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Society & culture: general

Paperback. An exploration of one little-known mineral, and the social, political, and economic forces that shaped both its history and the twentieth century. Editor(s): Gendron, Robin Stewart; Ingulstad, Mats; Storli, Espen. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCP; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774825337
ISBN
9780774825337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.70

Paperback. This work traces the lives of the Palaeo-Eskimos, the bold first explorers of the Arctic. Four thousand years ago, these people entered the far northern extremes of the North American continent, carving a living out of their bleak new homeland. Num Pages: 244 pages, 83ill.(16col.).figs.10M. BIC Classification: 1KBCW; 1MTN; HBTP; HDDA; JFSL9; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774808545
ISBN
9780774808545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761809517
ISBN
9780761809517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.26

Paperback. As countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Drawing on biology, sociology, anthropology, and economics, this title shows that conflict between the sexes is, paradoxically, the product of cooperation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159720
ISBN
9780691159720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. With fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history from a stellar collection of writers, including Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Washington Irving, Henry Miller, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck, A Route 66 Companion offers a literary historical portrait of the most legendary open road in America Editor(s): Dunaway, David King. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 330. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292726604
ISBN
9780292726604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Tabloids hotly debated in South Africa Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222114
ISBN
9780253222114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. A rich anthology of feminist writings by Arab women over more than a century Editor(s): Badran, Margot; Cooke, Miriam G. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 747.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217035
ISBN
9780253217035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Discovering gothic fiction's role in the development of sexuality Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780252073533
ISBN
9780252073533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.39

Paperback. This book proposes that the complex systems view of social sciences has matured sufficiently to make it possible, desirable and perhaps essential to try formulating a unified scheme for studying, understanding and ultimately predicting the world we have made. Num Pages: 80 pages, 35 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 209 x 6. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642289996
ISBN
9783642289996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.78

Paperback. "Just A Boy" was praised for its unflinching and unself-pitying account of a neglected childhood at the hands of an abusive father and uncaring authorities. This work is an account of how the author used the success of "Just A Boy" to try and save his sister, and of his attempts to make sense of his past. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ebury Press London
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091908645
ISBN
9780091908645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Bestselling narrative history of American media that puts race at the center of the story Num Pages: B&W plate section. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFSL1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
453
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844671113
ISBN
9781844671113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 190 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781595588166
ISBN
9781595588166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. Professor Mike Baker, formerly the BBC's Education Correspondent, examines the media's treatment of education, asking whether the media's image of schools gives a fair impression of reality. Series: Inaugural Professorial Lectures. Num Pages: 36 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFD; JNA; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 3. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Institute of Education Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
36
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854736263
ISBN
9780854736263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484711
ISBN
9780801484711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Narrates a history of the Muslims of northwest China, at the intersection of the frontiers of the Mongolian-Manchu, Tibetan, Turkic, and Chinese cultural regions Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 318 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976440
ISBN
9780295976440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Boyd, Matthieu. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268037369
ISBN
9780268037369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRAB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
7th Printing
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570625961
ISBN
9781570625961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.00
€ 22.39

Paperback. This study looks at group dynamics in six collaborative circles: the French Impressionists; Sigmund Freud and his friends; C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings; social reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; the Fugitive poets; and writers Joseph Conrad and Ford Maddox Ford. Num Pages: 328 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: JFS; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238678
ISBN
9780226238678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.03

Paperback. Making the new politics of craft and sustainability Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538248
ISBN
9781784538248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. A roller coaster ride through the ruins of modern America from the most influential journalist of his generation. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Verso
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781682951
ISBN
9781781682951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Sturt, Stanley M. Num Pages: 150 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFE1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594549809
ISBN
9781594549809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.68
€ 98.71

Paperback. Leading scholars working on Buddhism and politics in South and Southeast Asia add to current discussions regarding 'Engaged Buddhism' and the recent work on protests. The writers have mostly established themselves in their fields, offering a diverse approach and country-by-country coverage. Editor(s): Kitiarsa, Pattana; Whalen-Bridge, John. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HPS; HR; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462001
ISBN
9781349462001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. This volume's contributors outline the current war on sex, in which-despite the expansion of sexual liberties in the United States-sex has become the target of ever-expanding regulation and control, from sex offender registries to the criminalization of HIV. Editor(s): Halperin, Professor of Literature David M (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Hoppe, Trevor. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363675
ISBN
9780822363675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. Drawing on memoir, history, and theory, Eli Clare complicates the understanding of cure, seeing it as an ideology that serves contradictory purposes-from saving lives to social control-while critiquing cure rhetoric and the drive to cure disabled people through an insistence of the value of disability. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFG; JFSK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362876
ISBN
9780822362876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

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