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Paperback. According to Roger Caillois, play is "an occasion of pure waste. In spite of this - or because of it - play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this study, the author defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life. Translator(s): Barash, Meyer. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070334
- ISBN
- 9780252070334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. A frank portrayal of the medical care of dying people past and present, The Inevitable Hour helps to explain why a movement to restore dignity to the dying arose in the early 1970s and why its goals have been so difficult to achieve. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBZ; LNTJ; MBDC; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422763
- ISBN
- 9781421422763
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.78
€ 27.99
€ 23.78
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 89 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHBC; PDZ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 174 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400749801
- ISBN
- 9789400749801
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Condition: New
€ 88.25
€ 88.25
Paperback. Transcultural Teens provides readers with a window onto the cultural and linguistic creativity of the housing projects, or cite s, that ring Paris, showing how young people of Algerian Arab origins play with language in fascinating ways that subvert commonly held notions of intercultural animosity. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119044154
- ISBN
- 9781119044154
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Condition: New
€ 46.05
€ 46.05
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield International
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786603043
- ISBN
- 9781786603043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.33€ 55.82
€ 159.33
€ 55.82
Hardback. Provides a personal view of a maquiladora worker's struggles with factory labor conditions, poverty, and violence as she journeys toward education, financial opportunity, and, ultimately, empowerment Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLC; JFC; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744264
- ISBN
- 9780292744264
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Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Hardback. Uncovering the cultural origins and psychological aspects of body identity disorders, this perceptive study draws on the author's wealth of professional experience and re-examines debilitating illnesses that negatively impact self-image, including anorexia. Num Pages: 170 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JMS; MBNH9; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461456797
- ISBN
- 9781461456797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Paperback. Indigenous peoples have gained increasing international visibility in their fight against longstanding colonial occupation by nation-states. Although living in different locations around the world and practising highly varied ways of life, indigenous peoples nonetheless are affected by similar patterns of colonial dispossession and violence. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672526
- ISBN
- 9780745672526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.75
€ 26.75
Hardback. We are living through a period of dramatic political change Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated with cosmopolitanism and globalization. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509522354
- ISBN
- 9781509522354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Vertovec, Steven. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JHM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349504947
- ISBN
- 9781349504947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473942226
- ISBN
- 9781473942226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.48
€ 51.99
€ 48.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319526843
- ISBN
- 9783319526843
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Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 22.74
€ 59.00
€ 22.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHMP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 427
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666504
- ISBN
- 9780940666504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.37
€ 34.99
€ 23.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Ott, Michael R. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM9; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608464913
- ISBN
- 9781608464913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.16
€ 38.16
Paperback. Intrigued by reports of poverty and despair within America's white-collar corporate workforce, the author decided to infiltrate their world as an undercover reporter, and learn about the problems facing middle-class executives. Her story is funny, and delivers a warning about the future that faces corporate employees everywhere. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KAK0011262
- ISBN
- 9781862078970
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Provides an analysis of neo-liberal political economics implemented in Ireland and the deleterious consequences of that model Series Editor(s): Kitchin, Rob. Series: Irish Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084829
- ISBN
- 9780719084829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.05
€ 146.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Steffen, Vibeke; Joncke, Steffen; Raahauge, Kirsten Marie. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763542135
- ISBN
- 9788763542135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74€ 40.09
€ 50.74
€ 40.09
Paperback. Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JMC; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572307469
- ISBN
- 9781572307469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
Paperback. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is key to understanding human origins. This title presents an ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 37 b/w photographs, 35 line illustrations, 3 maps, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556. Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. 336 pages, illustrations. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is key to understanding human origins. This title presents an ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JHMC. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight: 556.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253421
- ISBN
- 9780520253421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardcover. This book demonstrates the concept of 'mobility culture' as an interdisciplinary framework for understanding the development of urban transport. The authors identify seven common temperaments which can define the character of a megacity's mobility culture. Series: Lecture Notes in Mobility. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCP; RP; TBC; THRB; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642347344
- ISBN
- 9783642347344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.00
€ 120.00