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Hardback. This book explores the malaise present in post-colonial Tonga, analyzing the way in which segments of this small-scale society hold on to different understandings of what modernity is, how it should be made relevant to local contexts, and how it should mesh with practices and symbols of tradition. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774055
- ISBN
- 9780804774055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.63
€ 121.63
Paperback. A collection of 11 essays, which examine the Esalen Institute's roots, the place of its beliefs in American religious history, and its influence. It is suitable for those interested in the history of American religion as well as those who regard this place as the epicenter of the human potential movement. Editor(s): Shuck, Glenn W.; Kripal, Jeffrey J. Series: Religion in North America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 b&w photos, 2 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; HRQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217592
- ISBN
- 9780253217592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.30
€ 25.99
€ 24.30
Hardback. Southeastern Colorado was known as the northernmost boundary of New Spain in the sixteenth century. By the late 1800s, the region was US territory, but the majority of settlers remained Hispanic families. Bonnie J. Clark investigates the unwritten history of this unique Hispanic population. Series: Historical Archaeology of the American West. Num Pages: 176 pages, 26 illustrations, 6 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; HD; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803213722
- ISBN
- 9780803213722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
The US has long exploited Earth's orbit to enhance security, generate wealth, and reinforce its position as a world leader, but is ambivalent towards military activities in space. This book sees this as undermining the future security of the US, and suggests how to meet national security demands. Num Pages: 394 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121987
- ISBN
- 9780813121987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.22
€ 39.22
Hardback. This book offers a new model of educational achievement to explain why some students are committed to preparation for college. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JNM; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804744195
- ISBN
- 9780804744195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.19
€ 76.19
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780691608754
- ISBN
- 9780691608754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.52
€ 53.49
€ 42.52
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637150
- ISBN
- 9780691637150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.43
€ 156.43
Paperback. This book presents a convincing case for the need to radically rethink the way we understand contemporary suburban life, in an analysis that ranges across gender, ethnicity, class, religion, lifestyle, consumerism, family life, gentrification, property relations, political representation, city life and globalisation. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907103728
- ISBN
- 9781907103728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.57
€ 21.99
€ 19.57
Hardcover. This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli, a fifteen-year-old German-Italian, who fought in Pomerania, on the Eastern Front, in 1945 as a member of the 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne" and, later, as a soldier with French forces during three years (1951-1954) in the Tonkin area, Vietnam. Editor(s): Dal Cengio, Vittorino. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982093
- ISBN
- 9781909982093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Qvortrup, Ane; Wiberg, Merete; Christensen, Gerd; Hansbol, Mikala. Num Pages: 339 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JMRL; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776748760
- ISBN
- 9788776748760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742539761
- ISBN
- 9780742539761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58
Paperback. Celebrates the particular communication of thoughts that takes place by means of the business of writing, producing, and selling books. This book features a semiology of the cultural practice that begins with the character of the writer's voice and culminates in a customer's crossing the bookstore threshold, package under arm, on the way home. Translator(s): Wills, David. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230372
- ISBN
- 9780823230372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.02
€ 36.02
Hardback. Celebrates the particular communication of thoughts that takes place by means of the business of writing, producing, and selling books. This book features a semiology of the cultural practice that begins with the character of the writer's voice and culminates in a customer's crossing the bookstore threshold, package under arm, on the way home. Translator(s): Wills, David. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230365
- ISBN
- 9780823230365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.30
€ 96.30
This edition of the treatise - which includes an introduction by Geoffrey W. Symcox on the intellectual context within which it was conceived - is a must-read for anyone interested in the life of cities both historical and contemporary. Series: Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645073
- ISBN
- 9781442645073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.92
€ 53.92
Hardback. Harvard Law School pioneered educational ideas, including professional legal education within a university, Socratic questioning and case analysis, and the admission and training of students based on academic merit. On the Battlefield of Merit offers a candid account of a unique legal institution during its first century of influence. Num Pages: 680 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674967663
- ISBN
- 9780674967663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.26
€ 45.99
€ 38.26
Paperback. The Selected Works of Ella Shohat, renowned writer on the Middle-East and critic of Zionism. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; JFC; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399492
- ISBN
- 9780745399492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.92
€ 46.99
€ 44.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JNU; YQM; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Big Kid Science United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937548407
- ISBN
- 9781937548407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.27
€ 16.99
€ 16.27
Hardcover. As Jane Vella travels in her work, audiences old and new often request an up-to-date set of stories on the application of the principles and practices of Dialogue Education. This book corroborates those principles and practices through stories from diverse situations in which she has found herself teaching and learning in the past five years. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNT; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 254 x 26. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787986995
- ISBN
- 9780787986995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.18
€ 45.18
Paperback. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 342 pages, 1Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080789
- ISBN
- 9780226080789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.62
€ 42.62
Hardback. Questions Western assumptions regarding death and killing. This title scrutinizes the idea of a "clash of civilizations," the claim that "Islamic jihadism" is the essence of modern terror, and the arguments put forward by liberals to justify war in our time. Series: Wellek Library Lectures S. Num Pages: 144 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141529
- ISBN
- 9780231141529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67