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Hardback. Combining ethnographic and historical research conducted in Angola, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, A Prophetic Trajectory tells the story of Simao Toko, the founder and leader of one of the most important contemporary Angolan religious movements. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJ; HRAX; HRCC99. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382720
- ISBN
- 9781782382720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.68
€ 162.68
Hardcover. The Repentant Abelard is both an innovative study and English translation of the late poetic works of controversial medieval philosopher and logician Peter Abelard, written for his beloved wife Heloise and son Astralabe. This study brings to life long overlooked works of this great thinker with analyses and comprehensive notes. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240028
- ISBN
- 9780312240028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Hardback. Tells the story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. Focusing on Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Richmond - three cities with large African American populations and thriving baseball clubs, this book uncovers the origins of baseball's segregation and the mechanics of its implementation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235212
- ISBN
- 9780803235212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Hardback. The writings of Jean Baudrillard have dramatically altered the face of critical theory and promise to pose challenges well into the 21st century. This title offers overviews of Baudrillard's career while also including examples of works on and with Baudrillard that engage some ways Baudrillard's work is addressed, deployed, and critiqued. Editor(s): Bishop, Ryan. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647074
- ISBN
- 9780745647074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. The writings of Jean Baudrillard have dramatically altered the face of critical theory and promise to pose challenges well into the 21st century. This title provides overviews of Baudrillards career, including examples of works on and with Baudrillard that engage some of the many and varied ways Baudrillard's work is being addressed. Editor(s): Bishop, Ryan. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647081
- ISBN
- 9780745647081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226419077
- ISBN
- 9780226419077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book focuses on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284609
- ISBN
- 9780520284609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Includes bibliographical references and index. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJG; BGH; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190250010
- ISBN
- 9780190250010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.22
€ 53.22
Paperback. Over 20 million Americans claim some sort of Irish heritage. But how much do readers really know about this amazing country? This book aims to dispel the myths and tell the true stories of the Irish. It talks about the lives of the ancient Celts until the British invasions, the potato famine and immigration, Irish music and dance, and more. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Adams Media Corporation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598693232
- ISBN
- 9781598693232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.30
€ 12.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; VSC; VXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781257654
- ISBN
- 9781781257654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.65
€ 15.99
€ 12.65
Hardback. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474416535
- ISBN
- 9781474416535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.01€ 103.50
€ 113.01
€ 103.50
Hardcover. This edited volume reflects on the multitude of ways by which humans shape and are shaped by the natural world, and how Archaeology and its cognate disciplines recover this relationship. Editor(s): Boyle, Katherine; Rabett, Ryan J.; Hunt, Chris O. Num Pages: 380 pages, 131 figures, 28 tables. BIC Classification: HDL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 289 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1658.
- Publisher
- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902937731
- ISBN
- 9781902937731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.92
€ 107.92
Hardcover. Presents a discussion of early modern English rhetoric. This book shows specifically how experimental philosophers attempted to disenchant language. It describes the fundamental conflict between scientists and mystics over the nature of rhetoric in seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215785
- ISBN
- 9780813215785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.28
€ 89.28
Hardback. Offers a historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, this work demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048550
- ISBN
- 9780691048550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.69€ 80.25
€ 104.69
€ 80.25
Hardback. This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought shows what ancient political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. A provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100298
- ISBN
- 9781405100298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.32
€ 120.32
Paperback. This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought shows what ancient political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. A provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100304
- ISBN
- 9781405100304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. Presents an appraisal of the technical aspects and operations of the warships of the Ottoman Navy in World War I. Packed with technical specifications, revealing illustrations and exhaustive research, this book deals with the Aegean arms race. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806192
- ISBN
- 9781472806192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Drawing on technical illustrations and exhaustive research, this book tells the story of Germany's commerce raiders of World War I, the surface ships that were supposed to starve the British Isles of the vast cargoes of vital resources being shipped from the furthest reaches of the Empire. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472809506
- ISBN
- 9781472809506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472814708
- ISBN
- 9781472814708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Austria-Hungary did not have an overseas empire. The 1890s saw the beginning of a series of naval building programs that would create a well-balanced modern fleet. This book details the five classes of Austro-Hungarian battleships in service during World War I. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVH; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 76 x 3. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849086882
- ISBN
- 9781849086882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61