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Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Mercier Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781856353533
ISBN
9781856353533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 13.23

Paperback. "There have been many Mexicos: the country of varied terrain, of Amerindian heritage, of the Spanish Conquest, of the Revolution, and of the modern era of elections and the rule of bankers. Mexico was" Num Pages: 702 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 43. Weight in Grams: 924.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Edition
Updated, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306806285
ISBN
9780306806285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Presents an introduction to the world's major religions. This work provides a comprehensive survey of the major religious traditions together with selected primary readings. It focuses on the beliefs and values that animate each religion, helping students to understand what makes them meaningful to their followers. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 22. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405110495
ISBN
9781405110495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Hardcover. In an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of Roman 'literature' to mass public audiences. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 illustrations, including a four-page colour plates section. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718352
ISBN
9780198718352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.96

Paperback. Presents us with an imaginative and appealing picture of the early society of pre-literary Rome - as a free and uninhibited world in which the arts and popular entertainments flourished. This book consists of eighteen attempts to find such material and make sense of it. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780859898232
ISBN
9780859898232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.59

Hardcover. Second, revised edition of T. P. Wiseman's 'Death of an Emperor' - his acclaimed translation and commentary of Flavius Josephus' account of Caligula's assassination. Includes an updated bibliography and a revised Appendix 1 on the Augustan Palatine which takes account of recent archaeological information. Num Pages: 122 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319648
ISBN
9781846319648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961318
ISBN
9780750961318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.37

Paperback. Drawing on rich source material - one local authority's involvement in the epic central/local confrontation over local government spending in 1980s England - this book develops a multifaceted and widely applicable analysis of public law within government as a process of 'sustaining the art of the possible'. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPP; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349362813
ISBN
9781349362813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.35

Hardback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253002150
ISBN
9780253002150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253002082
ISBN
9780253002082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Series: Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HB; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1981st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400974906
ISBN
9789400974906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.79

Hardback. Neuhaus explores the roots of the long-standing European fascination with Tibet, from the Dalai Lama to the Abominable Snowman. Surveying a wide range of travel accounts, official documents, correspondence and fiction, he examines how different people thought about both Tibet and their home cultures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230299702
ISBN
9780230299702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.85

Hardback. Is what we have reason to do a matter of fact? If so, what kind of truth is involved, how can we know it, and how do reasons motivate and explain action? In this concise and lucid book T. M. Scanlon offers answers, with a qualified defense of normative cognitivism-the view that there are normative truths about reasons for action. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199678488
ISBN
9780199678488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76

Paperback. How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our other concerns and values? This text offers answers to these questions, and explores the views and values behind them. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004238
ISBN
9780674004238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.81

Hardback. Cutting across social science and the humanities, this book develops the ontological implications of the thesis of the Manchester School of Social Anthropology: that all social order necessarily betrays conflicting underlying principles. It also mounts a study of the ontology of self and other in relation to dualism, as well as non-dualism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452247
ISBN
9781845452247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.34

Paperback. A thorough and accessible introduction to Maimonides, arguably one of the most important Jewish philosophers of all time. This work incorporates material from Maimonides' philosophical, legal, and medical works, providing a synoptic picture of Maimonides' philosophical range. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405148986
ISBN
9781405148986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.20

A thorough and accessible introduction to Maimonides, arguably one of the most important Jewish philosophers of all time. This work incorporates material from Maimonides' philosophical, legal, and medical works, providing a synoptic picture of Maimonides' philosophical range. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405148979
ISBN
9781405148979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.11

paperback. Tells the story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the British Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean. In this book, the author traces the vital part Scotland played in creating an empire - and the fundamental effect this had in moulding the modern Scottish nation. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780718193195
ISBN
9780718193195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

paperback. The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. This title offers an account of the Scots as a 'global people', charting their forgotten role in the building of the modern world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141015644
ISBN
9780141015644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of Scotland's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience. Editor(s): Devine, T. M.; Wormald, Jenny. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198713630
ISBN
9780198713630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.05

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