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Hardcover. Offers a detailed overview of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries from ancient Greece - with contributions from both those who have excavated the sites and scholars who have spent a lifetime studying the monuments. Num Pages: 384 pages, 650 full-colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 321 x 258 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892369102
- ISBN
- 9780892369102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.90€ 67.94
€ 82.90
€ 67.94
paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801090639
- ISBN
- 9780801090639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.90
€ 29.90
Hardback. For almost three decades the troubles in Northern Ireland raged, claiming over 3,600 lives, with civilians accounting for almost half the fatalities. In this book, Jonathan Tonge examines the reasons for that conflict; the motivations of the groups involved and explores the prospects for a post-conflict Northern Ireland. Series: Global Political Hot Spots. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631400
- ISBN
- 9780745631400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. Combines insights from Alexis de Tocqueville, John Dewey, and Jane Addams with sociology and addresses questions about civic and religious life that elude the 'social capital' concept. This book argues that to create civic relationships, groups need more than the right political beliefs or resources; they must learn new ways of being groups. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096513
- ISBN
- 9780691096513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Examines how religious congregations in America have responded to changes in family structure, and how families participate in local religious life. Based on a study of congregations and community residents in upstate New York, this book argues that while some religious groups may be nostalgic for the Ozzie and Harriet days, others are changing. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 tables. BIC Classification: HR; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086750
- ISBN
- 9780691086750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
hardcover. A bilingual (Nepali and English) critical edition of three complete, representative repertoires of shaman texts that have been collected over 20 years in Jajarkot District, Western Nepal. The volume includes both publicly chanted recitals and privately whispered spells of three shamans. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 706 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HRLP1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 63. Weight in Grams: 2124.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 706
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674607958
- ISBN
- 9780674607958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.50€ 88.32
€ 93.50
€ 88.32
Hardcover. Focusing on Japan's Kwantung Leasehold and Railway Zone in China's northeastern provinces, Emer O'Dwyer traces the history of Japan's prewar Manchurian empire over four decades to show how South Manchuria was naturalized as a Japanese space and how this process contributed to the success of the Japanese army's early 1930s takeover of Manchuria. Num Pages: 526 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 41. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504332
- ISBN
- 9780674504332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 54.57
€ 59.15
€ 54.57
Paperback. Studies of collaboration have changed how the history of World War II in Europe is written, but for China and Japan this aspect of wartime conduct has remained largely unacknowledged. This work talks about the sensitive topic of wartime collaboration between the Chinese and their Japanese occupiers. Num Pages: 302 pages, 13 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023987
- ISBN
- 9780674023987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.88
€ 38.99
€ 32.88
Hardback. These works by Warburton introduce philosophy through history and its key writings. Without assuming any previous knowledge of philosophy, this is a clear and concise introduction to important features such as Plato's Republic. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415693172
- ISBN
- 9780415693172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.18
€ 123.18
Hardback. An innovative study of the ways in which Germans of different ages and life stages lived through the violent eruptions of the two world wars, and through the dictatorships of Nazism and then Communism that succeeded them. Num Pages: 528 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 45. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199287208
- ISBN
- 9780199287208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.14
€ 132.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; HPCA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Diaphanes AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037345443
- ISBN
- 9783037345443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.51
€ 15.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 color, 58 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934536872
- ISBN
- 9781934536872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.29
€ 73.29
Paperback. 'The excellence of his book lies .. in the high quality of scholarship, the sensitivity to nuance, the desire to map the entire Jewish response to the crisis of the empire in all its complexity.' New York Review of Books Num Pages: 712 pages, 8 pages plates, 3 text figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 45. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113492
- ISBN
- 9781904113492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.49
€ 44.99
€ 39.49
Paperback. "London Voices, London Lives" addresses a question of great current importance for urban policy: what kind of a place is London in the 21st century, and how does it differ significantly from other parts of urban Britain? It addresses these questions in a unique way: over one hundred ordinary Londoners provide their answers in their own voices. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; HBTD; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349835
- ISBN
- 9781861349835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.77
€ 40.99
€ 38.77
Hardcover. Based on a study of the major Muslim and Christian religious welfare organisations in Lebanon (including Hezbollah), and drawing upon supplementary research conducted in Iran, Egypt and Turkey, this book argues that religion is providing sophisticated solutions to the major social and economic problems of the Middle East. Num Pages: 323 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HR; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349538
- ISBN
- 9781861349538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.15
€ 98.15
Paperback. Britain's New Labour government claims to support the cause of human rights. At the same time, it claims that we can have no rights without responsibility and that dependency on the state is irresponsible. The ethics of welfare offers a critique of this paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the future of social welfare. Editor(s): Dean, Hartley. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345622
- ISBN
- 9781861345622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.04
€ 35.99
€ 35.04
Paperback. Putting the spotlight on the Chinese and South-East Asian welfare systems, this title provides an assessment of their character and development. It examines the underlying assumptions of these systems and how the processes of globalization are impacting on them. There is also a comparative analysis of Eastern and Western welfare states. Editor(s): Walker, Alan; Wong, Chack-kie. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HRKN1; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345523
- ISBN
- 9781861345523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.86
€ 40.99
€ 38.86
Paperback. This book examines the role of participants in research and how research ethics can be put into practice. Health, social, and journalistic research are currently subject to very different forms of regulation and codes of practice. By including the experiences of researchers and their subjects the book explores the disciplinary divides. Editor(s): Smyth, Marie; Williamson, Emma. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBC; KJG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861345141
- ISBN
- 9781861345141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.45
€ 40.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. This textbook attempts to fill a gap in the growing area of discourse analysis within the social sciences. It provides the analytical tools with which students and their teachers can understand the complex and often conflicting discourses across a range of social science disciplines. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19figs.9tabs. BIC Classification: HPCF5; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Policy Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861344397
- ISBN
- 9781861344397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.74
€ 40.99
€ 38.74
Paperback. Part of the "Men-at-Arms" series, this book details the various flags used in the American Civil War. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 211 x 4. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855322707
- ISBN
- 9781855322707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57