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Paperback. Tells the story of innocence betrayed, of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned nightmarish and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. Series: Vintage War. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099597551
ISBN
9780099597551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. This new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55 chapters across two volumes written by some of today's most distinguished scholars. New contributors include some of today's most distinguished scholars, among them Thomas Pogge, Charles Beitz, and Michael Doyle. Editor(s): Goodin, Robert E.; Pettit, Philip; Pogge, Thomas W. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 912 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 243 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
912
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444350876
ISBN
9781444350876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99

Paperback. Rationality Through Reasoning answers the question of how people are motivated to do what they believe they ought to do, built on a comprehensive account of normativity, rationality and reasoning that differs significantly from much existing philosophical thinking. Series Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest. Series: Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118656051
ISBN
9781118656051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.38

Hardback. A collection of essays that traces the post-cold-war transformation of Eastern Europe. Composed of history, memoir, and political critique, it shines a spotlight on the changes in Poland and the Eastern Bloc in the post-1989 years. Editor(s): Gross, Irena Grudzinska. Translator(s): Czarny, Roman S. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269231
ISBN
9780520269231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Looks at Japanese culinary history, delving into the writings of medieval and early modern Japanese chefs. This book traces the development of Japanese cuisine from 1400 to 1868. It shows how medieval 'fantasy food' rituals - where food was revered as symbol rather than consumed - were continued by early modern writers. Num Pages: 258 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line drawings, 8 color images, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516. 258 pages, Illustrations. Looks at Japanese culinary history, delving into the writings of medieval and early modern Japanese chefs. This book traces the development of Japanese cuisine from 1400 to 1868. It shows how medieval 'fantasy food' rituals - where food was revered as symbol rather than consumed - were continued by early modern writers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHBT. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262270
ISBN
9780520262270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.70
€ 64.45

Paperback. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 300 pages, 24ill. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520063297
ISBN
9780520063297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 6. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486436661
ISBN
9780486436661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Freeman, Anthony. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JMA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 168 x 11. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Imprint Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907845188
ISBN
9780907845188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Phoenix
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
9781407244563
ISBN
9781407244563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. A brilliant new history of the First World War by the bestselling and prizewinning author of King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the Chains Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pan
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780330447447
ISBN
9780330447447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Tantra is a set of beliefs and practices that originates in India and combines eroticism, magic and metaphysics. This book provides an account of a much-misunderstood ancient mystical tradition that has long aroused spiritual and artistic curiosity in the West. Series: Art & Imagination. Num Pages: 128 pages, 186 illustrations, 37 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP; HRE; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500810484
ISBN
9780500810484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Tells the stories of the Russians, exploring the vast expanses of the empire and the lives of the rural peasants, describing the ways in which Russia took on, or rejected, Western influences, and recounting how the empire was built and maintained. Series: History Files. Num Pages: 144 pages, 133 illustrations, 89 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Condition
New
SKU
9780500289297
ISBN
9780500289297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. How the paramilitary Freikorps blazed a trail for Hitler Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Robinson
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781841199252
ISBN
9781841199252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Considers the Jewish mystical doctrine of the Kabbalah, and also the perennial and universal aspects at the very heart of Judaism itself. This title reveals that beyond their outer forms, religions draw from one great mysterious Source. Editor(s): Gaetani, Roger. Num Pages: 200 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
World Wisdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936597338
ISBN
9781936597338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816677917
ISBN
9780816677917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656882
ISBN
9780816656882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.89

Paperback. In his famous lectures at Oxford University in 1908 and 1909, William James made a sustained and eloquent case against absolute idealism and intellectualism in philosophy. His own thinking led him to renounce monistic idealism and the intellectualization of all "truth." This title helps us in understanding James' thinking. Num Pages: 405 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803275911
ISBN
9780803275911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, chiefly col. ill. BIC Classification: HRJP; YBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 235 x 7. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Kar-Ben Copies Ltd United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761381143
ISBN
9780761381143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.90

Paperback. A portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans. This second edition includes a new preface by the author. Num Pages: 238 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HRCC1; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300098396
ISBN
9780300098396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. The River Rhine is Europe's important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. This study focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged with making the river more efficient for purposes of trade and commerce in 1815. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; HBJD; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985008
ISBN
9780295985008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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