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Paperback. Outlines how Christianity transformed the ancient world in ways we may have forgotten: bringing liberation from fatalism, conferring great dignity on human beings, subverting the cruelest aspects of pagan society, and elevating charity above all virtues. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRC; HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300164299
ISBN
9780300164299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. Dramatic elements have always been apparent in the historic Christian liturgy. This work presents a systematic approach to the liturgy as event rather than text, using tools made available by contemporary performance theory. It also examines the development of performance theory, focusing on the work of Victor Turner and Richard Schechner. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268034993
ISBN
9780268034993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSBF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268026165
ISBN
9780268026165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.44

Paperback. This volume presents Confucius' analects, which are still influential across the world, 25 centuries on. His sayings (and those of his disciples) form the basis of a distinct social, ethical, and intellectual system. They have retained their relevance and are still admired in today's China. Translator(s): Huang, Chichung. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195112764
ISBN
9780195112764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.91

paperback. Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32 b/w, 16 col plates (24pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 376. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0001239
ISBN
9780006550167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
9780716531708
ISBN
9780716531708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.00
€ 47.23

Hardback. Presents is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar's revised and updated, two-volume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction, meticulously records their operations, and explains their impact on modern warfare. Num Pages: 576 pages, 205 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBW; JWF; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574886634
ISBN
9781574886634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.42

Paperback. Focusing on the British empire, this book assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780814726396
ISBN
9780814726396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Schocken Books United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805210224
ISBN
9780805210224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. The social, political, and cultural significance of refugeedom. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBWN; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780253213464
ISBN
9780253213464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga-adapted to the needs of the individual Num Pages: 272 pages, 100 b&w photographs and 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; VFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 188 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Inner Traditions
Condition
New
SKU
9780892817641
ISBN
9780892817641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. The Irish famine peaked in Black '47, but it brought misery and increased mortality to Ireland for several years. This title presents the Great Irish Famine from a variety of perspectives. It concentrates on fresh insights available through interdisciplinary and comparative methods. It highlights several economic and sociological features. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 54 tables, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
9780691070155
ISBN
9780691070155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.99
€ 36.72

Paperback. Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This analysis of beliefs held on different levels of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRA; JFCX; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140137446
ISBN
9780140137446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. In the 17th century, English, French and Dutch buccaneers launched a series of attacks on Spanish towns, ports and shipping. This volume details the buccaneer captains, such as Henry Morgan, the crews of their ships, how they recruited, and how they fought their battles on land and at sea. Illustrator(s): McBride, Angus. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 10 colour and 60 b&w illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBTM; JKV; JWF; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 185 x 5. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855329126
ISBN
9781855329126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570629259
ISBN
9781570629259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.78

Paperback. The Complete Archaeology of Greece covers the incredible richness and variety of Greek culture and its central role in our understanding of European civilization, from the Palaeolithic era of 400,000 years ago to the early modern period. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405154192
ISBN
9781405154192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. Given the challenges of the environmental crisis, Buddhism's teaching of the interrelatedness of all life forms may be critical to the recovery of human reprocity with nature. In this work, 20 religionists and environmentalists examine Buddhism's understanding of the intricate web of life. Editor(s): Tucker, Mary E.; William, Duncan Ryuken. Series: Religions of the World and Ecology. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945454144
ISBN
9780945454144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. Examines the relationship between national history, identity, and politics in twentieth-century Macedonia. This work focuses on the reverberating power of events surrounding an armed uprising in August 1903, when a revolutionary organization challenged the forces of the Ottoman Empire by seizing control of the mountain town of Krusevo. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691099958
ISBN
9780691099958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3H; HRAX; HRHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032019
ISBN
9780674032019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.61

Hardcover. Follows the fortunes of the established seafaring nations of Europe along with two upstarts - the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 704 pages, 11 b&w illus., 16 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253353597
ISBN
9780253353597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.54

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