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Hardcover. Mental Maps in the Era of Detente and the End of the Cold War recreates the way in which the revolutionary changes of the last phase of the Cold War were perceived by fifteen of its leading figures in the West, East and developing world. Editor(s): Casey, Steven. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBLW; HBTW; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137500953
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- 9781137500953
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€ 128.29
€ 128.29
Hardcover. What is a human being? Philosophical anthropology has approached this question with unusual sophistication, experimentalism, and subtlety. This volume explores the philosophical anthropologies of Scheler, Gehlen, Plessner, and Blumenberg in terms of their relevance to contemporary theories of nature, naturalism, organic life, and human affairs. Editor(s): Honenberger, Phillip. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHMP; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- V9781137500878
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- 9781137500878
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€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora explores African derived religions in a globalized world. The volume focuses on the continent, on African identity in globalization, and on African religion in cultural change. Editor(s): Aderibigbe, Ibigbolade S.; Medine, Carolyn M. Jones; Seibel, Hans D. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- V9781137500519
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- 9781137500519
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€ 140.78
€ 140.78
Hardcover. This book uses global perspectives to address questions of media ethics and justice in a local and transnational global environment, and examines the common denominator running through such disparate investigations of theories and practices of media ethics and justice in the democracies of India, South Africa, Pakistan, and the United States. Editor(s): Rao, Shakuntala; Wasserman, Herman. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137498250
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- 9781137498250
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€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. Editor(s): Opitz, Donald L.; Bergwik, Staffan; Tiggelen, Brigitte van. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- V9781137492722
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- 9781137492722
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€ 151.71
€ 151.71
Hardcover. The island of Sicily has for centuries been a meeting point where civilizations transformed one another and gave life to the cultural developments at the foundation of European modernity. The essays collected here explore Sicily as a place where these cultural interactions have produced conflict but also new material and intellectual exchange. Editor(s): Karagoz, Claudia; Summerfield, Giovanna. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137491107
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- 9781137491107
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€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Hardcover. The intercultural occurs in the space between two or more distinct cultures that encounter each other, an area where meanings are translated and difference is negotiated. In this volume, scholars from diverse disciplines reflect on the phenomenon of interculturality and on the theoretical and methodological frameworks of interpreting it Editor(s): Rozbicki, Michal Jan. Num Pages: 277 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFFP; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- V9781137489135
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- 9781137489135
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€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. Childhood, Youth and Emotions in Modern History is the first book to innovatively combine the history of childhood and youth with the history of emotions, combining multiple national, colonial, and global perspectives. Editor(s): Olsen, Stephanie. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBG; JFSP1; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137484833
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- 9781137484833
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€ 140.52
€ 140.52
Hardcover. Since the 1980s, democratic struggles have triggered constitutional reforms, elections, and other forms of political progress. This comprehensive volume offers refreshing perspectives on Africa's democratic renewal and will open up dialogue on the trends and trajectory of Africa's democratic future. Editor(s): Adejumobi, Said. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137484338
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- 9781137484338
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€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardcover. This book examines the role religion played in the dismantling of Yugoslavia; addressing practical concerns of inter-ethnic fighting, religiously-motivated warfare, and the role religion played within the dissolution of the nation. Editor(s): Ognjenovic, Gorana; Jozelic, Jasna. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; 3JM; HRAM2; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137484123
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- 9781137484123
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€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Drawing from theatre, English studies, and art history, among others, these essays discuss the challenges and rewards of teaching medieval and early modern texts in the 21st-century university. Topics range from the intersections of race, religion, gender, and nation in cross-cultural encounters to the use of popular culture as pedagogical tools. Editor(s): Attar, Karina F.; Shutters, Lynn. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 253 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
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- 2014
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137481337
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- 9781137481337
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€ 129.05
€ 129.05
Hardcover. Deleuze and Beckett is a collection of essays on specific aspects of the Deleuze and Beckett interface. Some of the world's leading Beckett and Deleuze specialists apply different concepts of Deleuzian philosophy to a wide range of Beckett's oeuvre, including his novels, short stories, and stage, film and television work. Editor(s): Wilmer, S. E.; Zukauskaite, Audrone. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137481139
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- 9781137481139
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€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardcover. Bringing together the most recent research on the Cultural Revolution in China, musicologists, historians, literary scholars, and others discuss the music and its political implications. Combined, these chapters, paint a vibrant picture of the long-lasting impact that the musical revolution had on ordinary citizens, as well as political leaders. Editor(s): Pang, Laikwan; Clark, Paul; Tsai, Tsan-Huang. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AV; HBJF; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137479105
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- 9781137479105
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€ 117.95
€ 117.95
Hardcover. Catholic or Protestant, recusant or godly rebel, early modern women reinvented their spiritual and gendered spaces during the reformations in religion in England during the sixteenth century and beyond. These essays explore the ways in which some Englishwomen struggled to erase, rewrite, or reimagine their religious and gender identities. Editor(s): Chappell, Julie A.; Kramer, Kaley A. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; APFA; DSB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137474735
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- 9781137474735
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€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. Containing three previously unpublished papers by W.V. Quine as well as historical, exegetical, and critical papers by several leading Quine scholars including Hylton, Ebbs, and Ben-Menahem, this volume aims to remedy the comparative lack of historical investigation of Quine and his philosophical context. Editor(s): Kemp, Gary; Janssen-Lauret, Frederique. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137472502
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- 9781137472502
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€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Hardcover. Through the works of key figures in ethics since modernity this book charts a shift from dominant fixated, objective moral systems and the dependence on moral authorities such as God, nature and state to universal, formal, fallible, individualistic and/or vulnerable moral systems that ensue from the modern subject's exercise of reason and freedom. Editor(s): Imafidon, Elvis; Baram, Amatzia. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137472410
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- 9781137472410
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€ 67.89
€ 67.89
Hardcover. Does theism dominant the language and practices of public life in the United States? This volume explores this question from a humanist perspective, and in so doing it provides insight into the relationship of religion to public policy, and offers ways to advance a more democratic and secular public arena. Editor(s): Pinn, Anthony B. Series: The Humanities Research Centre Macmillan studies. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB1; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137472182
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- 9781137472182
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€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Interreligious Friendships after Nostra Aetate explores the ways in which personal relationships are essential for theology. Catholic theologians tell the personal stories of their interreligious friendships and explore the significance of their friendships for their own life and work. Editor(s): Fredericks, James L.; Tiemeier, Tracy Sayuki. Series: Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137472106
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- 9781137472106
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€ 128.01
€ 128.01
Hardcover. In historical studies, 'collective memory' is most often viewed as the product of nationalizing strategies carried out by political elites in the hope to create homogeneous nation-states. In contrast, this book asserts that collective memories develop out of a never-ending, triangular negotiation between local, national and transnational actors. Editor(s): Beyen, Marnix; Deseure, Brecht. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137469373
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- 9781137469373
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€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Hardcover. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Film, History and Memory broadens the focus from 'history', the study of past events, to 'memory', the processes - individual, generational, collective or state-driven - by which meanings are attached to the past. Editor(s): McGarry, Fearghal; Carlsten, Jennie M. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: APFN; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137468949
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- 9781137468949
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Condition: New
€ 117.87
€ 117.87