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Intimate Labors
Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 25.95This book advances debates over the relationship between care and economy through the concept of intimate labor?care, domestic, and sex work?and thus charts relations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and citizenship in the context of global economic transformations. more...
Mating Intelligence Unleashed
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 21.99Psychologists often paint a picture of human mating as visceral, instinctual. But that's not the whole story. In courtship and display, sexual competition and rivalry, we are also guided by what Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman call Mating Intelligence--a range of mental abilities that have evolved to help us find the right partner. Mating Intelligence... more...
The Vogue Factor
Melbourne University Publishing 2013; Not AvailableIn May 2012 Kirstie Clements was unceremoniously sacked after thirteen years in the editor?s chair at Vogue Australia. Here she tells the story behind the headlines, and takes us behind the scenes of a fast-changing industry.During a career at Vogue that spanned twenty-five years, Clements rubbed shoulders with Karl Lagerfeld, Kylie Minogue, Ian Thorpe,... more...
The Book of Tea
The Floating Press 1906; US$ 7.99The Book of Tea discusses the impact of "Teaism" on all aspects of Japanese culture and life. Kakuzo elaborates on the relationship between tea ceremony and Zen and Taoism. He also talks about the tea masters and their contribution to the tea ceremony. Kakuzo spoke English from an early age, and so was able to make his writings accessible... more...
Good Funeral Guide
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 22.95The Good Funeral Guide is the first ever independent consumer guide to the funeral industry. It is for anyone who: - needs to arrange a funeral for someone now - has sick or elderly relatives or friends and knows that a funeral is imminent - wants to find a good funeral director and have some say in the funeral itself -... more...
Europäische Esskultur
Campus Verlag 2005; US$ 19.83Hauptbeschreibung Warum essen wir heute mit Messer und Gabel oder auch wieder aus der Hand? Warum schmeckt das Fleisch des Schweines gut, während uns vor dem des Hundes ekelt? Wer die Ernährungskultur der Gegenwart und damit auch sein eigenes Essverhalten verstehen will, der muss einen Blick in die Vergangenheit werfen. Dabei wird er nicht nur Antworten... more...
Embodied Food Politics
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95Drawing on a variety of case studies, this book explores the interrelationship between physical connections to and knowledge of food. This book inserts into the food literature living, feeling, sensing bodies and will be of interest to food scholars as well as those more generally interested in the phenomenon known as embodied realism. more...
Christmas Book
Michael O' Mara Books 2010; US$ 7.99A guide to surviving and making the most of the holiday season. This work includes: Christmas games for the family; hints and tips on Christmas food; present and card advice; yuletide stories, carols and poems; and tips on coping with tricky relations and bad presents. more...









