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hardcover. What took place in Auschwitz revokes what Adorno termed the "Western legacy of positivity", the innermost substance of traditional philosophy. This text anatomizes the range of Adorno's concerns, including sections such as "Art, Memory of Suffering", and "Damaged Life". Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Livingstone, Rodney. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731430
ISBN
9780804731430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.35

Hardback. Adonis' influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T.S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch attacks on despotism across the Arab world. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JJ; 3JM; GTJ; HBTB; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509511907
ISBN
9781509511907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. Born out of expansion in 1962, the New York Mets have more than filled the void left by the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.Amazing Mets Trivia: From Stengal to Piazza tests the memories of Mets fans of all ages with hundreds of questions and facts about Mets players, coaches, managers, and others. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589790353
ISBN
9781589790353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.92

Paperback. Brings history, politics, and research to the author's study of four resettlement communities, including refugee centers in Palawan and Bataan, the early refugee community in New Jersey, and the largest of all Vietnamese communities Little Saigon, in southern California's Orange County. This title looks at diasporic Vietnamese in each location. Num Pages: 218 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 3 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD; JFFN; JHBT; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396868
ISBN
9781566396868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow of civilisation. Num Pages: 592 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007282777
ISBN
9780007282777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.60

hardcover. "An earlier version of this work was published in Hebrew under the title Kesef, koaoh, ove-hashpaah." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798440
ISBN
9780804798440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.95

Hardback. This book traces the evolution of Orthodox Judaism's approach to its nonpracticing brethren, shedding new light on the emergence of Orthodoxy as a specific movement within modern Jewish society. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238655
ISBN
9780812238655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Hardcover. After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368125
ISBN
9780674368125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Hardcover. The Choice of the Jews under Vichy is written from the joint perspective of a historian and a participant in the events he describes. An organizer of the communist faction of the Jewish resistance in France, Rayski buttresses his analysis of war-era archival materials with his own personal testimony. Translator(s): Sayers, Will. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040215
ISBN
9780268040215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. Translator(s): Sayers, Will. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040611
ISBN
9780268040611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. The story of Wildflecken through the eyes of very different groups Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006776
ISBN
9780253006776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families - from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his chosen cast illuminate the grand events of history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007335503
ISBN
9780007335503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 832 pages, 14 photographs, 11maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774831086
ISBN
9780774831086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at "Barricada", the official daily newspaper of the Sandinista Front in the 1980s. Even during the period of the Nicaraguan Revolution, a more professional agenda also motivated the journalists and editors of this party-run paper. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTV; JPWQ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 585. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802230
ISBN
9780896802230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788323336310
ISBN
9788323336310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 48.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608463251
ISBN
9781608463251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

Hardback. The fascinating story of how the Spanish have transformed English football over the last eighty years Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL4; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471157134
ISBN
9781471157134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.84

Hardback. The Civil War revealed what united as well as what divided Americans in the nineteenth century - not only in its deadly military conflict, but also in the broader battle of ideas, dueling moral systems, and competing national visions that preceded and followed. This title reveals a city at the heart of the cultural civil war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052888
ISBN
9780674052888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.48

paperback. A collection of essays that contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of post colonial theory. It is suitable for an interdisciplinary arena of scholarship on colonial and post colonial discourse, history, anthropology, philosophy, political science, psychoanalysis, and literary criticism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, 22 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. 274 pages, 24 line illustrations. A collection of essays that contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of post colonial theory. It is suitable for an interdisciplinary arena of scholarship on colonial and post colonial discourse, history, anthropology, philosophy, political science, psychoanalysis, and literary criticism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
274
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204355
ISBN
9780520204355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Mackintosh-Smith, Tim. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSN; 3F; DQ; HBTM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556. .
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479830596
ISBN
9781479830596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297433
ISBN
9789652297433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. Surveys Jewish life from the colonial period and the early Republic through the decades of mass immigration and beyond. This work discusses the evolution of the modern Jewish community and religious organizations in the United States. It addresses the economic and political opportunities not afforded Jews in the Old World. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568219592
ISBN
9781568219592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.72

Presents a study of how the Jewish community of Breslau - the third largest and one of the most affluent in Germany - coped with Nazi persecution. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755184
ISBN
9780804755184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. This is a concise history of the Revolution of 1905, a critical juncture in the history of Russia when several possible paths were opened up for the country. This book by a leading scholar in the field explores the event and its ramifications for the political future of Russia. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750288
ISBN
9780804750288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

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