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Hardback. Argues that Islam's cultural stasis is not due to the Muslim faith itself, but to the nature of the sacred it is infused with and that penetrates every aspect of life - spiritual and material. This book shows how the sacred in Islam suspends the acceleration of social time, hinders change, and circumvents secularization and modernity. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 280. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129112
ISBN
9780691129112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Hardcover.

R. Dixon Smith has captured the enchanting story of the well known pulp writer Carl Jacobi. Jacobi wrote many fantasy and weird tales, while leading a somewhat bizarre yet magical life. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879722876
ISBN
9780879722876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.06

Hardback. How can we provide good spatial orientation for people with dementia? This book addresses this question extensively in a selection of professional essays and projects that also carve out specific requirements for various disciplines. Editor(s): Feddersen, Eckhard; Ludtke, Insa. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 320 colour illustrations, 80 schw.-w. u. 320 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AM; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 299 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783038215004
ISBN
9783038215004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.42

Paperback. The field of psychiatry has long struggled with developing models of practice; most underemphasize the interpersonal aspects of clinical practice. This essay is unique in putting intersubjectivity front and centre. It is an attempt to provide a clinical method to re-establish the fragile dialogue of the soul with oneself and with others Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPM; JMP; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198792062
ISBN
9780198792062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.84

Hardback. Linking the study of business and politics, this book reconstructs the debate over the development of the book trade in 19th-century France. It shows how publishers succeeded in transforming the industry from a tightly controlled trade into a free enterprise, with dramatic but paradoxical consequences for literature in France. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; CBW; HBJD; JFCA; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035768
ISBN
9780674035768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.25
€ 59.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764335686
ISBN
9780764335686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.11

Paperback. Terpstra's meticulous investigation not only uncovers the sad fate of the lost girls of the Casa della Pieta but explores broader themes, including gender relations, public health, church politics, and the challenges girls and adolescent women faced in Renaissance Florence. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407722
ISBN
9781421407722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.26

Paperback. * Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to an understanding of power. * Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into social theory. * Presents a new understanding of the exercise, uses and manifestations of cultural, economic and political power in the second half of the twentieth century. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; JPV; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207290
ISBN
9780631207290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.61

Hardback. * Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to an understanding of power. * Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into social theory. * Presents a new understanding of the exercise, uses and manifestations of cultural, economic and political power in the second half of the twentieth century. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; JPV; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207283
ISBN
9780631207283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.69

Paperback. Lost for Words is an innovative "loss awareness" training package designed for teachers and carers supporting children who are experiencing bereavement. All the required resources are included with the pack, including templates for OHP transparencies, handouts for trainees and a bibliography for further reading. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 295 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843103240
ISBN
9781843103240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.61

Paperback. The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. Updated with thrilling new discoveries for the paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828854
ISBN
9780753828854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Moshenberg, Daniel. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
new edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351177
ISBN
9781584351177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226418438
ISBN
9780226418438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780932813251
ISBN
9780932813251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 23 b&w photos, 5 b&w charts/graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 259 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477308455
ISBN
9781477308455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 8 black & white plates, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476044
ISBN
9780801476044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.62

Paperback. Intended for those who seek to understand the effects of adoption - including adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, and their friends and families, this title includes material on the controversies concerning adoption and reproductive technologies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JKSF; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
3rd Edition, Expanded and Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033287
ISBN
9780472033287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.79

Paperback. This is a story of dispossession, a meditation on place, home and identity, as well as a deeply personal account of the social ills of South Africa and the triumph of its people Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; HBJH; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783780990
ISBN
9781783780990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost' in terms of 'what remains'. It reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Kazanjian, David. Num Pages: 498 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694. The Politics of Mourning. 498 pages, 9 b&w photographs, index. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Kazanjian, David. Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost' in terms of 'what remains'. It reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight: 686.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
498
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232365
ISBN
9780520232365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.85

Hardback. All losses are touched with ambiguity. Yet those who suffer losses without finality bear a particular burden. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MQT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393704495
ISBN
9780393704495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

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