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Hardback. Focuses on Rome's historic Monti district and the wrenching dislocation caused by rapid economic, political, and social change. This book tells the story of the gentrification of Monti - once the architectural home of a community of artisans and shopkeepers now displaced by an invasion of rapacious real estate speculators, and corrupt officials. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226329116
- ISBN
- 9780226329116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 78.58
€ 94.08
€ 78.58
Paperback. Describes what happens when a bureaucracy charged with historic conservation clashes with a local populace hostile to the state and suspicious of tourism. Focusing on the Cretan town of Rethemnos, once a center of learning under Venetian rule and later inhabited by the Turks, this book examines questions confronting conservators and citizens. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691028552
- ISBN
- 9780691028552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 46.84
€ 58.80
€ 46.84
Num Pages: 256 pages, 750+ color photos. BIC Classification: HBT; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 288 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1602.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325748
- ISBN
- 9780764325748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.26€ 54.04
€ 75.26
€ 54.04
Paperback. Explores the fiercely independent life of an extraordinary woman. Marie Equi is a finely written, rigorously researched account of a woman of consequence, who one fellow-activist considered "the most interesting woman that ever lived in this state, certainly the most fascinating, colorful, and flamboyant." Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870715952
- ISBN
- 9780870715952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.17
€ 25.99
€ 24.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 37. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Lexham Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577995562
- ISBN
- 9781577995562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.60
€ 33.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. With bursting congregations, shrinking ranks and a priest sexual abuse scandal in the headlines, no group seems more beleaguered of late than Roman Catholic priests. This book of essays by a priest is candid, thoughtful, honest, sometimes funny and filled with hope and practical suggestions for parish priests today. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809142705
- ISBN
- 9780809142705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.98
€ 15.99
€ 15.98
Hardcover. Looks at the colonization of Muslim subjects during the early years of American rule in the southern Philippines. This book argues that the ethnological discovery, organization, and colonial engineering of Moros was highly contingent on developing notions of time, history, and evolution, which ultimately superseded simplistic notions about race. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804590
- ISBN
- 9780875804590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 47.72
€ 50.99
€ 47.72
Paperback. Examining the life reform movements of early 20th century Germans, and the obsession with perfect health and beauty, Micahel Hau demonstrates why so many people were drawn to aesthetic ideals and their impact on German society and medicine. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226319766
- ISBN
- 9780226319766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. Six rollercoaster weeks that brought down America's top general by the ROLLING STONE journalist who broke the story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753829387
- ISBN
- 9780753829387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.89
€ 14.99
€ 11.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 735 pages, over 550 color & b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 238 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2854.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325298
- ISBN
- 9780764325298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.84€ 65.25
€ 85.84
€ 65.25
Paperback. The battle is followed on a minute by minute basis to give a vivid impression of the problems of command Num Pages: 192 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBWN; JWLF; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473834095
- ISBN
- 9781473834095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.35
€ 17.99
€ 14.35
Paperback. Drawing on scenarios from around the globe and elucidating the themes that unite them, this title focus on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS; JPA; JPHC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060289
- ISBN
- 9780674060289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.92
€ 35.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. Examines why the Church of England is a crisis. This work describes a church irreconcilably divided between liberals and evangelicals, shackled by tradition and with little resonance for the laity of modern Britain. It locates the roots of its demise in its history, from the reformation to the ordination of women and beyond. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862078918
- ISBN
- 9781862078918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.08
€ 17.99
€ 13.08
Hardback. Striving for a happy, perfect life is as old as mankind. Can one achieve such a goal at all? Can there be a universally applicable theory about happiness? In this original and thought-provoking book philosopher Michael Hampe sets out to find some answers. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857894038
- ISBN
- 9780857894038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Hardback. The Big Show looks at the role played by cinema in British cultural life during World War One. Hammond shows how the British film industry and British audiences responded to the traumatic effects of the War, and contends that the War's significant effect was to expedite the cultural acceptance of cinema into the fabric of British social life. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 316 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; APFA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897587
- ISBN
- 9780859897587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.38
€ 144.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684517
- ISBN
- 9781846684517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCG1; HRCG3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684531
- ISBN
- 9781846684531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.32
€ 17.99
€ 13.32
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3D; 3F; HBLC1; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635620
- ISBN
- 9780691635620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.50
€ 145.50
Paperback. Michael H. McCarthy has carefully studied the writings of Bernard Lonergan (Canadian philosopher-theologian, 1904-1984) for over fifty years. In Authenticity as Self-Transcendence, he presents four new essays, designed to show Lonergan's exceptional relevance to the cultural situation of late modernity. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035372
- ISBN
- 9780268035372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.72
€ 50.99
€ 46.72
hardcover. How does creativity thrive in the face of fascism? How can an artistic individual function professionally in so threatening a climate? This text provides a detailed study of the often interrelated careers of eight outstanding German composers who lived and worked amid the Third Reich. Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise very good-like new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032035
- ISBN
- 9780195099249
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23