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Paperback. How did a society on the edge of collapse and dominated by wandering bands of armed men give way to a vibrant Buddhist culture, led by yogins and scholars? This work explores how the translation and spread of esoteric Buddhist texts shaped Tibetan society and led to its rise as the center of Buddhist culture throughout Asia, replacing India. Num Pages: 616 pages, 7 maps, 6 photos, 15 figures. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134712
ISBN
9780231134712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Drawing on primary documents, this work describes the historical origins of the Tantric movement in early medieval India. It shows how changes in medieval Indian society led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India that became the model for Buddhist cultures in China, Tibet and Japan. Num Pages: 475 pages, 23 illus, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAX; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126199
ISBN
9780231126199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.92

Paperback. A document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's "1909 Plan of Chicago", produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This title reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 202 pages, 62 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764726
ISBN
9780226764726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Series: The Chicago History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226473710
ISBN
9780226473710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.29

Paperback. Exposing the religious roots of our ostensibly godless age, this study reveals that modernity is much less secular than conventional wisdom suggests. Beginning with the collapse of the medieval world, it argues that from the very beginning, moderns sought not to eliminate religion but to support a new view of religion and its place in human life. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293462
ISBN
9780226293462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.17

Paperback. A guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, that charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Impression
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066271
ISBN
9780226066271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. Reading Zen in the Rocks is a handsome addition to the library of anyone interested in gardening, Eastern philosophy, and the combination of the two that the karesansui so superbly represents. Translator(s): Parkes, Graham. Num Pages: 180 pages, 37halftones. BIC Classification: HREZ; WMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044125
ISBN
9780226044125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060671020
ISBN
9780060671020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.76

Paperback. The real life Pemberley. Num Pages: 160 pages, 56. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 378. 160 pages, 56 illustrations. The real life Pemberley. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB. Dimension: 233 x 173 x 11. Weight: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445608655
ISBN
9781445608655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Examines the life and culture of the Shuar tribe of Ecuador and, in particular, their healing shamans. The Shuar believe that the perceptions of a people, their "dream" creates individual and communal reality. The book helps readers learn that they should be caretakers of Mother Earth. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HRLK; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892814596
ISBN
9780892814596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. A treatise on the meaning of spirituality for individuals in recovery from addiction. The author writes that he does not wish to promote any particular religion, but rather to demonstrate that spirituality need not be dependent on religion, and to help people overcome emotional problems. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFFH1; MMZR; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hazelden
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568383644
ISBN
9781568383644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559391993
ISBN
9781559391993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. This volume collects Innis' published and unpublished essays on economic history, from 1929 to 1952, thereby charting the development of the arguments and ideas found in his books The Fur Trade in Canada and The Cod Fisheries. Editor(s): Innis, Mary Quayle. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487521240
ISBN
9781487521240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.07

Paperback. Translator(s): Hurley, R.; Stein, A. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 28 x 52 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Zone Books,U.S. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299014
ISBN
9780942299014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. A reprint of the New American Library edition of 1970. Editor(s): Thayer, H.S. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915145386
ISBN
9780915145386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.65
€ 43.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752452210
ISBN
9780752452210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. In this defence of the secularization paradigm, Bruce elaborates just what Weber, Durkheim, Berger and Wilson thought was happening to religion in the West, and responds to critics of this concept. Topics covered include new age spirituality, and the influence of Eastern religions. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HRAB; HRC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232759
ISBN
9780631232759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.69

Paperback. Spiritual Depression is one of the great classics of the modern Church and tackles the big question: If Christianity is such 'good news' why are its followers often unhappy? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Marshall Pickering
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Revised edition
SKU
V9780551031654
ISBN
9780551031654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300101140
ISBN
9780300101140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.99

Hardcover. Essential reading for an understanding of economic and political relations between China and the West in the nineteenth century. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; JPS; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781784531331
ISBN
9781784531331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 831.37

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