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Paperback. The story of how Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster James Dale's decision to come out as a gay man led to a historic Supreme Court case. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK2; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619511
ISBN
9780700619511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.28

Paperback. This history examines shifting constructions of homosexuality over time through a comparative analysis of gay persecution in France and Quebec. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817219
ISBN
9780774817219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

hardcover. This history examines shifting constructions of homosexuality over time through a comparative analysis of gay persecution in France and Quebec. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Sexuality Studies Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817202
ISBN
9780774817202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.37

Paperback. Presses policymakers to implement humane responses to persistent substance use that remove its control entirely from the criminal justice system Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JKVG; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814784075
ISBN
9780814784075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-serving and harmful to fellow inmates. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459916
ISBN
9780857459916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.08

Hardback. In this playful, image-heavy, insight-rich book, Chip Kidd explores the design of everyday objects, revealing the way design shapes our world. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471138928
ISBN
9781471138928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Hellenistic Egypt is firmly established as the generating source of anti-semitism in this book, with roots extending back into the pre-Hellenistic period. Comments on the Jews in Greek and Roman writing further illuminate the hostility towards this culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
n Second printing
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674487789
ISBN
9780674487789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.19

Hardback. Presenting the Second Temple era as an age of transition between a territorial past and an exilic and religious future, Judeans and Jews sharpens our understanding of this important era. Series: The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648395
ISBN
9781442648395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.63

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138912212
ISBN
9781138912212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

Paperback. This collection of essays considers topics such as the essence and character of historical Judaism, the problems of contemporary Judaism and Jewishness, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, the questions of statehood, religion and politics in Israel, and the role of women. Translator(s): Navon, Yoram; Jacobson, Zvi; Levi, Gershon; Levy, Raphael. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSJ1; JFSR1; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674487765
ISBN
9780674487765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.09

Paperback. This book provides an introduction to Judaism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for all students of Judaism and world religions, and covers major movements that have been developed. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557866844
ISBN
9781557866844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Beginning with a chapter on Jewish beliefs, festivals and life-cycle events, both traditional and non-traditional, this text goes on to explain the enormous variation in practice. It then covers Jewish history in America, from the arrival of the first Jews about 350 years ago to the present. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120609
ISBN
9780231120609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.15

hardcover. Series: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPD; HRAB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022257
ISBN
9780253022257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.29

Paperback. Generations of scholars have debated the influence of Greco-Roman culture on Jewish society and the degree of its impact on Jewish material culture and religious practice in Palestine and the Diaspora of antiquity. Scholar Lee I. Levine examines this phenomenon from the aftermath of Alexander's conquest to the Byzantine era. 28 illustrations. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HDD; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976822
ISBN
9780295976822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. The political, social, cultural, and religious crises Jews encountered in their long history influenced the development of Jewish culture, thought, and religion. This title describe how Jews coped with these threatening events, especially how they consequently had to rethink and shape their Jewish identity anew. Editor(s): Lange, Armin; Romheld, K.F. Diethard; Weigold, Matthias. Series: Schriften Des Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum. Num Pages: 288 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525542088
ISBN
9783525542088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.88
€ 85.15

Hardcover. A biography of Judah L. Magnes, an American Reform rabbi, Jewish community leader, and active pacifist during World War I who helped found and served as first chancellor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He brought American ideals to Palestine, and h Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632160
ISBN
9780815632160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.94

Hardback. Focuses on Latin Judaica and Biblical interpretation with an emphasis on texts found in the library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh of Dublin. This collection of Latin Judaica, Polyglot Bibles, and other works sheds light on the way in which the Protestant Reformation dealt both with Jews, the Bible, the Jewish Kabbalah and religious toleration. Editor(s): Coudert, Allison; Hutton, S. (School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Middlesex University, London, UK); Popkin, R. H.; Weiner, G. M. (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA). Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792357896
ISBN
9780792357896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.02

Paperback. A timely, accessible study - bolstered by startling statistics - of the sparse coverage of Latinos on network evening news and the social inequity perpetuated by the frequently negative tone of the few news stories that do spotlight Latinos Num Pages: 317 pages, 8 charts/graphs, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292743748
ISBN
9780292743748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Graf, S. J.; Hale, Amy; Evans, David. Series: Journal for the Academic Study of Magic. Num Pages: 317 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFHF; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Mandrake United Kingdom
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906958015
ISBN
9781906958015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

hardcover. Provides a detailed examination of the fieldwork and methodologies, as well as the human element in research, of anthropologist Julian Steward in the Great Basin during the 1930s. Num Pages: 444 pages, 27 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803225084
ISBN
9780803225084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.79

Paperback. And a city struggles through racial convulsions, remembered by those such as John Steadman and Father Constantine Sitaris. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBTB; JFSL1; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418452
ISBN
9781421418452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.19

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452. Inspiring Stories from the Spiritual Journeys of American Jews. 200 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSR1. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jewish Lights Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580233170
ISBN
9781580233170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.23

Hardcover. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural, and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the madness of modern times. The travelers of these journeys vary from patients to doctors, artists to writers, architects to composers, and royalty to tourists.. Editor(s): Blackshaw, Gemma; Wieber, Sabine. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HBTB; JFC; JKSM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436. Mapping Mental Illness in Austro-Hungary. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. 222 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Blackshaw, Gemma; Wieber, Sabine. This collection of essays uses the framework of journeys in order to highlight the diverse artistic, cultural, and medical responses to a peculiarly Viennese anxiety about the madness of modern times. The travelers of these journeys vary from patients to doctors, artists to writers, architects to composers, and royalty to tourists. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HBTB; JFC; JKSM. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 16. Weight: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454584
ISBN
9780857454584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.97

Paperback. Nine case studies provide real life examples of community-based research in Aboriginal, urban, and rural communities, ultimately leading to public policy that better serves the most vulnerable among us. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773394
ISBN
9780889773394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

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