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Paperback. Provides an accessible introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond. This book serves as a text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on early Christianity, the Desert Fathers, and Christian asceticism. It includes chronologies, maps, outlines, illustrations, and bibliographies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 9 halftones, numerous line drawings and tables. BIC Classification: HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195162233
- ISBN
- 9780195162233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.01
€ 92.01
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History. Num Pages: 214 pages, 16 b/w photos & 11 maps. BIC Classification: HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811733809
- ISBN
- 9780811733809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.98
€ 18.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive portrait of African American's complex relationship with consumerism and capitalism in the United States. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFFT; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814793275
- ISBN
- 9780814793275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 105 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781479877461
- ISBN
- 9781479877461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. A study of William Bartram's "Travels", Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia", and J Hector St John de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer" that situates them within two important intellectual traditions: the literature of travel and the science of natural history. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HBJK; WN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812216868
- ISBN
- 9780812216868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Translator(s): Ealey, Mark; McLauchlan, Alastair. Num Pages: 486 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- MerwinAsia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937385262
- ISBN
- 9781937385262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801435676
- ISBN
- 9780801435676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
paperback. But why did Descartes think we should take these exaggerated doubts seriously? And if we do take them seriously, how did he think any of our beliefs could ever escape them? This work undertakes a study of Descartes's first three meditations to answer these questions and to present a fresh way of understanding precisely what Descartes was up to. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691117324
- ISBN
- 9780691117324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.64
€ 40.99
€ 32.64
Hardback. Descartes' works are often treated as a unified, unchanging whole. This book argues that the philosopher's views, particularly in natural philosophy, actually change radically between his early and later works - and that any interpretation of Descartes must take account of these changes. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138893
- ISBN
- 9780691138893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 51.34
€ 64.65
€ 51.34
Paperback. A step-by-step guide to Descartes' Meditations Series: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748634804
- ISBN
- 9780748634804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.56
€ 29.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138019188
- ISBN
- 9781138019188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. This is an updated edition of John Cottingham's acclaimed translation of Descartes's philosophical masterpiece, including an abridgement of Descartes's Objections and Replies. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781107665736
- ISBN
- 9781107665736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.82
€ 19.82
Paperback. Rene Descartes had a short working life, and his output was small, yet he made significant contributions to philosophy and science. This book shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 110 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854094
- ISBN
- 9780192854094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.95
€ 14.99
€ 13.95
Paperback. 'This book is both a fine introduction to the me taphysics of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz and a rich, wide-ranging study of the interaction betwee n physics and metaphysics in the seventeenth centu ry.' - Kenneth P Winkler, Wellesley College Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415090223
- ISBN
- 9780415090223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
hardcover. Editor(s): Chappell, Vere. Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684861
- ISBN
- 9780847684861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.81
€ 168.81
Paperback. Explicates Descartes's aim to provide a metaphysics that would accommodate mechanistic science and supplant scholasticism. This text includes discussion of central differences from, and similarities with the scholastics and how these discriminations affected Descartes's defence of body. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009684
- ISBN
- 9780674009684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.32
€ 44.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Chappell, Vere. Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684878
- ISBN
- 9780847684878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
Hardcover. Ben-Yami shows how the technology of Descartes' time shapes his conception of life, soul and mind-body dualism; how Descartes' analytic geometry helps him develop his revolutionary conception of representation without resemblance; and how these ideas combine to shape his new and influential theory of perception. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512017
- ISBN
- 9781137512017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 404 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226282190
- ISBN
- 9780226282190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.28
€ 52.99
€ 41.28
paperback. Takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behaviour. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRN; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 8th Print
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501640
- ISBN
- 9780099501640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
€ 17.99
€ 13.45