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Paperback. Abuses of history can have dire consequences - look at Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Margaret MacMillan's argument for why history matters shows how treating the past with respect can lead us to a better understanding with the present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682100
ISBN
9781846682100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Hardback. Investigates the role of paradox in Western and Asian religious discourse. Drawing on both philosophy and social scientific theory, this book offers a naturalistic explanation of religion's oft-noted propensity to sublime paradox and argues that religious thinkers employ intractable paradoxes as basis for various techniques of self-transformation. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140829
ISBN
9780231140829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.34
€ 62.34

Paperback. In this provocative and passionately argued book, Roger Scruton proposes that the greatest harm and havoc has been wrought on the world by those who have presented themselves as optimists and idealists, whether of the left or of the right. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 251 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848872011
ISBN
9781848872011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYC; 3JB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477096
ISBN
9780801477096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Hardcover. Offers a complex consideration of the relationship of mass terror and utopianism under the fascist government of wartime Croatia. Editor(s): Yeomans, Rory. Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465458
ISBN
9781580465458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Paperback. Discover God's plan for how we can become genuinely good - and how that process frees us from all the emotional and behavioural problems that plague us. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444703283
ISBN
9781444703283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Editor(s): James, John Stanley; Cannon, Michael; Flippen, Robert G.; McDonald, Willa. Num Pages: 282 pages, 50 b/w photos, cartoons & sketches. BIC Classification: 1MB; 1MK; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235985
ISBN
9781922235985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.98

Paperback. In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer highlights anthropology's continuing ability to gain insights on the whole through the comparative study of the particular and unique while critiquing the quantitative social sciences for their sweeping generalizations. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361589
ISBN
9780822361589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer highlights anthropology's continuing ability to gain insights on the whole through the comparative study of the particular and unique while critiquing the quantitative social sciences for their sweeping generalizations. Series: The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361398
ISBN
9780822361398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226314600
ISBN
9780226314600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.38

Hardback. This new book by Beate Rossler is a work of real quality and originality on an extremely topical issue: the issue of privacy and the relations between the private and the public. Rossler investigates the reasons why we value privacy and why we ought to value it. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631103
ISBN
9780745631103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728054
ISBN
9780198728054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. The Vandals is the first book available in the English language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118785096
ISBN
9781118785096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Strange Attractor Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907222290
ISBN
9781907222290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801494161
ISBN
9780801494161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488696
ISBN
9780801488696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.72

hardcover. In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population. This book offers an inquiry that explores the options that presented themselves to Ireland's younger generations, taking into account household structure, inheritance, religion, and especially emigration. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSF; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691043074
ISBN
9780691043074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.99
€ 100.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 263 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1412.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606600764
ISBN
9781606600764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBTV; HBTZ; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141976372
ISBN
9780141976372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an elite force within the Byzantine Armies. The Varangians wore mixtures of their native clothing and armour together with a splendid formal Byzantine uniform. This title offers an insightful look at this legendary guard units of the medieval world. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBW; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849081795
ISBN
9781849081795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

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