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Hardback. What is consciousness? Conventional thinking tells us it is the images, sensations, thoughts, and feelings produced by the brain. When the neurons in the brain stop firing, consciousness ceases to be. But does it? Series: A New Paradigm Book. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Select Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590793473
- ISBN
- 9781590793473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.00
€ 24.99
€ 22.00
Paperback. Analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. This book argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state. Num Pages: 246 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLF; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214071
- ISBN
- 9780520214071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780937938003
- ISBN
- 9780937938003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.85
€ 20.99
€ 17.85
Paperback. * Poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the Taliban * Like Desert Flower, this simple human story is a powerful way to tell readers around the world of the plight of a people, and this book couldn't be more timely Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BGA; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860499616
- ISBN
- 9781860499616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
library. Num Pages: 24 pages, col.ill. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kar-Ben United States
- Number of pages
- 24
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580131209
- ISBN
- 9781580131209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
€ 17.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Presents an account from soldiers who turned their back on what they viewed as an immoral and illegal mission, and who refused to sacrifice themselves and their humanity in the conflict in Iraq. This title reflects the frontline truth behind the moral conundrum that is the Iraq War. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0000050
- ISBN
- 9781844545940
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. While the transition to Christianity in the Canadian Arctic occurred between the end of the 18th century and the 1950s, the various transformations that happened during this time have not been fully understood. This title looks at Inuit religion, offering a counter narrative to the idea that traditional Inuit culture declined post-contact. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, 45 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773535909
- ISBN
- 9780773535909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.17
€ 36.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, 47 figures, 113 plates, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1882.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885923639
- ISBN
- 9781885923639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.96
€ 119.96
Paperback. The most insightful and imaginative work on Mormon Nauvoo published in the last thirty years Editor(s): Launius, Roger D.; Hallwas, John E. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064944
- ISBN
- 9780252064944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Roberto Rossellini's "Il Miracolo" is deceptively simple: a demented peasant woman is seduced by a stranger she believes to be Saint Joseph, is socially ostracized for becoming pregnant out of wedlock, but is finally redeemed through motherhood. This book explores the unique place that the movies occupy in American culture. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; HBTB; JFMD; LAZ; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616190
- ISBN
- 9780700616190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.49
€ 37.49
Hardback. The archaeological sites on the Monastiriako Kephali hill analysed in this volume include the earliest known mortuary activity at the key Minoan centre of Knossos on the island of Crete. Two Bronze Age sites are presented, known as the 'Tomb' and the 'Deposit', originally excavated in the 1930s but until now never published in detail. Editor(s): Preston, Laura. Num Pages: 125 pages, 73 figs, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- British School at Athens United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904887686
- ISBN
- 9780904887686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.09
€ 141.09
Paperback. Selling the American Way documents how U.S. officials defined and defended the "American Way of Life" in a quest to promote democratic capitalism and discredit communism, but faced great difficulties in reconciling their symbolic America with the complex political, economic, and strategic realities of the Cold War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221190
- ISBN
- 9780812221190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351214
- ISBN
- 9780822351214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.14
€ 123.14
paperback. Explores the construction of hierarchy and difference in a Spanish colonial setting. This book describes how the meanings attached to the caste categories of Spanish, Indian, black, mulatto and mestizo were generated within that setting. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX5; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822331476
- ISBN
- 9780822331476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.41
€ 36.99
€ 34.41
Num Pages: 368 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452178
- ISBN
- 9780801452178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.00
€ 59.00
Paperback. This book brings together the main discussions that took place at an international conference on the iconology of war in the ancient Near East, a subject never addressed at an international meeting before. Series: Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: HDDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 292 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784914035
- ISBN
- 9781784914035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.87
€ 63.87
Hardback. Provides the history of the Indian railways. from the design of carriages to the architecture of stations, employment hierarchies, and the construction of employee housing, this book explores the public spaces and social relationships created by the railway bureaucracy. It traces their influence on the formation of Indian nationalism. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140027
- ISBN
- 9780231140027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.88€ 62.68
€ 79.88
€ 62.68
hardcover. The intimate and startlingly candid memoir from one of America's most beloved and private first ladies Num Pages: 464 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 686. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039068
- ISBN
- 9781847378989
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardback. A searching critique of the popular Elizabethan literature that praised merchants, industrialists and craftsmen. Series: Past and Present Publications. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 421. Clean copy with some shelf wear fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001722
- ISBN
- 9780521265065
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. First full study devoted to the archery and crossbow guilds which grew up in Flanders in the middle ages. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271047
- ISBN
- 9781783271047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.04
€ 133.04