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Paperback. Reading Zen in the Rocks is a handsome addition to the library of anyone interested in gardening, Eastern philosophy, and the combination of the two that the karesansui so superbly represents. Translator(s): Parkes, Graham. Num Pages: 180 pages, 37halftones. BIC Classification: HREZ; WMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044125
- ISBN
- 9780226044125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. A guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, that charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Impression
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066271
- ISBN
- 9780226066271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. Exposing the religious roots of our ostensibly godless age, this study reveals that modernity is much less secular than conventional wisdom suggests. Beginning with the collapse of the medieval world, it argues that from the very beginning, moderns sought not to eliminate religion but to support a new view of religion and its place in human life. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293462
- ISBN
- 9780226293462
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.17
€ 32.99
€ 26.17
Paperback. Series: The Chicago History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226473710
- ISBN
- 9780226473710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.29
€ 27.99
€ 23.29
Paperback. A document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's "1909 Plan of Chicago", produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This title reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 202 pages, 62 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764726
- ISBN
- 9780226764726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.63
€ 16.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. Drawing on primary documents, this work describes the historical origins of the Tantric movement in early medieval India. It shows how changes in medieval Indian society led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India that became the model for Buddhist cultures in China, Tibet and Japan. Num Pages: 475 pages, 23 illus, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAX; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126199
- ISBN
- 9780231126199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.92
€ 46.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. How did a society on the edge of collapse and dominated by wandering bands of armed men give way to a vibrant Buddhist culture, led by yogins and scholars? This work explores how the translation and spread of esoteric Buddhist texts shaped Tibetan society and led to its rise as the center of Buddhist culture throughout Asia, replacing India. Num Pages: 616 pages, 7 maps, 6 photos, 15 figures. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134712
- ISBN
- 9780231134712
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062131
- ISBN
- 9780252062131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268002046
- ISBN
- 9780268002046
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.68
€ 27.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Represents the major aspects of the author's work and provides an overview of her methodology in women's studies in religion and feminism. This work demonstrates how feminist scholars in the 1970s shifted the paradigm away from an androcentric model of humanity and forever changed the way we study religion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255869
- ISBN
- 9780520255869
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Adam and Eve were not the first man and woman on Earth, but they were certainly the first of a kind. When the Israelites made their exodus from Egypt, their spiritual leader was not Moses, but Miriam - a queen and high priestess of the pharaonic succession. This study of the original kings discloses these and other such contentious facts. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 36. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553825091
- ISBN
- 9780553825091
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Presents the reconstructed text of a lecture delivered by Martin Heidegger to the Marburg Theological Society in 1924. This work offers an insight into the developmental years leading up to the publication, in 1927, of his magnum opus "Being and Time", itself one of the most influential philosophical works this century. Num Pages: 72 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631184256
- ISBN
- 9780631184256
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Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Paperback. This text presents a comprehensive introduction to feminist epistemologies which are situated at the intersection of philosophical, sociological, and cultural investigations of knowledge. It provides critiques of more traditional approaches, and explores the alternatives proposed by feminists. Series: Introducing Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd England
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200130
- ISBN
- 9780631200130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Paperback. * An ideal introduction to the ideas and contribution of key theologians of the sixteenth--century Reformation. * Explores a wide range of ideas and theologians within just one volume. * The contributors to this volume are internationally established scholars in the fields of historical and systematic theology. . Series: The Great Theologians S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218395
- ISBN
- 9780631218395
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Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. Like Huck's raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. This title gives us a comprehensive history of American childhood. Num Pages: 464 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019980
- ISBN
- 9780674019980
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. Drawing on economic, social, political, and intellectual history from medieval Europe through contemporary America and Israel, this title examines the ways in which thinking about capitalism and thinking about the Jews have gone hand in hand in European thought, and why anticapitalism and anti-Semitism have frequently been linked. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 185 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153063
- ISBN
- 9780691153063
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158051
- ISBN
- 9780691158051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617916
- ISBN
- 9780745617916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. One of the most important issues in public and academic debate is the concept of value and the difficulty in defining it. In this new book, the leading social theorist Hans Joas explores the nature of values in relation to some of the leading figures of twentieth--century philosophy and social theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621548
- ISBN
- 9780745621548
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Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, over 90 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DDB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 548. 112 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDB; HBWQ. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340345
- ISBN
- 9780764340345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.63
€ 43.99
€ 28.63