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Hardcover. 50 Great Myths about Religions is an intriguing, informative, and often humorous introduction to some of the long standing myths that surround religious belief. This engaging book will get its readers thinking about how and why certain myths have arisen, and their continuing influence on our personal and collective view of religion. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470673515
- ISBN
- 9780470673515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.06
€ 97.06
Paperback. Ernest Becker (1924-1974) was an astute observer of society and human behavior during America's turbulent 1960s and 1970s. Although Ernest Becker's life and career were cut short, his major writings have remained continually in print and have captured the interest of subsequent generations of readers. This title collects Becker's early work. Editor(s): Liechty, Daniel. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984704
- ISBN
- 9780295984704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Nine distinguished historians debunk the myth of the Lost Cause in an effort to replace falsity with truth. Editor(s): Gallagher, Gary W.; Nolan, Alan T. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222664
- ISBN
- 9780253222664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.91
€ 25.99
€ 23.91
Hardback. Unravels the complex history of pragmatism and discusses contemporary conceptions Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009548
- ISBN
- 9780253009548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.00
€ 86.00
Paperback. Tells the story of the 'virtual unwrapping' of an Egyptian mummy and the interdisciplinary project that allowed researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to investigate the person inside by way of an autopsy performed by computer. Num Pages: 84 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071003
- ISBN
- 9780252071003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.44
€ 18.99
€ 18.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 271 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071529
- ISBN
- 9780231071529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.02€ 99.18
€ 133.02
€ 99.18
Paperback. Katharina Schutz Zell (1498 - 1562) was an outspoken religious reformer in sixteenth-century Germany who campaigned for the right of clergy to marry. This book contains the translations of her publications, aiming to offer modern readers an opportunity to understand the important work of women in the formation of the early Protestant church. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; BGX; HRCC1; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226979670
- ISBN
- 9780226979670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. States that the relationship between Britain and its colonies was primarily oppositional, based on contrasts between conquest abroad and domestic order at home. Revealing that romanticism provided a way to resist imperial logic about improvement and moral virtue, this book offers a study of both British literature and colonialism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923147
- ISBN
- 9780226923147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.14
€ 36.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Through a combination of interviews with nurses, doctors, and chaplains across the United States and close observation of their daily routines, the author takes readers inside major academic medical institutions to explore how today's doctors and hospitals address prayer and other forms of religion and spirituality. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922119
- ISBN
- 9780226922119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. An introduction to the history of cartography, this title charts the links between maps and history. It includes illustrations made using Geographical Information Systems which illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial relationships. Num Pages: 362 pages, 80 halftones, 15 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBT; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226799742
- ISBN
- 9780226799742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. While other writers contemplated the events of the 1968 Chicago riots from the safety of their hotel rooms, the author was in the city streets, being threatened by police, choking on tear gas, and listening to all the rage, fear, and confusion around him. This book presents his account of the contradictions and chaos of convention week. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740782
- ISBN
- 9780226740782
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.00
€ 23.99
€ 19.00
Paperback. Drawing on both literary and historical evidence, Puff shows that speakers of German associated sodomy with Italy, and increasingly, the Catholic Church. This study will interest historians of gender, sexuality and religion, as well as scholars of medieval history and culture. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DFH; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226685069
- ISBN
- 9780226685069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.25
€ 40.99
€ 31.25
Paperback. Provides an overview of the research on emotion in politics and where it is likely to lead. This book also outlines the philosophical and neuroscientific foundations of emotion in politics. It focuses on how emotions function among individuals. It explores how politics work at the societal level and suggests various steps in political activity. Editor(s): Neuman, W.Russell; Marcus, George E.; Crigler, Ann N.; MacKuen, Michael. Num Pages: 432 pages, 21 line drawings, 37 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226574424
- ISBN
- 9780226574424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.99
€ 40.99
€ 30.99
Hardcover. In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this title explores the 'nonobject' - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 colour plates. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226415307
- ISBN
- 9780226415307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 78.06
€ 94.17
€ 78.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 151 x 49. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226391885
- ISBN
- 9780226391885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.64
€ 43.99
€ 33.64
Paperback. How is knowledge about religion and religions produced, and how is that knowledge authenticated and circulated? The author aims to answer these questions. He shows that race, rather than theology, was formative in the emerging study of religion in Europe and North America. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226117430
- ISBN
- 9780226117430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.05
€ 41.99
€ 32.05
Paperback. This text explores the complex relations between "enlightened" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. Num Pages: 566 pages, 22 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 566
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109404
- ISBN
- 9780226109404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.48
€ 52.99
€ 40.48
Paperback. In 1899 an American could open a newspaper and find outrageous images. This title argues that these kinds of hyperbolic accounts were just one element of the visual and material culture that played an integral role in debates about empire in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 66 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075341
- ISBN
- 9780226075341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.11
€ 36.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. This work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to carve out areas of influence by exploiting the institutional church and by manipulating religious precepts. Contributors argue that women's participation in religious life offered them access to power in all its forms. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066394
- ISBN
- 9780226066394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.14
€ 36.99
€ 29.14
paperback. Editor(s): Diokno, Maria S. I.; Nguyen, Chinh van. Series: Mekong Press. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books Thailand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749480496
- ISBN
- 9789749480496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.76
€ 21.76