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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAX; HRH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674598553
ISBN
9780674598553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 44.33

Hardback. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780235714
ISBN
9781780235714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.05

Paperback. What does diversity mean in contemporary America, and what are the effects of efforts to support it? The author explores the complicated, contradictory, and even troubling meanings and uses of diversity as it is invoked by different groups for different, often symbolic ends. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226246239
ISBN
9780226246239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. A tale of survival and freedom, Stolen Innocence is the story of one heroic woman who stood up for what was right and reclaimed her life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 col plates (8pp). BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; BGA; HRCC99; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTG0006225
ISBN
9780007307418
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Passionate, independent-minded nonfiction from the international bestselling author of 'The Corrections'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FA; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007153589
ISBN
9780007153589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 halftones, music. BIC Classification: AVA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641895
ISBN
9780816641895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. This book is a study of the 'Reality TV' format which, in less than a decade, has transformed network programming schedules, branded satellite and digital stations, become a favourite target for anti-television campaigners, and turned viewers into savvy readers of (and participants in) the mechanics of television production. Series: TV Genres. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270. Series: TV Genres. 200 pages. This book is a study of the 'Reality TV' format which, in less than a decade, has transformed network programming schedules, branded satellite and digital stations, become a favourite target for anti-television campaigners, and turned viewers into savvy readers of (and participants in) the mechanics of television production. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFDT. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight: 270.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748637232
ISBN
9780748637232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.10

Paperback. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; KFF; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468174
ISBN
9780226468174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.66

Paperback. Offers a look into the lonely, personal nightmares behind celebrity suicides. This book includes subjects that range from Virginia Woolf to Kurt Cobain, from Elliott Smith to Adolf Hitler and from Mark Rothko to Anne Sexton. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061728563
ISBN
9780061728563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. An authoritative but accessible introduction to all key aspects of life across contemporary Europe focusing in particular on the dynamics of social change and similarities and differences between groups of European states and in contrast to other advanced industrial societies. Series: 21st Century Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JF; JPB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137277800
ISBN
9781137277800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. "Obscenity" is central to an understanding of medieval culture, and it is here examined in a number of different media. Editor(s): McDonald, Nicola (Lecturer in English and Medieval Studies,, University of York). Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153505
ISBN
9781903153505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 141 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JMC; JNC; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
Number of pages
141
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880102698
ISBN
9780880102698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.42

Paperback. "With profound insight into the complexities of the human experience, Harvard psychologist Gordon Allport organized a mass of research to produce a landmark study on the roots and nature of prejudice." Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHB; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 37. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780201001792
ISBN
9780201001792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Our gadgets are getting smarter. Technology can log what we buy, customize what we consume and enable us to save and share every aspect of our existence. In the future, we're told, it will even make public life - from how we're governed to how we record crime - better. But can the digital age fix everything? Should it? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; UB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241957707
ISBN
9780241957707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Tells the world what it means to be a Saudi woman today. This book shows how with advances in education and access to work, Saudi women are breaking through the barriers; they are becoming doctors, social workers, business owners and are even managing to push at the boundaries of public life. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BGR; HBJF1; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857502865
ISBN
9780857502865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Hardback. In Sex and the Office, Kim Elsesser delves into how invisible workplace barriers (the "Sex Partition") have the greatest impact on the careers of women. Elsesser offers practical advice on how to break down the Sex Partition and reveals the best strategies for networking with the opposite sex. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 charts, 1 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493007943
ISBN
9781493007943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620555255
ISBN
9781620555255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. Drawing on rich documentation left by Ottoman administrators and on the accounts of contemporary pilgrims, Suraiya Faroqhi here sheds new light on the trials and experiences of everyday life for those undertaking the hajj. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767710
ISBN
9781780767710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.32

Paperback. Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm. Illustrator(s): Vannithone, Soun. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFFC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141005171
ISBN
9780141005171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403948
ISBN
9781474403948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.87

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