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Hardback. This book follows the lives and careers of two Jewish boxers, Max Baer and Barney Ross. Fighting in the 1920s and 1930s when anti-Semitism was rampant, American Jews found symbols of strength and courage in these two world champions. This book provides a vivid picture of Baer and Ross as they fought opponents in the ring and prejudice outside it. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BGS; HBT; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442269323
- ISBN
- 9781442269323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.49
€ 58.49
"Lofty dreams and harsh realities clash on the Texas frontier" Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896727823
- ISBN
- 9780896727823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.80
€ 41.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. Do religious arguments have a public role in the post-9/11 world? Can we hold democracy together despite fractures over moral issues? Are there moral limits on the struggle against terror? Drawing inspiration from Whitman, Dewey, and Ellison, this book aims to sketch the proper role of religious discourse in a democracy. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRLP5; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123820
- ISBN
- 9780691123820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Hardback. Focusing predominantly on the period between April 1706 and January 1707, the book examines the attitudes and reactions of Presbyterians to the treaty and challenges many of the widely held assumptions about the role of the church and other groups during the debate. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 1DBKW; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC93; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625055
- ISBN
- 9780748625055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.13€ 101.60
€ 106.13
€ 101.60
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033344
- ISBN
- 9780674033344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.87
€ 49.99
€ 41.87
Hardcover. Seeking an answer to why the event occurred the way that it did,The Polynesian Iconoclasm explores the 10 years in the early 19th century during which inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii & 15 related societies destroyed or desecrated their temples & god-images. In the aftermath, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches were constructed. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1MKP; 3JH; HRAX; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384137
- ISBN
- 9781782384137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.64
€ 151.64
paperback. Taking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a "Hebraic" writer, this book probes the limits of the relationship between Milton and his Jewish antecedents. It shows how Milton's text can inform a more nuanced reading of midrash just as midrash can offer new insights into "Paradise Lost". Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HRAX; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123297
- ISBN
- 9780231123297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Discusses how media technology impacts the Jewish experience. This title explores mid-twentieth-century ecumenical radio and television broadcasting, video documentation of life cycle rituals, and museum displays and tourist practices as means for engaging the Holocaust as a moral touchstone. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740682
- ISBN
- 9780814740682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 2. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801019470
- ISBN
- 9780801019470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.51
€ 22.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GB; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761816874
- ISBN
- 9780761816874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.41
€ 71.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761816867
- ISBN
- 9780761816867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.16
€ 110.16
Hardback. Series: Prehistory Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages, 46 b/w figs, 44 tbs, 1 col & 29 b/w pls. BIC Classification: HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931534086
- ISBN
- 9781931534086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.74
€ 116.74
Hardback. Series: Prehistory Monographs. Num Pages: 337 pages, 4 col & 83 b/w figs, 36 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931534062
- ISBN
- 9781931534062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.74
€ 116.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 402 pages, 7 tables, 142 b/w figs, 57 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931534239
- ISBN
- 9781931534239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.76
€ 121.76
Hardback. This study of caregiving during WW I looks anew at life behind the lines for ordinary British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069741
- ISBN
- 9780719069741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.93
€ 145.93
Hardcover. Development, Learning, and Community uses data drawn from a study of pluralistic Jewish high schools to illustrate the complex and often challenging interplay between the cognitive and socio-affective elements of education. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235308
- ISBN
- 9781936235308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.52
€ 100.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702792
- ISBN
- 9781501702792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813572376
- ISBN
- 9780813572376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; HRAX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479801169
- ISBN
- 9781479801169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth). Editor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey S. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey; Konstan, David; Rosen, Ralph M.; Rusten, Jeffrey S.; Slater, Niall W. Num Pages: 816 pages, 43, 42 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421186
- ISBN
- 9781421421186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.71€ 46.84
€ 50.71
€ 46.84