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paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034285
ISBN
9780816640621
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. Series: ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HRCM; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034283
ISBN
9780231081269
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. The first, intimate portrait of the Orange Order. Num Pages: 624 pages, 40 b/w plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBJD1; HRCC9; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 456. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034277
ISBN
9780006388906
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Illuminates the Laozi (Lao-tzu) story and its force in shaping traditional Chinese religion Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 406 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HB; HRA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034255
ISBN
9780892641284
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. A comprehensive study of Leibniz's writings on China, integrating these writings into Leibniz's philosophy. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 55. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034231
ISBN
9780521830249
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Traces the dual strains of 'iconophilia' and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two-and-a-half millennia in the West. This book addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AGR; HRAM7; HRC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034226
ISBN
9780226044132
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. A 2001 reinterpretation of early modern German intellectual history, treating the civil and metaphysical philosophers as rival intellectual cultures. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 816. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034217
ISBN
9780521792653
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. Forming a link in a chain that reaches back through Ovid's "Metamorphoses" directly to Homer, Roberto Calasso's award-winning re-examination of fantastic fables and mysteries, which we may only think we know, sets out to explore the entire world of Greek mythology and piece it back together. Translator(s): Parks, Tim. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034185
ISBN
9780099308010
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. In this brilliant critique, Terry Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular "brands" of postmodern thought. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034167
ISBN
9780631203230
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRLP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 451.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616144050
ISBN
9781616144050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.96

paperback. Comprehensive and global in scope, this book critically evaluates the range of management options that claim to have integrated Indigenous peoples and knowledge, and then outline an innovative, alternative model of co-management, the Indigenous Stewardship Model. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: JFSL9; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
EDS Publications Ltd. (Consignment) United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598745788
ISBN
9781598745788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.84

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570039737
ISBN
9781570039737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.75

paperback. A consideration of three of the most contentious ethical issues of our time - abortion, war and euthanasia - from the Muslim perspective. The volume both integrates Muslim thinking into the field of applied ethics and introduces readers to an aspect of the religion long overlooked in the West. Editor(s): Brockopp, Jonathan E. Series: Studies in Comparative Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPQ; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University South Carolina Pr United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570034718
ISBN
9781570034718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.08

Paperback. Few scholars have analysed class in children's literature. This definitive collection remedies that by defining and exemplifying historical materialist approaches to children's literature. The thirteen essays analyse a wide range of texts using concepts in historical materialism from class struggle to the commodity. Editor(s): Hubler, Angela E. Series: Children's Literature Association Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC; DSY; JFCA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496807830
ISBN
9781496807830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.44

hardcover. Editor(s): Davis, Lennard J. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 187. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
5th Edition
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138930223
ISBN
9781138930223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 263.02

Paperback. This volume presents a cultural record of the Jewish folk music of Eastern Europe, through the eyes of ethnomusicologist, Moshe Beregovski. It includes contextual responses to Jewish folk music, essays on musical influences, and notes and lyrics of nearly 300 folk songs. Editor(s): Slobin, Mark. Translator(s): Slobin, Mark. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 592 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DV; AVGH; JFSR1; JHBT; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628682
ISBN
9780815628682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

Paperback. During the Middle Ages, travellers in Africa and Asia reported that "monstrous races" thrived beyond the boundaries of the known world. This work offers an introspective look at these races and their interaction with Western art, literature and philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 62 b&w photographs, notes, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; AB; HBJD; HBLC; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628262
ISBN
9780815628262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.86

Paperback. This text describes state-of-the-art research methodology and critical approaches to English literature, Latin philosophies, law, science, art and music. Editor(s): Powell, James M. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815625568
ISBN
9780815625568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.56

Paperback. The idea of "insanity" pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Here, Szasz contends that the term actually functions as a euphemism for problems in living, as an excuse for crime and misbehaviour, as a stigma for invalidating adversaries - and, generally, as a metaphor and legal fiction. Num Pages: 436 pages, notes. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815604600
ISBN
9780815604600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.54

hardcover. Sayo Masuda was a geisha at a hot springs resort, where the realities of sex for sale are unadorned by the trappings of wealth and power. Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese society -- in the words of the translator, "the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated." Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129503
ISBN
9780231129503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; KNTD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pearson
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780134046785
ISBN
9780134046785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.35

paperback. In this new edition, Professor Riley makes available the most representative pieces from Leibniz's political theory. Editor(s): Riley, Patrick. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034131
ISBN
9780521358996
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

paperback. This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. Editor(s): Bernstein, J. M. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034113
ISBN
9780415253802
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

hardcover. Explores an episode in seventeenth-century history, revealing the involvement of a great modern thinker in secret and dangerous machinations of international politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftone plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034079
ISBN
9780199215935
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

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