Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how Portuguese immigrant - merchants, professionals, and intellectuals, for the most part - reasserted their Judaism, while maintaining their Iberian heritage. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213518
- ISBN
- 9780253213518
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.00
€ 23.99
€ 22.00
Paperback. Meet the inspirational dogs who went from being rescued to becoming rescuer, in these incredible true stories. You'll read all about the canine heroes who came to their owner's aid - whether it was saving them from physical threats, or helping them to recover from mental illness, PTSD and bereavement. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849539500
- ISBN
- 9781849539500
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.87
€ 11.99
€ 9.87
Paperback. In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to foreign-born and native-born children of immigrants who have come of age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Series: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684697
- ISBN
- 9780745684697
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Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Paperback. Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFH; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142050
- ISBN
- 9780691142050
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.87
€ 42.99
€ 30.87
Becoming Byzantine: Children and Childhood in Byzantium (Dumbarton Oak...
Papaconstantino, Arietta, Talbot, Alice-Mary,...
Paperback. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023982
- ISBN
- 9780884023982
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Condition: New
€ 45.00€ 41.87
€ 45.00
€ 41.87
Paperback. Bell Hooks' writings have been touchstones for debates in the culture wars, fostering insight into many central questions in communication studies. This book provides readers with an introduction to how Hooks' writings on media and culture enhance our understanding of key concepts in communication. Series: A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: CBP; GTC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433115868
- ISBN
- 9781433115868
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Condition: New
€ 62.04
€ 62.04
Paperback. Fame is the lifeblood of architecture. Throughout history fame has motivated architects and their clients to build ever more ambitious schemes. In recent years, the power of the media and the force of celebrity have intensified this. Some kind of public rofile or degree of publicity has become essential to any thriving architectural practice. Series: Architectural Design S. Num Pages: 112 pages, colour facsimiles, colour and b&w plans. BIC Classification: AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 532. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KNH0011573
- ISBN
- 9780470842294
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Arguments that animals possess an emotional life are often dismissed as sentimental anthropomorphism. This book challenges that notion by proposing that the objective scientific evidence for human emotions is all but non-existent. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JM; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478911
- ISBN
- 9780099478911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.81
€ 20.99
€ 16.81
Paperback. What is rock? This book offers a new and systematic approach to understanding rock by applying sociological concepts in a historical context. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 192 x 24. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442600157
- ISBN
- 9781442600157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.81
€ 48.99
€ 43.81
Hardback. The tragic-comedic story of the cinema, art and architecture of the early 20th Century, highlighting the unlikely intersections of East and West Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; AB; AM; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336015
- ISBN
- 9780745336015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
€ 6.31
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Schaberg, Dr. Christopher; Bogost, Ian, Prof. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628929133
- ISBN
- 9781628929133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Hardcover. When Sara was only five years old, her violent father began to sexually abuse her. She suffered in silence for many years, as her father took advantage of her innocence and her mother turned a blind eye to the horrors. In an attempt to rebuild her life, as a teenager, she became a model but even this choice was to lead to more misery. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KNW0008158
- ISBN
- 9781844542840
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. The British Women's Institute is more often associated with jam and Jerusalem than radical activity, but in this book Maggie Andrews explores the WI's relationship with feminism from the formation of the organisation in 1915 up to the eve of British feminism's renaissance in the late 1960s. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; JFFK; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910448168
- ISBN
- 9781910448168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.53
€ 20.99
€ 19.53
Hardcover. Editor(s): Arseneau, Mary; Harrison, Antony H.; Kooistra, Lorraine Janzen. Num Pages: 373 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 373
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821412435
- ISBN
- 9780821412435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.58
€ 91.58
Hardback. Editor(s): Lin, Xiaodong; Haywood, Chris; Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSL3; JMG; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 245 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137556332
- ISBN
- 9781137556332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.09
€ 135.09
Paperback. Interrogating the gendered nature of world's fairs throughout history Editor(s): Boisseau, Tracey Jean; Markwyn, Abigail M. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 b&w Photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077494
- ISBN
- 9780252077494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Shawn Levy, author of 'Rat Pack Confidential' brings alive London in the swinging Sixties with a gripping, groovy story of those who created the scene that changed the world. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841152264
- ISBN
- 9781841152264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. A healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy even begins. This book examines the dramatic shift in ideas about reproductive risk and birth outcomes over the last several decades, unearthing how these ideas intersect with the politics of women's health and motherhood at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 292 pages, 2 line drawings and 3 halftones, scattered. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288072
- ISBN
- 9780520288072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.41
€ 37.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; UDBS; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629561714
- ISBN
- 9781629561714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.94
€ 30.94
Hardback. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, this book examines moderation in modern French political thought and focuses on the French Revolution and its legacy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146768
- ISBN
- 9780691146768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14€ 55.08
€ 71.14
€ 55.08