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Hardback. The Technical Imagination explores how technology entered the popular imagination in the Argentina of the 1920s and 1930s and how its products helped to shape modern thinking at all levels of Argentine society. Translator(s): Callahan, Xavier. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735421
- ISBN
- 9780804735421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.75
€ 82.75
Paperback. Offers an account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s. Drawing on interviews with peasants, community leaders, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces, the author creates a richly detailed political portrait of Santa Maria Tzeja, where highland Maya peasants seeking land settled in the 1970s. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246751
- ISBN
- 9780520246751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar offer an in-depth exploration of the spread of indigenous shamanic rituals of the Amazon to Western societies, looking at how indigenous, mestizo, and cosmopolitan cultures have engaged with and transformed these forest traditions. Editor(s): Caiuby Labate, Beatriz; Cavnar, Clancy. Series: Oxford Ritual Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 38 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRAX; HRQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199341207
- ISBN
- 9780199341207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.09
€ 80.09
Paperback. The Complexity of Robot Motion Planning makes original contributions both to robotics and to the analysis of algorithms. Num Pages: 464 pages, 92 figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; KCP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 19. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533157
- ISBN
- 9780262533157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 49.23
€ 50.92
€ 49.23
Paperback. * Provides an accessible narrative history of Egypt from earliest human settlement to the time of the first pharoahs. * Explores prehistoric foundations of many traditions evident in Ancient Egypt. * Includes chronology, glossary, bibiliography and numerous illustrations -- ideal for student use. . Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3B; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217879
- ISBN
- 9780631217879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49
€ 53.49
Hardback. * Provides an accessible narrative history of Egypt from earliest human settlement to the time of the first pharoahs. * Explores prehistoric foundations of many traditions evident in Ancient Egypt. * Includes chronology, glossary, bibiliography and numerous illustrations -- ideal for student use. . Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3B; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631201694
- ISBN
- 9780631201694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.26
€ 137.26
Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102191
- ISBN
- 9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Hardcover. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as its detractors like to call it) is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? The author offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348032
- ISBN
- 9780226348032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473821231
- ISBN
- 9781473821231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.19
€ 36.19
Paperback. Series: Living in a Magical World. Num Pages: 80 pages, 28 b&w photographs; 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRK; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Heart of Albion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905646272
- ISBN
- 9781905646272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.49
€ 16.49
Paperback. First English translation of the diaries of John Castle's journey to the Kazakh steppe in 1736. Rich ethnographic writing offers insight into the political unrest of the Russian Empire, hidden practices such as exorcism, and the role of Islam in eighteenth-century Kazakhstan. Editor(s): Teissier, Beatrice. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930087
- ISBN
- 9781909930087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Hardback. A deeply researched and geographically wide-ranging study that reveals that widows were much more economically and socially active than is often thought. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271771
- ISBN
- 9781783271771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.66
€ 150.66
Paperback. How can the concepts of Deleuze and Guattari be used to unearth the 'metaphysics' of modernist literature? This intersection of philosophy and key literary works uses their radical concepts to draw a dynamic map of modernism that explores the confrontation of each writer with the non-human machine age of the early twentieth-century. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304844
- ISBN
- 9781349304844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Paperback. Shows that although Kant adopts his inventory of the forms of judgment from logic textbooks of his time, he is nevertheless original in selecting just those forms he holds to be indispensable to our ability to relate representations to objects. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074511
- ISBN
- 9780691074511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 51.02
€ 65.14
€ 51.02
Paperback. Takes us around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history - the court jester. This work includes anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations that shed light on little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on the head honchos of history. Num Pages: 328 pages, 49 halftones, 66 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASZ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226640921
- ISBN
- 9780226640921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.41
€ 42.99
€ 33.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBT; HBJH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651804
- ISBN
- 9780745651804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBT; HBJH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651798
- ISBN
- 9780745651798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. This study of Benjamin's "The Origin of German Tragic Drama" views it as a critique of anthropocentric historical thinking, which introduces an ethico-theological dimension. It reconstructs this dimension by analyzing the stones, animals and angels that are scattered throughout his writings. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226845
- ISBN
- 9780520226845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.56
€ 35.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners and managers in Europe and North America since the sixteenth century. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and paying particular attention to the influence of gender norms, Craig identifies the factors that have facilitated or restricted women's participation. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white tables, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033222
- ISBN
- 9781137033222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.19
€ 44.99
€ 37.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137574121
- ISBN
- 9781137574121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132518
- ISBN
- 9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
€ 23.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. This interdisciplinary collection responds to intellectual debates concerning the value and limits of privacy. Ever since the beginning of modernity, the line of demarcation between private and public spaces, and the distinction between them, have continually been challenged and redrawn. Editor(s): Rossler, Beate. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFD; JHBA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745642
- ISBN
- 9780804745642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. This new book by Beate Rossler is a work of real quality and originality on an extremely topical issue: the issue of privacy and the relations between the private and the public. Rossler investigates the reasons why we value privacy and why we ought to value it. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631103
- ISBN
- 9780745631103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. What is a Greek priest? This volume, which has its origins in a symposium held at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC, focuses on the question through a variety of lenses: the visual representation of cult personnel, priests as ritual experts, variations of priesthood, concepts and their transformation, and the role of manteis. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674027879
- ISBN
- 9780674027879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60