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Hardcover. Identifies the place where religion and philosophy meet. This title argues that both religious and philosophical discourse assume one of four modes: figurative, analytical, systematic, and analogical. It explores the relationship among 'space,' 'time,' and 'place' as well as 'mystery', 'power' and 'structure'. Series: Provost Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932792072
ISBN
9781932792072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.28

Paperback. What is the effect of a "nation"? In this age of globalization, is it dead, dying, only dormant? The title collects essays that looks at a range of aesthetic productions - especially literature and the visual arts - that give context to how art and society interact. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AB; ACB; HPS; JFFS; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566398664
ISBN
9781566398664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover. Reveals Edmund J Davis, the heroic man who stood in strong opposition to his peers and better reflected the ideals of the nation than those of so many of his contemporaries. This title presents an account of this man who determined to make progressive changes and stand in stark opposition to the state's political elite. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654058
ISBN
9780875654058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 538 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226379715
ISBN
9780226379715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.80

Paperback. Hardcover edition of this book was published in 2014 with title Savage harvest: a tale of cannibals, colonialism and Michael Rockefeller's tragic quest for primitive art. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1M; HB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 205 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062116161
ISBN
9780062116161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

Hardback. Based on Kant's philosophy of mathematics, this book includes papers from the 1960s and 1970s which spared this renaissance of interest, together with postscripts by their authors. It contains essays bringing detailed Kantian scholarship, together with interpretative tools drawn from modern mathematics, logic and philosophy. Editor(s): Posy, Carl J. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792314950
ISBN
9780792314950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.76

Hardback. Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This book explores the reasons behind the remarkable changes to American refugee policy, laws, and programs. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; JFFD; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123325
ISBN
9780691123325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 51.06

paperback. Over 200 full-colour plates of cavalry and infantry uniforms detailed, together with lace patterns and buttons Num Pages: 384 pages, Colour illustrations - Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBWF; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 964.
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473886667
ISBN
9781473886667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.62

Paperback. The Swing Riots were the most dramatic and widespread rising of the English rural poor. Protestors destroyed machines, demanding higher wages and better poor relief. Swing represented a genuine challenge to the existing ruling order, provoking a bitter and bloody repression. This is a vivid account of a defining moment in British history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097270
ISBN
9780719097270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742534353
ISBN
9780742534353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.03
€ 46.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 365 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742567788
ISBN
9780742567788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.36

Hardcover. In Quest of Pentecost is the first english biography of a leading Dutch reformed pietist during the two-century Dutch Second Reformation period (1600-1800) in the Netherlands. Carl J. Schroeder uses the life and place of Jodocus van Lodenstein to discuss the movement's development and to evaluate the process of church renewal itself. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761819981
ISBN
9780761819981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.87

Paperback. Mr. Friedrich develops his own position within the framework of the history of Western legal philosophy from the Old Testament down to contemporary writers. In addition, he highlights some important problems of the present day, including certain aspects of legal realism. First published in 1958, this book has been revised and enlarged. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446. Very good copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owners name on FFEP. Cover has light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0008269
ISBN
9780226264660
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to "see visions," C. The author examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019154
ISBN
9780691019154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Prometheus the god stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver, until Herakles freed him. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus' release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind. The author examines the story of Prometheus. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 184 pages, 16 plates. BIC Classification: DSB; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019079
ISBN
9780691019079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. Translator(s): Holme, Christopher. Series: Archetypal Images in Greek Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644684
ISBN
9780691644684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.86

paperback. No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. This work presents a historical account of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture to its transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 608 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780691029153
ISBN
9780691029153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.99
€ 44.90

Hardback. Thinking Through Material Culture provides a new theoretical framework for understanding the pivotal role of material culture in human cognition, perception and action. Series: Archaeology, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: AC; HD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237887
ISBN
9780812237887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
British School at Athens United Kingdom
Edition
Supplement
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780904887655
ISBN
9780904887655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 274.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 190 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801490590
ISBN
9780801490590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

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