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paperback. Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCY; JFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Polity
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033986
ISBN
9780745623818
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. This title identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult terms. It is suitable for those who wish to know why signs are crucial to human existence. Illustrator(s): Jansz, Litza. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, ill. BIC Classification: GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848311855
ISBN
9781848311855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.02

flexibound. An easy-to-use two-way Italian bilingual dictionary containing 40,000 up-to-date words and phrases, and 60,000 translations. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADT; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 102 x 118 x 38. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780199692651
ISBN
9780199692651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 6.02

hardcover. Traces our epochal move from an economy of things and objects to an economy of attention. According to the author, the central commodity in our new age of information is not stuff but style, for style is what competes for our attention amidst the din and deluge of new media. He aims to map the frontier that information technologies have created. Num Pages: 316 pages, 27 halftones, 4 diagrams. BIC Classification: GPF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033605
ISBN
9780226468822
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. A contemporary analyses of the problem of technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, viii, 302 p. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033325
ISBN
9780226066295
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. In The Handicap Principle, Amotz and Avishag Zahavi offer a unifying theory that brilliantly explains many previously baffling aspects of animal signalling and holds up a mirror in which ordinary human behaviours take on surprising new significance. Num Pages: 304 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA; GTE; PD; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033320
ISBN
9780195129144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. A sportsman can catch a ball without calculating its speed or distance. A group of amateurs beat the experts at playing stock market. A man falls for right woman even though she's 'wrong' on paper. All these people succeeded by trusting their instincts - but how does it work? This title reveals the secrets of fast and effective decision-making. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032740
ISBN
9780141015910
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. This book is an account of the circumstances that led to a Muslim religious movement on the Guinea coast and its legacies in today's Republic of Guinea. This book focuses on the political and religious changes that West Africa experienced and their impact on the continent's disrupted political and religious landscape. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 black & white line drawings, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB; HR; JHMP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635153
ISBN
9780748635153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.91
€ 111.89

Paperback. Presents the roots of modern Apartheid through the painful and revealing correspondence of three very different South African women two black and one 'liberal' white from 1949 to 1951. Editor(s): Marks, Shula. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFM; GTB; HBJH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Indiana University Press Bloomimgdale
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253286406
ISBN
9780253286406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.93

Paperback. Employing interdisciplinary critical strategies, including social, educational, and publishing history, canon-formation theory, and archival research, this book analyzes childhood as a site of emerging black cultural nationalism. It explores the period's vigorous exchange about the nature and identity of black childhood. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 368 pages, 23 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; DSY; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218889
ISBN
9780253218889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. The Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations is the one book that all doctors will want on their shelves. Packed with quotations both old and new, from the famous, and the not so famous, this book will be both a valuable reference work, and a source of considerable entertainment. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCQ; MB; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198565987
ISBN
9780198565987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.28

paperback. Translator(s): Barzmann, J. Num Pages: 304 pages, tables, charts. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFC; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Zed Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032201
ISBN
9780862329433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. In looking back on four decades of anthropology in the field, Geertz creates a personal history that is also a retrospective reflection on developments in the human sciences amid political, social, and cultural changes in the world. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1HBM; GTF; HBJF; HBJH; HBLW; JHBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032194
ISBN
9780674008724
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: G; PH; R; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Daya Publishing House India
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
SKU
V9789351305453
ISBN
9789351305453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 47.69

paperback. Focuses on common spelling and grammatical errors, and how to teach children to read critically to recognise them. This is a book of "shaggy dog" stories based on classic literature ("Rapunzel", "Alice", "The Hare and the Tortoise", "King Arthur", and more), which are embedded with common errors. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: GL; JNUM; YQCS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (ES) Secondary; (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Libraries Unlimited Inc United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591585183
ISBN
9781591585183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.80

Hardcover. Complexity and Organization 2007 Annual. 716 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Allen, Peter M.; Richardson, Kurt A.; Goldstein, Jeffrey. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: GBCY; JHBC; KJM. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 31. Weight: 1176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ISCE Publishing
Number of pages
716
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981703237
ISBN
9780981703237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.49

Paperback. This annotated guide to the wild orchids of the continental US, Canada and Greenland includes illustrated checklists for these exotic flowers. It provides identification, full distribution range, recent synonyms and all subspecies varietal and forma information for all 247 taxa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 295 colour photographs, 247 drawings, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTNG; GBC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813025728
ISBN
9780813025728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802821300
ISBN
9780802821300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.81

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mcharazo, Alli; Koopman, Sjoerd. Series: IFLA Publications. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
K.G. Saur (An Impint of Walter de Gruyter)
Condition
New
SKU
V9783598220319
ISBN
9783598220319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.63

Hardcover. The fourth and final volume of the "Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900" records the most volatile period in Hawaii's history. It is a record of printed works touching on some aspect of the political, religious, cultural or social history of the Hawaiian islands. Editor(s): Forbes, David W. Num Pages: 755 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JH; GBCR; HBJK; HBJM; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 205 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824826369
ISBN
9780824826369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.37

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