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Paperback. A natural and cultural history of the 'perfect predator' - the leopard - and its depiction in literature, art, film, advertising and popular culture. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100, 60 in colour. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232799
ISBN
9781780232799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Paperback. This work is termed a "roman temoignage" (testimonial-novel) bridging documentary and fiction. Spanning six decades of Leonara's life, the book indirectly explores the economic, social and cultural life of Guadeloupe's peasants and working class, especially black women. Translator(s): Leskes, Andrea. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVG; 2ADF; DNF; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915180
ISBN
9780813915180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415253864
ISBN
9780415253864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.67

Hardback. From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. This biography examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America - blacklisting by the State Department in 1950 and voluntary exile from the New York Philharmonic in 1951 for fear that he might be blacklisted. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257641
ISBN
9780520257641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 38.26

Hardcover. A study of the French industrialist who from 1870 to 1914 advanced social Catholic and Christian democratic movements by improving factory conditions and empowering workers. Joan Coffey's book represents the first study of Leon Harmel in English. Series: Catholic Social Tradition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; BG; HBTB; HRCX6; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033606
ISBN
9780268033606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.22

Paperback. John Colton is a meticulous researcher and a fine craftsman. In his political biography of Leon Blum, these two qualities are beautiully blended; none of the available evidence appears to have been over looked, and the enormous mass of variegated material has been transmuted in a polished, richly tapestried, and absorbing narrative. Num Pages: 548 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBG; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822307624
ISBN
9780822307624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.23

hardcover. Leo Strauss' "What Is Political Philosophy?" addresses almost every major theme in his life's work and is often viewed as a defense of his overall philosophic approach. Written by scholars well-known for their expertise on Strauss' thought, this book includes essays that apply to Strauss the same meticulous approach he developed in reading others. Editor(s): Major, Rafael. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924205
ISBN
9780226924205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.17

Paperback. Pangle shows how these analysts have in effect imported Straussian impulses into a "newkind of political and social science. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884405
ISBN
9780801884405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.98

Hardcover. Behnegar's work argues that Leo Strauss was not against the scientific study of politics, but he did reject the idea that it could be built upon political science's unexamined assumption of the distinction between facts and values. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041421
ISBN
9780226041421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.17

Hardback. Editor(s): York, J. G.; Peters, Michael A. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470543
ISBN
9781611470543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.58

Hardcover. Moses Mendelssohn (1729-86) was the leading Jewish thinker of the German Enlightenment and the founder of modern Jewish philosophy. In addition to Strauss' introductions, the author has translated various editorial annotations Strauss makes on key passages in Mendelssohn's texts. Editor(s): Yaffe, Martin D. Translator(s): Yaffe, Martin D. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922782
ISBN
9780226922782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.77
€ 46.13

Hardcover. Leo Strauss and his alleged political influence regarding the Iraq War have in recent years been the subject of significant media attention. In this title, the authors turn their attention to a more comprehensive interpretation of Strauss' thought as a whole. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226135731
ISBN
9780226135731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 79.50

Hardcover. A probing study that demystifies the common portrayal of Leo Strauss as the inspiration for American neo-conservativism by tracing his philosophy to its German Jewish roots. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
188
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584656005
ISBN
9781584656005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.33

Hardcover. Leo Strauss has been simultaneously condemned by the Left as an extreme opponent of liberal democracy and celebrated by the Right as a defender of Western civilization. Rejecting both of these portrayals, this title shifts the debate beyond the conventional parameters of our age. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804781
ISBN
9780875804781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.78

hardcover. Series: Perspectives on Deafness. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 halftones, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195320664
ISBN
9780195320664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.52

Paperback. Translator(s): Birchall, Ian. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Edition
3 ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466153
ISBN
9781608466153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.91

Paperback. Explains that it was Lenin who made Karl Marx's thought explicitly political, who extended it beyond the confines of Europe, who put it into practice. This title demonstrates that truth and partisanship are not mutually exclusive as is often suggested. Editor(s): Budgen, Sebastian; Kouvelakis, Stathis; Zizek, Slavoj. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 268 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339410
ISBN
9780822339410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. Series: Historical Materialism. Num Pages: 880 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931859585
ISBN
9781931859585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 70.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTV4; HBWN; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979946
ISBN
9780141979946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

paperback. Was the deification of Lenin a show of affection, or a planned political operation designed to solidify the revolution with the masses? This book aims to provide the answer by exploring the cult's mystical, historical, and political aspects. Num Pages: 350 pages, 27 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674524316
ISBN
9780674524316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.70

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