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Leading Works in Law and Anthropology

Leading Works in Law and Anthropology

Author: Alice Margaria (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany) ,  Larissa Vetters (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany)
ISBN: 9781032118536
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Established and emerging scholars discuss their chosen ‘leading work’ in the field of law and sociocultural anthropology....  Read More >>

Race of My Own: An Olympian's Quest for Self-Discovery

Race of My Own: An Olympian's Quest for Self-Discovery...

Author: Ayden Owens-Delerme
ISBN: 9798218460327
Format: Paperback
$50.13

Race of My Own: An Olympian's Quest for Self-Discovery is Olympian Ayden Owens-Delerme's unflinching memoir, depicting...  Read More >>

Second Chances: Starting Over in the Peace Corps

Second Chances: Starting Over in the Peace Corps

Author: Denise Sieber
ISBN: 9781038318398
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Sooner or later, many of us find ourselves stuck, dog-paddling through life without purpose or direction. Sometimes,...  Read More >>

The Lucky Ones: A Memoir

The Lucky Ones: A Memoir

Author: Zara Chowdhary
ISBN: 9780593727430
Format: Hardback
$59.99

"A moving memoir by a survivor of anti-Muslim violence in contemporary India that delicately weaves political and...  Read More >>

Musical Scenes and Social Class: Debating Punk and Metal

Musical Scenes and Social Class: Debating Punk and Metal...

Author: Romain Garbaye ,  Gérôme Guibert
ISBN: 9783031565052
Format: Hardback
$369.57

Early analysts of both punk and metal have shown their continuing popularity for segments of the public who were...  Read More >>

Le Peuple / Nos Fils

Le Peuple / Nos Fils

Author: Jules Michelet
ISBN: 9789362098764
Format: Paperback
$69.59

Le Peuple / Nos Fils, un livre classique, a �t� publi� il y a plus d'un si�cle et a �t� consid�r� comme important...  Read More >>

�loge du sein des femmes; Ouvrage curieux

�loge du sein des femmes; Ouvrage curieux

Author: Claude-Fran�ois- Mercier de Compi�gne
ISBN: 9789362095053
Format: Paperback
$49.13

�loge du sein des femmes; Ouvrage curieux, un livre classique, a �t� publi� il y a plus d'un si�cle et a �t� consid�r�...  Read More >>

Out of Sight!: Memoir of a San Francisco Hippie

Out of Sight!: Memoir of a San Francisco Hippie

Author: Barbara Sanford Rahder
ISBN: 9781039198821
Format: Paperback
$68.61

What was it like to be in the midst of the counterculture movement as a white teen girl with a critical eye? Out...  Read More >>

Fuzzy Traumas: Animals and Errors in Contemporary Japanese Literature

Fuzzy Traumas: Animals and Errors in Contemporary Japanese...

Author: Tyran Grillo
ISBN: 9781501775994
Format: Paperback
$71.15

""Fuzzy Traumas examines human-animal relationships in contemporary Japanese literature. Covering euthanasia, guide...  Read More >>

A Just Future: Getting from Diversity and Inclusion to Equity and Justice in Higher Education

A Just Future: Getting from Diversity and Inclusion...

Author: Nimisha Barton
ISBN: 9781501775406
Format: Paperback
$71.15

""This book traces the evolution of historically white colleges and universities and highlights histories of race-based...  Read More >>

Capitalism in the Colonies: African Merchants in Lagos, 1851–1931

Capitalism in the Colonies: African Merchants in Lagos,...

Author: A. G. Hopkins
ISBN: 9780691258843
Format: Hardback
$89.99

""A look into the Golden Age of African merchants at the end of the nineteenth century, through case studies in...  Read More >>

Monstrous Fantasies: England's Crusading Imaginary and the Romance of Recovery, 1300-1500

Monstrous Fantasies: England's Crusading Imaginary and...

Author: Leila K. Norako
ISBN: 9781501776311
Format: Hardback
$158.27

Monstrous Fantasies asks why medieval romances reimagining the crusades ending in a Christian victory circulated...  Read More >>

Singing by Herself: Lonely Poets in the Long Eighteenth Century

Singing by Herself: Lonely Poets in the Long Eighteenth...

Author: Amelia Worsley
ISBN: 9781501776274
Format: Hardback
$123.95

""This book focuses on the lonely women of the long eighteenth century-both literary characters and poets themselves-who...  Read More >>

When Food Became Scarce: How Chinese Peasants Survived the Great Leap Forward Famine

When Food Became Scarce: How Chinese Peasants Survived...

Author: Yixin Chen
ISBN: 9781501776380
Format: Hardback
$150.35

""This book explains how lineage, a microlevel social mechanism that obliged villagers to support each other through...  Read More >>

A History of the Development of Alternatives to Animals in Research and Testing

A History of the Development of Alternatives to Animals...

Author: John Parascandola
ISBN: 9781612499635
Format: Paperback
$68.20

Growing public interest in animal welfare issues in recent decades has prompted increased attention to the efforts...  Read More >>

The Good Walk: Creating New Paths on Traditional Prairie Trails

The Good Walk: Creating New Paths on Traditional Prairie...

Author: Matthew R Anderson
ISBN: 9780889779655
Format: Paperback
$46.55

A motley group's long trek across the prairies, witnessing the land, reflecting on the past, and creating new paths...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Modern French Philosophy

The Oxford Handbook of Modern French Philosophy

Author: Daniel Whistler ,  Mark Sinclair
ISBN: 9780198841869
Format: Hardback
$277.95

France is famous for philosophy: this Handbook explores the riches and interest of this great intellectual tradition...  Read More >>

Ciao Ciao Bambino: A Magical Memoir

Ciao Ciao Bambino: A Magical Memoir

Author: Michael Head
ISBN: 9781788708012
Format: Hardback
$56.93

For over forty years, Michael Head has been creating inspirational music that is rooted in the streets of Liverpool....  Read More >>

Labour Law and the Person: An Agenda for Social Justice

Labour Law and the Person: An Agenda for Social Justice...

Author: Lisa Rodgers (University of Leicester)
ISBN: 9781529223163
Format: Hardback
$200.00

This book introduces an innovative approach to social justice for labour law centred on the concept of 'relational...  Read More >>

China’s National Innovation System: Industrial Policy, Funding Mechanisms and Foreign Investment

China’s National Innovation System: Industrial Policy,...

Author: Adrian Băzăvan
ISBN: 9789819732647
Format: Hardback
$343.17

China abruptly became the second largest economy and, at the same time, the second largest R&D spender in the world,...  Read More >>

Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue

Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue...

Author: Ginger Dunnill ,  Josie Lopez
ISBN: 9780826366948
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Celebrates ten years of Ginger Dunnill's Broken Boxes podcast....  Read More >>

Sustainable Development Across Pacific Islands: Lessons, Challenges, and Ways Forward

Sustainable Development Across Pacific Islands: Lessons,...

Author: Edoardo Monaco ,  Masato Abe
ISBN: 9789819736287
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This timely and ambitious volume - a product of close research collaboration with the United Nations Multi-Country...  Read More >>

Shaking In The Forest: Finding Light in the Darkness

Shaking In The Forest: Finding Light in the Darkness...

Author: Lori R Hodges
ISBN: 9798888244029
Format: Hardback
$63.23

What do you do when faced with trauma? Shaking in the Forest opens with a plane crash and ends with a life-threatening...  Read More >>

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