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Hardback. Life has often been envisioned as a journey, the river of time carrying us inexorably toward the unknown country - and in our day we increasingly turn to myth and magic, ritual and virtual reality, cloning and cryostasis in the hope of eluding the reality of inevitable end. This book proposes a different way of understanding our last transition. Series: Life Passages S. Num Pages: 460 pages, 32 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218802
- ISBN
- 9780520218802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.30
€ 41.99
€ 30.30
Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218307
- ISBN
- 9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
Paperback. Using cross-cultural, historical and ethnographic perspectives of anthropology to illuminate the the intrinsic connections of race, class and gender, this volume explores these issues in the arena of work, kinship and resistance. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912860
- ISBN
- 9780415912860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.98
€ 58.98
Paperback. On Oligarchy deftly illuminates the significance of this regime in the context of pressing global economic and political issues. Editor(s): Tabachnick, David E.; Koivukoski, Toivu. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442609860
- ISBN
- 9781442609860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1950. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415550789
- ISBN
- 9780415550789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.74
€ 34.74
Paperback. The Cold War that has so often been linked to Orwell's novel ended with more of a whimper than a bang, but most of the issues of concern to him remain alive in some form today: censorship, scientific surveillance, power worship, the autonomy of art, the meaning of democracy, relations between men and women, and many others. Editor(s): Gleason, Prof. Abbott; Goldsmith, Jack L.; Nussbaum, Martha C. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113616
- ISBN
- 9780691113616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. The claims of nationality have come to dominate politics in the last decade of the twentieth century. David Miller's lucid analysis examines what nationality means to us and how it should bear on our political life. Series: Oxford Political Theory. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198293569
- ISBN
- 9780198293569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.76
€ 88.76
Paperback. Written against a background of war and racism, this work sees a similarly self-destructive savagery underlying individual life in the modern age, which issues at times in self-harm and suicide. Translator(s): Hulse, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183794
- ISBN
- 9780141183794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Series: Heritage of Society S. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226173368
- ISBN
- 9780226173368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.06
€ 32.99
€ 26.06
Paperback. "A comprehensive modern-day bestiary."-The New Yorker Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 b/w halftones, 30 line illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199798094
- ISBN
- 9780199798094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.86
€ 31.99
€ 22.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739147900
- ISBN
- 9780739147900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.33
€ 160.33
Paperback. A lucid introduction to the philosophical complexities and the practical limits of the political thought of Karl Marx. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 118 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490606
- ISBN
- 9781631490606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.34
€ 16.99
€ 15.34
hardcover. Both a lucid introduction and a subtle demolition of the philosopher whose theories were treated as near-divine by those who followed him. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780871407931
- ISBN
- 9780871407931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.60
€ 13.99
€ 10.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Levering, Matthew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742542495
- ISBN
- 9780742542495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.02
€ 46.02
Paperback. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 116 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490583
- ISBN
- 9781631490583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.99
€ 16.99
€ 14.99
Hardcover. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871407054
- ISBN
- 9780871407054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.35
€ 16.99
€ 15.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486779997
- ISBN
- 9780486779997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
Hardcover. * Luc Ferry is a well-known philosopher, essayist and public intellectual, with a large and established readership. * In this broad-ranging and original book, he presents a clear argument for a comprehensive philosophy of love that will in effect replace dead faiths and ideologies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670171
- ISBN
- 9780745670171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.69
€ 13.99
€ 12.69
Paperback. An intimate menoir of Jewish adolescence and life, from a young woman's perspective in an Eastern European shtetl at the end of the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel. Num Pages: 126 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674019706
- ISBN
- 9780674019706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
hardcover. On Location fills a major gap in contemporary media and cultural studies debates that question the connections between the politics of place, culture, and commerce within the larger context of cultural globalization. Series: Cultural Spaces. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087379
- ISBN
- 9780802087379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.36
€ 79.36