Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. There's more to Irish bird folklore than the 'wran' boys and the Children of Lir. Birds have been part of our culture from very early times and there are countless beliefs, proverbs and curses associated with them. This entertaining compendium will bring joy to bird lovers and general readers alike. Num Pages: 360 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 192 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848893139
- ISBN
- 9781848893139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.80
€ 18.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b/w halftone; 3 b/w line. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; JFSG; JHBD; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199975525
- ISBN
- 9780199975525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.71
€ 36.71
Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w halftone; 3 b&w line. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHBD; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199828265
- ISBN
- 9780199828265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.03
€ 31.99
€ 29.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Anderson, E. N. Num Pages: 313 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: ACBK; JFHF; JFSL9; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 313
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888393609
- ISBN
- 9780888393609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.37
€ 34.99
€ 23.37
Paperback. Manic behavior holds an undeniable fascination in American culture. This work seeks to understand mania's appeal and how it weighs on the lives of Americans diagnosed with manic depression. It takes us into the fascinating and sometimes disturbing worlds of mental-health support groups, mood charts, psychiatric rounds and psychotropic drugs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 halftones. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Paperback Prin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141060
- ISBN
- 9780691141060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.74
€ 42.99
€ 30.74
hardcover. Provides a view into the world of Bioterrorism and shows how it could affect the healthcare system of the United States. This work demonstrates the ramifications to health, politics, and everyday common actions and looks at biological agents and how organizations and the government should respond in cases when such agents are unleashed. Editor(s): Zapanta, Albert C. Series: Advances in Health Care Management. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 691.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311057
- ISBN
- 9780762311057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.38
€ 206.38
Hardcover. Providing a comparison the most important instances of public engagement with biotechnology in Europe in recent years, this book provides a theoretically reflected and empirically grounded study of the opportunities and obstacles for a thorough democratization of technological development through processes of public engagement. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242128
- ISBN
- 9780230242128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardback. Comprises of invited papers and plenary presentations given at the conference entitled "Biotech Innovations & Fundamental Rights" that took place on January 20-21 2011 at the Department of Juridical Sciences of the University of Ferrara. This book covers different aspects of the legal and scientific issues involved in regulation of biotechnology. Editor(s): Bin, Roberto; Lorenzon, Sara; Lucchi, Nicola. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag Italy
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788847020313
- ISBN
- 9788847020313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.45
€ 182.45
Hardback. Features contributions aligned with interdisciplinary explosion of research on biological and neurological foundations of social behavior and organization. This title focuses on complex and dynamic links between brain and human evolutionary heritage in relation to group dynamics and social interaction, anti-social behavior, and mental health. Editor(s): Kalkhoff, Will; Thye, Shane R.; Lawler, Edward J. Series Editor(s): Thye, Shane R.; Lawler, Edward. Series: Advances in Group Processes. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781902561
- ISBN
- 9781781902561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.87
€ 143.87
paperback. Editor(s): Hartewig, Karin. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663096177
- ISBN
- 9783663096177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. Mike Carr supports bioregional values and community-building tools for a diverse, democratic, socially-just civil society. Series: Sustainability & the Environment. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3ill.1fig.8M. BIC Classification: JFFS; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809443
- ISBN
- 9780774809443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.37
€ 119.37
Hardback. A compilation of the primary texts-by Foucault, Arendt, Agamben, Badiou, and other theorists-that laid the ground for contemporary thinking about biopolitics, or the relations between life and politics. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752418
- ISBN
- 9780814752418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Paperback. Offers a systematic overview of bio-politics, exploring its relevance in contemporary theoretical debates and providing a much needed primer on the topic Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752425
- ISBN
- 9780814752425
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.91
€ 26.99
€ 26.91
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary reader offers a fascinating exploration of the intersection of biopolitics and utopia by employing a range of theoretical approaches. Each essay provides a unique application of the two concepts to topics spanning the social sciences and humanities. Editor(s): Stapleton, Patricia; Byers, Andrew. Series: Palgrave Series in Bioethics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514745
- ISBN
- 9781137514745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Editor(s): Oleskin, Alexander V. Num Pages: 255 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620810880
- ISBN
- 9781620810880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.75€ 161.77
€ 240.75
€ 161.77
Paperback. An original, comprehensive interpretation of Michel Foucault's analysis of biopolitics situating biopolitics in the context of embodied histories of subjectivity, affective investments and structures of experience. Going beyond lamentation at the horrors of biopolitical domination, the book develops a positive-critique of biopolitical experience." Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338054
- ISBN
- 9781349338054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Biological Measures of Human Experience Across the Lifespan
. Ed(S): Sievert, Lynnette Leidy; Brown, Dani...
Hardback. Editor(s): Sievert, Lynnette Leidy; Brown, Daniel E. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 25 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319441016
- ISBN
- 9783319441016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.72
€ 130.72
Hardback. Editor(s): Koziel, Slawomir; Chakraborty, Raja; Bose, Kaushik. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFFN; JHBD; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634856447
- ISBN
- 9781634856447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.51€ 162.24
€ 219.51
€ 162.24
Hardback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360483
- ISBN
- 9780822360483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.87
€ 116.87
Paperback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360636
- ISBN
- 9780822360636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.10
€ 29.10
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813529370
- ISBN
- 9780813529370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.43
€ 43.43
Paperback. Throughout Europe, standardised approaches to social policy and practice are being radically questioned and modified. Beginning from the narrative detail of individual lives, this book re-thinks welfare predicaments, emphasising gender, generation, ethnic and class implications of economic and social deregulation. Editor(s): Chamberlayne, Prue; Rustin, Michael; Wengraf, Tom. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781861343093
- ISBN
- 9781861343093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.91
€ 40.99
€ 37.91
Paperback / so. Series: Biographie & Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322936639
- ISBN
- 9783322936639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.88
€ 72.88
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531196169
- ISBN
- 9783531196169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65