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Paperback. Explores the question of torture through multiple lenses by situating it within systems of belief, social networks of power, and ideological worldviews Editor(s): Biswas, Shampa; Zalloua, Zahi. Series: Global Re-Visions. Num Pages: 4 illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991221
ISBN
9780295991221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.97

Paperback. "In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past."-New York Times Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFE; JKVP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215991
ISBN
9780812215991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. Takes the reader from the late nineteenth century to the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, from slavery and the electric chair to electrotorture in American inner cities, and from French and British colonial prison cells and the Spanish-American War to the fields of Vietnam, the wars of the Middle East, and the democracies of Latin America and Europe. Num Pages: 880 pages, 1 halftone. 9 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA; JWA; JWKT; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143330
ISBN
9780691143330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 44.53

Hardback. Contends that the Eucharist is the Church's response to the use of torture as a social discipline. This book develops a theology of the political which presents torture as one instance of a larger confrontation of powers over bodies, both individual and social. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631211198
ISBN
9780631211198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.12

Paperback. * Ties together eucharistic theology with concrete eucharistic practice* Includes interviews with ecclesiastical officials and grassroots Church workers in Chile. . Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631211990
ISBN
9780631211990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.61

Paperback. S. Editor(s): Pallitto, Robert M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402499
ISBN
9781421402499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.31

Hardback. S. Editor(s): Pallitto, Robert M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402482
ISBN
9781421402482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 58.90

Paperback. Explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic literature and legal records, this crisply written book provides an account of how European legal systems became dependent on the use of torture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBT; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468945
ISBN
9780226468945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.52

Hardback. This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation. Series: Blackwell Public Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405162012
ISBN
9781405162012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.86

Paperback. This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation. Series: Blackwell Public Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405162029
ISBN
9781405162029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.55

Hardback. Looks at the relationship between torture and colonial domination through a examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war from 1954 to 1962. This book presents an anatomy of torture - its methods, justifications, functions, and consequences. It also shows how torture was central to guerre revolutionnaire. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; 3JJPG; HBW; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131351
ISBN
9780691131351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 54.20

Paperback. Series: War Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; APFA; HBJK; HBLX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564029
ISBN
9780813564029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 45.80

Paperback. This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period. Using documents from criminal cases, it looks at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France from 1600 to 1788. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRAB; JFCX; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226757544
ISBN
9780226757544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Tosaka Jun (1900-1945) was one of modern Japan's most unique and important critics of capitalism, the emperor system, imperialism, and everyday life in wartime Japan. This collection of translations contains some of Tosaka's most important essays and original articles on Tosaka. Editor(s): Kawashima, Ken C.; Schafer, Fabian; Stolz, Robert. Series: Cornell University East Asia Program. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947686
ISBN
9781933947686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.44

Paperback. Presents the social history of the Japanese countryside in its twentieth-century transition from 'peasant' to 'consumer' society. This book features an account of the life of one village woman and her community caught up in the inexorable march of historical events. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240971
ISBN
9780520240971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615902
ISBN
9780700615902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.31

Paperback. It isn't done with Mirrors-the Nazi state's total mobilization of resources to gather information. How they built their international information gathering apparatus-an organization where no nugget of news was too small to be taken note off. This was Total Espionage. Riess, an ex-Berlin journalist had all of the contacts to know what was going on. Editor(s): Sutton, Alan. Num Pages: 288 pages, 75 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Fonthill Media United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554517
ISBN
9781781554517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. One of R. T. Kendall's most popular titles. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Hodder Christian Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340756393
ISBN
9780340756393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

hardcover. Covers the Second World War operations of the Royal Navy in one concise and affordable volume. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 pages black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Condition
New
SKU
9781473844643
ISBN
9781473844643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 8.02

Paperback. Series: Once and Future Church Series. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Alban Institute, Inc United States
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566991551
ISBN
9781566991551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.26

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