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Paperback. Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible introduction to the main perspectives and topics being debated today, and shows why Progressive Confucianism is a particularly promising approach. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661308
- ISBN
- 9780745661308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.80
€ 25.80
Paperback. William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) was Elizabeth I's closest adviser. This revealing biography shows, the driving force behind the Queen's reign for four decades. It helps us redefine our understanding of the Elizabethan period. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300170887
- ISBN
- 9780300170887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. This book explores the history of Britain's membership of the European Community. It looks at the attitude of the various British governments to the evolution of the Community, the part that membership has played in domestic politics, and the effect of membership on life in Britain. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QFE; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPH; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 108 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631168959
- ISBN
- 9780631168959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.71
€ 54.71
Paperback. A collection that offers selections from the foundational texts of the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Zen traditions. Through representative selections from their poetry, letters, sermons, and visual arts, it provides students with an introduction to the first 1200 years of this rich - and often misunderstood - tradition. Editor(s): Addiss, Stephen; Lombardo, Stanley; Roitman, Judith. Num Pages: 312 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209091
- ISBN
- 9780872209091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.05
€ 21.99
€ 18.05
paperback. An ecocritical exploration of the varied preconceptions that have shaped and coloured the human relationship with the early Virginia landscape. Drawing on familiar history and lesser-known material, it focuses on the changes to the land over time and changes in the way people viewed Virginia. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813920382
- ISBN
- 9780813920382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.79
€ 41.79
Paperback. Through an analysis of criminal case files, administrative records, and prisoner biographies, this book reconstructs life in the penal colonies and examines how the social sciences, tropical medicine, and sensational journalism evaluated and exploited the inmates' experiences. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217980
- ISBN
- 9780803217980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.76
€ 20.99
€ 20.76
Paperback. Stephen A. Mitchell offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia, drawing on extensive sources ranging from the Icelandic sagas to those much less familiar to the nonspecialist: legal cases, church frescoes, law codes, ecclesiastical records, and surviving runic spells. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRQX5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222555
- ISBN
- 9780812222555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.36
€ 45.99
€ 41.36
Paperback. This work covers the early 1970s, a period when the Vietnam War and student protests were on the wane as new religious groups grew in size. It maintains that the failure of political activism led former radicals to become involved with groups such as the Hare Krishnas and Scientology. Series: Religion and Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HRCS; HRQM; JH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629481
- ISBN
- 9780815629481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.72
€ 28.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 188 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226386041
- ISBN
- 9780226386041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.88
€ 50.99
€ 39.88
Paperback. One of the most feared weapons of WWII, the Tiger gained an aura of invincibility that was shattered by the introduction of the Sherman Firefly. This book describes the design and development of these two opponents, while also analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, assessing their tactics, weaponry and training. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846031502
- ISBN
- 9781846031502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.48
€ 20.99
€ 15.48
Paperback. This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an essential introduction to one of Oxford's much-loved haunts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 66 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBTB; WMB; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 173. .
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244652
- ISBN
- 9781851244652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.09
€ 19.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310363811
- ISBN
- 9780310363811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.03
€ 25.99
€ 22.03
Paperback. Includes facts such as how Lincoln hated to hunt but loved to fire guns near the unfinished Washington monument, how he was the only president to own a patent, and how he recited Scottish poetry to relieve stress. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 847.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628737516
- ISBN
- 9781628737516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.62
€ 22.62
Paperback. Editor(s): Whitefield, Stephen. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349522774
- ISBN
- 9781349522774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world's largest country after a period of far-reaching change. Editor(s): White, Stephen. Series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524859
- ISBN
- 9780230524859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Paperback. The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about. Editor(s): Wagg, Stephen. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTB; JFD; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316939
- ISBN
- 9781349316939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardback. Presents recent research on the medieval use of sophisms in logical and grammatical investigation by 23 leading experts. It covers textual study and analysis of the role of sophisms in the mediaeval curriculum, as well as grammatical and particular logical sophisms. Editor(s): Read, Stephen. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 439 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321965
- ISBN
- 9780792321965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 260.37
€ 260.37
Paperback. * Breaks new ground by including key new areas of inquiry in the social sciences: cognitive science, feminist philosophy, evolutionary accounts of social life, rational choice theory, and causal modeling. * Presents a state--of--the--art guide to the hottest philosophical issues in the social sciences. Editor(s): Turner, Stephen P.; Roth, Paul A. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215387
- ISBN
- 9780631215387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.93
€ 50.93
Hardcover. British Burma in the New Century draws upon neglected but talented colonial authors to portray Burma between 1895 and 1918, which was the apogee of British governance. These writers, most of them 'Burmaphiles' wrote against widespread misperceptions about Burma. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 319. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364326
- ISBN
- 9781137364326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.55
€ 117.55
The Yard of Wit. Male Creativity and Sexuality, 1650-1750.
Stephanson, Raymond (Professor Of English, Un...
Hardback. "Raymond Stephanson configures masculinity and its expressions in male creativity historically, biographically, and in sufficient deep-layer detail to persuade the most rigorous of scholars that this work will be a reliable source of enduring worth."-George Rousseau, De Montfort University Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237580
- ISBN
- 9780812237580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.61
€ 106.61