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Paperback. The Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442628533
ISBN
9781442628533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. These essays do not assume the primacy of national allegiance. Instead, by using the 'sense of place' as a prism to look at German identity in new ways, they examine a sense of 'Germanness' that was neither self-evident nor unchanging. Editor(s): Blackbourn, David; Retallack, James N. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442628656
ISBN
9781442628656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.78

hardcover. Drawing on the historicizing turn in Latin literary scholarship, Roman Literary Cultures combines new critical methods with traditional analysis across four hundred years of Latin literature. Editor(s): Keith, Alison; Edmondson, Jonathan. Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7. BIC Classification: DB; DD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 34. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442629677
ISBN
9781442629677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.96

hardcover. Neil White challenges the common interpretation of company towns as powerless, dependant communities by exploring how these settlements were altered at the local level through human agency, missteps, and chance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643277
ISBN
9781442643277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

paperback. "An important collection of original articles, so full of insight that summarizing them seems an impossible task..The research is exciting and engaging." - American Historical Review Editor(s): Brown, Jennifer S. H.; Vibert, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551115436
ISBN
9781551115436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

hardcover. Jeffrey Record has specialised in investigating the causes of war. In "The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler" (Potomac Books, Inc., 2006), he contended that Hitler could not have been deterred from going to war by any action the Allies could plausibly have taken. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975346
ISBN
9781597975346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.77

hardcover. Addresses key issues in research into Bonhoeffer's writings: cognition, culture and religion. Editor(s): Tietz, Christiane Kirsten; Nielsen, Busch; Nissen, Ulrik. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525563472
ISBN
9783525563472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.82

paperback. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226184395
ISBN
9780226184395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.09

hardcover. This text takes a detailed look at early modern England and the creative and commercial forces in which print culture was formed (commercial, intellectual, political and individual), including replications of the disputes between authors and printers to political/religious manipulation. Num Pages: 754 pages, 125 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; KNTR; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226401218
ISBN
9780226401218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.99
€ 53.30

paperback. Surveys main currents in Western thought through eight centuries. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231041430
ISBN
9780231041430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.99
€ 48.65

paperback. The thoughts and writings of this important fifth century B.C. political and social thinker -- and formidable rival of the Confucianists -- are presented here in English translation. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231086080
ISBN
9780231086080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

paperback. Chuang Tzu (369?-286? BC) was a leading Taoist philosopher. Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth in this book the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school. This collection includes the seven "inner chapters," three of the "outer chapters," and one of the "miscellaneous chapters." Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231105958
ISBN
9780231105958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

paperback. Rosenzweig and Thelen analyze results from a unique and comprehensive survey in which they polled 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and its continuing influence on their present as well as their hopes for the future. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231111492
ISBN
9780231111492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.02

paperback. Fakhry discusses Islamic thought and its effect on the cultural aspects of Muslim life. In the final chapters, he examines the rise of pan-Islamism and the many currents it has generated in the last two centuries, including secularism and fundamentalism, which are still pitted against each other throughout the Muslim world. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231132213
ISBN
9780231132213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 33.26

paperback. Challenges the anthropocentrism of the continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, although some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole. This book draws on ethological and evolutionary evidence and the work of Heidegger; Luc Ferry and Jurgen Habermas; and, Levinas. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231140232
ISBN
9780231140232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.51

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
COLUMBIA UNIV PR
Condition
New
SKU
9780231148733
ISBN
9780231148733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 22.79

paperback. Editor(s): Neuhouser, Frederick. Translator(s): Neuhouser, Frederick; Smith, Alan E. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; JFFN; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231151993
ISBN
9780231151993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.34

hardcover. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBTW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231153041
ISBN
9780231153041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.99
€ 52.66

paperback. Translator(s): Brown, Saskia. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231163774
ISBN
9780231163774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 20.34

paperback. Portrays British participation in World War I as effective and skilful, arguing that the army's failed plans and technology during the first half of the war led to improved technique and self assurance by the time of its successful sustained offensive in the Autumn of 1918. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWD; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300066630
ISBN
9780300066630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.21

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