Society & social sciences
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Society & social sciences
Paperback. This book answers the growing need for a textbook that deals with Asian American health from a public health perspective. Examines and explains the many preventable conditions (heart disease, diabetes, and cancer among them) and how working with the cultures of the various groups can improve their health and well-being. Editor(s): Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Islam, Nadia Shilpi; Rey, Mariano Jose. Series: Public Health/Vulnerable Populations. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 180 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787998295
- ISBN
- 9780787998295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.20
€ 136.20
Paperback. Seven of the 20th century's greatest thinkers describe how they arrived at the ideas for which they are now known. The seven great thinkers are: A.J. Ayer, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Bertrand Russell, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Editor(s): Steele, David Ramsay; Mommer, Kerri. Num Pages: 464 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695045
- ISBN
- 9780812695045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.25
€ 27.99
€ 25.25
paperback. Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHMP; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074356
- ISBN
- 9780252074356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Paperback. In this book, preeminent classicist Mary Lefkowitz brings fresh insights to the mythology of ancient Greece, demonstrating that these stories are not only entertaining but also offer crucial lessons about human experience. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300107692
- ISBN
- 9780300107692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.28
€ 28.28
Paperback. The child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature, Joseph Luzzi straddles these two perspectives in My Two Italies to link his family's dramatic story to Italy's north-south divide, its quest for a unifying language, and its passion for art, food, and family. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; HBJD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374535391
- ISBN
- 9780374535391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.10
€ 19.99
€ 17.10
Paperback. The stories of Catholic women who, in the depth of their personal crises, chose abortion. Editor(s): King, Pat. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCV; HRCX6; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556127151
- ISBN
- 9781556127151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.54
€ 21.54
Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): MacKinnon, Mary Heather; McIntyre, Moni. Num Pages: 397 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556127625
- ISBN
- 9781556127625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.20
€ 46.20
paperback. The angry emotions, and the problems they presented, were an ancient Greek preoccupation from Homer to late antiquity. The control or elimination of rage was an obsessive concern. From the Greek world it passed to the Romans. This work explains the rise and persistence of this concern. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013865
- ISBN
- 9780674013865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.11€ 58.05
€ 63.11
€ 58.05
Paperback. In his final years, R.D. Laing (1927-1989) was arriving at lectures addled with hashish and brandy. Yet, earlier in the 20th-century he was an influential psychiatrist. Still, the author points out he was a man of contradictions, and mystery, and this text explores and searches into this mystery. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674953598
- ISBN
- 9780674953598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.90
€ 45.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. The Beatles, perhaps more than any act before or since, were a quintessential product of their time, and Jonathan Gould here blends cultural history, musical analysis and group biography to show the unique part they played in the shaping of post-war Britain and America. Num Pages: 672 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJPK; AVGP; AVH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 44. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749929886
- ISBN
- 9780749929886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Paperback. Blowback' : The baleful consequences of American global policies, described by a supremely well-informed American international commentator. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751530803
- ISBN
- 9780751530803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.17
€ 17.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781808330
- ISBN
- 9780781808330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.44
€ 18.99
€ 18.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807001400
- ISBN
- 9780807001400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.37
€ 18.99
€ 16.37
paperback. Iraq at a Distance describes the plight of the Iraqi people, caught since 2003 in the carnage between U.S. troops and Iraqi insurgents. This provocative book is a bold attempt by five distinguished anthropologists to study an inaccessible war zone through ground-breaking comparisons with armed conflicts around the world. Editor(s): Robben, Antonius C. G. M. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221831
- ISBN
- 9780812221831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Hardcover. A vast amount of literature-both scholarly and popular-now exists on the subject of historical memory, but there is remarkably little available that is written from an African perspective. This volume explores the inner dynamics of memory in all its variations, from its most destructive and divisive impact to its remarkable potential to heal.. Editor(s): Diawara, Mamadou; Lategan, Bernard; Rusen, Jorn. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556. Dealing with the Past, Reaching for the Future in an Intercultural Context. Series: Making Sense of History. 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Diawara, Mamadou; Lategan, Bernard; Rusen, Jorn. A vast amount of literature-both scholarly and popular-now exists on the subject of historical memory, but there is remarkably little available that is written from an African perspective. This volume explores the inner dynamics of memory in all its variations, from its most destructive and divisive impact to its remarkable potential to heal. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JFC. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 21. Weight: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456528
- ISBN
- 9781845456528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.30
€ 164.30
Hardcover. There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughout human history nutrition has been shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces, and in turn, access to food and nutrition has altered the course and direction of human societies. Editor(s): Moffat, Tina; Prowse, Tracy. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 282 pages, 25 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: JHM; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457655
- ISBN
- 9781845457655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.97
€ 162.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; JPS; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jewish Lights Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781893361812
- ISBN
- 9781893361812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.96
€ 18.99
€ 17.96
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400074792
- ISBN
- 9781400074792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.41
€ 18.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 185 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812578
- ISBN
- 9781554812578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.95
€ 39.95
Paperback. Did Supreme Court sell out America's citizens in the nineteenth century, with consequences lasting to this day? This book incorporates specific examples from headlines and proposes specific legal remedies that could truly save the world from political, economic and ecological disaster. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605095592
- ISBN
- 9781605095592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.26
€ 23.99
€ 21.26