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paperback. Introduced to the West by Paul Brunton, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is widely hailed as the greatest Indian saint and sage in modern times, whose teachings continue to influence thousands around the world today. This title interweaves the story of Ramana's life with his spiritual journey. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRG; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rider
Condition
New
SKU
9781846044083
ISBN
9781846044083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Drawing on a wide range of material - ranging from the spiritual character of the world religions to the findings of contemporary neuroscience - this title argues that compassion is hardwired into our brains, yet is constantly pushed back by our more primitive instincts for selfishness and survival. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRLM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847921581
ISBN
9781847921581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

paperback. Tells the story of JFK, the Cold War, and the power of oratory to change the course of history. This title recalls the days from October 1962 to September 1963, when JFK marshaled the power of oratory and his astonishing political skills towards that end. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922755
ISBN
9781847922755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.69

paperback. A modern homage to a proud, cosmopolitan city, where geniuses like Picasso and Miro learned how to break the rules. Robert Hughes takes us down the Ramblas through the "intestinal windings" of the ancient gothic quarter, past the bountiful Boqueria market to the Eixample. Num Pages: 688 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781860468247
ISBN
9781860468247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. This study examines the work of five key philosophical figures from the 19th and 20th centuries through the lens of their own postmodern readings of Plato. It offers a perspective on the relation between the Western philosophical tradition and the evolving postmodern enterprise. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226993317
ISBN
9780226993317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.00
€ 29.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227174098
ISBN
9780227174098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.05

Paperback. A new edition of the classic historical study of 17th century Puritan theology, showing how many of its specific doctrines influenced the development of Seventh-Day Adventism. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRCC9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227174456
ISBN
9780227174456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.34

hardcover. In 1936, Abe Sada committed the most notorious crime in twentieth-century Japan-the murder and emasculation of her lover. This detailed account of Sada's personal history, the events leading up to the crime, and its aftermath steps beyond the simplistic view of Abe Sada as a sexual deviate or hysterical woman to reveal a survivor. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130523
ISBN
9780231130523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

hardcover. Although we know much about the population of the capital of early modern England, we know little about how Londoners conceived of the many peoples of their own city. This book seeks to rectify this, addressing the question of how the inhabitants of the metropolis ordered the heterogeneity around them. Num Pages: 226 pages, Includes 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754663751
ISBN
9780754663751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Word Publishing,US United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780849959936
ISBN
9780849959936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.23

paperback. Editor(s): Herf, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138010499
ISBN
9781138010499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.77

Paperback. Integrating research and developing trans-frontier research networks, this book challenges thinking about the southern Africa's expanding internal and colonial frontiers, and extends perceptions about southern Africa's colonial past. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144747
ISBN
9781868144747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. Presents a social history of one of South Africa's oldest townships. This title covers the period from the township's founding in 1912, when it was perceived as a peri-urban out-post, through to its growth as a centre of black working class life in the heart of Johannesburg, to the post-apartheid era. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 200 x 30. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144808
ISBN
9781868144808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.74

Paperback. Answers questions such as: What is Thabo Mbeki's legacy for patterns of inclusion and exclusion based on race, class and gender? How, if at all, did his presidency reshape relations within the state, between the state and the ruling party and between the state and society? How did he reposition South Africa on the continent and in the world? Editor(s): Glaser, Daryl. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 121 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145027
ISBN
9781868145027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. Ekurhuleni - The making of an urban region is the first academic work to provide an historical account and explanation of the development of this extended region to the east of Johannesburg since its origins at the end of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145430
ISBN
9781868145430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

hardcover. Series: Orbis Biblicus Et Orientalis. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Germany
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9783525539910
ISBN
9783525539910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.93

hardcover. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525550434
ISBN
9783525550434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.20

hardcover. Shows how fundamental Muslim legends of the nocturnal journey and of the ascension of Prophet Muhammed appear in Dante's writings. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415439190
ISBN
9780415439190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.49

paperback. Tracing the history of New York transit workers from the Depression to the 1966 transit strike, this work shows how, through collective action, the men and women who operated the world's largest transit system brought about a revolution in their daily lives. It is for those interested in New York City's subways, politics, history, and labor. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1 figure, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNG; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781566399227
ISBN
9781566399227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HRA; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Edition
3rd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756154
ISBN
9781876756154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.64

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