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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The civilization we know as Ancient Egypt stretched over three thousand years. What was life like for ancient Egyptians? What were their beliefs - and how different were they from ours? This title uses Egypt's narratives to create a panorama of its history, from the earliest settlers to the time of Cleopatra. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRKP1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Penguin Global
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141021768
- ISBN
- 9780141021768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Richards, Robert J.; Daston, Lorraine. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 260 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317205
- ISBN
- 9780226317205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. Challenging the view that ideas about sexual and gender dissidence were too confused to congeal into a coherent form in the Middle Ages, the author demonstrates that sodomy had a rich, multimedia presence in the period - and that a flexible approach to questions of terminology sheds new light on the many forms this presence took. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 colour plates, 78 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169125
- ISBN
- 9780226169125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.50€ 47.67
€ 56.50
€ 47.67
Paperback. A new edition of the classic text on African American music. Num Pages: 704 pages, Over 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVGH; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 702
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393971415
- ISBN
- 9780393971415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.15€ 59.48
€ 61.15
€ 59.48
Paperback. In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, What does it mean to be a woman? Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical transformation of the meaning of woman that defined the direction of subsequent feminist theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687841
- ISBN
- 9780745687841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.17
€ 24.17
Paperback. Third revised edition, previously published in 1973 by Harper Collins, of a collection of texts stressing the universal themes of mythology. They range from the Bible to English literature, to C Jung and others, to illustrate the archetypal aspects of the universal hero. This edition includes heroine myths and an updated bibliography. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195119572
- ISBN
- 9780195119572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.16
€ 33.16
Paperback. Hip-hop has come a long way from its origins in the Bronx in the 1970s, when rapping and Djing were just part of a lively, decidedly local scene that also venerated break-dancing and graffiti. Focusing on the music's fans - young men, both black and white, this book offers an unbiased examination of how hip-hop works in people's daily lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226395852
- ISBN
- 9780226395852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501312342
- ISBN
- 9781501312342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.75
€ 15.99
€ 14.75
Hardcover. The first comprehensive history of rock and pop on British television, from the early days of Oh Boy and Ready Steady Go!, through the institution that was Top Of The Pops, global events like Live Aid right up to date with Jools Holland's Later. Num Pages: 288 pages, x3 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; APT; AVGP; JFCA; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 277 x 33. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783057955
- ISBN
- 9781783057955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardback. David Silverman argues against the notion that Indians prized flintlock muskets more for their pyrotechnics than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another, as arms races erupted across North America. Num Pages: 360 pages, 28 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 33. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737471
- ISBN
- 9780674737471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.42
€ 33.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Jacobs, Sue-Ellen; Thomas, Wesley; Lang, Sabine. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSJ; JFSL9; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252066450
- ISBN
- 9780252066450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.12
€ 27.99
€ 26.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 536 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRKP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Publisher
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147208
- ISBN
- 9780691147208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Offers a survey of the people, ideologies, and practices that make up the fragmented yet increasingly radical and militant milieu of radical paganism. This book reveals the trends that have converged to fuel militant paganism in the United States, feelings of economic and cultural marginalization in the face of globalization, and more. Num Pages: 456 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRKP; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Advance Reader's Copy
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330714
- ISBN
- 9780822330714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.81
€ 33.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. A thrilling look at how hooliganism continues to blight the beautiful game Num Pages: 264 pages, 16. BIC Classification: JFFE; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445665887
- ISBN
- 9781445665887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.51
€ 26.99
€ 23.51
Paperback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257058
- ISBN
- 9780823257058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Paperback. For every group that is oppressed, one or more other groups are privileged in relation to it. This book argues that privilege, as the other side of oppression, has been given insufficient attention in both critical theories and in the practices of social change and as a result, dominant groups have been allowed to reinforce their dominance. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 51115th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848130296
- ISBN
- 9781848130296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.99
€ 31.99
€ 27.99
Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816692163
- ISBN
- 9780816692163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415631204
- ISBN
- 9780415631204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.57
€ 64.57
Hardback. In 1764 a peasant girl was killed and partially eaten while tending sheep. Eventually, over a hundred victims fell prey to a mysterious creature whose deadly efficiency mesmerized Europe. Monsters of the Gevaudan revisits this spellbinding tale and offers the definitive explanation for its mythic status in French folklore. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047167
- ISBN
- 9780674047167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.77
€ 47.99
€ 39.77
Hardcover. The Banjara - an ethnic group composed of nomadic tribes, centered in the Indian state of Rajasthan - are renowned for their highly colourful textiles, often embellished with mirrors and intricate embroidery and produced from natural resources. This book is devoted to the traditions and embroidery of the Banjara. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229. .
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500518373
- ISBN
- 9780500518373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.58
€ 40.99
€ 28.58