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Paperback. China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line illustration, 4 maps, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. Ethnic Classification in Modern China. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. This book recounts the history of the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight: 350.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272743
- ISBN
- 9780520272743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Morrissey has written a lengthy and detailed life and times biography of Peter Kenney. His book is an important contribution to 19th-century Irish and American religious history. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HRCC7; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813227139
- ISBN
- 9780813227139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.17
€ 50.17
Paperback. "The History of King Richard the Third" is Thomas More's English masterpiece. This book intends to make More's work accessible to 21st-century readers. It presents More's text with modern English spelling and punctuation, and with full annotation of linguistic difficulties and the historical background. Editor(s): Logan, George M.; More, Saint Thomas. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- A reading ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217998
- ISBN
- 9780253217998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.53
€ 19.99
€ 19.53
Hardcover. Contains three works by Thomas More. The first is a rebuttal of the main points of Lutheran teaching, whilst the second refutes "A Supplication of Beggars", an anticlerical pamphlet by Simon Fish. The third answers John Frith's arguments against the physical presence of Christ in the eucharist. Editor(s): Miller, Clarence H.; Marius, Richard C. Series: The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More. Num Pages: 722 pages, commentaries, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 58 x 43 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1173.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 722
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300038095
- ISBN
- 9780300038095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.24€ 96.66
€ 130.24
€ 96.66
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203761
- ISBN
- 9780872203761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.45
€ 16.99
€ 13.45
Paperback. Offers a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island (Utopia) where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfillment is open to all. Translator(s): Baker-Smith, Dominic. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442327
- ISBN
- 9780141442327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. Serves as a key text in survey courses on Western intellectual history, the Renaissance, political theory, and many other subjects. In this edition, the author contextualizes More's life and within the wider frames of European humanism and the Renaissance. Translator(s): Miller, Clarence H. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300186109
- ISBN
- 9780300186109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.24
€ 18.99
€ 15.24
Paperback. Wearing a mask - putting on another face - embodies a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives. This book explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theatre, movies, and television fulfills this fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the other". Num Pages: 246 pages, 121 colour and 100 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ANH; APF; HP; JFC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292752474
- ISBN
- 9780292752474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.15
€ 42.99
€ 42.15
Paperback. Series: European University Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 tab. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 290. Library label to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains good to very good.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Peter Lang GmbH
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0021044
- ISBN
- 9783631470008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A study of the presiding genius of the Florentine Academy. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; VSP; VXA; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Lindisfarne Books
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940262287
- ISBN
- 9780940262287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.97
€ 26.99
€ 19.97
Paperback. Finds striking new meaning in the rich stories and imagery of the Gospels, recasting Jesus not as a teacher of morals and beliefs but as a spiritual visionary with a radical vision for humanity. This title presents Jesus not as the founder of a religion but as a world reformer offering a spiritual path to everyone, from every background. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Hay House UK Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848500945
- ISBN
- 9781848500945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.29
€ 19.29
Hardback. A uniquely detailed portrayal of the formative years of Tanzania's first president and the influences that led him to enter politics. Num Pages: 302 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010902
- ISBN
- 9781847010902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.12€ 58.48
€ 65.12
€ 58.48
Paperback. A uniquely detailed portrayal of the formative years of Tanzania's first president and the influences that led him to enter politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011503
- ISBN
- 9781847011503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.08
€ 33.99
€ 32.08
Hardback. Offers a pioneering social and environmental history of southern Chile, exploring the origins of forestry "miracle" in Chile. This book narrates the century-long struggles among peasants, indigenous communities, large landowners, and the state over access to forest commons in the frontier territory. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBG; HBLW; JFC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822355984
- ISBN
- 9780822355984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.30
€ 131.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Tughra Books United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597842891
- ISBN
- 9781597842891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. A representationalist, empirically based philosophical exploration of consciousness, the subjective experience of selfhood, and the first-person perspective. Num Pages: 714 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 713
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262633086
- ISBN
- 9780262633086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83€ 47.60
€ 56.83
€ 47.60
Paperback. A radical rethinking of the nature of consciousness Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308. The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self. 272 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. We're used to thinking of the self's relation to the world as a dyad-the inner me as opposed to the outer world. This model assumes that what we're perceiving when we experience the world is actually the world. This title proposes a simple yet radical rethinking of the nature of consciousness and a controversial exploration of what it implies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPK. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight: 300.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465020690
- ISBN
- 9780465020690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.25
€ 26.25
Paperback. "Cold War Letters" features censored letters. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570756627
- ISBN
- 9781570756627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.56
€ 24.99
€ 22.56
Hardcover. Presents a resource for daily prayer and contemplation. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HRCL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300. 256 pages, ill. Presents a resource for daily prayer and contemplation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRCL1. Dimension: 182 x 136 x 22. Weight: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Sorin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933495057
- ISBN
- 9781933495057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.93
€ 21.99
€ 20.93
Paperback / so. Thomas Merton's thought-provoking book is a series of essays about various Amerindian cultures. Among other topics, it touches on such matters as the centrality of a God-given vision to what it means to be human; what happens when we deny those different from us; personhood; and the place of art and religion in civilization. BIC Classification: HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Paulist Press International,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809149117
- ISBN
- 9780809149117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.21
€ 11.21