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Paperback. Art's Undoing is about radical aestheticism, the term that best describes a recurring event in some of the most powerful and resonating texts of nineteenth-century British literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251124
ISBN
9780823251124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Explores the major developments in the history of Africa's diamonds, from the earliest stirrings of international interest in the continent's mineral wealth in the first millennium AD to the present day. This book illustrates the scope and complexity of the African diamond trade as well as its impact on individuals and societies. Series: Africa in World History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421000
ISBN
9780821421000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Translator(s): Loriaux, Michael. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HPC; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680061
ISBN
9780816680061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, Beverly; Russo, Mary. Num Pages: 423 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627271
ISBN
9780816627271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; BTC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813554112
ISBN
9780813554112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. An analysis of the definition of courage and the "mystery of bravery". This book utilizes soldiers' memoirs, heroic and romantic literature and philosophical discussions to analyze the link between courage and fear and expose the role of courage in generating anxieties of manhood and masculinity. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008267
ISBN
9780674008267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.02

Hardcover. How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240795
ISBN
9780393240795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 42.27

Hardcover. Longlisted for the National Book Award. Where did the ideas come from that became the cornerstone of American democracy? Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393064544
ISBN
9780393064544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.46

Paperback. Translator(s): Bachrach, David Stewart. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300107586
ISBN
9780300107586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.07

Hardcover. A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Kept in museum collections across the US, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history. This book explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating how Americans view the past. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GM; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226059600
ISBN
9780226059600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.12

Hardcover. Revealing the narrative of Oedipus and the Sphinx to be the very paradigm of a key transition experienced by all of humankind, the author situates myth between the competing claims of science and art in an engagement that has important implications for the debates in literary studies, psychoanalytic theory, cultural history, and aesthetics. Translator(s): Smart, Duncan Alexander; Rice, David. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226048086
ISBN
9780226048086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis presents the highly anticipated second edition of the most affordable and accessible survey of world history designed for use at the college level. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118532669
ISBN
9781118532669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.91

Paperback. In the mid-sixteenth century, Jesuit missionaries working in what is now Brazil were struck by what they called the inconstancy of the people they met, the indigenous Tupi-speaking tribes of the Atlantic coast. This title situates the Jesuit missionaries' accounts of the Tupi people in historical perspective. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 181 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984201013
ISBN
9780984201013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. This volume intends to contribute to the nascent discourse on Judaism and ecology by clarifying diverse conceptions of nature in Jewish thought and by using the insights of Judaism to formulate a constructive Jewish theology of nature. Series: Religions of the World and Ecology. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Center for the Study of World Religions
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945454366
ISBN
9780945454366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.68

Hardcover. Lord Acton (1834-1902) is often called a historian of liberty. Acton is mainly known for a single maxim, 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely'. In this title, the author presents an indepth consideration of Acton's thought. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804651
ISBN
9780875804651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63

Hardcover. From 1505 to 1689, Russia's Tsars chose their wives through an elaborate ritual: the bride-show. Alongside accounts of sordid boyar plots against brides and the multiple marriages of Ivan the Terrible, this book offers an analysis of the show's role in the complex politics of royal marriage in early modern Russia. Num Pages: 396 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804484
ISBN
9780875804484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.85

Paperback. This third volume of the Excavation of the Abri Pataud rock shelter in southern France focuses on the occupation that began about 27,000 years ago and compares the materials with artifacts from more than 50 sites in Italy, Spain, and France. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873655378
ISBN
9780873655378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898713
ISBN
9780859898713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.87

Paperback. Provides a poignant glimpse into the world of boys torn from their comfortable childhoods and separated from their families, ultimately to perish in the Nazi death machine Editor(s): Wilson, Paul R. Num Pages: 208 pages, 123 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780827609440
ISBN
9780827609440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. This work shows how immigrants in the USA responded to the Civil War. It stresses the social and political situation in the US from which the phenomonon of the ethnic regiments emerged, the relationships the groups had within larger society, and the impact the war had on the ethnics. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBW; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218288
ISBN
9780823218288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

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