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Paperback. Through this selection from his many books, journals, poems, and homilies, a chronicle of Fr. Berrigan's life and work unfolds from the early steps in his vocation, to his decision to cross the line and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship. Editor(s): Dear, John. Series: Modern Spiritual Masters. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. Essential Writings. Series: Modern Spiritual Masters. 288 pages. Editor(s): Dear, John. Through this selection from his many books, journals, poems, and homilies, a chronicle of Fr. Berrigan's life and work unfolds from the early steps in his vocation, to his decision to cross the line and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRLK. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 14. Weight: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orbis Books
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570758379
ISBN
9781570758379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.09

paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
3rd Edition
SKU
V9780823233953
ISBN
9780823233953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233946
ISBN
9780823233946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.24

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
€ 29.89

Hardcover. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934631
ISBN
9780813934631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.66

Paperback. Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism - that it was a 'carnal' religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church, the author argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412. Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 272 pages. Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism - that it was a 'carnal' religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church, the author argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight: 414.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203365
ISBN
9780520203365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.77

Paperback. "Encourages us to see historic Christianity as but one expression of a universalistic potential in Jewish monotheism.. In a fruitful career not yet nearly over, Border Lines, the culmination of many years of work, may well remain Daniel Boyarin's masterpiece."-Jack Miles, Commonweal Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219869
ISBN
9780812219869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Hardcover. Using Michael Bakhtin's notion of represented dialogue and real dialogism, this title demonstrates, through multiple close readings, that the give-and-take in these texts is actually monologic in spirit as well as shows that there are other elements that manifest genuine dialogicality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069166
ISBN
9780226069166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 78.58

Hardback. Scholars have come to realize that we can and need to speak of a twin birth of Christianity and Judaism, not a genealogy in which one is parent to the other. In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736176
ISBN
9780804736176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.21

Hardback. This volume maps the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness and queerness, between homophobia and anti-Semitism, and between queer theory and theorizations of Jewishness. It explores the modern Jewish and homosexual identities which emerged as traces of each. Editor(s): Boyarin, Daniel; Itzkovitz, Daniel; Pellegrini, Ann. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113748
ISBN
9780231113748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.26
€ 90.70

Paperback. Counterinsurgency, Civil War, and Decolonization. Series: African Studies. 278 pages, 10 b/w illus. This 2009 book details the devastating Mau Mau civil war fought in Kenya during the 1950s and its legacies for the post-colonial state. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW; HBW. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight: 442.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521130905
ISBN
9780521130905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.06

Hardback. The extraordinary life story of an ambitious, thirteenth-century adventurer. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271344
ISBN
9781783271344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.28

Paperback. Drawing on extensive interviews with surviving members of the George Jackson Brigade, this book provides an inside-out perspective on the social movements of the 1970s. It is also a compelling exploration of the true nature of crime and a provocative meditation on the tension between self-restraint and anger in the process of social change. Num Pages: 358 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520264298
ISBN
9780520264298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Hardback. This book tells the story of more than 150,000 Canadians who were subjected to conscription during the Second World War, and how their experiences shaped and were shaped by the decisions of the generals and politicians who guided the country's war effort. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 688 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWL; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774830515
ISBN
9780774830515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.49

Paperback. A sharp and concise overview of Al Qaeda, from its humble origins in the mountains of Afghanistan to the present, explaining its perseverance and adaptation since 9/11 and the limits of U.S. and allied counterterrorism efforts Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBWS; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190217266
ISBN
9780190217266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062511638
ISBN
9780062511638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.82

Hardback. This text examines religious conflict in the parish communities of early modern England using an interdisciplinary approach that includes a number of perspectives. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1 map, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674758452
ISBN
9780674758452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.23
€ 82.72

Paperback. Explores how consciousness has evolved, and how a modern understanding of the human mind is radically different from conventional explanations of consciousness. This title explains how science has exploded the classic mysteries of consciousness: the nature of introspection, and the level of consciousness of non-human creatures. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140128673
ISBN
9780140128673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
new edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262527798
ISBN
9780262527798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.69

Paperback. Is there really such a thing as free will? How can humans make genuinely independent choices if we are just a cluster of cells and genes in a world determined by scientific laws? In this title, the author provides a defense of free will. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140283891
ISBN
9780140283891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

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