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Social issues & processes
Paperback. In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. This book exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function in the home and at work, in literature and more. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099595748
- ISBN
- 9780099595748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A treatise of proto-feminism, that was written before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived. It argues for the rational education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099595823
- ISBN
- 9780099595823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.28
€ 10.99
€ 6.28
Paperback. In "The Beauty Myth", Naomi Wolf sought to change the way in which women see themselves in relation to their bodies. Now she focuses on how they see themselves in relation to power, and argues that the feminist movement has to change if it is to speak to a new generation of women. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy, markings from previous owner, minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRD0000104
- ISBN
- 9780099329619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.64
€ 4.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bravo Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062513151
- ISBN
- 9780062513151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.55
€ 19.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. What does a young footballer do to cut loose? At night, some play what they think of as pranks, or games. Night games with women. Sometimes these involve consensual sex, but sometimes they don't, and sometimes they fall into a grey area. This book follows the trial of a young footballer. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BTC; JFF; WSJQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224100021
- ISBN
- 9780224100021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.09
€ 17.09
Hardcover. Along with its painful economic costs, the financial crisis of 2008 raised concerns over the future of international policy making. This book includes contributions that consider the ways in which the global economic order might address the challenges of globalization that have arisen over the years and has intensified by the recent crisis. Editor(s): Feenstra, Robert C.; Taylor, Alan M. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 552 pages, 57 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; KCL; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226030753
- ISBN
- 9780226030753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.59
€ 111.59
Hardcover. Providing a comprehensive analysis of the increasingly common phenomenon of child migration, this volume examines the experiences of children in a wide variety of migratory circumstances including economic child migrants, transnational students, trafficked, stateless, fostered, unaccompanied and undocumented children. Editor(s): Gozdziak, Elzbieta M. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272538
- ISBN
- 9780230272538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.63€ 110.35
€ 114.63
€ 110.35
Paperback. Culture defines itself, its classes, its power structures, and its economy in terms of how it allows and encourages drugs to circulate. "Madame Bovary" takes up the problems of drugs and addiction in numerous ways. This title unpacks and presents as examples of the safe and unsafe. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 237 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071904
- ISBN
- 9780252071904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.38
€ 21.99
€ 21.38
Hardcover. Recounts the history and events that demonstrate just what lengths people go to for their companion animals and why. This book describes studies focused on animal intelligence, loyalty, and sensitivity. It also explains how losing a pet can shake or shatter mental stability and the phenomena of public services, funerals, and cemeteries for pets. Series: Sex, Love and Psychology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 33 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275989057
- ISBN
- 9780275989057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.45
€ 58.45
Paperback. 'Hugely enjoyable .. It reads like a novel, a fantasy tale of rags to riches' Charles Handy in The Sunday Times Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; JFFR; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340766996
- ISBN
- 9780340766996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Joanna Bourke explores the way that violence and war impinge on the everyday world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w images integrated. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349004341
- ISBN
- 9780349004341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. "In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to" Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 50843rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465037032
- ISBN
- 9780465037032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.31
€ 20.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. A world-renowned expert provides a psychological profile of serial sex offenders-how they think, how they deceive their victims, and how they elude the law Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465071739
- ISBN
- 9780465071739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.87
€ 18.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. In this work, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a way to confront race in the 21st century. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010840
- ISBN
- 9780674010840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVGK; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Books Ed
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679771265
- ISBN
- 9780679771265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.07
€ 19.99
€ 14.07
Paperback. This is a tale of soul-destroying abuse - but it is also an unflinching look at a little girl let down by the welfare system designed to protect children from evil Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755318827
- ISBN
- 9780755318827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Translator(s): Becker, G. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210477
- ISBN
- 9780805210477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Examining debates in interdisciplinary identity studies, this title studies debates in Women's Studies, American Studies, Queer Theory and Whiteness studies, especially at points when the key terms changed, as happened when Women's Studies was superseded by Gender Studies. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351603
- ISBN
- 9780822351603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Forget the comfortable platitudes--this is our most likely future. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFR; JFFS; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865718333
- ISBN
- 9780865718333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.07
€ 23.99
€ 21.07
Paperback. A fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America. Editor(s): Morrison, Toni. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: JF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865297
- ISBN
- 9780872865297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.08
€ 16.99
€ 16.08