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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Robin Gill examines the issues that connect faith and moral leadership in an increasingly fragmented and relativistic world. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228. Robin Gill examines the issues that connect faith and moral leadership in an increasingly fragmented and relativistic world. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KIN0035794
ISBN
9780567085504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers an ethnography and a foray into the anthropology of morality. This book takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their struggles for a good life. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; JFSL3; JHBK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281202
ISBN
9780520281202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE; JPW; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
PM Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629633794
ISBN
9781629633794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.98

Paperback. Sets out to bring an international framework to the analysis to international and US legal, political and cultural crises. It explores the US's moral supremacy during a time of domestic shortcomings and asks whether insisting that other nations adhere to US norms may harm societies. Editor(s): Hernandez-Truyol, Berta. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736142
ISBN
9780814736142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.43

Hardback. Spanning many historical and literary contexts, this book brings together a dozen essays by one of America's premier cultural critics. It explores the importance of imagination and sympathy to suggest how these faculties may illuminate the motives of human action and the reality of justice. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 222 x 29. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161419
ISBN
9780691161419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, tabs.M. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFSF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300021905
ISBN
9780300021905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.44

Hardback. To be truly reflective, moral thinking and moral philosophy must become aware of the contexts that bind our thinking about how to live. These essays show how to do this, and why it makes a difference. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742513785
ISBN
9780742513785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.90

Paperback. This work contests the association of care with women alone as empirically and historically inaccurate, as well as politically unwise. It goes on to illustrate the ways in which society degrades the importance of caring in order to maintain the power of those who are privileged. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JFSJ1; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415906425
ISBN
9780415906425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.30

Hardcover. Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662749
ISBN
9780745662749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.97

Paperback.

Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.

Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662756
ISBN
9780745662756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.59

Paperback. A clear, intelligently-written guide to a crucial period of Spanish history Num Pages: 224 pages, 28, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACK; AM; HBJD; HBLC; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Phoenix London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126059
ISBN
9781842126059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691022581
ISBN
9780691022581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.04

Paperback. The last significant clash of arms in the American Indian Wars took place on December 29, 1890, on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. When the smoke cleared, 84 men and 62 women and children lay dead. To answer whether it was a battle or a massacre, the author looks at the historical records and cultural traditions of the combatants. Num Pages: 219 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803291201
ISBN
9780803291201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.32

paperback. Investigates "heritage" as an arena in which a variety of private and public actors compete for right to benefit, economically and otherwise, from controlling cultural patrimony. This book presents ethnographic case studies of archaeological sites in the Yucatan Peninsula - Chichen Itza and Chunchucmil and their surrounding modern communities. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: HD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714809
ISBN
9780292714809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.91

Hardcover. Once a major metropolis in North America, Montreal now finds itself increasingly marginal to the continental economy while remaining the heartland of the province of Quebec; it is facing a major identity crisis. This book discusses the city's economic decline due to the shift of corporate and financial leadership from Montreal to Toronto. Series: World Cities S. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFSG; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471949077
ISBN
9780471949077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.60

Paperback. .
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954702359
ISBN
9780954702359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.54

paperback. This is the first complete, scholarly English-language edition of "The Spirit of the Laws" since 1750. It is one of the central texts in the history of 18th-century thought and this annotated edition focuses attention on Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole. Editor(s): Cohler, Anne M.; Stone, Harold Samuel; Miller, Basia Carolyn. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 808 pages, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1126. The Spirit of the Laws. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. 808 pages, bibliography, chronology. Editor(s): Cohler, Anne M.; Stone, Harold Samuel; Miller, Basia Carolyn. This is the first complete, scholarly English-language edition of "The Spirit of the Laws" since 1750. It is one of the central texts in the history of 18th-century thought and this annotated edition focuses attention on Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFCX. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 48. Weight: 1096.
Edition
Annotated
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
808
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521369749
ISBN
9780521369749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FF; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Sky Books (NY)
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780963188984
ISBN
9780963188984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: D; JFH; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Original Falcon Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935150350
ISBN
9781935150350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sky Books United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780967816265
ISBN
9780967816265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.44

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