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Paperback. Dating from the Tang dynasty, this unusual tantric guide documents a sexual tantra that is thought to have been practiced by kings for several dynasties. The ancient text, translated into English for the first time, carefully describes the methods of this sexual internal alchemy practice in beautiful poetry and prose, with explanatory commentaries. Illustrator(s): Robertson, S. Translator(s): Hwang, Shifu; Crow, Cheney. Num Pages: 112 pages, 3 black and white. BIC Classification: HRKN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848191150
ISBN
9781848191150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.03

Paperback. An introduction to the central problems of moral and political philosophy. In the notes to his translation, Professor Irwin discusses the historical and social context of the dialogue, expounds and criticises the arguments, and tries above all to suggest the questions a modern reader ought to raise about Plato's doctrines. Translator(s): Irwin, Terence H. Series: Clarendon Plato S. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Ex-Libris with bookplate and non ink stamp. Sunning to spine, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
280
SKU
KCW0001561
ISBN
9780198720911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 34.99
€ 28.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Lacking dust jacket. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0001895
ISBN
9780865541634
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This text explores the historical and contemporary causes of militant Islamic fundamentalism. It also shows why, despite their terrorist attacks on the West, fundamentalists are even more dangerous to Muslim countries that want to join the global economy. Series: Praeger Security International. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM9; HRH; JPF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0001959
ISBN
9780275979027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Professor Bazant describes in detail the implementations of the 1856 Lerdo Law and subsequent decrees. Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Weight in Grams: 567. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Former library book with usual labels to spine endpapers and inside cover. No dust jacket but remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0002119
ISBN
9780521078726
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147279
ISBN
9780231147279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Exploring Religious Diversity analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice. aeo Analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice. Series: Exploring the Philosophy of Religion S. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631211501
ISBN
9780631211501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.82

Hardback. Months before crowds in Moscow dismantled monuments to Lenin, residents of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv toppled theirs. Risch argues that Soviet politics of empire created this anti-Soviet city, and that opposition from the periphery as much as from the imperial center was instrumental in unraveling the Soviet Union. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 374 pages, 12 halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050013
ISBN
9780674050013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30
€ 59.86

Paperback. This collection of essays considers topics such as the essence and character of historical Judaism, the problems of contemporary Judaism and Jewishness, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, the questions of statehood, religion and politics in Israel, and the role of women. Translator(s): Navon, Yoram; Jacobson, Zvi; Levi, Gershon; Levy, Raphael. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSJ1; JFSR1; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674487765
ISBN
9780674487765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.09

Paperback. The author describes his archeological excavation of a seventeenth-century English settlement in Virginia and his discovery of evidence of the early colonial way of life.

Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813913230
ISBN
9780813913230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.49

Paperback. The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East conveys the diversity of our Neolithic ancestors, providing a better understanding of the period and the new social order that arose because of it. This insightful volume will be especially useful to Near Eastern scholars and to students of archaeology and the origins of agriculture. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HDDA; HDDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816529667
ISBN
9780816529667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.38

Paperback. Co-published with the Institute for Christian Studies, this volume provides a general categorical framework underlying a Christian worldview. The main components which make up this framework are world origin, world order, and ordered world. Num Pages: 498 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819142580
ISBN
9780819142580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826486110
ISBN
9780826486110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875650722
ISBN
9780875650722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.37

Paperback. A Brief History of Ancient Astrology explores the theory and practice of astrology from Babylon to Ancient Greece and Rome and its cultural and political impact on ancient societies. * Discusses the union between early astrology and astronomy, in contrast to the modern dichotomy between science and superstition. Series: Brief Histories of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; VXFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405110747
ISBN
9781405110747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.25

Paperback. This Volume contains main papers from a conference on epistemology and, in addition, especially invited papers on that topic. The volume contains twenty-three substantial papers by leading figures, who have vcontribut3d papers representative of their current work, plus a book symposium on Knowledge and Lotteries by John Hawthorne. Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume 14
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119726
ISBN
9781405119726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 46 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Edition
No Additional Printings Listed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493011926
ISBN
9781493011926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.64

Paperback. Includes the full text of More's 1516 classic, "Utopia", together with a wide range of background contextual materials. Editor(s): Weaver, Professor William P.; Black, Rabbi Joseph. Translator(s): Richards, G. C.; Weaver, Professor William P. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119663
ISBN
9781551119663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGD; BGXA; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sentient Publications United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591811701
ISBN
9781591811701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.74

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Casemate Publishers United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001449
ISBN
9781612001449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.56

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