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Paperback. Preference falsification is the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures. This book argues that it has social and political consequences, and explores how it shapes collective decisions, orients structural change, sustains social stability, distorts human knowledge. Num Pages: 448 pages, 17 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JH; JMH; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674707580
- ISBN
- 9780674707580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.44
€ 46.99
€ 38.44
Paperback. Pindar's metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for this volume of essays on the history and archaeology of the area. The Isthmus, best known for the panhellenic sanctuary of Poseidon, attracted travelers both before and after Pausanias's visit in the 2nd century A.D., b Editor(s): Gebhard, Elizabeth; Rotroff, Susan I.; Gregory, Timothy E. Num Pages: 400 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876615485
- ISBN
- 9780876615485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.66
€ 96.66
paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- P&R Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596381315
- ISBN
- 9781596381315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.04
€ 18.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Joan of Arc, born in Domremy in France in 1412, began to hear voices and, believing they were directives from God, followed them - to the French court, to battle to wrest France from the English in the Hundred Years War, and to defeat and capture. This book provides an account of her life. It also focuses on Joan's history. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750943420
- ISBN
- 9780750943420
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Timothy Williamson gives an original and provocative treatment of deep metaphysical questions about existence, contingency, and change, using the latest resources of quantified modal logic. Contrary to the widespread assumption that logic and metaphysics are disjoint, he argues that modal logic provides a structural core for metaphysics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709435
- ISBN
- 9780198709435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.49
€ 52.49
Hardback. The second volume in the Blackwell Brown Lectures in Philosophy , this volume offers an original and provocative take on the nature and methodology of philosophy. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405133975
- ISBN
- 9781405133975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.55
€ 104.55
Paperback. Identity and Discrimination, originally published in 1990 and the first book by respected philosopher Timothy Williamson, is now reissued and updated with the inclusion of significant new material. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- Reissued and Updated Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118432594
- ISBN
- 9781118432594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.32
€ 34.32
Paperback. When did Rembrandt get old? Such questions eventually lead us to the problem of vagueness. Williamson traces its history, questions conventional theories and defends the realist view that vagueness is a kind of ignorance. Series: Problems of Philosophy. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415139809
- ISBN
- 9780415139809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. Presents a systematic conception of knowledge as a kind of mental state. This book looks at philosophical problems such as: scepticism, evidence, probability and assertion, realism and anti-realism, and the limits of what can be known. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199256563
- ISBN
- 9780199256563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.25
€ 38.25
Paperback. Four people with radically different views meet on a train and talk about what they believe. Each starts off convinced that he or she is right; then doubts creep in. Timothy Williamson uses a fictional conversation to explore the philosophical debate over whether one point of view can be right and the other wrong. He invites the reader to decide. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198777175
- ISBN
- 9780198777175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.18
€ 13.99
€ 11.18
Paperback. An intriguing account of Canada's role as a Pacific power during the crisis that led to war with Japan. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774821223
- ISBN
- 9780774821223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.12
€ 40.99
€ 40.12
Paperback. Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among western Christians, and the author believes that an understanding of its standpoint is necessary before the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches can be reunited. This book explains the Orthodox views on such widely ranging matters as Ecumenical Councils, Sacraments, and more. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141980638
- ISBN
- 9780141980638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Hardback. The first joint biography of President and Mrs. Hoover by scholars who have conducted extensive research into their lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275979966
- ISBN
- 9780275979966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 89.48
€ 99.96
€ 89.48
Paperback. He was, of course, a man better known for burning books than collecting them and yet by the time he died, aged 56, Adolf Hitler owned an estimated 16,000 volumes - the works of historians, philosophers, poets, playwrights and novelists. This title provides a view of Hitler's evolution and offers insights into his emotional and intellectual world. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532170
- ISBN
- 9780099532170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Hardback. A collection of ten seminal essays by Tim Mason on the history of National Socialism in Germany. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane. Num Pages: 372 pages, bibliographies, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521432122
- ISBN
- 9780521432122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 83.38
€ 99.96
€ 83.38
hardcover. In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population. This book offers an inquiry that explores the options that presented themselves to Ireland's younger generations, taking into account household structure, inheritance, religion, and especially emigration. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSF; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691043074
- ISBN
- 9780691043074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.99€ 100.49
€ 119.99
€ 100.49
Paperback. The description for this book, The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914, will be forthcoming. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 356 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628141
- ISBN
- 9780691628141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.45€ 44.47
€ 56.45
€ 44.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739134184
- ISBN
- 9780739134184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.96
€ 135.96
Hardcover. Brief overview of Mycenaean, 'Dark Age' and Archaic period before more detailed year-by-year coverage from the ancient historical sources. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473834286
- ISBN
- 9781473834286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.11
€ 40.99
€ 35.11
Paperback. A major re-examination of an important period in British history Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262. 232 pages, 15 Illustrations. A major re-examination of an important period in British history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Dimension: 128 x 200 x 14. Weight: 228.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445608976
- ISBN
- 9781445608976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42