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Paperback. Celebrates the particular communication of thoughts that takes place by means of the business of writing, producing, and selling books. This book features a semiology of the cultural practice that begins with the character of the writer's voice and culminates in a customer's crossing the bookstore threshold, package under arm, on the way home. Translator(s): Wills, David. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
4 Rev ed
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230372
ISBN
9780823230372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.53

Hardback. In July 1964 when a Harlem riot shifted attention to the crisis in northern cities, African American intellectuals were thrust into the spotlight as interpreters of black urban life to white America. This book revisits the moment when black urban life became, for these intellectuals, "the topic that is reserved for blacks." Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725287
ISBN
9780674725287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841588018
ISBN
9781841588018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. This book revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome of Tibetan nationalist resistance against China. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267909
ISBN
9780520267909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Paperback. G A Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009, he had plans to bring together a number of his most significant papers. This title contains these papers that have shaped many of the central debates in political philosophy. Editor(s): Otsuka, Michael; Jollimore, Troy A. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148717
ISBN
9780691148717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne" and, later, as a soldier with French forces during three years (1951-1954) in the Tonkin area, Vietnam. Editor(s): Dal Cengio, Vittorino. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982093
ISBN
9781909982093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Hardback. Translator(s): Jacques, Richard.L., Jr. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164009
ISBN
9780231164009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.55
€ 42.10

Paperback. This is a translation of three works by Mirandola: "On the Dignity of Man", a document of early Renaissance humanism; "One Being and the One", a treatise on the relationship between unity and being; and "Heptaplus", an interpretation of the first verses of "Genesis". Translator(s): Wallis, Charles Glenn; Miller, Paul J. W.; Carmichael, Douglas. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRC; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
174
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203969
ISBN
9780872203969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. For centuries the Historia Ecclesiastica of St Germanus (715-730) was the quasi-official explanation of the Divine Liturgy for the Byzantine Christian world. A detailed introduction includes an exposition of mystagogical catecheses and the development of an historicizing system of liturgical symbolism. Translator(s): Meyendorff, P. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 186 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
St Vladimir´s Seminary Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881410389
ISBN
9780881410389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.48

Paperback. Uses philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule. Translator(s): Bowersock, G. W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030893
ISBN
9780674030893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.71

Hardback. Talks about Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), one of the most important theorist of the humanist movement. He wrote a major work on Latin style, "On Elegance in the Latin Language", which became a battle-standard in the struggle for the reform of Latin across Europe, and "Dialectical Disputations", a wide-ranging attack on scholastic logic. Translator(s): Bowersock, G. W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; CFA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025332
ISBN
9780674025332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
St Vladimir´s Seminary Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881411775
ISBN
9780881411775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637150
ISBN
9780691637150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.81

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780691608754
ISBN
9780691608754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.85
€ 42.40

Paperback. The author here is investigating and clarifying the premise that the distinctive nature of human consciousness is misrepresented by many philosophers and cognitive scientists who aim to reduce it to a set of functions understood in evolutionary, neurobiological and computational terms. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333800225
ISBN
9780333800225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.60

Hardback. Southeastern Colorado was known as the northernmost boundary of New Spain in the sixteenth century. By the late 1800s, the region was US territory, but the majority of settlers remained Hispanic families. Bonnie J. Clark investigates the unwritten history of this unique Hispanic population. Series: Historical Archaeology of the American West. Num Pages: 176 pages, 26 illustrations, 6 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; HD; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803213722
ISBN
9780803213722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.13

Paperback. A collection of 11 essays, which examine the Esalen Institute's roots, the place of its beliefs in American religious history, and its influence. It is suitable for those interested in the history of American religion as well as those who regard this place as the epicenter of the human potential movement. Editor(s): Shuck, Glenn W.; Kripal, Jeffrey J. Series: Religion in North America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 b&w photos, 2 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; HRQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217592
ISBN
9780253217592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.95

Paperback. Sheds new light on the views and attitudes of Latin American writers during the Nazi era Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; HBTZ1; JFSL4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688566
ISBN
9781611688566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Based upon a true story, this book tells of a Russian missionary bishop's trip to Siberia. During the teaching and baptism along the way, he learns that baptism without preparation is ritual devoid of content, and that indigenous cultures must be built upon as a foundation for Christian conversion. Translator(s): Prokurat, Michael. Num Pages: 136 pages, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: FC; HRCC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
St Vladimir´s Seminary Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881411188
ISBN
9780881411188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. A study on Descartes, that brings together essays on the topics of the ego and of God. It explores the alterity of the Cartesian ego. It closes with a careful delineation of the concept of causa sui and a detailed survey of the idea of God in seventeenth-century thought. Translator(s): Gschwandtner, Prof. Christina M. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823227556
ISBN
9780823227556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.80

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