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Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HRQX5; JFFE; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226029740
ISBN
9780226029740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. This book argues for the continuing tension across historical contexts between movements emphasizing ritual and movements emphasizing sincerity. Our contemporary age has, at great risk, downplayed the importance of ritual. Drawing on examples from Chinese, Greek, Jewish, and contemporary culture, the book presents an innovative interdisciplinary account of how ritual works. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HRLF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195336016
ISBN
9780195336016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.85

Paperback. Evaluates modernity's wager, namely, the gambit to liberate the modern individual from external social and religious norms by supplanting them with the rational self as its own moral authority. This book argues that 'the fundamentalist doctrine of enlightened reason has called into being its own nemesis' in the forms of ethnic and racial politics. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116365
ISBN
9780691116365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. Analyzes trust as a fundamental issue of social relationships. This book asks whether trust - which critics identify as essential in creating a cohesive society - can continue to serve this role. It shows that trust is losing its unifying power because the individual, is being reduced to a sum of group identities and an abstract matrix of rules. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050201
ISBN
9780691050201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 42.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 513.
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310326991
ISBN
9780310326991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.01

Hardcover. Presents the events that occurred during the mighty hero Karna's two days as general of the Kaurava army. This title deals with the war's seventeenth and penultimate day. Translator(s): Bowles, Adam. Series: Clay Sanskrit Library. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; HRG; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 119 x 30. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
450
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799956
ISBN
9780814799956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

paperback. This book explores ethical issues at the interfaces of science, policy, religion and technology, cultivating the skills for critical analysis. Series: Cambridge Applied Ethics. Num Pages: 388 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 708. An Introduction. Series: Cambridge Applied Ethics. 388 pages, illustrations. This book explores ethical issues at the interfaces of science, policy, religion and technology, cultivating the skills for critical analysis. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 19. Weight: 772.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
387
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521702676
ISBN
9780521702676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.45

Paperback. Series: Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022211
ISBN
9780268022211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Hardback. From the front lines of the fracking debate, a "field philosopher" explores one of our most divisive technologies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490071
ISBN
9781631490071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.69

Hardcover. The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-serving and harmful to fellow inmates. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459916
ISBN
9780857459916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.45

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bulow-Jacobsen, Adam. Num Pages: 603 pages, with 37 plates. BIC Classification: CFL; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 305 x 222 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
631
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772892641
ISBN
9788772892641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.66
€ 75.69

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402132
ISBN
9781474402132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402149
ISBN
9781474402149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.65

Hardback. Examines the role of Welsh soldiers in English armies, from the conquests under Edward I through to the Battle of Agincourt. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270316
ISBN
9781783270316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.85

Paperback. Canada s Voice is the first comprehensive biography of a diplomat and scholar who shaped foreign policy during Canada s golden age as a middle power. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816724
ISBN
9780774816724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.54

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 colour illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPJ; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164283
ISBN
9780231164283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.79
€ 62.64

Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 352 pages, Color Illus.: 9,, Maps: 2,. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164290
ISBN
9780231164290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Hardcover. Considered one of America's engineering marvels, the Panama Canal sparked intense debates in the 1970s over the decision to turn it back over to Panama. This work argues, that the Panama Canal no longer divides Panama. But the fissures it opened 30 years ago have widened; they divide the United States. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615827
ISBN
9780700615827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.50

Hardback. The fascinating story of how the Spanish have transformed English football over the last eighty years Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL4; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471157134
ISBN
9781471157134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.84

Paperback. Independence Day provided an opportunity for a diverse citizenry to share in a nationalistic revelry explicitly promoting political independence and republican government. This title explores how Fourth of July celebrations in the urban Midwest helped to define patriotic nationalism during the nineteenth century. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Northern Illinois Univ Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806921
ISBN
9780875806921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

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