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Paperback. Examines and applies theories of humans, environments and human-environment interaction to professional thinking and action. This work highlights values and assumptions that underlie theory generation and application to professional practice and challenge the reader to answer two questions how do we know, and what do we do with our knowledge? Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742559394
- ISBN
- 9780742559394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.92
€ 113.92
The Human Enhancement Debate and Disability. New Bodies for a Better L...
. Ed(S): Eilers, M; Gruber, K; Rehmann-Sutter...
Paperback. Improving human characteristics goes beyond compensating for an impairment. This book explores the rich and complex relationship between enhancement and impairment, showing that the study of disability offers new ways of thinking about the social and ethical implications of improving the human condition. Editor(s): Eilers, M; Gruber, K; Rehmann-Sutter, C. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; MBS; MN; MQW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487752
- ISBN
- 9781349487752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardcover. Chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. This book stresses advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there. Num Pages: 976 pages, 272 line drawings, 49 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1926.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 976
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439655
- ISBN
- 9780226439655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.37€ 80.21
€ 90.37
€ 80.21
Paperback. A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man's relationship with nature and our impact on the planet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PDZ; RNT; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755365012
- ISBN
- 9780755365012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. A summation of native Andean religious tradition and an image of the superhuman and human world as imagined around A.D. 1600 Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292730533
- ISBN
- 9780292730533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive. Num Pages: 149 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFDT; JHBS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555885
- ISBN
- 9781137555885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Paperback. Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. This book presents the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. It explores issues such as the sharing of household output, the control of domestic misconduct, and the ownership of dwelling units. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; LNMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147994
- ISBN
- 9780691147994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Cloth/dust jacket Octavo
- SKU
- V9780801425691
- ISBN
- 9780801425691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 309 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 25 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662513644
- ISBN
- 9783662513644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 25 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642408311
- ISBN
- 9783642408311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 250 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2AB; DSB; HPDF; HPS; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 265 x 40. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151115
- ISBN
- 9780231151115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Ranging over two millennia of history and culture, Koschorke considers such thinkers as Freud, Weber, Rousseau, and Kleist in an exploration that illuminates issues of historical, religious, artistic, psychological, and cultural importance. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127561
- ISBN
- 9780231127561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.34
€ 65.40
€ 51.34
hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBTB; JHB; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824856748
- ISBN
- 9780824856748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.90
€ 75.90
Paperback. How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues that its romantic incarnation signaled the birth of popular culture. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376848
- ISBN
- 9781137376848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.46
€ 65.46
Hardcover. How and when did the kiss become a vital sign of romance and love? In this wide-ranging book, pop culture expert Marcel Danesi takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the kiss, from poetry and painting to movies and popular songs, and argues that its romantic incarnation signaled the birth of popular culture. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376831
- ISBN
- 9781137376831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Paperback. The History of the Family concerns the changing interactions between family and social, political and religious structures over the last thousand years of European history. The family is usually described in terms of patterns of kinship, inheritance, and relations between sexes and generations. Editor(s): Moore, R. I. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBK; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631146698
- ISBN
- 9780631146698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardback. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Nehring, Holger. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 720 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFM; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 1083.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304254
- ISBN
- 9781137304254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.86
€ 197.86
The History of Social Movements in Global Perspective. A Survey.
. Ed(S): Berger, Stefan; Nehring, Holger
Paperback. Editor(s): Berger, Stefan; Nehring, Holger. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 720 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTV; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304261
- ISBN
- 9781137304261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.55
€ 141.55
The History of Problem Gambling. Temperance, Substance Abuse, Medicine...
Ferentzy, Peter; Turner, Nigel E.
Paperback. This book examines the religious, socio-cultural, and medical influences on the development of the concept of problem gambling as a disease, along with the ways in which such ideas were influenced by attitudes about substance abuse. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBNH9; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489999498
- ISBN
- 9781489999498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.58
€ 126.58
Hardback. Searching for a job has been an everyday affair in both modern and past societies, and employment a concern for both individuals and institutions. The case studies in this volume investigate job search and placement practices in European countries, Australia, and India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Wadauer, Sigrid; Buchner, Thomas; Mejstrik, Alexander. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385509
- ISBN
- 9781782385509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.92
€ 175.92
Paperback. The first study of its kind, this book traces 150 years of the history of fatherhood in Scandinavia and shows how Scandinavian gender equality policy has important implications for the rest of the world. Among other interesting findings, Lorentzen reveals that the modern-day rise in equality fathering can be traced back to the 19th century. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; GTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465644
- ISBN
- 9781349465644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
paperback. This book aims to provide the historical context necessary to understanding the concept of 'fetishism' and offers an overview of the ideologies, prejudices, and critical senses that shaped the Western observer's view of otherness and of his own world. Series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBK5; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349575800
- ISBN
- 9781349575800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.56
€ 54.56
Hardback. This book aims to provide the historical context necessary to understanding the concept of 'fetishism' and offers an overview of the ideologies, prejudices, and critical senses that shaped the Western observer's view of otherness and of his own world. Series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541147
- ISBN
- 9781137541147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
The History and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention and Aid in Afric...
. Ed(S): Everill, Bronwen; Kaplan, J.
Paperback. Editor(s): Everill, Bronwen; Kaplan, J. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HBJH; JFC; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444199
- ISBN
- 9781349444199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22