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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Blue Bike Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926700441
ISBN
9781926700441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194. 224 pages. We are healthier, longer lived, better fed, watered, educated and entertained than any generation in history. But we are not happier. Everything Now - where we can have whatever we want, whenever we want it - has infiltrated almost every area of our lives. Here, Steve McKevitt reveals how this is preventing us from addressing the biggest. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFT; JFH. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight: 190.
Publisher
Route
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901927511
ISBN
9781901927511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.24

Paperback. The book that provides the fullest picture yet of what life inside Burma is really like. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; JFFC; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081896
ISBN
9781847081896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. Focuses on Starbucks, the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to understand what Starbucks can tell us about America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412. Learning About America from Starbucks. 320 pages. Focuses on Starbucks, the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to understand what Starbucks can tell us about America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KNSH. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269927
ISBN
9780520269927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629146669
ISBN
9781629146669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.81

Paperback. The author puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video games. In this title, he shows that mass culture - "The Simpsons", "Desperate Housewives", "The Apprentice", "The Sopranos", "Grand Theft Auto" - is actually more sophisticated and challenging than ever before. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141018683
ISBN
9780141018683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.41

Paperback. Series: Adelphi Series. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138633087
ISBN
9781138633087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.45

Paperback. Based on interviews with individuals who abstain from habits as diverse as sex, cigarettes, sugar, and technology, this book identifies four different types of abstainers: quitters; those who have never done something and never will; those who haven't done something yet, but might in the future; and those who are not doing something temporarily. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226547572
ISBN
9780226547572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.14

Paperback. Examines the reasons for the high rate of hereditary deafness among the population of Martha's Vineyard and discusses the place of deaf people in town life. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 line illustrations, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674270411
ISBN
9780674270411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.23

Hardback. With an ethnologist's understanding of construct and practice, Marc Auge proves age is unrelated to the development of consciousness, desire, and representations of the self. In bold, eye-opening strokes, he isolates age as a physical marker and casts one's youthful approach to the world as the true measure of life's value. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; JHMC; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175883
ISBN
9780231175883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.80

Paperback. This book focuses the reader's attention on great teachers in the act of teaching and on their students in the act of learning. The book challenges us to question our assumptions about ourselves and others as everyday teachers and learners. Editor(s): Schwehn, Mark R. Series: Ethics of Everyday Life S. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268042103
ISBN
9780268042103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415536660
ISBN
9780415536660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.10

Hardcover. From roommate disputes to family arguments, trouble is inevitable in interpersonal relationships. The author explores the beginnings and development of the conflicts that occur in our relationships with the people we regularly encounter - family members, intimate partners, coworkers, and others - and the common responses to such troubles. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: GTJ; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226237800
ISBN
9780226237800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.84
€ 94.93

Paperback. From roommate disputes to family arguments, trouble is inevitable in interpersonal relationships. The author explores the beginnings and development of the conflicts that occur in our relationships with the people we regularly encounter - family members, intimate partners, coworkers, and others-and the common responses to such troubles. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: GTJ; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226237947
ISBN
9780226237947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.90

Paperback. Helps to understand how ninth-grade students and their science teachers think about Nature or the natural world, and how their thoughts are related to science. This book argues that the purpose of science education for the public is 'to foster sound science learning within the matrices of various cultural perspectives'. Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; P; YQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792363453
ISBN
9780792363453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.92

Hardback. Raising a basic question about the purpose of science education for the public, this book aims to understand how typical ninth-grade students and their science teachers think about nature or the natural world, and how their thoughts are related to science. Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; P; YQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792363446
ISBN
9780792363446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.17

Paperback. Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. This title considers daily life in the three centuries leading up to the modern era in Japan. Num Pages: 227 pages, 6 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218123
ISBN
9780520218123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. The essential guidelines for leading effective change in your school From an education expert comes a much-needed resource that gives teacher leaders the strategies and tools they need to improve their practice and assume new leadership roles in their schools. Series: Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470648292
ISBN
9780470648292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.54

Hardcover. This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQM2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219397
ISBN
9780230219397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.82

paperback. This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRLK; JFC; JHB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349304905
ISBN
9781349304905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

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