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Paperback. Madame de Pompadour's comment, 'Apres moi, le deluge' (after me, the deluge), has looked like a callous if accurate prophecy of the political cataclysms in 1789. But decades before the Bastille fell, French writers had used the phrase to describe a different kind of selfish recklessness. This book examines these fears and the responses to them. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTV2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143262
- ISBN
- 9780691143262
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Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.11
€ 53.57
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Paperback. Advances an interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. This book demonstrates how socialist principles were subverted in practice by the nationalist goals to which socialist Zionism was committed. It provides a historical background to Israel's struggle to mobilize its citizenry to support a shared vision of nationhood. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009674
- ISBN
- 9780691009674
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Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.47
€ 53.57
€ 42.47
Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674821521
- ISBN
- 9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.15
€ 40.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. How does France reconcile the modern movement toward pluralism and decentralization with a strong central governing power? This work offers a radical interpretation of the development of democracy in France and the relationship between government and its citizens. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024960
- ISBN
- 9780674024960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.32
€ 46.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. This volume includes seventeen articles on the central topics of epistemology, including scepticism, realism, rationality, moral epistemology and social epistemology. Each essay incorporates background material to clarify the history and logic of the topic. In the BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO PHILOSOPHY series. Editor(s): Greco, John; Sosa, Ernest. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202912
- ISBN
- 9780631202912
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 43.98
€ 45.99
€ 43.98
Hardcover. Editor(s): Anscombe, G. E. M. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631129424
- ISBN
- 9780631129424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.30
€ 55.30
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486406633
- ISBN
- 9780486406633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.79
€ 13.99
€ 13.79
Paperback. Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPDF; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 173 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415406109
- ISBN
- 9780415406109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.88
€ 58.88
Paperback. The first book to include Thomas Jefferson's writings and writings about him-from his era and ours. Editor(s): Franklin, Wayne. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974072
- ISBN
- 9780393974072
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.40
€ 23.99
€ 20.40
Paperback. What happens when we glance around a room? How do we trust what we see in fleeting moments? Glancing counts for more of human perception than previously imagined. An entire universe is perceived in a glance, but our quick and uncommitted attention prevents examination of these rapid acts and processes. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 520 pages, 11 b&w photos, 9 figures. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218971
- ISBN
- 9780253218971
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.71
€ 37.99
€ 33.71
Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 209 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208. Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy S. 128 pages, ill. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HPM. Dimension: 144 x 209 x 9. Weight: 208.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780231137539
- ISBN
- 9780231137539
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.01
€ 23.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. This volume maps the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness and queerness, between homophobia and anti-Semitism, and between queer theory and theorizations of Jewishness. It explores the modern Jewish and homosexual identities which emerged as traces of each. Editor(s): Boyarin, Daniel; Itzkovitz, Daniel; Pellegrini, Ann. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113755
- ISBN
- 9780231113755
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. This is a portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. Regarded as an historical classic by many scholars, it has also been criticized and incorrectly translated. This edition corrects changes made by other translators to the original Dutch text of 1919. Translator(s): Payton, Rodney J.; Mammitzsch, Ulrich. Num Pages: 560 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359946
- ISBN
- 9780226359946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.39
€ 37.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Pioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how this laid the basis of British and American power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 592 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199604548
- ISBN
- 9780199604548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67
Paperback. Analyses key aspects of ancient Greek philosophy in their original context of mystery religion, and magic. The author brings to light evidence uncovered about ancient Pythagoreanism and reconstructs the transmission of Pythagorean ideas from the Greek West down to the alchemists and magicians of Egypt, and from there into the Islamic world. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA Oxford
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198150817
- ISBN
- 9780198150817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.64
€ 94.64
paperback. A fourth-century army officer recounts the history of Rome during the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian and Valens. Editor(s): Hamilton, Walter. Translator(s): Hamilton, Walter. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0010226
- ISBN
- 9780140444063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Aims to discover the historical King Arthur, his Camelot and his final resting place. This book uncovers vital evidence for Arthur's historical existence, revealing the truth behind the romance, and the Grail and Excalibur legends. A medieval manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian Library finally identifies King Arthur's burial site: the real Avalo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; BGH; HBJD1; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 0. Weight in Grams: 180. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0010152
- ISBN
- 9780099296812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Authentic Media
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780781402
- ISBN
- 9781780781402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.41
€ 15.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spotlighting this fascinating region. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119062493
- ISBN
- 9781119062493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.18
€ 26.18
Paperback. CAPITAL IDEAS Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471731740
- ISBN
- 9780471731740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.62
€ 24.99
€ 18.62