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What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how? In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that there is more than one kind of virtue. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649542
- ISBN
- 9780745649542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. The author examines such issues as black suffrage, disengranchisement, taxation, westward migration, lynching and civil rights to detect the trajectory of Northern disenchantment with Reconstruction. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013667
- ISBN
- 9780674013667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. The story of Reconstruction is about how a middle class formed in America and how its members defined what the nation would stand for, both at home and abroad. Presenting the history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, this book provides an understanding of the Reconstruction. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 b&w illustrations + 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300136302
- ISBN
- 9780300136302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.70
€ 41.70
Hardcover. During the American Civil War the Republican party attempted to construct the world's most powerful and socially advanced nation. This book rejects the assumption of wartime legislation as piecemeal reactions, and argues that they engineered laws to promote their own theory of political economy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674362130
- ISBN
- 9780674362130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.08
€ 96.08
Hardcover. During the Heian period, the sacred mountain Kinpusen came to cultural prominence as a pilgrimage site for the most powerful men in Japan, but these journeys also had political implications. Using a myriad of sources, Heather Blair sheds new light on Kinpusen, positioning it within the broader religious and political history of the Heian period. Num Pages: 361 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAM2; HRKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504271
- ISBN
- 9780674504271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Hardback. What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how? In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that there is more than one kind of virtue. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745649535
- ISBN
- 9780745649535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.24
€ 61.24
Paperback. Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic presents a series of essays by leading ethicists and epistemologists who offer the latest thinking on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion. Editor(s): Battaly, Heather D. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444335620
- ISBN
- 9781444335620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.71
€ 34.71
Hardcover. In the late 1910s, Henry Ford relocated his industry to a Detroit suburb called Dearborn. Due to the high wages he paid, this became the first place in the nation where the modern "American dream" was realized: it was here that the ordinary person could own a house and a car. Num Pages: 230 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804903
- ISBN
- 9780875804903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.85
€ 174.85
Paperback. What happens when life doesn't turn out like you planned? Mother of three adopted children---two with Down syndrome---Heather Avis learned that it's truly the lucky few that recognize God's plan is best, even when it is radically different from the plan we have ourselves. Your life may be uncomfortable and messy but you can be among the lucky few. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCV4; HRCV9; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310345466
- ISBN
- 9780310345466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.77
€ 17.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. Patchwork quilts are hugely evocative emblems of our domestic past. With no two quite the same, each example hints both at the story of the particular household in which it was produced and at a larger piece of social history. This book offers an introduction to an important aspect of British domestic history. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 10 b/w; 60 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFWH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747812418
- ISBN
- 9780747812418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Crossway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581348552
- ISBN
- 9781581348552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.16
€ 15.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. A concise history of slavery in America, including the daily life of American slaves, the laws that sought to legitimize white supremacy, the anti-slavery movement, and the abolition of slavery Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 177 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199922680
- ISBN
- 9780199922680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.90
€ 14.99
€ 10.90
Hardback. Editor(s): Vrana, Heather. Series: Key Texts in Anti Colonial Thought. BIC Classification: 1KLC; DQ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474403689
- ISBN
- 9781474403689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.60
€ 153.60
Paperback. BIC Classification: BT; DC; HR; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Thin Man Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993014123
- ISBN
- 9780993014123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.12
€ 12.12
Paperback. Delving into the widespread, contemporary longing for a more serious and communal experience of Christianity, this book provides important theoretical underpinnings and casts a vision for a new monasticism within the Wesleyan tradition. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718892425
- ISBN
- 9780718892425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.97
€ 29.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HRCV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Crossway
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433528132
- ISBN
- 9781433528132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.37
€ 20.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV3; HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310499237
- ISBN
- 9780310499237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.70
€ 19.99
€ 17.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCV3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310518167
- ISBN
- 9780310518167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.01
€ 25.01
Paperback. Reflects what traditional proverbs used in Christian catechetical, liturgical, and ritual contexts reveal about Tanzanian appropriations of and interpretations of Christianity. Series: Faith & Cultures S. Num Pages: 397 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Orbis Books (USA) United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570751219
- ISBN
- 9781570751219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.42
€ 34.99
€ 31.42
Paperback. What can churches in America and elsewhere do to renew themselves from within? They can look to examples of thriving small Christian communities within their own country and throughout the world. This book looks aims to give pastors and lay leaders of every denomination encouragement through examples from their counterparts around the world. Editor(s): Healey, Joseph G.; Hinton, Jeanne. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570756184
- ISBN
- 9781570756184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.16
€ 23.99
€ 22.16