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Paperback. The esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debate, arguing that it is riddled by conceptual incoherence. Num Pages: 120 pages, 3 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347316
ISBN
9780822347316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.31

Paperback. Roberto Rossellini's "Il Miracolo" is deceptively simple: a demented peasant woman is seduced by a stranger she believes to be Saint Joseph, is socially ostracized for becoming pregnant out of wedlock, but is finally redeemed through motherhood. This book explores the unique place that the movies occupy in American culture. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; HBTB; JFMD; LAZ; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616190
ISBN
9780700616190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.49

paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252081620
ISBN
9780252081620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040139
ISBN
9780252040139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.95

Hardback. In this wide-ranging and probing book Erin Manning develops the concept of the minor gesture to rethink common assumptions about human agency, the ways we experience the everyday world, and the possibilities for new political praxis. Series: Thought in the Act. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFG; MJNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361039
ISBN
9780822361039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.31

Paperback. The Ministry of Thin takes an unflinching look at how the modern obsession with weight loss, youth, beauty and perfection got out of control. Emma Woolf, author of An Apple a Day, explores how we might all be able to stop hating and start liking our own bodies again. And she dares to ask: if losing weight is the answer, what is the question? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; VF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849534123
ISBN
9781849534123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; WD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 114 x 3. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seaside Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942084948
ISBN
9780942084948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.64

Paperback. Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. In this work, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a way to confront race in the 21st century. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010840
ISBN
9780674010840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative? This title shows how our mind and brain accomplish the amazing feat of constructing our past - a process clearly fraught with errors of perception, memory, and judgment. Num Pages: 263 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRM; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
263
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224865
ISBN
9780520224865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. Examines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. This book documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life - and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. It reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSC; JFSJ2; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127002
ISBN
9780691127002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.71
€ 42.52

Paperback. Michael Gurian's blockbuster bestseller The Wonder of Boys is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It has sold over 400,000 copies, been translated into 17 languages, and sells over 25,000 every year, which is more than any other book on boys in history. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787995287
ISBN
9780787995287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. A structured curriculum of classroom-ready lessons, practices, and worksheets for actualizing a powerful new educational paradigm: student mindfulness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393710465
ISBN
9780393710465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.42

Paperback. From some of the 20th century's greatest thinkers, essays on topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolution, science fiction, philosophy, reductionism, and consciousness Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465030910
ISBN
9780465030910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.65

Paperback. The bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat describes how we experience the visual world. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRP; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330508902
ISBN
9780330508902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Our decisions make us who we are. In this book, David Redish brings together what is known about how brains work, what is known about how we make decisions, and what is known about how that decision-making machinery can break down to explain irrationality, addiction, and the other ways our choices can go wrong. Num Pages: 394 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190263171
ISBN
9780190263171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.18

hardcover. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925783
ISBN
9780813925783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.77

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926117
ISBN
9780813926117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Hardback. This book follows the invention of the discipline in the nineteenth century, its rise around the turn of the century, and its ultimate demise after the Second World War. In addition, it shows that despite the repudiation of "folk psychology", the discipline remains relevant as a precursor of contemporary studies of "national identity." Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380191
ISBN
9781782380191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: AG; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634635738
ISBN
9781634635738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 254.20
€ 172.53

paperback. Born in Trinidad in 1901, Oliver C. Cox immigrated to the US in 1919, establishing himself as a controversial sociologist. McAuley's approach to Cox's life and work is shaped by his belief that Cox's Caribbean upbringing and background gave him an unorthodox perspective on race and social change. Series: The African-American Intellectual Heritage S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445. Very good clean copy. Old price sticker on front cover, otherwise as new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031552
ISBN
9780268034733
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.49

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