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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Drawing on scenarios from around the globe and elucidating the themes that unite them, this title focus on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS; JPA; JPHC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060289
ISBN
9780674060289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. Contrasting the Enlightenments in the three nations, this book demonstrates the primacy and wisdom of the British, exemplified in such thinkers as Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edmund Burke, as well as the enduring contributions of the American Founders. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBB; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951412
ISBN
9781845951412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. The role of race and ethnicity in global humor Editor(s): Rosenthal, Angela; Bindman, David; Randolph, Adrian W. B. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688214
ISBN
9781611688214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBX; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613736548
ISBN
9781613736548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. Explores how "The Sopranos" has rewritten the rules of television drama and changed attitudes about television itself. This book presents different perspectives on psychotherapy and dreams; racism and the Italian-American community; Carmela and post-feminism; "The Sopranos" as an HBO brand; racism; and more. Editor(s): Lavery, David. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845111212
ISBN
9781845111212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Paperback. As an Equal draws on detailed research to examine the lives of au pairs and the families who host them in contemporary Britain, and explores how au pairing has become increasingly indistinguishable from other forms of domestic labour and low paid childcare. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783604975
ISBN
9781783604975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Robinson, Hilary. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; ABA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118360590
ISBN
9781118360590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardback. Improving human characteristics goes beyond compensating for an impairment. This book explores the rich and complex relationship between enhancement and impairment, showing that the study of disability offers new ways of thinking about the social and ethical implications of improving the human condition. Editor(s): Eilers, Miriam; Gruber, Katrin; Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (University of Basel). Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137405524
ISBN
9781137405524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. .
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911344186
ISBN
9781911344186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Features chapters that focus on the following questions: In which literary projects can we discover a new quality of literariness? What are the terminological and methodological means to examine these literatures? How can we productively link the logics of the play of literary texts and their reception in the reading process? Editor(s): Gendolla, Peter; Schafer, Jorgen. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783899424935
ISBN
9783899424935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896728721
ISBN
9780896728721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.23

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509844364
ISBN
9781509844364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Hardback. Offers a range of approaches and case studies whose organizing principle is the developing idea of polycentrism as applied to cinema. In this title, the authors refine and redefine key concepts in film studies, including identification and identity, narrative and realism, allegory and the national project, auteurism and the popular, art and genre. Editor(s): Nagib, Lucia; Perriam, Chris; Dudrah, Rajinder. Series: Tauris World Cinema Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848854925
ISBN
9781848854925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 137.06

Hardback. Focusing on British, French and Russian television news coverage of Islam as a security threat, this book provides the first comparative account of how television broadcasting in different geo- and socio-political environments integrates discourses on Islam into nationally oriented, representational systems. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: APT; GTC; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241459
ISBN
9780230241459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Paperback. Nancy Friday shows that the key to a woman's character lies in her relationship with her mother - that first binding relationship which becomes the model for so much of a woman's adult relationships with men, and whose fetters constrain her sexuality, independence, and very selfhood. Num Pages: 466 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006382515
ISBN
9780006382515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHB; JMB; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178068
ISBN
9780231178068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.08

Paperback. From the effects of drugs and drug laws to how best to support young people, this book is packed with information and guidance to help you understand drugs and how and why young people use them. As well as practical advice and up-to-date information, the book has a drugs glossary which includes the newest drugs such as legal highs. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849054270
ISBN
9781849054270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.02

Paperback. A profound new vision of aging happily - from the bestselling author of Plato and a Platypus walk into a Bar Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780744124
ISBN
9781780744124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.82

Paperback. Unwilling to see Asian American women silenced beneath the noisy discourse of feminists, cultural nationalists, and Eurocentric historians, Wendy Ho turns to spoken stories of mothers and daughters. In this text, she brings Asian American women's experience to the forefront of gender and ethnicity. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742503373
ISBN
9780742503373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Linsner, Joseph Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578634064
ISBN
9781578634064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. The struggle of civil rights in America can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans. This text tells the story of the civil rights struggle in its full context, emphasizing the role of those ignored by history, as well as the part played by education and religion. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Jonathan; Taylor, Clarence. Num Pages: 936 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1633.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814782491
ISBN
9780814782491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 317 color photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764304590
ISBN
9780764304590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Hardcover. Danger! Women Artists at Work is a provocative exploration of the way in which art is transformed through a woman's point of view and includes a captivating selection of groundbreaking female artists throughout history, from Artemisia Gentileschi and Rosa Bonheur to Cindy Sherman and Tracey Emin. Num Pages: 160 pages, 110 illustrations, 90 in colour. BIC Classification: AC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858945644
ISBN
9781858945644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 black and white artworks. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFM; WBTB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472933102
ISBN
9781472933102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.60

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