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Hardcover. Although Chaucer is typically labeled as the "Father of English Literature," evidence shows that his work appealed to Europe and specifically European women. Rereading the Canterbury Tales, Thomas argues that Chaucer imagined Anne of Bohemia, wife of famed Richard II, as an ideal reader, an aspect that came to greatly affect his writing. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137544193
- ISBN
- 9781137544193
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Condition: New
€ 67.56
€ 67.56
Hardback. The Dialectic of Taste examines the aesthetic economy in the context of economic crises. It explains how a new concern for aesthetics, seen in artisan markets, was born out of the ashes of McDonaldization to become a potent force today, capable of both regulating social identity and sparking social change. Num Pages: 113 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCA; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 297.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 113
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137544278
- ISBN
- 9781137544278
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Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Hardcover. This book is grounded in a theorization of the author's personal story including growing up as a female adoptee of a single parent in a patriarchal context, and current material context as an immigrant in New Zealand. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTQ; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137544308
- ISBN
- 9781137544308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardback. This study of the Crimean War's lesser-known events in the Baltic, White Sea, and Pacific considers vivid descriptions from primary sources in a half-dozen languages. This lively examination of Anglo-French naval campaigns against Czarist Russia and their impact from Finland to Japan is sure to interest historians representing a number of fields. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137544513
- ISBN
- 9781137544513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.62
€ 160.62
Hardcover. The book explores the variables and invariables of the church. Its argument is that self-awareness of the church was often a matter of change, depending on historical circumstances. It encourages appreciating plurality in the church and sets the system of coordinates for identifying the ecclesial 'self'. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 319. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137545411
- ISBN
- 9781137545411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.89
€ 160.89
Hardcover. The first major study on the making of new cultures, movements and public celebrations of transnational solidarity in Weimar Germany. The book shows how solidarity was used to empower the oppressed in their liberation and resistance movements and how solidarity networks transferred visions and ideas of an alternative global community. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBTB; JPFC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546852
- ISBN
- 9781137546852
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Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardback. Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have reformulated our understanding of ancient Chinese thought. They show that ancient Chinese philosophy was and is much richer and more complex than we ever imagined, and they chart the path from belief in powerful spirits and gods to the discovery of universal laws and order. Translator(s): Tadd, Misha. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBD; HPDF; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546968
- ISBN
- 9781137546968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.58
€ 116.58
Paperback. This book is open access under a CC BY license and charts the rise and fall of various self-harming behaviours in twentieth-century Britain. It puts self-cutting and overdosing into historical perspective, linking them to the huge changes that occur in mental and physical healthcare, social work and wider politics. Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFH; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137547736
- ISBN
- 9781137547736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.07
€ 31.07
Hardcover. This volume brings together established and rising scholars to revitalize political theology by examining conceptions of power that work beyond sovereign power. The hope is to reexamine the character of authority by attending to the multiple, various, but often under-appreciated ways that power is exercised in the contemporary world. Editor(s): Daniel, Joshua. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137548658
- ISBN
- 9781137548658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Is recreational drug use morally wrong? In this book, I examine four types of argument for the view that it is - religious, nonreligious, harm-based, and non-harm-based - and contend that, by and large, they do not succeed. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM1; JFFH1; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137548764
- ISBN
- 9781137548764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137548924
- ISBN
- 9781137548924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.29
€ 183.29
Hardback. Editor(s): Tambling, Professor Jeremy. Num Pages: 863 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HBT; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 863
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549105
- ISBN
- 9781137549105
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Condition: New
€ 344.06
€ 344.06
Hardcover. The Intelligent Mind conceives the psychological reality of thought and language, explaining how intelligence develops from intuition to representation and then to linguistic interaction and thinking.Overcoming the prevailing dogmas regarding how discursive reason emerges, this book secures the psychological possibility of the philosophy of mind. Num Pages: 275 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; JMRN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549327
- ISBN
- 9781137549327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This book is Wiebe's defense of the claim that a significant form of spiritual experience is found in 'knowing something we have no right to know'. He selects forty-five first-hand accounts from a data-base at the University of Wales to make his case, and, in solidarity with those people, recounts something of his own experience. Num Pages: 235 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRCS; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549488
- ISBN
- 9781137549488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardback. In these letters to friends and colleagues spanning around twenty years, renowned radical theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer offers a series of meditative mini-essays on religious, theological, political, and philosophical matters that are central and vital to our contemporary era. Editor(s): Grimshaw, Mike. Series: Radical Theologies and Philosophies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549495
- ISBN
- 9781137549495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
hardcover. Num Pages: 379 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; HBW; JPA; JWA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 647.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549921
- ISBN
- 9781137549921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Hardcover. Through original interviews and research, Llewellyn uses spirituality to uncover new commonalities between the second and third feminist waves, and sacred and secular experiences. Her lively approach highlights the importance of reading cultures in feminist studies, connecting women's voices across generations, literary practices, and religions. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRLK; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549952
- ISBN
- 9781137549952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardcover. This book considers positions refugees take relative to the state, humanitarian actors and faith-based organisations in the humanitarian field. Attention is drawn to refugee agency as they negotiate circumstances of considerable constraint demonstrating relational dimensions of religious practice and experience. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBS; HRH; JFFD; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137550057
- ISBN
- 9781137550057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. The Ecumenical Association of the Third World Theologians illuminated the struggles of liberating the poor, and sought to do theology with the marginalized seeking freedom, gender co-responsibility, and racial and ethnic equality. This book offers an interpretative history of the formative years of this historic movement. Series: Christianities of the World. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137550538
- ISBN
- 9781137550538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.83
€ 116.83
Hardcover. Pentecostal-charismatics in Latin America and among Latinos: communities that share profound historical, linguistic and cultural roots. This compilation brings together practitioners and academics with pentecostal-charismatic affiliations, who analyse from within the development of the movement among these diverse communities. Editor(s): Alfaro, Sammy. Series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HRCC96. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137550590
- ISBN
- 9781137550590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.02
€ 151.02