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Paperback. A study of American love in the twentieth century that unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of 'true' love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. It studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of cliches and images. Num Pages: 332 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205710
- ISBN
- 9780520205710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. A penetrating survey of this tormented continent by one of the literary heavyweights of our age Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522717
- ISBN
- 9780330522717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. Describing herself as "upper middle class", Jilly Cooper claims that snobbery is alive and kicking! Meet her characters - Mr and Mrs Nouveau-Richards, Harry Stow-Crat and Jen Teale, and observe thair everyday pretensions - their courtships, furnishings, clothes, food and careers. Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 24. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552146623
- ISBN
- 9780552146623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Offers an insight into the daily life of seven average teenagers over the course of a school year. This book discusses questions such as: What does their world look and feel like - and how will they shape our country in the future? Has Anthony, narrowly reprieved from exclusion, changed sufficiently to win a university place? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843544456
- ISBN
- 9781843544456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21, 18 black & white halftones, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK; JFSL9; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501705731
- ISBN
- 9781501705731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. The aborted coup in Turkey has fired up interest in a country which will play a critical geopolitical role in the wars of the Middle East. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JMG; BGH; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538262
- ISBN
- 9781784538262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.38
€ 52.99
€ 37.38
Paperback. Food and cuisine are important subjects for historians across many areas of study. Food, after all, is one of the most basic human needs and a foundational part of social and cultural histories. This book delivers an unprecedented review of the state of historical research on food, endorsed by the American Historical Association. Editor(s): Freedman, Paul; Chaplin, Joyce E.; Albala, Ken. Num Pages: 424 pages, 3 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283589
- ISBN
- 9780520283589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.70
€ 54.99
€ 39.70
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Mouritsen, Jonas Drotner. Translator(s): Johansen, Mariela. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 84 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; PN; TDCT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 190. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168915
- ISBN
- 9780231168915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Provides a primer on the current state of the same-sex marriage debate, and a new way of framing the issue that provides valuable new insights into the political, social, and personal stakes involved Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814709306
- ISBN
- 9780814709306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
paperback. Examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals that we have yet to resolve a centuries - old dilemma - one which holds the key to a host of problems, from obesity, the inexorable rise of the supermarkets, to the destruction of the natural world. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFCV; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584476
- ISBN
- 9780099584476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03
Paperback. Underpinning this examination of Western societies is the notion of the 'risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict. Translator(s): Ritter, Mark. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803983465
- ISBN
- 9780803983465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.33
€ 64.33
Paperback. Hertzberg develops his daring thesis that the "modern, secular, anti-Semitism was fashioned not as a reaction to the Enlightenment and the Revolution, but within the Enlightenment and Revolution themselves." He finds that modern anti-Semitism owes less to Christian theological mentality than to doctrinaire libertarianism of figures such as Voltaire, d'Holbach, Diderot, and Marat. Num Pages: 420 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSR1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231073851
- ISBN
- 9780231073851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Offers an examination of the identity of young Muslims in America. This book investigates the identity of ethnic and racial groups such as Iranians, Arab Americans and African Americans. It discusses the impact of the American media on young Muslims. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRHP; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748695867
- ISBN
- 9780748695867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.31
€ 38.99
€ 35.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSC; JFSG; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485701
- ISBN
- 9780801485701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; DS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359913
- ISBN
- 9780822359913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Gives us an account of the fundamental unit of heredity - and a vision of both humanity's past and future. In this book, the story begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where a monk stumbles on the idea of a "Unit of heredity". It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; PDX; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584575
- ISBN
- 9780099584575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. A comprehensive study that draws upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. It explains what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss. Num Pages: 800 pages, b&w illustrations and illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192926
- ISBN
- 9780140192926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.83
€ 33.99
€ 22.83
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447325635
- ISBN
- 9781447325635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.89
€ 41.99
€ 39.89
Paperback. Urges us to establish disability as a category of social, political, and historical analysis in much the same way that race, gender, and class already have been. The essays on bioethics and public policy examine the conflict of agendas between disability rights activists and non-disabled policy makers, healthcare professionals, and others. Editor(s): Dawidoff, Robert. Series: American Subjects. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130245
- ISBN
- 9781592130245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.20
€ 37.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Presents an examination of Mexican-American and white girls coming of age in California's Central Valley. Investigating the cultural politics of how inequalities are both reproduced and challenged, this book examines the discursive formations that provide a context for the complex identity performances of contemporary girls. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280014
- ISBN
- 9780520280014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74