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"Originally published in Chinese as Xin weishi lun by Zhejiang Provincial Library. This translation is based on the 2001 edition published by Hubei Education Press." Translator(s): Makeham, John. Series: World Thought in Translation. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPCF; HPDF; HPJ; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191578
ISBN
9780300191578
Condition: New

€ 77.57
€ 59.86

The timeless leadership wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita explained Although it was written well over two thousand years ago, the Bhagavad Gita ("Song of God"), a revered Hindu religious text, contains an immense wealth of ageless wisdom that speaks directly to the needs of today's business leaders. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRGP; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470824276
ISBN
9780470824276
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.77

Explores the compelling belief that Christendom would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. This book offers an important window onto Western religious views in the past that continue to haunt modern times. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036291
ISBN
9780674036291
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.23

One of the important philosophers, Morton White has spent a career building bridges among the fragmented worlds of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. This is a selection of White's best essays, which represent the belief that philosophers should reflect on mathematics and science, and also on other aspects of culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119595
ISBN
9780691119595
Condition: New

€ 97.86
€ 74.71

'There is something absolute about the letters between you .. The letter is a form of communion of the soul-spirit - .. one that is faded & yet unimpeded, complete', wrote Martin Heidegger to his fiancee Elfride Petri shortly before their wedding. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745641355
ISBN
9780745641355
Condition: New

€ 72.96

Publisher
Canada
Edition
2 Sub
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773524750
ISBN
9780773524750
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.46

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441257
ISBN
9780801441257
Condition: New

€ 66.61

The Wireless Spectrum explores how wireless technologies have modified both individual and public life, transforming our experiences of space, time, and place, while reshaping our day-to-day interactions. Editor(s): Crow, Barbara; Longford, Michael; Sawchuk, Kim. Series: Digital Futures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802098931
ISBN
9780802098931
Condition: New

€ 60.27

Highlights how the social and cultural construction of archaeology as a field marginalized women Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243811
ISBN
9780803243811
Condition: New

€ 81.84

The first mapping of the sacred geography ("mythscape") of the Northern Arawak-speaking people of the northwest Amazon, demonstrating direct connections between petroglyphs and Baniwa sacred narratives Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 photographs, 7 illustrations, 2 maps, 2 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243941
ISBN
9780803243941
Condition: New

€ 60.27

Based on archival research in many countries, this volume broadens the context of the US intervention in Vietnam. It focuses on relations between China and Vietnam in the mid-twentieth century; and also deals with China's relations with Cambodia, US dealings with both China and Vietnam, French attitudes toward Vietnam and China, and more. Editor(s): Roberts, Priscilla. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; HBJF; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 259 x 32. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755023
ISBN
9780804755023
Condition: New

€ 97.07

Presents a study of how the Jewish community of Breslau - the third largest and one of the most affluent in Germany - coped with Nazi persecution. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755184
ISBN
9780804755184
Condition: New

€ 81.84

This study looks at how the philosophies of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) employ the figures of "exemplarity" and "chosenness" in order to address the tension between the universality of philosophical thinking and the particularity of nations, languages, and individual human experience. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755214
ISBN
9780804755214
Condition: New

€ 81.84

Shows how Indian litigants and petitioners made sense of Spanish legal principles and processes when the dust of conquest had begun to settle after 1600. This work reveals how Indians saw the law as a practical and moral resource that allowed them to gain a measure of control over their lives and to forge a relationship to a distant king. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758635
ISBN
9780804758635
Condition: New

€ 160.52

In Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World, author Micah Zenko presents a new concept to capture and illuminate the phenomenon: "Discrete Military Operations." Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table, 2 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; HBWS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771900
ISBN
9780804771900
Condition: New

€ 108.49

This book explores a historical moment in which a Middle Eastern Jewish community not only adopted a new nation, Iraq, but a new ethnicity, Arabismand its ultimate demise." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804778749
ISBN
9780804778749
Condition: New

€ 118.65

This book chronicles the demise of the so-called leftist Italian cultural establishment during the long 1980s. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 1120. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781497
ISBN
9780804781497
Condition: New

€ 128.79

Editor(s): Haklai, Oded; Loizides, Neophytos G. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804795593
ISBN
9780804795593
Condition: New

€ 128.79

Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813563787
ISBN
9780813563787
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.46

Explores the concept of passion & emotion in moral, political, and legal philosophy Editor(s): Fleming, James E. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 350 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 35. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814760147
ISBN
9780814760147
Condition: New

€ 66.61

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