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Haunted On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
ISBN: PB: 9780300239997, Yale University Press, October 2018
336 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 17 black&white illus.
An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for rev...
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£15,99
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Bedroom An Intimate History
ISBN: HB: 9780300167092, Yale University Press, October 2018
384 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm
The winner of France's prestigious Prix Femina Essai (2009), this imaginative and captivating book explores the many dimensions of the room in which we spend so much of our lives – the bedroom. Eminent cultural historian Michelle Perrot traces the ev...
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Seeing Green The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images
ISBN: PB: 9780226597614, ISBN: HB: 9780226169903, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 73 halftones
American environmentalism is defined by its icons: the "Crying Indian", who shed a tear in response to litter and pollution; the cooling towers of Three Mile Island, site of a notorious nuclear accident; the sorrowful spectacle of oil-soaked wildlife...
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£32,00
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Technology Critical History of a Concept
ISBN: PB: 9780226583976, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 line drawings
In modern life, technology is everywhere. Yet as a concept, technology is a mess. In popular discourse, technology is little more than the latest digital innovations. Scholars do little better, offering up competing definitions that include everythin...
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£27,00
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Agents of Faith Votive Objects in Time and Place
ISBN: HB: 9780300222968, Yale University Press, September 2018
384 pp., 30.5x21.6 cm, 250 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.
Votive objects or ex-votos are a broad category of material artifacts produced with the intention of being offered as acts of faith. Common across historical periods, religions, and cultures, they are presented as tokens of gratitude for prayers answ...
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£55,00
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Witch A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
ISBN: PB: 9780300238679, Yale University Press, September 2018
376 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.
<p>The witch came to prominence – and often a painful death – in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient worl...
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£11,99
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Orphans A History
ISBN: HB: 9781849049429, Hurst Publishers, August 2018
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Orphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion – but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes behind this maltreatment are rooted in ideas that those without parents are disruptive, mal...
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Male Order Manning Up in the Modern World
ISBN: HB: 9781742579610, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, July 2018
160 pp., 29x15 cm, colour illus.
Being a man, right now, is not only tricky but curious. In fact, men seem to be in the midst of a 21st century quandary regarding identity – too hard; too soft. Too emotional; too far removed from feelings. An acerbic and extremely honest portrait o...
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Fabulous The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric
ISBN: HB: 9780300204704, Yale University Press, June 2018
280 pp., 21x14 cm, 21 colour illus., 6 black&white illus.
Prince once told us not to hate him 'cause he's fabulous. But what does it mean to be fabulous? Is fabulous style only about labels, narcissism, and selfies – looking good and feeling gorgeous? Or can acts of fabulousness be political gestures, too?...
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Randomistas How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World
ISBN: HB: 9780300236125, Yale University Press, May 2018
288 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm
Experiments have consistently been used in the hard sciences, but in recent decades social scientists have adopted the practice. Randomized trials have been used to design policies to increase educational attainment, lower crime rates, elevate employ...
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