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Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491977
- ISBN
- 9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.84
€ 54.99
€ 45.84
Offers a close look at the legacy of a few Jewish families from Sussen-a village in southern Germany Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 236 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823243297
- ISBN
- 9780823243297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Questioning whether anti-Semitism is a transitory phenomenon, appearing randomly in Western history, or whether it reflects a deepseated tradition, this volume traces the image of the Jew and the attitudes toward the Jew from the Roman Empire to the reunification of Germany. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L.; Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 412 pages, 23 photographs, 9 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814730560
- ISBN
- 9780814730560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 black and white photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252081828
- ISBN
- 9780252081828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. Gillis J. Harp places Brooks's religious thought in historical, cultural and ecclesiastical contexts while clarifying the sources of Brook's inspiration, thus making this a rich portrait of this figure and a transitional era in American protestantism. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HRCC2; HRCC9; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847699612
- ISBN
- 9780847699612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.92
€ 82.92
Paperback. Memory is as central to modern politics as politics is central to modern memory. This book explores the relationship between collective memory and national identity in diverse cultures throughout history. It discloses the contested nature of various monuments by showing how groups and individuals struggle to shape the past to their own ends. Editor(s): Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029252
- ISBN
- 9780691029252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.00€ 33.81
€ 41.00
€ 33.81
NATO: The Founding of the Atlantic Alliance and the Integration of Eur...
Gillingham, John R.; Heller, Francis H.
Hardback. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 479 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; JPS; JPSN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 479
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312065850
- ISBN
- 9780312065850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.04
€ 196.04
Hardcover. Chang Kia-ngau's diary is an eyewitness account of how Manchuria, one of the world's greatest industrial sites, fell to the control of the Chinese Red Army and thus led to the communist victory over Chiang Kai-shek. Editor(s): Chang Kai-Ngau. Translator(s): Zen, Dolores. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817987916
- ISBN
- 9780817987916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.71
€ 48.71
Hardcover. The Gentleman's Magazine was the leading eighteenth-century periodical. By integrating the magazine's history, readers and contents this study shows how 'gentlemanliness' was reshaped to accommodate their social and political ambitions. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137542328
- ISBN
- 9781137542328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Paperback. Gillian White draws on her experiences and proposes that multi-professional health care teams should talk about spirituality in challenging but safe environments to develop shared understanding of it, and to increase their confidence about integrating spiritual care into their daily practise. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103059
- ISBN
- 9781843103059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
hardcover. Captives and Corsairs uncovers the forgotten story of Muslim corsair raids on French ships and shores and the resulting captivity of tens of thousands of French subjects and citizens in North Africa from around 1550 to 1830. Num Pages: 408 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804770002
- ISBN
- 9780804770002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Paperback. This volume is about how London was perceived by Wenceslaus Hollar, the artist/engraver who drew London before and after the Great Fire of 1666. It is because of his panoramas that we know what Old St Paul's was like, before it was completely destroyed and subsequently rebuilt by Wren. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; AFH; AGB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712667579
- ISBN
- 9780712667579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.51
€ 21.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. From Eugenia Stanhope who sold Lord Chesterfield's scandalous letters, to the autocratic vicar who held the same parish from age 28 to 82, from the just-literate wife of a parish clerk who wrote riddles in his registers, to the cow-keeper who farmed 226 acres in Hornsey till he sold them profitably when the railways came through. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547037
- ISBN
- 9780099547037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.73
€ 21.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362. The History of One London Village. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. A journey through time: from a scattering of cottages along a pre-roman horse track, to a medieval parish and staging post for travellers, onwards into a prosperous Tudor village favoured by gentlemen for their country seats and an 18th century resort of pleasure gardens eventually transformed by a warren of railway lines. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; WQH. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight: 350.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011482
- ISBN
- 9781906011482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. A handbook for those with cancer and those supporting them, reflecting on the spiritual and theological aspects of the journey through diagnosis and living with the disease. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281075027
- ISBN
- 9780281075027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.50
€ 14.99
€ 14.50
Hardcover. Philosophical logic has been, and continues to be, a driving force behind much progress and development in philosophy more broadly. This collection by up-and-coming philosophical logicians deals with a broad range of topics, including, for example, proof-theory, probability, context-sensitivity, dialetheism and dynamic semantics. Editor(s): Restall, Greg; Russell, Gillian. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; HPM; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251731
- ISBN
- 9780230251731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. The Broken Middle offers a startlingly original rethinking of the modern philosophical tradition and fundamentally rejects the anti--philosophy and anti--theory of post--modernity. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HPCF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182214
- ISBN
- 9780631182214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.47
€ 48.99
€ 48.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HPX; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173657
- ISBN
- 9781590173657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.15
€ 18.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816623754
- ISBN
- 9780816623754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Hardback. Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and allusion, this analysis of the correspondence between Peter the Venerable and future saint Bernard of Clairvaux, challenges their traditional use as a source for historical reconstruction. Series Editor(s): Bolton, Dr. Brenda; Duggan, Professor Anne J.; Smith, Dr. Damian J. Series: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West. Num Pages: 320 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3F; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754600671
- ISBN
- 9780754600671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.80
€ 174.80