History
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History
paperback. In this engrossing account, footnotes to history give way to footnotes as history, recounting in their subtle way the curious story of the progress of knowledge in written form. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 281. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032531
- ISBN
- 9780674307605
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paperback. * written by one of the world's leading anthropologists; * fills the gap for an accessible comparative study of the history of capitalism; * examines the causes and nature of the West's position of economic advantage; * challenges assumptions about long--term European supremacy of a culturala kind. . Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBG; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032532
- ISBN
- 9780745631912
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hardcover. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032561
- ISBN
- 9780231110204
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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Philosophy, Science, and Religion in England 1640–1700
(Edited By Richard Kroll, Richard Ashcraft, A...
hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection of essays looks at the distinctively English intellectual, social and political phenomenon of Latitudinarianism. Editor(s): Kroll, Richard; Ashcraft, Richard; Zagorin, Perez. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 620. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032565
- ISBN
- 9780521410953
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. The unifying theme of this book, as its title indicates, is the relationship between science and society. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Weight in Grams: 369. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032585
- ISBN
- 9780521083751
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hardcover. By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honoured conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; HPCA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032620
- ISBN
- 9780333747117
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hardcover. Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), better known as Paracelsus, was a physician, natural magician and commentator on the social and religious issues of his day. This work considers Paracelsus' life and works, and explores his advocacy for total reform of the clerical, legal, and medical professions. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPCB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032638
- ISBN
- 9780300139112
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hardcover. A distinctive history of the traditions of reading and life in the Renaissance library, as seen in the texts of Renaissance intellectuals Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures. Num Pages: 264 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032639
- ISBN
- 9780472106264
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. The author of this work argues that if Harold Wilson's government in the late Sixties has pursued a different policy the province might have been spared The Troubles. Wilson had promised the Catholics that they would be granted their civil rights. However, new evidence suggests other areas. Series: Contemporary History in Context. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032643
- ISBN
- 9780333753460
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Based on research into public and private papers, this biography offers an interpretation both of the significance of Nasir al-Din Shah and the way in which the Iranian monarchy withstood and adjusted to the challenges of modern times. Num Pages: 288 pages, line drawings, halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; BGH; BGR; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTG; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris Publishers London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032660
- ISBN
- 9781860640971
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€ 5.91
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hardcover. This book focuses on the political thought of late eighteenth-century Britain, discussing the crisis of the early modern state provoked by the American revolution and setting it in its European context. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 488 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KB; HBJD1; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 788. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032661
- ISBN
- 9780521442596
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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Finding Order in Nature: The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. ...
Paul Lawrence Lawrence Farber
paperback. Many naturalists are drawn, consequently, to deeper philosophical and ethical issues: What is the extent of our ability to understand nature? And, understanding nature, will we be able to preserve it? Naturalists question the meaning of the order they discover and ponder our moral responsibility for it."-from the Introduction Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 152 pages, 22, 15 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; PDR; PDX; WNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032698
- ISBN
- 9780801863905
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€ 5.91
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paperback. This work describes how four major American thinkers practiced philosophy non-reductively by incorporating the arts and other human activities. It analyzes Peirce, Dewey, Santayana and Buchler, showing how the importance they placed on the human can cure what is missing from recent philosophy. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032731
- ISBN
- 9780847683109
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€ 5.91
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paperback. These essays illustrate trends in witchcraft research and in cultural history in general. Social analysis of witchcraft accusations has dominated the subject, but this study looks at its significance and meaning as a cultural phenomenon. Editor(s): Clark, Stuart. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032736
- ISBN
- 9780333793497
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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paperback. A history of technology from Graeco-Roman times to the twentieth century told through historical writings. Num Pages: 426 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 592. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032766
- ISBN
- 9780262610018
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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paperback. This new edition of Georges Dicker's commentary on Descartes's Meditations serves as an introduction to Descartes's philosophy for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his Meditations for advanced readers, and it incorporates much recent Descartes scholarship. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HPCD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Usa
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032782
- ISBN
- 9780195380323
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. An exploration of the roles of metamorphosis and hybridity in the establishment of personal identity, with particular emphasis on the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032790
- ISBN
- 9781890951221
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. In Florence in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, the essentially medieval values of the age of Dante were transformed into the intellectual attitudes characteristic of the early Renaissance. Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032794
- ISBN
- 9780521085175
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. This volume provides essays on the Laws, Plato's last dialogue and major work of political philosophy besides the Republic. Editor(s): Bobonich, Christopher. Series: Cambridge Critical Guides. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HPCA; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 546. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032829
- ISBN
- 9780521884631
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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paperback. A study of the political, economic and social themes that have shaped Ugandan history. The author also explores the successes, failures and prospects of the country's current government, and discusses the difficulties facing a nation divided by ethnic, religious and regional cleavages. Num Pages: 222 pages, 16 photographs, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; HBJH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Westview Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813337241
- ISBN
- 9780813337241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.21
€ 54.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781337101110
- ISBN
- 9781337101110
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Condition: New
€ 169.41
€ 169.41
paperback. A new history of the most fascinating city in the world. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845296117
- ISBN
- 9781845296117
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.02
€ 12.99
€ 6.02
paperback. A colourful and lavishly illustrated history (fifty years in the making) of the Mediterranean's largest and most turbulent island from much-loved historian John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848548978
- ISBN
- 9781848548978
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.02
€ 19.99
€ 6.02
paperback. How to fly the legendary fighter plane in combat using the manuals and instructions supplied by the RAF during the Second World War. Editor(s): Sarkar, Dilip. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848684362
- ISBN
- 9781848684362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 6.02
€ 11.99
€ 6.02