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Paperback. Unveils the journey of a sacred text - the tenth-century annotated bible known as the Aleppo Codex - from its hiding place in a Syrian synagogue to the newly founded state of Israel. This book proposes a theory of what happened when the codex left Aleppo, Syria, in the late 1940s and eventually surfaced in Jerusalem, mysteriously incomplete. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCF; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Workman Publishing United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616202781
ISBN
9781616202781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.38

Hardback. Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour of how North American plants have come to our rescue and helped shape our culture and traditions. Num Pages: 256 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; VXH; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 306 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612126609
ISBN
9781612126609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.21

Hardback. The Eroticization of Distance engages with the theme of eroticism in Blanchot's writings, and uncovers the nature of Nietzsche's influence upon Blanchot's writings of the 1940s and early 1950s. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498524384
ISBN
9781498524384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.51

Paperback. First English translation of this 19th century novel tracing the relationship between traditional Greenlandic life and the interaction with the culture of their Danish colonizers Translator(s): Johanson, L. S. Num Pages: 192 pages, , black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMP; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
International Polar Institute Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982915561
ISBN
9780982915561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.55

Paperback. As the dust settled around the devastation of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, questions emerged surrounding the attacks and the motives behind them. This text examines the causes of what happened and provides a reasoned approach as to what the future may hold. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JM; HBG; HBJK; HBLX; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Saqi Books
Edition
First Published 2002/ Third Reprint 2002
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863563829
ISBN
9780863563829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761180845
ISBN
9780761180845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609775
ISBN
9780691609775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. This work looks at the crisis of gender in Weimar Germany through the analysis of selected cultural texts. It traces the crisis of gender identities, both male and female, and reveals how a variety of narratives of the time displaced an assortment of social anxieties onto sexual relations. Num Pages: 250 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 287.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
2001st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293024
ISBN
9780312293024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.40
€ 74.83

Paperback. A selection of Schopenhauer's writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and other themes taken from his last work, "Parerga and Paralipomena". It depicts humanity as locked in a struggle beyond good and evil, and each individual absolutely free within a Godless world, in which morality and self-awareness are our only salvation. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780140442274
ISBN
9780140442274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black and white illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDT; 1QRM; HBJD; KCLT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538675
ISBN
9781784538675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.68

Paperback. Against the commonly held opinion that ancient Judaism was an artless culture, this sumptuously illustrated book offers new ways of looking at art in Jewish antiquity. Leading experts, under the editorship of Sarah Pearce, skilfully explore different functions of images in relation to their prohibition by the Second of the Ten Commandments. Editor(s): Pearce, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Journal of Jewish Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957522800
ISBN
9780957522800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Paperback. A work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, in which, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man's descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the Greeks and Romans and then forgotten, were really a form of pre-literate science. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
David R. Godine Publisher Inc United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879232153
ISBN
9780879232153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.62

Paperback. The second volume of this comprehensive anthology covers the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The anthology is broad ranging both in its selection of material by figures traditionally acknowledged as being of central importance, and in the material it presents by a range of other figures. Editor(s): Bailey, Andrew; Brennan, Samantha; Kymlicka, Will; Levy, Jacob; Sager, Alex. Num Pages: 580 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118994
ISBN
9781551118994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.02

Hardcover. Series: American Military Experience Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826220271
ISBN
9780826220271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.38

Paperback. Covers the history of the beautiful game from its origins in English public schools in the early 19th century to its current role as a crucial element of a globalized entertainment industry. The authors explain how football transformed from a sport at elite boarding schools in England to become a pastime popular with the working classes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBS; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813227276
ISBN
9780813227276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.62

Paperback. A comprehensive sourcebook for the study of western Europe from the 5th to the 15th century. The era was one of immense diversity and openness to new ideas and outreach in areas ranging from technology to natural philosophy. Editor(s): Anderson, Roberta; Bellenger, Dominic Aidan. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415253093
ISBN
9780415253093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. Nefertiti disappeared from the royal family. No record survives to detail her death, and to this day her end remains an enigma. Joyce Tyldesley provides a detailed discussion of the life and times of Nefertiti, set against the background of the ephemeral Amarna Court. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141017242
ISBN
9780141017242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.36

Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571328024
ISBN
9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.44

Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of empire on places as diverse as Sierra Leone and Fiji. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571290697
ISBN
9780571290697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.08

Paperback. HMS Conqueror is Britain's famous submarine. It is the only sub since World War Two to have sunk an enemy ship. Conqueror's sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano made inevitable an all-out war over the future of the Falkland Islands, and sparked off one of the most controversial episodes of twentieth century politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571290338
ISBN
9780571290338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.99

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