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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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 71.77
Five Hundred Years Rediscovered: Southern African Precedents and Prosp...
Esterhuysen, Amanda, Bonner, Phillip
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Influences And Traditions Underlying The Vision Of Daniel 7:2-14: The ...
Eggler, J Rg; Eggler, Jurg
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 29.99
€ 20.64