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Society & social sciences
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR1; LAF; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373707
- ISBN
- 9780195373707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.75
€ 84.75
Paperback. It provides a novel argument about how peacekeeping works and further insight into how international factors affect domestic politics as well as how international institutions affect democratizing efforts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5, 1 maps, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: JPB; JPHV; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412139
- ISBN
- 9781421412139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.17
€ 52.17
Paperback. Critics and defenders of multinational corporations agree that the activities of multinationals are creating a global market that is rendering national borders obsolete. This book argues that such expectations rest on a myth. It explores the relationship between corporate behavior and national institutions and cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 tables 23 line illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010076
- ISBN
- 9780691010076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.49
€ 52.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. A comprehensive study that draws upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. It explains what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss. Num Pages: 800 pages, b&w illustrations and illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192926
- ISBN
- 9780140192926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.66
€ 33.99
€ 22.66
Hardcover. At head of title: Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817911348
- ISBN
- 9780817911348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.53
€ 26.53
Paperback. Featuring a foreword by Anthony Lewis, this book evaluates the role of the court system in our democracy and considers the claims that it has become too powerful. Num Pages: 293 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814747957
- ISBN
- 9780814747957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. More than fifty years after the death of Hitler, the defeat of Nazism, and the horrors of the Holocaust, the concept of a Jewish race is still alive and well in the minds of too many. This book is an attempt to destroy such a myth from both a biological and historical point of view. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460339
- ISBN
- 9781611460339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.70
€ 109.70
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 247 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319341859
- ISBN
- 9783319341859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JPA; JPS; JPV; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403972835
- ISBN
- 9781403972835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JPA; JPS; JPV; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403962812
- ISBN
- 9781403962812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Paperback. A study where the myth of the Noble Savage is an altogether different myth from the one defended or debunked by many over the years. It refutes the concept of the Noble Savage being first invented by Rousseau in the mid-eighteenth century in order to glorify the 'natural' life. Num Pages: 467 pages, 26 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 467
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Paper edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226104
- ISBN
- 9780520226104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This title looks at how people who vote under the influence of false beliefs ultimately end up with government that delivers lousy results. Num Pages: 296 pages, 51 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138732
- ISBN
- 9780691138732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.19
€ 37.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. BIC Classification: JHBK; JNKP; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807073889
- ISBN
- 9780807073889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.93
€ 24.99
€ 16.93
Paperback. Examining Franklin D Roosevelt and Mikhail Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping and Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair amongst many others, this landmark study pinpoints different types and qualities of leadership. It makes us rethink preconcpetions about what it means to lead. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554851
- ISBN
- 9780099554851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Translated for the first time into English, The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape, the mask, and the superpowers, presenting a serious study of the genre and its place in a broader cultural context. Translator(s): Richards, Jamie. Num Pages: 216 pages, 66, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409535
- ISBN
- 9781421409535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.75
€ 35.75
Hardcover. Translated for the first time into English, The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape, the mask, and the superpowers, presenting a serious study of the genre and its place in a broader cultural context. Translator(s): Richards, Jamie. Num Pages: 216 pages, 66, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409108
- ISBN
- 9781421409108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Paperback. The university, in its laudable effort to be a democratic institution, has lost its original sense of mission and become a credential factory rather than a place where learning for its own sake is valued. This book proposes a practical reform of higher education based on the original ideals of the institution. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819182692
- ISBN
- 9780819182692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.17
€ 77.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448485
- ISBN
- 9780801448485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.57
€ 36.57
Paperback. The pace of the new century with a global 24-hour market and warp-speed developments in information and communications technology have blurred even further the boundaries between work and personal life. Num Pages: 134 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 7. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470094617
- ISBN
- 9780470094617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.71
€ 68.71
Paperback. The long overdue first UK publication of one of Sven Lindqvist's best-loved books - and the one for which he is most famous in his home country - an exquisitely written meditation on the author's relationship with art. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085221
- ISBN
- 9781847085221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96