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Paperback. The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459448
ISBN
9780752459448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. A self-contained introduction to the field of ethics and development for students, practitioners and the general reader. Series: Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; HPQ; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610587
ISBN
9780748610587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.14

Paperback. In 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped the inhabitants of Baltimore, West Cork in a daring night time raid. Only two of them ever returned. Here is the story of their kidnap, sale in the slave markets of Algiers and the political fallout from the attack. Num Pages: 488 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366 477pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781847171047
ISBN
9781847171047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Hardcover. Formed within days of the illustrious 617 Squadron, 618's primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr dams. This title sets out the technicalities of developing the 'bouncing bomb'. Num Pages: 208 pages, photos throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Grub Street United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906502515
ISBN
9781906502515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.64

Paperback. A comprehensive history of the Seychelles, this volume traces its periods of colonisation by France and Britain, the immobile years of the twentieth century, the granting of independence in 1976, and the social changes precipitated by tourism in the late-1990s. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HSY; HBJH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048415
ISBN
9781849048415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 562 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044835
ISBN
9780226044835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.57
€ 46.13

Hardback. This volume reflects Jacques Derrida's views on the role of education and international organizations in an era of globalization. Derrida develops a notion of the global citizen that is uniquely post-Kantian, and he looks especially at the changing role of UNESCO and similar organizations. Series: Culture and Politics Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFS; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509023
ISBN
9780742509023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.01

Hardback. This dialogue, proposed to Jacques Derrida by historian Elisabeth Roudinesco, brings together two friends who share a common history and intellectual heritage. While their perspectives are different, they have many common references: psychoanalysis, above all, but also the authors and works that have come to be known as "post-structuralist." Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746076
ISBN
9780804746076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.57

hardcover. This volume reflects Jacques Derrida's engagement in the late 1970s with French political debates on the teaching of philosophy and the reform of the French university system. Translator(s): Plug, Jan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742948
ISBN
9780804742948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.10

Hardback. Presents a translation of the complete text of Jacques Derrida's ten-hour address to the 1997 Cerisy conference entitled "The Autobiographical Animal," the third of four such colloquia on his work. This book was assembled posthumously on the basis of two published sections, one written and recorded session, and one informal recorded session. Editor(s): Mallet, Marie-Louise. Translator(s): Wills, David. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823227907
ISBN
9780823227907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.99

hardcover. A twenty-eight essay collection that is published in two volumes. This work includes translations of seminal essays such as "Psyche: Invention of the Other," "The Retrait of Metaphor," "At This Very Moment in This Work Here I Am," "Tours de Babel" and "Racism's Last Word"; as well as three essays that appear in English. Editor(s): Kamuf, Peggy; Rottenberg, Elizabeth. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747981
ISBN
9780804747981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.81

Paperback. This book contains previously untranslated pieces by some of the most prominent international philosophers of our times. One of the longest contributions to the volume is by Jacques Derrida, an extremely trendy and best-selling French author. Editor(s): Derrida, Jacques; Vattimo, Gianni. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KOC0009806
ISBN
9780745618340
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. This title examines the 76-hour battle to take Tarawa by the Americans in 1943. It recounts how a garrison of 3700 Japanese soldiers withstood the onslaught of some 3000 US marines in a pioneering amphibious invasion. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Editor(s): Chandler, David. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 75 b&w and 13 colour illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841761022
ISBN
9781841761022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. New for the 2008 specifications, this title includes material from the causes of the First World War to the conflict in Iraq. Includes historical interpretations, document source questions, explanation of difficult words and concepts, a study skills section for exam preparation and a companion website with visuals to support learning. Series: Flagship History. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 265 x 192 x 10. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007268719
ISBN
9780007268719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFJ; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 967.
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931498579
ISBN
9781931498579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.26

paperback. Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness, and come up with all sorts of different definitions and ideas for how we might live a happier life. Here, Derren explores the history of happiness from classical times until today, when the self-help industry has attempted to claim happiness as its own. His aim is to reclaim happiness for us all, and enable us to appreciate the really good things in life for what they are. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HP. .
Publisher
Transworld
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552172356
ISBN
9780552172356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: G; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531369
ISBN
9780742531369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.36

Paperback. Alan Turing Num Pages: 36 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; PBCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 240 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Pitkin Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841657561
ISBN
9781841657561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.03

Paperback. This volume explains Husserl's diagnosis of threats to the West and his hope for a phenomenological response to renew humanity. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470. An Introduction. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts. 340 pages. This volume explains Husserl's diagnosis of threats to the West and his hope for a phenomenological response to renew humanity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCF3. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight: 470.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521719698
ISBN
9780521719698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.41

Paperback. A comprehensive guide to phenomenology and the major philosophers who shaped the movement: Brentano, Tardowski, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Derrida, Adorno and Arendt. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415183734
ISBN
9780415183734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.36

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