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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Dates is an informative and enjoyable account of the date and the date palm, following its journey from ancient Mesopotamia to the places where it is cultivated today. Dates is interwoven with stories, anecdotes and humour, and explores date etymology, history, culture, religion, myth and legend. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 176 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 102 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897961
ISBN
9781861897961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. This essential handbook has the answers for anyone involved in making decisions that affect communities. It also acts as a fascinating information resource for those who simply want to know more about the significant events in the lives of those with whom they live and work. Num Pages: 167 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JFHF; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 207 x 15. Weight in Grams: 469. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
W Foulsham & Co Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0007904
ISBN
9780572026592
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arcade United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611456950
ISBN
9781611456950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.08

paperback. A biography of Henrietta Szold, founder and first president of Hadassah. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568213378
ISBN
9781568213378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.14

Hardcover. Meredith Ray shows that women were at the vanguard of empirical culture during the Scientific Revolution. They experimented with medicine and alchemy at home and in court, debated cosmological discoveries in salons and academies, and in their writings used their knowledge of natural philosophy to argue for women's intellectual equality to men. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504233
ISBN
9780674504233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.79
€ 52.64

Paperback. Providing an analysis of the lives of African women today from an African woman's perspective, this is the study of the influence of culture and religion on African women's lives. Oduyoye illustrates how myths, proverbs and folk tales operate in the socialization of young women, working to preserve the norms of the community. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Orbis Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780883449998
ISBN
9780883449998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.93

Hardcover. Focusing on women of the counterculture, this book describes how gender was perceived within the movement, with women taking on much of the responsibility for sustaining communes. It examines the lives of younger runaways and daughters who shared the lifestyle. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illustrations, 8 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616336
ISBN
9780700616336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48

Paperback. This volume is a reissue of the sequel to 'Princess'. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
Edition
1st. Edition
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553816938
ISBN
9780553816938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813108377
ISBN
9780813108377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.58

Paperback. In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. This book presents a picture of daily life - marriage and the home, work and play, grooming and religion - viewed from a female perspective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp line drawings, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HDD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140175967
ISBN
9780140175967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.93

Examines southern Jewish womanhood during the Antebellum and Civil War Eras. This study finds that in Protestant South southern Jewish women created and maintained unique American Jewish identities through their efforts in education, writing, religious observance, paid and unpaid labour, and relationships with whites and African-American slaves. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618112064
ISBN
9781618112064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.35

Paperback. Daughters of Joy will prove to be a gold mine of information, since the author's massive research makes the book a primary source as well as a thoughtful study of soiled doves on the frontier...Butler has portrayed the stark realities of prostitution in the American West With sensitivity and insight. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252014666
ISBN
9780252014666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. In her new top ten bestseller Jasvinder Sanghera tells the harrowing and moving stories of women trapped in forced marriages. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340962077
ISBN
9780340962077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Hardback. A Victorian parsonage was a 'religious family enterprise', a showcase of ruling ideas, the headquarters of parish charities and a point of connection for multilayered networks in and outside the parish. This book focuses on the lives of women brought up in this setting, as the Church of England steered its way through the secularisation of society. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 figures, 30 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; HRCC91; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354074
ISBN
9780230354074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 556 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC2; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 735.
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310457411
ISBN
9780310457411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HRA; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Edition
3rd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756154
ISBN
9781876756154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.49

Paperback. This is a collection of essays examining the Goddess Movement in its many facets. It explores the ways women in the US and Britain have abandoned Western patriarchal religions and have embraced a spirituality based in a celebration of the Goddess and the female body as sacred text. Editor(s): Griffin, Wendy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742503489
ISBN
9780742503489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QSP; JFSJ1; RNP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559329
ISBN
9781875559329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. What if everything we thought about power was wrong? What if, in the ancient story of the shepherd boy who topples a giant, David actually had the advantage? This title takes you on journey from art to basketball, the brain to revolutions, along the way weaving unforgettable stories of misfits, outsiders, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241959596
ISBN
9780241959596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Hinks, Peter P. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271019949
ISBN
9780271019949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.16

Hardback. Artist David Wojnarowicz on his work, his aspirations, his personal history, his political views; Wojnarowicz in dialogue with Sylvere Lotringer, along with personal accounts from friends and fellow artists collected after Wojnarowicz's death. Editor(s): Lotringer, Sylvere; Ambrosino, Giancarlo; Kraus, Chris; El Kholti, Hedi; Cavin, Justin. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 220 pages, 115 color photos, 113 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AGB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 256 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350354
ISBN
9781584350354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.02

Paperback. Serial poems explore North American gay male culture, including HIV fears, drug culture, porn fantasy, gay bashing, and online personals. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Talon Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889226838
ISBN
9780889226838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.31

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470520666
ISBN
9780470520666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136884
ISBN
9780231136884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 80.84

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