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Hardcover. Num Pages: 374 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804323
ISBN
9780875804323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.77

Paperback. Seeking the historical and cultural roots of the conflict between Soviet-aligned Marxists and the religious extremists inspired by Egyptian and Pakistani brands of 'fundamentalist' Islam, this work examines the lives of three significant figures of the late nineteenth century - a tribal khan, a Muslim saint, and a prince. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 2 b&w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; JFM; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520200647
ISBN
9780520200647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Hardback. What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? In this book, th author argues that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practices associated with sacrifice. Num Pages: 296 pages, 33 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HRH; JHM; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294790
ISBN
9780520294790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781421414515
ISBN
9781421414515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.18

Hardback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414508
ISBN
9781421414508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 42.94

paperback. Investigating the intertwinings of desire and faith, and drawing on Saint John of the Cross, Edith Stein, and Charles Taylor, this title offers a fresh understanding of free will, trust, and perception. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589661950
ISBN
9781589661950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. Presents a collection of writings by one of the foremost philosophers of religion in the English-speaking world. This work features the author's work on creation and human freedom. It engages with Islam, Judaism and Christianity, and with modern and pre-modern systems of thought. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121712
ISBN
9781405121712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

Paperback. Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology delineates the ways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have moved towards each another over the centuries and points to new pathways for contemporary theological work. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118724118
ISBN
9781118724118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.67

Hardcover. Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology delineates the ways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have moved towards each another over the centuries and points to new pathways for contemporary theological work. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470657553
ISBN
9780470657553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268012267
ISBN
9780268012267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. This survey of the rise and decline of European overseas empires asks how and why these empires were formed, persisted, and eventually fell. The author explains Europe's long occupation of global centre stage and seeks to throw new light on today's postcolonial world and the legacies of empire. Num Pages: 544 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300093148
ISBN
9780300093148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HRES. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
American Institute of Buddhist Studies
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935011095
ISBN
9781935011095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 41.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Between the Lines Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771130103
ISBN
9781771130103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.28

Hardback. This is a poineering study of the 19th centruy Hasidic movement as shown through the life of one of its most controversial and influential leaders, Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850). The dramatic episodes of his life are echoed by the contradictory and highly critical opinions of his personal charachter and leadership. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages, 12 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; HBG; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804744683
ISBN
9780804744683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

Paperback. Reveals the untold tale of shocking events and anomalous figures in the history of Hasidism Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Brandeis University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781611681949
ISBN
9781611681949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.48

Hardcover. Surveying an unusually wide variety of material, ranging from the Victorian triple-decker novel, to Modernist art and architecture, to Pop music and graffiti, this book suggests that the tube-network is a transitional form, linking the alienated spaces of Victorian England to the virtual spaces of our contemporary consumer-capitalism. Num Pages: 188 pages, 4 colour plates, 4 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318597
ISBN
9781846318597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.75

Paperback. This book compares the influence of the Nazi past in contemporary German and Austrian politics. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; HBJD; JHM; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521673242
ISBN
9780521673242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269375
ISBN
9780226269375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Hardcover. An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines the assimilation and appropriation of bicycles, rice mills, sewing machines, and typewriters in India. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922027
ISBN
9780226922027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. This work shows how historians, geographers and philosophers have invoked nature in its various manifestations - climate, topography, vegetation, wildlife and disease - as a dynamic force in human history. It covers a whole cycle of environmental history and its interpretation Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631190219
ISBN
9780631190219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

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