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Paperback. In the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the French ambassador's household. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 208 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094503
ISBN
9780300094503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.03

paperback. Traces the series of events which culminated in the 1802 and 1804 Battles of Sitka, a turning point in the history of the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska and, ultimately, in the history of America. Editor(s): Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, Richard; Black, Lydia T. Series: Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature. Num Pages: 560 pages, 55 illus., 20 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986012
ISBN
9780295986012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.08
€ 52.94

paperback. The human impulse to religion can be seen to encompass environmentalism as an offshoot of the secular, material faith in human reason and power that dominates modern society. This book traces the history of environmentalism - and its moral thrust - from its roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism through the Progressive Era to the present. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HR; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985565
ISBN
9780295985565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.23

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271010380
ISBN
9780271010380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.44

Paperback. This book tracks the rise and fall of an underworld culture that bred some of America's greatest racketeers, bootleggers, gamblers, and professional killers, examining the careers of such high-profile figures as Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. Num Pages: 351 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSR1; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096836
ISBN
9780231096836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
455
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231061650
ISBN
9780231061650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.60

Paperback. The world wants to know what contemporary India is all about. The world's largest democracy, it still practices the caste system. It's a burgeoning economic superpower, and one of the poorest nations on earth. This title discusses the continent of contradictions that is host to one-sixth of the world's population. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BG; HBJF; HBLW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268222
ISBN
9780099268222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.63

hardcover. This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Editor(s): Melton, J. Gordon. Num Pages: 1036 pages, 125. BIC Classification: GBC; HRAC; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 76. Weight in Grams: 2449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
1036
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598842050
ISBN
9781598842050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.32
€ 166.15

paperback. Editor(s): Milner, Stephen J. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816638215
ISBN
9780816638215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.12

hardcover. "Originally published in French in 2000 under the title La Clepsydre: Essai sur la pluralitae des temps dans le judaeisme." Translator(s): Ivry, Benjamin. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804789059
ISBN
9780804789059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80

Hardback. A critical revaluation of humanism, this book makes a case for the 20th-century as the "anticolonial century" by returning to the scientific Enlightenment and following a neglected intellectual tradition that led to what we today call Marxism. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804788328
ISBN
9780804788328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.58

hardcover. Watching War explores what it means to be a spectator to battles in an era in which the boundaries between witnessing, representing, and perpetrating violence have become profoundly blurred. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 865. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804782395
ISBN
9780804782395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.15

hardcover. Comparing Egypt and Syria, this book argues that Arab states where executive power is more centralized are better at adapting to prevent regime change than states where decentralized relationships prevails. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804780629
ISBN
9780804780629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.33

hardcover. "Originally published in French under the title La marque du sacre." Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776899
ISBN
9780804776899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.40

hardcover. This book explores how theories of experience reflect the tension between our understanding of ourselves as language-users who produce culture and our understanding of ourselves as information-processing animals who respond to stimuli. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776141
ISBN
9780804776141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.37

hardcover. The book situates the philosophical significance of Bataille's anthropological reflections within the fourfold made up by the names of Schelling, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Freud. Translator(s): Vegso, Roland. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776066
ISBN
9780804776066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.64

hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20, 3 colour plates, 16 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801452260
ISBN
9780801452260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.54

hardcover. The need for questioning the ways in which technology is used in sports is the subject of this volume. Much of the focus is on the ethical implications of allowing genetic manipulation of human beings and the impact this could have on sport in general. Editor(s): Maih, A.; Eassom, Simon Bruce. Series: Research in Philosophy & Technology. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDR; PSX; TCBG; WSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 851.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762308804
ISBN
9780762308804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.04

paperback. In the years following World War II, federal plans to build a mammoth new dam on the Snake River in Idaho were thwarted by a coalition of irrigators, private-power executives, and state politicians who wanted local control. The unintended result was the preservation of high deserts and mountain rivers from radical change. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1 line drawings, 7 maps,. BIC Classification: 3JF; HB; RNA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989129
ISBN
9780295989129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

hardcover. Shows how the Bible, in particular a Chinese translation of the Old Testament, profoundly influenced Hong and his followers, leading them to understand the first three of the Ten Commandments as an indictment of the imperial order. This book may appeal to scholars in the fields of Chinese history, religion, and culture. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780295984308
ISBN
9780295984308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

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