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Hardcover. A new biography of the life and faith of Elijah Muhammad - the man who almost single-handedly established a foothold for Islam in the United States Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
ONE WORLD
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851688036
ISBN
9781851688036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130813
ISBN
9780231130813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.55

Hardcover. Rare is the man with the force of character, powers of leadership, and variety of cultural, scientific and spiritual interests of Elihu Yale (1649-1721). This book explores Elihu Yale's life in the society of Madras and London, and his interests, including musical and scientific instruments and books, and then turns to a study of Yale. Num Pages: 288 pages, 140 illustrations, 120 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; BGB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 944.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500517260
ISBN
9780500517260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.19

Paperback. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445637655
ISBN
9781445637655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. Starting from the assumption of a far greater cultural gulf between the learned and the lay in the medieval world than between rich and poor, Elf Queens explores the church's systematic campaign to demonize fairies and infernalize fairyland and the responses this provoked in vernacular romance. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248432
ISBN
9780812248432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Paperback. The myth about the abduction by Hades off Demeter's daughter Kore. How she was allowed back for 8 months of the year but returned to Hades for the other 4 the founding of Demeter's Eleusinian mysteries. Series: Put it in Your Pocket Series. Num Pages: 16 pages, cover illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HRKP3. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 150 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 20.
Publisher
Orpington Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993537851
ISBN
9780993537851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.56

Paperback. The description for this book, Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622040
ISBN
9780691622040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.79

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HDA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648873
ISBN
9780691648873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.19
€ 136.95

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. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPSD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810857629
ISBN
9780810857629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.88

Paperback. Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. The author traces the history of the war elephant in India and the spread of the institution to the West, where elephants took part in some of the greatest wars of antiquity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 40 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFZ; JHMC; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226264363
ISBN
9780226264363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

Hardback. Based on wide-ranging and imaginative research, Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots stands as a major contribution to the history of human-animal relations, eighteenth-century culture, and French colonialism. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32, 29 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867538
ISBN
9780801867538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, 78 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFKB; AGN; HDD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 230 x 10. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Grantha Corporation United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890206963
ISBN
9781890206963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.42

Paperback. In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil War. Her crime had been to help her children escape from the Communist guerrillas who occupied their village. Her son, Nicholas Gage, was then eight years old. Num Pages: 640 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJPG; BG; BTC; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860463464
ISBN
9781860463464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792313298
ISBN
9780792313298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.12

paperback. An accessible approach to the essentials of argumentation, this title serves as a tool for teaching students how to read and analyse argumentative discourse and how to choose the appropriate argument in a given case. It also reflects recent scholarship on histories of rhetoric, particularly rhetorical pragmatism and comparative methods. Series: Elements of Composition. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 2. Weight in Grams: 61.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pearson United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780205315116
ISBN
9780205315116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.79

Hardback. This book is an unorthodox attempt at renewing the basic questions and principles of philosophical ethics. It focuses on the descriptive and conceptual analysis of the experiences through which human lives become aware of themselves as being provoked and urged to respond appropriately to the various dimensions and phenomena of the universe. Num Pages: 304 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747691
ISBN
9780804747691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.96

Paperback. This book is an unorthodox attempt at renewing the basic questions and principles of philosophical ethics. It focuses on the descriptive and conceptual analysis of the experiences through which human lives become aware of themselves as being provoked and urged to respond appropriately to the various dimensions and phenomena of the universe. Num Pages: 304 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747707
ISBN
9780804747707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. A book which may be used as a reference work for non-professional conservators who work with excavated materials and as an introduction for those training as archaeological conservators. Num Pages: 348 pages, illus, many b+w plates and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415012072
ISBN
9780415012072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback / so. Series: Basic. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vida Publishers United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829760385
ISBN
9780829760385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.50

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