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Society & culture: general

Paperback. People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. This title explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the center of our profound personal and social experiences. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: AV; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Pap/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226816982
ISBN
9780226816982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.97

Hardback. The Many Lives of the Batman (1991) was a pioneer within cultural and comic book scholarship. This fresh new sequel retains the best of the original chapters but also includes images, new chapters and new contributions from the Batman writers and editors. Spanning 75 years and multiple incarnations, this is the definitive history of Batman. Editor(s): Pearson, Roberta E.; Uricchio, William; Brooker, Will. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; AKLC; APF; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition,New edition,2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844577651
ISBN
9781844577651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 95.86

Paperback. "It calls for a writer more able at words to picture the sheer beauty of the Mountain. To convey the altering feeling of morning, or high noon; of afternoon, and deep midnight; of the golden scores of stars puncturing the sky." Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black and white integrated illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HRCC8; HRCX8; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537999
ISBN
9781784537999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.50

Paperback. A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Series: Information Age Series. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196864
ISBN
9781405196864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.36

Paperback. An authoritative history and analysis of the colonial Spanish-American city. Num Pages: 198 pages, 2 line drawings, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UNK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292706682
ISBN
9780292706682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583949306
ISBN
9781583949306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 346 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196981
ISBN
9781845196981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.14

Hardback. Using the tools of medicine, literary theory, psychology, psychoanalysis, and etymology, this book probes the breast-related fantasies underlying German culture and literature in the second half of the eighteenth century. It is intended for those interested in German textual studies, the history of sexuality, and theories of psychoanalysis. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986111
ISBN
9780295986111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: CF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631170911
ISBN
9781631170911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.54
€ 70.62

Paperback. In this set of essays that cover the period from 1992 to 2012, Kobena Mercer uses a diasporic model of criticism to analyze the cross-cultural aesthetic practice of African American and black British artists and to show how their refiguring of visual representations of blackness transform perceptions of race. Num Pages: 384 pages, 111 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; ACBS; HBJH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360940
ISBN
9780822360940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFHC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
McFarland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786497263
ISBN
9780786497263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.86

Hardcover. This handbook provides a comprehensive examination of the past and present roles of drugs in society with a focus on theory, research, policy, and practice. Editor(s): Brownstein, Henry H. Series: Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
664
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118726792
ISBN
9781118726792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.00

Paperback. A study of what it means to play. The book explores play theory as elaborated and debated in disciplines from biology and psychology to mathematics, and analyzes the implications of play in areas such as child development and the Western work ethic, examining the values dictating forms of play. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMAL; JMC; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005815
ISBN
9780674005815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.24

Paperback. Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line illus. 3 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156095
ISBN
9780691156095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.23

Paperback. Series: Perspectives on Global Health. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JHMP; MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421703
ISBN
9780821421703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of 'power/knowledge,' Lacombe reveals how the process to criminalize pornography inaugurated a controversial politics that produced collective identities and transformed power relations. She shows law reform as a strategy that both constrains and enables action. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802073525
ISBN
9780802073525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. From the moment she came into the world - two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray - the author has gracefully but firmly done things her own way. This book presents her journey of nearly eighty years. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFCA; WBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405912853
ISBN
9781405912853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: AC; HPS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641000
ISBN
9780816641000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. An introductory guide to the core concepts in social policy that uses examples of policy change in relation to each concept and includes a range of tasks and activities within each chapter to engage the reader. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447326564
ISBN
9781447326564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Tahirovi?-Sijer?i?, Hedina; Levine-Rasky, Assistant Professor of Sociology Cynthia (Queen's University). BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771334013
ISBN
9781771334013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

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