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Hardback. Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign - for example, a cattle car - and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transportation through conceptual space. Editor(s): Lipset, David; Handler, Richard. Num Pages: 228 pages, 29 ills. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383758
- ISBN
- 9781782383758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.43
€ 151.43
Paperback. This volume challenges readers to think about what music means in contemporary society, and how music education can remain culturally relevant in the new millennium. * A collection of thought-provoking philosophical perspectives on music education. Editor(s): Lines, David. Series: Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JNU; YNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 3. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136587
- ISBN
- 9781405136587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.09
€ 30.09
Hardcover. The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. Editor(s): Lindenfeld, David; Richardson, Miles. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570. Indigenous Encounters with Missionary Christianity, 1800-2000. 312 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Lindenfeld, David; Richardson, Miles. The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452177
- ISBN
- 9780857452177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.67
€ 152.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; JMP; JMR; MJN; MMH; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349463060
- ISBN
- 9781349463060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. Interest in techniques to control the brain and thereby improve its function has surged, yet how realistic are these expectations and what are the ethical implications? This book reviews the main techniques of controlling brain processes for medical purposes, situating them within ethical and legal debates on autonomy and fairness. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; JMP; MJN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335326
- ISBN
- 9781137335326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Paperback. Featuring a new Introduction and completely updated throughout, "Crimes Against Liberty" takes on President Obama, the man and the leader--revealing his serious character lapses and personality flaws while skillfully unraveling Obama's tangled web of broken promises and blatant lies. Num Pages: 512 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFHC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596982758
- ISBN
- 9781596982758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.36
€ 19.99
€ 19.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780895261472
- ISBN
- 9780895261472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. How and why do languages change over time? Could the way an individual child develops affect aggregate language change? What do the mechanisms of change tell us about the evolution of language in our species? This book asserts that a child develops a grammar on exposure to some triggering experience. Series: Blackwell/Maryland Lectures in Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFFD; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210603
- ISBN
- 9780631210603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.99
€ 64.99
Paperback. Based on extensive interviewing and access to a wide range of databases, this is an examination of the migration career of wealthy migrants who left East Asia and relocated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192927
- ISBN
- 9781405192927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.04
€ 34.04
Hardback. Based on extensive interviewing and access to a wide range of databases, this is an examination of the migration career of wealthy migrants who left East Asia and relocated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192910
- ISBN
- 9781405192910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739142066
- ISBN
- 9780739142066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.30€ 17.57
€ 108.30
€ 17.57
hardcover. As the world faces another water crisis, it is easy to understand why this precious and highly-disputed resource could determine the fate of entire nations. In reality, however, water conflicts rarely result in violence and more often lead to collaborative governance, however precarious. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JP; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509504619
- ISBN
- 9781509504619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Hardcover. Analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems - situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. This book is useful for philosophers, linguists, social scientists, and legal theorists. Num Pages: 232 pages, 46. BIC Classification: HP; JMAL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232568
- ISBN
- 9780631232568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.90
€ 132.90
Paperback. Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Num Pages: 232 pages, 46. BIC Classification: HP; JMAL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232575
- ISBN
- 9780631232575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.18
€ 40.99
€ 39.18
Paperback. The remarkable story of Bangladesh, which is becoming of increasing interest to the international community. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKB; GTF; JP; KCM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338. 248 pages, 3 maps. The remarkable story of Bangladesh, which is becoming of increasing interest to the international community. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FKB; GTF; JP; KCM. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight: 338.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521713771
- ISBN
- 9780521713771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.89
€ 36.89
Hardcover. This book offers a new account of Plato's view of eros, or romantic love, by asserting that Socrates is critical of eros because of its connection to irrational religious beliefs. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345387
- ISBN
- 9781137345387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; JPA; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550654011
- ISBN
- 9781550654011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.13
€ 25.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. This Oxford Handbook will be the definitive study of governance for years to come. 'Governance' has become one of the most popular terms in contemporary political science; this Handbook explores the full range of meaning and application of the concept and its use in a number of research fields. Editor(s): Levi-Faur, David. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Politics & International Relations. Num Pages: 832 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPH; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1446.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199677061
- ISBN
- 9780199677061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.55
€ 46.99
€ 44.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Aperture United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597112147
- ISBN
- 9781597112147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.33
€ 19.99
€ 19.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594544279
- ISBN
- 9781594544279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.22€ 192.87
€ 287.22
€ 192.87