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Paperback. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld. 288 pages. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight: 244.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953861
- ISBN
- 9781841953861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.50
€ 12.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880106092
- ISBN
- 9780880106092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.00
€ 30.99
€ 26.00
Paperback. From breaking the law to breaking a promise, how do people lie and how can they be caught? Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337457
- ISBN
- 9780393337457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.46
€ 19.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Asserts that - regardless of the efforts of individual capitalists, public authorities or even generous philanthropists - any market economy is inevitably doomed to endure a series of worsening, explosive crises leading finally to complete collapse. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPFF; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445701
- ISBN
- 9780140445701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.96
€ 25.99
€ 17.96
Hardcover. Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution. Editor(s): Dunning, Eric. Series: Collected Works of Norbert Elias. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726. Sport and Leisure in the Civilising Process. Series: Collected Works of Norbert Elias. 352 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Dunning, Eric. Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JHBS. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 34. Weight: 722.
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558439
- ISBN
- 9781904558439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.08€ 54.47
€ 59.08
€ 54.47
Paperback. An assessment of the US military programme in which anthropologists and other social scientists researched societies at war in Iraq and Afghanistan Editor(s): McFate, Montgomery; Laurence, Janice H. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 319. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044219
- ISBN
- 9781849044219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.23
€ 52.99
€ 47.23
Paperback. A gripping and vivid account of one of the British army's most famous battles Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, maps, plan, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 65. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330445931
- ISBN
- 9780330445931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.29
€ 23.99
€ 16.29
Hardcover. Women have participated in war throughout history, but their experience in Russia during the First World War was truly exceptional. This book draws on archival research, including many first-person accounts, to examine the roots, motivations, and legacy of these women. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JFSJ1; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614851
- ISBN
- 9780700614851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.63
€ 78.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 line illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161075
- ISBN
- 9780691161075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.36
€ 46.99
€ 33.36
Hardback. Levi-Strauss measures the short distance between "complex" and "primitive" societies and finds a shared madness in the ways we enact myth, ritual, and custom. Yet he also locates a pure and persistent ethics that connects the center of Western civilization to far-flung societies and forces a reckoning with outmoded ideas of morality and reason. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170680
- ISBN
- 9780231170680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.00€ 22.20
€ 26.00
€ 22.20
Paperback. BIC Classification: JKSF; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- CoramBAAF
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910039359
- ISBN
- 9781910039359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.57
€ 26.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. Suitable for both students and professionals, this title covers related fields such as neuroscience and social psychology. It describes how terms are employed, their wider connotations and past usage. It looks at such key concepts as addiction and instinct. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141030241
- ISBN
- 9780141030241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants. Series: Polity Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662411
- ISBN
- 9780745662411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.54
€ 22.54
Paperback. Multiculturalism is controversial in the liberal state and has frequently been declared dead, even in countries that have never had a policy under that name. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745692128
- ISBN
- 9780745692128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. The book includes a completely new final chapter, text and notes rewritten throughout to incorporate evidence and scholarship that has appeared over the past twenty-five years, and an index of ancient sources. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416861
- ISBN
- 9781421416861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.31
€ 37.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198332763
- ISBN
- 9780198332763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 400 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409073
- ISBN
- 9780887409073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.24
€ 31.99
€ 21.24
Paperback. The body is a site of impassioned, fraught and complex debate in the West today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648880
- ISBN
- 9780745648880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.32
€ 28.32
Paperback. An engrossing account of a World War II legend. This is the explosive retelling of the career of Captain Ed Shames with appeal to enthusiasts of World War II and Band of Brothers fans. Num Pages: 328 pages, 48pp plate section in colour and black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472819383
- ISBN
- 9781472819383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Reveals for the first time the true story of Sidney Reilly, the real-life inspiration behind fictional hero James Bond Num Pages: 352 pages, 77 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HB; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752429595
- ISBN
- 9780752429595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.51
€ 20.99
€ 19.51