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Hardcover. Asceticism, so it is argued in this volume, is a modern category. The ubiquitous cult of the body, of fitness and diet equally evoke the ongoing success of ascetic practices and beliefs. Nostalgic memories of hardship and discipline in the army, youth movements or boarding schools remain as present as the fashionable irritation.. Editor(s): Molle, Leen van; Wils, Kaat; Peeters, Evert. Num Pages: 264 pages, 35 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRLM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457730
- ISBN
- 9781845457730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.48
€ 151.48
Paperback / so. Illustrator(s): Cisneros, Jose. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DNF; DQ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595347442
- ISBN
- 9781595347442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.02
€ 15.99
€ 15.02
Empty Names, Fiction and the Puzzles of Non-Existence (Center for the ...
Everett, Anthony, Hofweber, Thomas
Paperback. Contributions of important researchers working in empty names, fiction, and the puzzles of non-existence. Editor(s): Everett, Anthony; Hofweber, Thomas. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Edition
- 73rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862545
- ISBN
- 9781575862545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.72
€ 26.99
€ 21.72
Hardback. Part of a six-volume set that should provide an introduction to key areas of research and debate on the early history of Christianity, this book focuses on the different forms of devotion. Editor(s): Ferguson, Everitt. Series: Recent Studies in Early Christianity. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCR; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780815330721
- ISBN
- 9780815330721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.22€ 181.37
€ 207.22
€ 181.37
Paperback. Everett Ferguson's work here is a compendium of almost everything that is currently known about the Christian ritual of baptism, with extensive citations to the primary and secondary literature, and as such is destined to be an extremely valuable reference work. Num Pages: 953 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1410.
- Publisher
- William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802871084
- ISBN
- 9780802871084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83
€ 56.83
Hardcover. A church history text that integrates the events and development of the church with the social, economic, and intellectual history of the world around it. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 234 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Special edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310516569
- ISBN
- 9780310516569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 39.83
€ 50.92
€ 39.83
Paperback. This book explores the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, religious, and philosophical backgrounds necessary for a good historical understanding of the New Testament and the early church. Num Pages: 648 pages, 95ill. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Publisher
- William B Eerdmans Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802822215
- ISBN
- 9780802822215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.50
€ 50.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. In this companion to the "Tibetan Book of the Dead", seven Tibetan yoga texts, offer meditations used by Hindu and Tibetan gurus and philosophers to attain Enlightenment. Commentaries precede the texts and an introduction compares Buddhism with European religion, philosophy and science. Editor(s): Evans-Wentz, W. Y.; Chen-Chi Chang. Num Pages: 434 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLC1; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195133141
- ISBN
- 9780195133141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.03
€ 48.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Sunquist, Scott; Yong, Professor of Theology & Mission Director of Center for Missiological Research Amos, PH.D. (Regent University Regent University, Virginia Regent University, Virginia Regent University, Virginia Regent University, Virginia Regent University, Virginia Regent University, Virginia Regent University, Virginia Regent University, Virginia). Series: Mission in Global Community. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801030840
- ISBN
- 9780801030840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.61
€ 27.61
Paperback. In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Years later he would be beatified. This title tells Campion's story. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391502
- ISBN
- 9780141391502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; BGB; HBJH; HBLW; KNTJ; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185057
- ISBN
- 9780141185057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.76
€ 15.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Integrated b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751567021
- ISBN
- 9780751567021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.64
€ 15.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. This title provides an interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed. Num Pages: 493 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 3 charts, 3 maps, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 770. A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions. 493 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 3 line figures, 3 maps, 18 tables. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. This title provides an interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 22. Weight: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 493
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228375
- ISBN
- 9780520228375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.54
€ 41.99
€ 29.54
Paperback. The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013728
- ISBN
- 9780674013728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.28
€ 38.99
€ 32.28
Paperback. The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. This book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence. Num Pages: 250 pages, black-&-white plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300164022
- ISBN
- 9780300164022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.34
€ 26.99
€ 20.34
Paperback. Presenting a history of the Bronx, this book describes how the once-infamous New York City borough underwent one of the most successful and inspiring community revivals in American history. It shows how the Bronx interacted with and was affected by the rest of New York City as it grew from a small colony in Manhattan into a sprawling metropolis. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 69 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121156
- ISBN
- 9780231121156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; HBJD1; HBLA; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263159
- ISBN
- 9781904263159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.18
€ 9.18
Hardback. Reveals the difficult course of French filmmaking from the declaration of war in 1939 through four years of misery to France's liberation in 1944. This book examines the conditions of filmmaking as they reflected the larger political, cultural, and social context within occupied France. It is suitable for film historians. Num Pages: 235 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059268
- ISBN
- 9780231059268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.52€ 61.03
€ 80.52
€ 61.03
Hardback. This engaging and informative study reveals how the ingenuity, creativity, and adaptability of these craftsmen helped pave the way for an age of discovery. Num Pages: 312 pages, 38, 35 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885891
- ISBN
- 9780801885891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.25€ 50.94
€ 56.25
€ 50.94
Transforming Our Painful Emotions: Spiritual Resources in Anger, Shame...
Evelyn Eaton Whitehead James D. Whitehead
Paperback. This is an exceptionally lucid and practical resource from this skilled team of psychologist and pastoral theologian. They exhort readers to live life wide awake, and help them do just that. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570758706
- ISBN
- 9781570758706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.36
€ 20.99
€ 20.36