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Paperback. How the work of Israeli writers today reflects the foundation myths of a Jewish state. Translator(s): Hodges, Ames. Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFSC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350965
- ISBN
- 9781584350965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
€ 17.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060834159
- ISBN
- 9780060834159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Richly illustrated with images of eighteenth-century manuscripts, books, and pamphlets, some of which are published here for the first time, this attractive book is an excellent guide to the emergence of Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) in Germany. Num Pages: 104 pages, 84 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242917
- ISBN
- 9781851242917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Hardcover. Rabbi Herzfeld's book emphasizes that Yom Kippur, the most important holiday of the Jewish faith is not a day of mourning, but a day of celebrating. According to the Talmud, it is the happiest day of the Jewish year. This book explains why Yom Kippur is such a joyous day, and explores the implications of this approach to the ho Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 195 x 12. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296665
- ISBN
- 9789652296665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.37
€ 34.99
€ 23.37
Paperback / so. Translator(s): Brandhorst, Ulrike. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSR; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531149936
- ISBN
- 9783531149936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
Hardcover. Are you fed up with the nonstop attacks on Israel that reek of double standards and hatred? With the duplicity of the Western media? There comes a point when we stop and say, Enough. We will no longer tolerate anti-Israel lies. We will stand up for Israel and truth. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652298836
- ISBN
- 9789652298836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.36
€ 27.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061668333
- ISBN
- 9780061668333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
€ 19.99
€ 18.21
Hardback. Sho Konishi traces the emergence from 1860 to 1930 of transnational networks of Russian and Japanese "cooperatist anarchists" devoted to creating a state-free society. Arguing that this radical movement forms one of the intellectual foundations of modern Japan, Konishi offers a new approach to Japanese history that challenges Western narratives. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073319
- ISBN
- 9780674073319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.76
€ 54.99
€ 45.76
Hardcover. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634133
- ISBN
- 9780815634133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.87
€ 41.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 316 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Publisher
- Wisdom Tree Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788183283557
- ISBN
- 9788183283557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.34
€ 46.99
€ 30.34
Paperback. Explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, this book argues that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build alternatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400428
- ISBN
- 9781474400428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. A few days after 9/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work 'the dark side' in its global 'War on Terror'. Covering a diverse spectrum of 21st century cinema, this books deals with documentary or fictional representations of atrocity such as state-sanctioned torture, genocide, enforced disappearance, and apartheid. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642632
- ISBN
- 9780748642632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 101.56
€ 105.94
€ 101.56
Paperback. In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, this title uncovers the role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel's "Zen in the Art of Archery" and the Ryoanji dry-landscape rock garden. Translator(s): Hartman, Earl. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226947655
- ISBN
- 9780226947655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Hardcover. This work collects, analyzes, and systematically presents in over 160 examples a magnificent tradition to future generations of cantors, scholars of Jewish music, and music enthusiasts worldwide. It reacquaints acculturated Jews with a largely unknown part of their heritage. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, index, glossary, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGD; HBT; HRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629276
- ISBN
- 9780815629276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.31
€ 132.31
Hardcover. This study analyzes a variety of transnational South Asian mobilities in the West in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618206
- ISBN
- 9780230618206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677764
- ISBN
- 9780816677764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 294 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Central Recovery Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942094227
- ISBN
- 9781942094227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.82
€ 17.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. Offers a domestic and international view of processes of delinquency and gang formation and identity. This collection is an introduction to the study of gangs: how we define them, what we know and don't know about gangs. It is suitable for criminal justice, sociology and social work. Editor(s): Short, James F., Jr.; Hughes, Lorine A. Series: Violence Prevention and Policy. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759109391
- ISBN
- 9780759109391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.38
€ 63.38
Paperback. Examines the proliferation of surveillance technologies - such as facial recognition software and digital fingerprinting - that have come to pervade our everyday lives. This book focuses on the ways that the technologies reinforce distinctions of race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and nationality. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 photos, 11 figures. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351351
- ISBN
- 9780822351351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.24
€ 27.99
€ 26.24
Hardcover. A study of the media coverage of the Yemenite Babies Affair - the story of the alleged kidnapping of hundreds of Yemenite babies from their families upon arrival to Israel in the early 1950s. Examining the role played by the media and by racism, this book is part of a growing trend to expand perspectives within Israeli scholarship. Num Pages: 238 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613461
- ISBN
- 9780230613461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46