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Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HRG; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226618500
- ISBN
- 9780226618500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.29
€ 51.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. While focusing on the central problem of evil, the author illuminates every aspect of Hindu thought. She corrects the widespread belief that Hindu thought does not recognize the problem of evil, and shows conclusively that the mythology of tribal societies and the Puranas deal with this question extensively. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New e.
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520040984
- ISBN
- 9780520040984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.81
€ 41.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. Originally called `Asceticism and eroticism in the mythology of Siva'. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, plates, charts. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195202502
- ISBN
- 9780195202502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.22
€ 28.22
Paperback. This groundbreaking new Norton Anthology enables the six major, living, international world religions to speak to students in their own words. Editor(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393912579
- ISBN
- 9780393912579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.06
€ 43.99
€ 39.06
paperback. Presents seventy-five seminal myths which feature the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction, and the mischievous child Krishna, alongside stories of the minor gods, demons, rivers and animals including boars, buffalo, serpents and monkeys. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449907
- ISBN
- 9780140449907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.95
€ 12.99
€ 10.95
Hardback. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Updated with a new Preface
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156417
- ISBN
- 9780231156417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.19€ 78.05
€ 103.19
€ 78.05
Paperback. On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. In a series of 63 connected essays, it discusses Hindu concepts of polytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, non-violence, and much more. Num Pages: 682 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 682
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190455101
- ISBN
- 9780190455101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Paperback. Hindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled, this text recounts and compares a vast range of these tales from ancient Greece and India. The comparisons show that differences in gender are more significant than differences in culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDAG; HRG; JFC; JFHF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226156415
- ISBN
- 9780226156415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.94
€ 40.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions from one of the world's foremost scholars on Hinduism. Num Pages: 800 pages, 4 maps, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1252.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199593347
- ISBN
- 9780199593347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.92
€ 27.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo- European language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200 900 BC) is a collection of over 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprinted Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449891
- ISBN
- 9780140449891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Hardback. In The Ring of Truth, Wendy Doniger expertly unfolds the cultural and historical significance of rings and other kinds of circular jewelry through timeless stories taken from mythology, religious traditions, and literature. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 b/w Illus. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAX; JFCA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190267117
- ISBN
- 9780190267117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.30
€ 45.99
€ 45.30
Paperback. This book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780774823432
- ISBN
- 9780774823432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.90
€ 36.99
€ 36.90
Hardback. This book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823425
- ISBN
- 9780774823425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.67
€ 107.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 34 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JFS; JHMC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679829
- ISBN
- 9780816679829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Hardback. Follows the story of a large-scale development effort in central Mexico, and the grassroots efforts to stop it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTF; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803235106
- ISBN
- 9780803235106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.28
€ 35.28
Paperback. Through a combination of interviews with nurses, doctors, and chaplains across the United States and close observation of their daily routines, the author takes readers inside major academic medical institutions to explore how today's doctors and hospitals address prayer and other forms of religion and spirituality. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922119
- ISBN
- 9780226922119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226089003
- ISBN
- 9780226089003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
€ 32.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739149379
- ISBN
- 9780739149379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739149362
- ISBN
- 9780739149362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.93
€ 135.93
Paperback. Examining the operation of tolerance in contexts as different as the War on Terror, campaigns for gay rights, and the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance, this book traces the operation of tolerance in contemporary struggles over identity, citizenship, and civilization. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136219
- ISBN
- 9780691136219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92