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Humanities

Hardback. Deals with various features of life in Paris, from biographical sketches of personalities such as Coco Chanel, to principal districts and monuments of the city such as the Louvre, and luxury shops such as Fauchon. Thematic entries deal with institutions such as hospitals, commercial and cultural activities past and present and customs and language. Translator(s): Woronoff, Jon. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Cities, States, and Regions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833180
ISBN
9780810833180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.80

Paperback. Completed just before Alfred Gell's death in January 1997, this book embodies the characteristics for which he was admired. The book aims to challenge the basis of the way art has been viewed in the human sciences. It presents a fundamental theory for an anthropology of art. Num Pages: 296 pages, numerous black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198280149
ISBN
9780198280149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 170.16

Hardcover. From the etiquette of formal introductions, eating and toasts, to suggestions for after-dinner games, jokes, wedding speeches and the appropriate attire for every social occasion, this title is a guide to conducting oneself correctly in an era rediscovering the delights of leisure and elegance. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBTB; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 96 x 22. Weight in Grams: 164. New.
Publisher
Old House
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402356
ISBN
9781908402356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Exceptionally well-received study of this fascinating campaign. Num Pages: 266 pages, Explanatory maps included. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848328860
ISBN
9781848328860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.68

Paperback. First published around 1950, this study assesses the military leadership of Grant, Lee, Sherman, Hood, Johnston, Early and Sheridan from mid-1864 to Appomattox, contradicting prevailing perceptins of the generals and proposing that Grant's military capabilities were inferior to Lee's. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700610730
ISBN
9780700610730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.49

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1928
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
4
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663154440
ISBN
9783663154440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.52

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644530
ISBN
9780691644530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.47

Paperback. Recasting Freud as an inspired humanist and reconceiving psychoanalysis as a form of moral inquiry, this title argues that Freudianism offers a rich approach to self-inquiry, one that reaffirms the enduring task of philosophy and many of the abiding ethical values of Western civilization. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFCX; JMAF; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145525
ISBN
9780691145525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Paperback. The attack on psychoanalysis launched by Adorno, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein converged on Freud's construction of the modernist ego, thereby providing the competing notions of subjectivity and agency that characterize postmodernism. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804788298
ISBN
9780804788298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. The Hystoria Constantinopolitana relates the adventures of Martin of Pairis, an abbot of the Cistercian Order who participated in the plunder of the city, as recorded by his monk Gunther. Alfred Andrea has captured the full flavor of the original with its alternating sections of prose and poetry. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; DNF; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215861
ISBN
9780812215861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Andrea, Alfred J.; Holt, Andrew. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLC1; HBWC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664038
ISBN
9781624664038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Paperback.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781551288
ISBN
9781781551288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.06

Hardcover. The purely scholarly problem of determining the number of victims, like other aspects of demography related to the Holocaust, have suddenly become closely embroiled in geopolitics and the phenomenon of Holocaust denial, which is now a context that has been forced upon it. This book is imbued with these connections and interrelationships. Editor(s): Kokh, Alfred; Polian, Pavel. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235346
ISBN
9781936235346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.70

Hardback. This text offers Alfred Kroeber's report on his 1926 expedition to the ruins of the Nazca region. Kroeber's report contains a complete analysis and seriation of the beautiful painted pottery of Nazca. Editor(s): Carmichael, Patrick. Num Pages: 283 pages, photographs, drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S.
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761989646
ISBN
9780761989646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.55

Hardback. University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between universities and pro-slavery thought. Proslavery faculty wrote about the economic and historical importance of slavery and helped shape a proslavery jurisprudence that made it harder to free slaves and pushed the South towards Civil War. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199964239
ISBN
9780199964239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.44

Paperback. Offers an analysis of the various factors in human nature which go toward forming a religion, to exhibit the inevitable transformation of religion with the transformation of knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823216468
ISBN
9780823216468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. Religion in the Making constitutes an exploration of the relationship between human nature and religion. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 204 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107647992
ISBN
9781107647992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

Hardcover. This is a translation by Alfred Smyth of the medieval "Life" of King Alfred. He argues that the "Life" is a forgery which has profound implications not only for our understanding of the early English and medieval past but also for the nature of biography and history. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; DNF; DSBB; DSK; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 697.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AIAA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333699171
ISBN
9780333699171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801065897
ISBN
9780801065897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. Self-deception raises questions about the nature of belief and the structure of the human mind. This book takes the issue with commonplace attempts to equate the processes of self-deception with those of stereotypical interpersonal deception. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691057453
ISBN
9780691057453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

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