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Paperback. Aims to give readers a feeling for what it means to be Catholic and put one's faith into action. Tracing the practices of a group of parishioners in Oakland, California, and another in Guadalajara, this work reveals parallels - and contrasts - in the ways these ordinary Catholics receive and act on a church doctrine that emphasizes social justice. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HRCC7; HRCX6; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645018
ISBN
9780226645018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Exploring what is unique about the Catholic worldview and culture and what distinguishes it from Protestantism, this text examines the religious imagination that shapes Catholic life. In doing so, it challenges assumptions and makes a case for the vitality of contemporary Catholic culture. Num Pages: 213 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HRCC7; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232044
ISBN
9780520232044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.31

Hardcover. This collection attends to western women's struggles within Roman Catholicism by examining how women throughout the centuries have attempted to reconcile their unruliness with their Catholic backgrounds or conversions. Editor(s): DelRosso, Jeana; Eicke, Leigh; Kothe, Ana. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600256
ISBN
9780230600256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Paperback. This collection attends to western women's struggles within Roman Catholicism by examining how women throughout the centuries have attempted to reconcile their unruliness with their Catholic backgrounds or conversions. Editor(s): Kothe, Ana. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HRCC7; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349369669
ISBN
9781349369669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Blakeley, J. E. Series: Sovietica. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1967
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401035194
ISBN
9789401035194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814780190
ISBN
9780814780190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. aeo This volume provides the first general overview of the Castoriadisa s work -- ranging across earlier works to conclude with Castoriadisa s most recent writings. aeo Also presents hard--to--find texts previously only available in small specialist journals. Editor(s): Curtis, David. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 496 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 32. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557867049
ISBN
9781557867049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

Hardcover. Offers an overview that encompasses various aspects of Cornelius Castoriadis. This book also offers a historical overview of Castoriadis' life and work. It charts Castoriadis' contributions to the revolutionizing of thought and society over five decades. It includes a foreword and a listing of Castoriadis' major texts. Editor(s): Curtis, David. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 496 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557867032
ISBN
9781557867032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.81

Hardback. Manuel Castells' work represents a revolutionary rethinking of the processes of advanced capitalism and the generation of inequality. This collection reflects the panoramic breadth of his knowledge, and the scholarly rigour and intellectual depth of his theoretical methods. Editor(s): Susser, Ida. Num Pages: 448 pages, 61. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219323
ISBN
9780631219323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.30

Paperback. This collection of Castellsa classic writing, which also includes two new essays written specifically for this book, reflects the panoramic breadth of his knowledge, the clarity of his approach, and the scholarly rigor and intellectual depth of his theoretical methods. Editor(s): Susser, Ida. Num Pages: 448 pages, 61. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219330
ISBN
9780631219330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.44

Paperback. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558. Dalits and the Politics of Modern India. 416 pages, illustrations. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257610
ISBN
9780520257610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Donald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. Years later he returned to find that the village's men had voluntarily destroyed their secret cult which allowed them dominance over women. This study examines the labyrinth of motives behind this improbable, devastating act. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 270 pages, 10 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSJ2; JFSL9; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226819518
ISBN
9780226819518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BT; JFFG; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578311
ISBN
9781877578311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.00

Paperback. This book, which features the autobiographical narrative of Mistress Mary Hampson, a 17th-century woman in an abusive and violent marriage, reconstructs the events in and around this harrowing tale and rescues a compelling and complicated voice from the past. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804790550
ISBN
9780804790550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. In December 1968 two girls - Mary Bell, eleven, and Norma Bell, thirteen - stood before a criminal court in Newcastle, accused of strangling, within a six-week period, Martin Brown, four years old, and Brian Howe, three. Norma was acquitted. Mary Bell was found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder and was sentenced to 'detention' for life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Pimlico
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712662970
ISBN
9780712662970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. This text examines from various philosophical perspectives the different reasons for adopting a vegetarian diet, ranging from animal interests and rights to global ecology and world hunger. It includes a chapter responding to common objections to vegetarianism. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681389
ISBN
9780847681389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811005954
ISBN
9789811005954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Paperback. A passionate, controversial argument against compromises on the road to freedom, by the renowned former dissident, human rights activist and Jewish leader Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; JFFS; JPA; JPHC; JPQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586483548
ISBN
9781586483548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. More than twenty years after its original publication, "The Case for Animal Rights" has a new and fully considered preface, in which Regan responds to his critics and defends the book's revolutionary position. Num Pages: 474 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 572. Updated with a New Preface. 474 pages, 1 b/w illus. More than twenty years after its original publication, "The Case for Animal Rights" has a new and fully considered preface, in which Regan responds to his critics and defends the book's revolutionary position. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 29. Weight: 572.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
474
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243866
ISBN
9780520243866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403961815
ISBN
9781403961815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.60

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