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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dezso, Andrea. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: FC; FYT; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 209 x 45. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691173221
- ISBN
- 9780691173221
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.45
€ 23.99
€ 21.45
Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317908
- ISBN
- 9780226317908
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Condition: New
€ 21.08
€ 21.08
Paperback. Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JHMC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141049083
- ISBN
- 9780141049083
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Deals with human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. This title shows the surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and also features objects which characterise the world we live in today. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780241951774
- ISBN
- 9780241951774
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. Takes us underground to the sewers of NYC and London and overground, to meet the heroes of India's sanitation movement, American sewage schoolteachers, the Japanese genius of toilet technology, and the biosolids lobbying team. This title also proves that shit doesn't have to be a dirty word. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; VF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846270703
- ISBN
- 9781846270703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.89
€ 10.99
€ 8.89
Paperback. The behaviour and safety of children and young people in and around schools is a topic of world-wide concern. From school shootings and deaths on school premises tothe everyday behaviour of young people in school, this bookexplores what is happening in schools in Britain and links it with evidence from elsewhere in the world." Editor(s): Hayden, C.; Martin, D. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JKV; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349317646
- ISBN
- 9781349317646
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Davey, Moyra. Num Pages: 345 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583220726
- ISBN
- 9781583220726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.60
€ 24.99
€ 18.60
paperback. The life of Frederick Douglass is nothing less than the history of America in the 19th century from slavery to reconstruction. His influence was felt in the political sphere, major social movements, literary culture, and even international affairs. This is a collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a writer, and civil rights leader. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis; Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- 9780143106814
- ISBN
- 9780143106814
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book studies poverty in a premodern Jewish community - from the viewpoint of both the poor and those who provided for them. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3H; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092720
- ISBN
- 9780691092720
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Condition: New
€ 83.08€ 64.31
€ 83.08
€ 64.31
Paperback. Marriage is often described as a melding of two people into one. But what-or who-must be lost, fragmented, or buried in that process? Dolan reveals the contradiction that lies at the very heart of modern marriage. We have inherited from early modern England a model of marriage, she contends, so flawed that its logical consequence is conflict. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812220827
- ISBN
- 9780812220827
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. In contrast with scholarship on women and gender in the modern period, the author asserts that the rise of the absolute state, with its centralising and unifying tendencies, could actually increase women's economic, social, and legal opportunities and allow them to thrive in corporate organisations such as the guild. Num Pages: 528 pages, 21 photos, 7 graphs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326663
- ISBN
- 9780822326663
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.48
€ 36.99
€ 35.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Rycenga, Jennifer; Barufaldi, Linda. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479877768
- ISBN
- 9781479877768
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Condition: New
€ 39.95
€ 39.95
Paperback. Seminal essays written by Baudrillard for a journal devoted to a radical leftist critique of architecture, urbanism, and everyday life. Translator(s): Kendall, Stuart. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350330
- ISBN
- 9781584350330
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.96
€ 23.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. In Immigrants in Prairie Cities, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes of cultural interaction and adaptation that unfolded in these urban centres and describe how this model of diversity has changed over time. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007226
- ISBN
- 9780802096098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A witty and touching account of ten inspirational figures that makes us reconsider conventional ideas of the fifties woman. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0006192
- ISBN
- 9781844087419
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFSL; WSB; WSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 426. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Argyll Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307886
- ISBN
- 9781906134013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249575
- ISBN
- 9780226249575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, Situating the Self argues that a non--relative ethics, binding on us in virtue of out humanity, is still a philosophically viable project. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610597
- ISBN
- 9780745610597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.43
€ 27.43
Paperback. In 1785 James Boswell and Dr Johnson were trying to come up with a way of distinguishing human beings from animals. The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree,' said Boswell, but no beast is a cook. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646916
- ISBN
- 9780745646916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. These essays highlight the struggle to make the law relevant and responsive to the LGBT community Editor(s): Barclay, Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPW; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791318
- ISBN
- 9780814791318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.58
€ 38.99
€ 35.58