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Paperback. Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. The author traces the history of the war elephant in India and the spread of the institution to the West, where elephants took part in some of the greatest wars of antiquity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 40 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFZ; JHMC; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226264363
ISBN
9780226264363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. Suitable for both students and scholars, this title covers topics such as Reid's views on the role of common sense, scepticism, the theory of ideas, perception, memory and identity, as well as his views on moral liberty, duties, and principles. Editor(s): Beanblossom, Ronald E.; Lehrer, Keith. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
429
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915145850
ISBN
9780915145850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Hardback. This volume presents a collection of Reid's published and unpublished work on 'the culture of the mind', including his important essay on Aristotle's logic, which was corrupted in older editions and is now restored to Reid's favoured edition. Editor(s): Broadie, Alexander. Series: The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616848
ISBN
9780748616848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.14
€ 225.00

Hardback. This collection reconstructs Thomas Reid's philosophy of practical ethics from his lecture manuscripts and papers dating from his tenure as professor of moral philosophy in Glasgow from 1764. Editor(s): Haakonssen, Knud. Series: The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid. Num Pages: 480 pages, None. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 42. Weight in Grams: 904.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617098
ISBN
9780748617098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.14
€ 225.00

Paperback. Ambivalent about the disruption, perplexity, and variety apparent in the London of his day, Johnson was committed to the conventions of moral reflection and troubled by the pressure to adopt the perspective of the crowd and the language of social theory. This work explores the consequences of his ambivalence and his attempt to order the chaos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HPQ; JFSG; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317173
ISBN
9780822317173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Riha, Thomas. Num Pages: 266 pages, xxxiv, 232 p. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226718538
ISBN
9780226718538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 228 x 159. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226718552
ISBN
9780226718552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 377 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 228 x 162. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226718576
ISBN
9780226718576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.59

Paperback. Demonstrates that European influence on decision-making processes in Washington during the Cold War worked through three mechanisms: norms prescribing consultations among the allies; use of domestic pressures for leverage in trans-atlantic interactions; and, trans-national and trans-governmental coalitions among societal and bureaucratic actors. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691017112
ISBN
9780691017112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.77
€ 53.63

hardcover. Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Romer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great monotheisms Yhwh, God, or Allah by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE, in a masterpiece of detective work and exposition." Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRAB1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504974
ISBN
9780674504974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 45.62

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415773270
ISBN
9780415773270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.52

Paperback. .
Publisher
International Scholars Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573091954
ISBN
9781573091954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.07
€ 13.41

Paperback. Constituting over ninety percent of China's population, Han is not only the largest ethnonational group in that country but also one of the largest categories of human identity in world history. This book examines this ambiguous identity, one that shares features with, but cannot be subsumed under, existing notions of ethnicity, culture, and race. Editor(s): Mullaney, Thomas S.; Leibold, James Patrick; Gros, Stephane; Vanden Bussche, Eric Armand. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 418 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289758
ISBN
9780520289758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.54
€ 43.33

Hardback. This complete history of religion in America centers on the diversity of sacred traditions and practices that have existed in the country from its earliest days. It goes beyond simple explanations of America as a Protestant society, incorporating recent scholarship to allow for a more complex and nuanced picture of religion in America. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405189279
ISBN
9781405189279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.29

Paperback. "Thorough and convincing.. likely to become the standard work on the subject." Library Journal

"Highly readable." Medieval Literature

"A major work of synthesis." Walter E. Kaegi

"Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths." Antiquaries Journal

" Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780253206008
ISBN
9780253206008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. An engaging, balanced, and penetrating narrative biography of the charismatic eighteenth-century American evangelist Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223583
ISBN
9780300223583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187328
ISBN
9780300187328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. "The road since structure", assembled with Kuhn's input before his death in 1996, follows the development of his thought through the later years of his life. Collected here are several essays and an extensive autobiographical interview discussing his life and philosophy Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226457994
ISBN
9780226457994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 582 pages, 164 b/w photographs, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 176 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1242. American Cinema in the 1940s. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 582 pages, 164 b&w photographs. Traces the movie industry through the momentous decade of the 1940s. This title discusses changes in the structure of the studio system - including the shift to independent production - and the dominant stars, genres, and production trends through the period. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBT; KNTC. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 37. Weight: 1228.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
582
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221307
ISBN
9780520221307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCG1; HRCG9; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041335
ISBN
9780268041335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.54

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