Humanities
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Humanities
Paperback. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B.; Philip, Franklin. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691604183
- ISBN
- 9780691604183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.20
€ 54.99
€ 39.20
Hardcover. Hardcover, black spine. Ex-Libris, sticker on inside front cover. 138pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Bartholomew & Son Ltd Edinburgh
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- SKU
- KON0819866
- ISBN
- 9780702810282
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110204
- ISBN
- 9780231110204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 46.12
€ 58.40
€ 46.12
Paperback. The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. This title decodes the shifts in anti-Semitism at the end of the Cold War, chronicles the impact of Israel's policies on European Jews, opposes arguments both for and against cultural assimilation, and reopens questions about Marx and Judaism. Translator(s): O'Neill, Kevin; Suchoff, David. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 201 pages, Introduction, notes, index. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803268951
- ISBN
- 9780803268951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.18
€ 15.18
paperback. All over Europe, from Westminster to Rouen, the cathedrals of the Middle Ages still stand. This book explores the world of the medieval master mason. How were these structures built when only primitive machinery was available? Who initiated and designed them? Who built and paid for them? Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 176 pages, 182 illustrations, 44 in colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; AMN; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- THAMES HUDSON
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500300527
- ISBN
- 9780500300527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 5.70
€ 22.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. What makes a house truly beautiful? Why are many new houses so ugly? Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved? This book explores one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses and their furnishings. Num Pages: 280 pages, B/W interleaved throughout. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241970058
- ISBN
- 9780241970058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Sets six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety; the fear of failure and the pressure to conform. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140276619
- ISBN
- 9780140276619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241972694
- ISBN
- 9780241972694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Shows us a range of ideas on a range of topics, including relationships, work, culture, love and death - and that could be of use to all of us, irrespective of whether we do or don't believe. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046310
- ISBN
- 9780141046310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
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€ 13.29
Paperback. Provides an insight into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. This book suggests how we might be happier on our journeys. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241970065
- ISBN
- 9780241970065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Why do so many of us love or hate our work? How has it come to dominate our lives? And what should we do about it? What should I do with my life? What will I have achieved when I retire? This book explains why it is we do what we do all day, but its sympathy, humour and insight seeks to help us make the most of it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027913
- ISBN
- 9780141027913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
paperback. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892812189
- ISBN
- 9780892812189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.45
€ 18.99
€ 18.45
Hardback. Originally published in 2 vols.: Paris: Armand Colin, c2007 and c2008. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144702
- ISBN
- 9780691144702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.56€ 41.71
€ 52.56
€ 41.71
Paperback. A case study of the folklore of sexuality, this text examines the myth of the "droit de cuissage" and how for seven hundred years each era used the mythical custom to its own ends in an insight into popular misconceptions of the Middle Ages. Studies Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFHF; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067438
- ISBN
- 9780226067438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.97
€ 40.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Traces the dual strains of 'iconophilia' and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two-and-a-half millennia in the West. This book addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044149
- ISBN
- 9780226044149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.43
€ 51.99
€ 40.43
Paperback. The political regime of global capitalism reduces the world to an endless network of numbers within numbers, but how many of us really understand what numbers are? In Number and Numbers Badiou offers an philosophically penetrating account of the attempts made over the last century to define the special status of number. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638799
- ISBN
- 9780745638799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.64
€ 25.64
Hardback. 'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the young. Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink of a new world. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509514885
- ISBN
- 9781509514885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.71
€ 46.71
Hardback. Who hasn't had the frightening experience of stumbling around in the pitch dark? Alain Badiou experienced that primitive terror when he, with his young friends, made up a game called "The Stroke of Midnight. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509512072
- ISBN
- 9781509512072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.62
€ 45.99
€ 35.62
Hardback. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509512027
- ISBN
- 9781509512027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.42
€ 46.42
Hardback. The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, things look a little different. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509501700
- ISBN
- 9781509501700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.65
€ 52.65