hazard mitigation. Num Pages: 346 pages, 51 b/w illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFU; JKSR; RNR; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107035188
- ISBN
- 9781107035188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.26
€ 30.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. Barbara M. Benedict draws on the texts of the early modern period to discover the era's attitudes toward curiosity, a trait which was often depicted as an unsavoury form of transgression or cultural ambition. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3J; DSB; GTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042640
- ISBN
- 9780226042640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Bruhm, Steven; Hurley, Natasha. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; JFC; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816642021
- ISBN
- 9780816642021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.59
€ 36.59
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ferrington, Marcy L. Num Pages: 209 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600213199
- ISBN
- 9781600213199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.91€ 183.27
€ 270.91
€ 183.27
Hardcover. Editor(s): Westerfield, Robert E. Num Pages: 216 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590338117
- ISBN
- 9781590338117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.98€ 74.81
€ 97.98
€ 74.81
Hardback. A major new book in the Polity series of publications which make available Adorno's previously unpublished writings. This volume comprises some of Adorno's most important writings on music and radio and deals with themes for which he is particularly well known, such as the critique of the culture industry. Editor(s): Adorno, Theodor W. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, recorded music items. BIC Classification: AV; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 43. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642857
- ISBN
- 9780745642857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.99
€ 101.99
Paperback. A major new book in the Polity series of publications which make available Adorno's previously unpublished writings. This volume comprises some of Adorno's most important writings on music and radio and deals with themes for which he is particularly well known, such as the critique of the culture industry. Editor(s): Adorno, Theodor W. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, recorded music items. BIC Classification: APW; AVA; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642864
- ISBN
- 9780745642864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.59
€ 41.59
Paperback. Winner of the Outstanding Book Award" 2015 from the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), this book shows an holistic approach to education, conservation, and community development that uses place as an integrating context for learning. Series: Complicated Conversation. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JKS; JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433125102
- ISBN
- 9781433125102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Paperback. Explores the relationship between globalization and South Asia through food, covering the cuisine of the colonial period to the contemporary era, investigating its material and symbolic meanings. Editor(s): Ray, Krishnendu; Srinivas, Tulasi. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270121
- ISBN
- 9780520270121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736562
- ISBN
- 9781613736562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.10
€ 17.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDZ; PSX; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 173.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846275524
- ISBN
- 9781846275524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.51
€ 13.99
€ 10.51
Paperback. On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the famous defeat in US military history. Outnumbered and exhausted, the Seventh Cavalry lost more than half of its four hundred men, and every soldier under Custer's direct command was killed. This title takes readers to each of the important places of Custer's life. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226201474
- ISBN
- 9780226201474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.68
€ 27.68
Paperback. Through in-depth interviews with award-winning investigative reporters and detailed analyses of the stories that brought them professional acclaim, the authors explain how journalists resolve, practically if not conceptually, the paradox of a press that is committed to exposing wrongdoing and is at the same time adamant about its disinterest in questions of right and wrong. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106757
- ISBN
- 9780231106757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC2; JFHF; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578633234
- ISBN
- 9781578633234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.65
€ 26.99
€ 25.65
Hardcover. Inspired by the classic works of Tawney and Postan, this collection of essays examines their relevance to historians today, distinguishing between their contrasting approaches to the pre-industrial economy and exploring the development of agriculture and rural industry in the English countryside. Editor(s): Bowen, J. P.; Brown, A. T. Series: Studies in Regional and Local History. Num Pages: 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909291447
- ISBN
- 9781909291447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 39.14
€ 45.99
€ 39.14