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Paperback. Adopting a comparative historical approach, J. H. Chajes uncovers a strain of Jewish belief to which scant attention has been paid. Between Worlds provides fascinating descriptions of cases of possession as well as analysis of the magical techniques deployed by rabbinic exorcists to expel the ghostly intruders. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRJ; HRLK; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 429.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221701
ISBN
9780812221701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006202
ISBN
9780253006202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. This book offers a paradigm for theorizing gender and sexuality - not just in the Victorian period, but in our own. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128351
ISBN
9780691128351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. This volume looks at the rise of the Ottoman Empire - the longest-lived political entity in human history - showing the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the the Eastern Empire. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206007
ISBN
9780520206007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.60

Paperback. Presents a commentary on - and reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". This title provides a reading of the text, giving an account of the positions against which Descartes was reacting, and revealing anew the unity, meaning, and originality of the Meditations. Num Pages: 528 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135618
ISBN
9780691135618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.68

Paperback. Abel Herzberg, a Dutch lawyer and writer - managed, in the hell of Bergen-Belsen, to keep a diary which chronicles the horrific reality of daily existence in the camp. This title, based on his diary, provides an eyewitness account of life in one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9781845117504
ISBN
9781845117504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJG; HBJD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449451
ISBN
9780801449451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Paperback. Since Tsarist times, Roma in Russia (known to others as Gypsies) have been portrayed as rebels, isolated from society and excluded from mainstream history. This book examines how Roma themselves have negotiated such dualities, in both everyday interactions and in stage performances. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; HBTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324935
ISBN
9780822324935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

paperback. The incarceration of Japanese Americans has been discredited as a major blemish in American democratic tradition. This book probes the complexities of pre-war Japanese America to show how Japanese in America held an in-between space between the United States and the empire of Japan, between American nationality and Japanese racial identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195159417
ISBN
9780195159417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.09

Paperback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081832
ISBN
9780231081832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Between Thucydides and Polybius focuses on the contribution of fourth-century authors such as Ephorus, Theopompus, and Xenophon to the development of Greek historiography. Essays examine the interface between historiography and rhetoric, while undermining the claim that historians after Thucydides allowed rhetoric to prevail over research. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674428348
ISBN
9780674428348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. Traces the dialectic of 'the mystical' and the political' from both a theological and an historical perspective. It presents the dialectic as a hermeneutic for the rise of the new ecclesial communities within the Roman Catholic Tradition and suggests it as the framework by which a trajectory for Christian holiness might emerge in the 21st century. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
ATF Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922239365
ISBN
9781922239365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardback. Traces the dialectic of 'the mystical' and the political' from both a theological and an historical perspective. It presents the dialectic as a hermeneutic for the rise of the new ecclesial communities within the Roman Catholic Tradition and suggests it as the framework by which a trajectory for Christian holiness might emerge in the 21st century. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
ATF Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922239396
ISBN
9781922239396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.69
€ 63.28

paperback. A compelling study of a Jewish religious leader whose life exemplifies the dilemmas that Europe's Jews have faced over the past century. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874774914
ISBN
9781874774914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Text Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925240702
ISBN
9781925240702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Windgather Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909686502
ISBN
9781909686502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.20

Paperback. Roy Stokes explores the history of famous shipwrecks off the Irish Coast. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 1QSE; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445653334
ISBN
9781445653334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Hardcover. An examination of 1920s and 1930s Alsace, to reveal the many faces of fascism. The study of the region, with its interplay of French, German and Alsatian nationalities, proves a framework for understanding how this ideology has matured over time to fit changing contexts. Num Pages: 258 pages, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802381
ISBN
9780875802381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.61

Hardback. Between the Old and the New World Editor(s): Malek, Agnieszka; Praszalowicz, Dorota. Series: Migration - Ethnicity - Nation: Cracow Studies in Culture, Society and Politics. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783631617571
ISBN
9783631617571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 32.12

Paperback. A challenging and heartfelt study of the human capacity for good and evil. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154. The Divided Spirit of Humanity. 240 pages. A challenging and heartfelt study of the human capacity for good and evil. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight: 154.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672544
ISBN
9781847672544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

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