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Waves Of Prosperity: India, China And The West - How Global Trade Transformed The World

Greg Clydesdale · 2016

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Robinson 2016 Paperback 432 When the Genoese merchant, Marco Polo, first arrived in Dynastic China he was faced with a society far advanced of anything he had encountered in Europe. The ports were filled with commodities from all over the eastern world, while new technology wa...

Megathreats: The Ten Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How To Survive Them

Nouriel Roubini · 2022

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

John Murray Publishers 2022 Paperback 312 "Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed "Dr. Doom," until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Recession came true--when it was too late. Now he is back with a much scarier prediction, one that we ignore at our...

Body Intelligence Meditation: Finding Presence Through Embodiment

Ged Sumner · 2014

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,954)

Singing Dragon 2014 Softcover 168 An introduction to an innovative form of meditation through deep felt connection with body structure and physiology. The book provides a series of exercises to attain felt sense awareness, helping practitioners tune in to their physical body a...

The End Of The Novel Of Love

Vivian Gornick · 1999

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Virago Press 1999 Paperback 165 In these essays Vivian Gornick examines a century of novels in which authors have portrayed women who challenge the desire to be swept away by passion. She concludes that love as a metaphor for the making of literature is no longer apt for today...

Enlightenment Against Empire

Sankar Muthu · 2003

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Princeton University Press 2003 Softcover 368 In the late eighteenth century, an array of European political thinkers attacked the very foundations of imperialism, arguing passionately that empire-building was not only unworkable, costly, and dangerous, but manifestly unjust. ...

Woman And Labour

Olive Schreiner · 1923

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,954)

T. Fisher Unwin 1923 Hardback 283 Explore the profound insights of Olive Schreiner’s Woman and Labour, a pioneering work that delves into the evolving role of women in society and the challenges they face in the struggle for equality. This seminal text offers a powerful analys...

Invisible Women: The Schooling Scandal

Spender, Dale · 1982

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative 1982 Paperback 180 Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179). There's nothing new about sexism -- Off the record -- Setting up the system -- Make trouble -- get results! -- Teacher's pet -- Girls -- being negative for boys -...

Learning To Lose: Sexism And Education

Elizabeth Sarah and Dale Spender · 1988

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Women's Press (UK) 1988 Paperback 240 Owner's Name inside. Good

Roderick Deane: His Life And Times

Judith Bassett and Michael Bassett · 2006

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

Penguin Group (NZ) 2006 Hardback 287 Roderick Deane is one of the most important figures in recent economic and political history. The New Zealand Herald once called him 'the godfather of New Zealand commerce'. In the past twenty years perhaps only Roger Douglas has played a b...

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey · 1998

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

The Business Library 1998 Paperback 340 Owner's Name inside. Some tanning to page edges. Good

The Chinese Tao Of Business: The Logic Of Successful Business Strategy

George T. Haley and Usha C. V. Haley and Chin Tiong Tan · 2004

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

John Wiley & Sons 2004 Paperback 357 Drawing on in-depth research with top executives of successful Chinese and Western companies, this book provides a road map for profitable business strategies in our interconnected economy. In the process, the authors describe and examine b...

The Honey Suckers

Victoria McHalick · 2001

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Flamingo 2001 Paperback 203 Good

The Histories

Herodotus · 1996

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Penguin 1996 Paperback 622 Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction and Notes by John M. Marincola. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Clas...

The Negotiation Of The Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement, 1983

Pamela Andre and John Mills and Stephen Payton · 2003

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2003 Paperback 746 "This volume of documents was prepared to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement of 1983" -- Dustjacket flap. Heavy. Spine sunned. Very Good

Mothers And Working Mothers

Jan Harper and Lyn Richards · 1979

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Pelican 1979 Paperback 320 Factors surrounding the work home interface - choices, attitudes and pressures are examined. Choices are based on a number of pushes and pulls, the most concrete being financial need and a preference for personal child care. Personal growth through w...

The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, And, Through The Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll · 2001

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Penguin 2001 Paperback 334 This work combines the notes of Gardner's 1960 edition with his 1990 update, as well as additional discoveries drawn from Gardner's knowledge of the texts. It is illustrated with John Tenniel's classic art and recently discovered pencil sketches. Fox...

Dracula

Bram Stoker · 1993

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Penguin 1993 Paperback 520 Told in journal fragments that cannot provide any reliable perspective, Dracula is at the same time Romantic and modern. It unfolds the story of a Transylvanian Don Juan, the aristocratic vampire Count Dracula, who preys on damsels, and of the missio...

Beyond The Fragments: Feminism And The Making Of Socialism

Sheila Rowbotham and Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright · 1981

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Merlin Press 1981 Paperback 254 "This is the most sustained argument for a reappraisal on the left of all its traditions that has yet come out of the women's movement in Britain. It is written by three women who have been active in both feminist and socialist politics. Whether...

The Past Is Before Us: Feminism In Action Since The 1960S

Sheila Rowbotham · 1990

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Penguin 1990 Paperback 358 Offering a new perspective on the history of the ideas of the women's movement, Rowbotham traces the actions of women who campaigned for better housing, childcare and working conditions as well as the miners' wives, black women and nurses who campaig...

A New World For Women: Stella Browne, Socialist Feminist

Sheila Rowbotham · 1977

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

PLUTO PRESS 1977 Paperback 128 Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes the text of Stella Browne's papers, 'The sexual variety and variability among women' and 'The right to abortion'. Legacy 2017. Small stains to front cover; ex Women's Resource Centre Library...