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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Our planet may be insignificant on a cosmic scale, but the evolution of intelligent life here makes it unusual, it is likely to be unique in our galaxy. Yet we may be on the verge of destroying int, of destroying ourselves - over the next century the future of life in the cosmos could be either jeopardised - of safeguarded for perpetuity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099436867
- ISBN
- 9780099436867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and formal complexities of the nascent genre. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351305
- ISBN
- 9781349351305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers and frequent references to popular culture, this title examines the causes of violent outbreaks like those seen in Israel and Palestine and in terrorist acts around the world. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846680274
- ISBN
- 9781846680274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
€ 16.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Freedoms Flowers is a book about the effects of domestic abuse on children. It is composed of firsthand accounts from these children and their mothers. Some of the children write as adults from memory and some are male. The youngest contributor is eight years old. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Freedom Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955882746
- ISBN
- 9780955882746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. An eye-opening, jaw-dropping account of Britain's dispossessed youth and inner city wastelands by an insider, as funny and inspiring as it is heartbreaking. 'Another CITY OF GOD, this time for Britain rather than Brazil.' Observer Num Pages: 320 pages, integrated. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340837351
- ISBN
- 9780340837351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475726
- ISBN
- 9780801475726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007292363
- ISBN
- 9780007292363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Petrov, Antonio. Series: New Geographies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 60 color illustrations, 20 line illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QRM; AMA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Harvard Graduate School of Design United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934510339
- ISBN
- 9781934510339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.71
€ 23.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531148182
- ISBN
- 9783531148182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.42€ 25.05
€ 65.42
€ 25.05
Hardback. Proud, happy, grateful gay youth describe their lives in terms that would have seemed surprising a generation ago. Yet many adults, including parents, are skeptical of this sea change coming out is supposed to involve struggle. This is the kind of thinking, say the honest, humorous young men in Ritch Savin-Williams's new book, that needs to change. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JMC; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 279 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971592
- ISBN
- 9780674971592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. A guide to the British Way of Life. It includes insights on important topics including the weather, how to be rude and how to panic quietly. It contains author's three major works - How to be an Alien, How to be Inimitable and How to be Decadent. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241975008
- ISBN
- 9780241975008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. While teaching at an all-Black middle school in Atlanta, Levinson realized that her students individual self-improvement would not necessarily enable them to overcome their historical marginalization. In order to overcome their civic empowerment gap, students must learn how to reshape power relationships through public political and civic action. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: HPS; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284241
- ISBN
- 9780674284241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.89
€ 29.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Sheds light on contemporary "foodie" culture's vexed relationship to nativism, nationalism and race privilege Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770030
- ISBN
- 9780814770030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 127 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780702233555
- ISBN
- 9780702233555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.55
€ 19.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. Compiles profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951627
- ISBN
- 9781845951627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 380 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; AKT; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 344 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2802.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500519042
- ISBN
- 9780500519042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.52€ 57.41
€ 70.52
€ 57.41
Paperback. This collective biography offers a new perspective on the development of socialist thinking, especially after the events in Hungary in 1956, a period when many left-leaning intellectuals began to question Soviet-style communism. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Merlin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364941
- ISBN
- 9780850364941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. Presents the story of urban growth, the politics of labour, and the relationships among the many immigrant groups who came to work on the sewing machines of the women's garment industry in the US. This book also provides an examination of gender and ethnicity, historical conflict and consensus, and notions of class and cultural difference. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318743
- ISBN
- 9780822318743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.63
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Hardback. This volume focuses on the journeys of Jews from Eastern Europe through Germany, Britain, and Scandinavia between 1880 and 1914. The authors investigate various aspects of transmigration including medical controls, travel conditions, and the role of the steamship lines; and also review the rise of migration restrictions around the globe. Editor(s): Brinkmann, Tobias. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 tables & figs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1DN; 3JH; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380290
- ISBN
- 9781782380290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.13
€ 162.13
Paperback. A significant revision of a classroom mainstay for the twenty-first century Editor(s): Delgado, Richard. Num Pages: 856 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 856
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439910610
- ISBN
- 9781439910610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.43
€ 55.43