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hardcover. This ambitious book probes our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have imagined were worth living. Bellah's theory goes deep into cultural and genetic evolution to identify a range of capacities (communal dancing, storytelling, theorizing) whose emergence made religious development possible in the first millennium BCE. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRAX; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 170 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1068. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034505
ISBN
9780674061439
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. C. D. C. Reeve develops a powerful new account of the age-old argument over whether the just are happier than the unjust, drawing from a new understanding of Plato's conception of philosophy. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
OUP USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034511
ISBN
9780199934430
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. A biography of Henry Stubbe, 1632-76, classicist, polemicist, physician and philosopher. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 228 x 152. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034514
ISBN
9780521248761
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment, Bodies of Thought provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period, and challenges influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034546
ISBN
9780199236190
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. In this gem of a book, Natalie Zemon Davis explores the role of gifts in Renaissance France. From the King's bounty to the beggar's alms, from the lavish feasting and display of civic dignitaries to the humble tokens exchanged by peasant bride and groom, the giving and receiving of gifts - then, as now - held tremendous significance. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 180 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034552
ISBN
9780199242887
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. This book is the first documentation of Hottinger's Arabic and Islamic studies. It includes a biographical account of Hottinger, studies of his activities as a bibliographer of Arabic texts, as teacher of the Arabic language, as student of the history of Islam, and as a Protestant who used his work to engage in anti-Catholic polemics. Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJF; JFCX; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034553
ISBN
9780199682140
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Mary Louise Gill presents a bold new explanation of the fact that the dialogue which Plato promised to write on the Philosopher, complementing the Sophist and the Statesman, is missing. Gill argues that he left it unwritten in order to stimulate his readers and encourage them to work out, for themselves, the portrait it would have contained. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HP; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034557
ISBN
9780199606184
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. A re-examination of the case of Johann Reuchlin, one of the best-known controversies of the 16th century. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLH; HPCB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 410. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034608
ISBN
9780802084842
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 114. Weight in Grams: 806. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034612
ISBN
9780907845607
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. In the first major study of the Protestant Loyalist Orange Order, Dominic Bryan provides a detailed ethnographic and historical study of Orange Order parades. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFS; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034618
ISBN
9780745314136
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Written by one of the outstanding historians of modern Ireland, The Hidden Famine examines the impact of Ireland's Great Famine on the city of Belfast. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps/ 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034620
ISBN
9780745313719
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. This book examines the influences on the reception of Darwinism in the nineteenth- early twentieth-century. Editor(s): Numbers, Ronald L.; Stenhouse, John. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HR; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034628
ISBN
9780521011051
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. The Thirty Years' War (1618-48) is a central episode in early modern history. This revised edition of Geoffrey Parker's text incorporates the latest research whilst retaining the coverage of the first edition. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034629
ISBN
9780415128834
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. This volume brings postmodern writings on vision and embodiment into dialogue with medieval texts and images: an interdisciplinary strategy that illuminates and complicates both cultures. This should be a useful reference work for anyone interested in the history and theory of visuality. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ABA; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 507. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034662
ISBN
9780333961209
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton's science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. This study challenges the claim that Isaac Newton's solitary genius is the reason for his iconic status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 928. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034687
ISBN
9780226749457
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034743
ISBN
9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Explores the nineteenth-century foundations of medieval studies as an academic discipline as well as certain unexamined contemporary consequences of these origins. This title exposes the presuppositions of the field of medieval studies and significantly shifts the objects of its historical inquiry. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034760
ISBN
9780822321996
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Hardcover. Africa.130 pp. Lacking DJ. A nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Longmans
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1947
SKU
KNW0001126
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Foreign Affairs
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0003175
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 17.95

Hardcover. 8vo A good copy History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bashir Ahmed & Sons
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1950
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
SKU
KEX0269982
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FCS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJF; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652863
ISBN
9780691652863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Ibler, Reinhard. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HPN. Dimension: 151 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838209524
ISBN
9783838209524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.73

Hardcover. 168pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
David & Charles
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
SKU
KEX0192215
ISBN
9780715360682
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. "vii, 260 p. 22 cm. Publishers cloth. Fresh copy. Faint discolouring to boards due to water. Clean but worn and torn dw." Keywords: "World War, 1939-1945. , World War, 1939-1945"
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
P.S. King and Staples
Publication date
1945
SKU
KEX0030953
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

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