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Paperback. A carefully researched, accessibly written portrait of dreaming as a powerful, unpredictable, often iconoclastic force in human religious life Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; JMTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799574
ISBN
9780814799574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.67

hardcover. Cockaigne: portrayed in legend, oral history, and art, this imaginary land became the most pervasive collective dream of medieval times-an earthly paradise to counter the suffering and frustration of daily existence and to quell anxieties over an ever-more-exclusive heavenly afterlife. Translator(s): Webb, Diane. Num Pages: 544 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
COLUMBIA UNIV PR
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231117029
ISBN
9780231117029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.92

Hardback. Dreaming of Michelangelo is the first book-length study to explore the intellectual and cultural affinities between modern Judaism, Italy, and the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804768818
ISBN
9780804768818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.97

Paperback. Explores the function of money in everyday life in Vietnam Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JHMC; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992747
ISBN
9780295992747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

paperback. How the misguided policy of reducing livestock on the Navajo reservation in the 1930s is still felt today by the people and the land Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 418 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; JFSL9; KNAC; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991412
ISBN
9780295991412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Clairview Books
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRA0005055
ISBN
9781902636412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Clairview Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000146
ISBN
9781902636412
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The ten contributors to this book-anthropologists and psychologists-explore the ways in which dreams are remembered, recounted, shared (or not shared), interpreted, and used by people from New Guinea to the Andes. The authors take a major step toward moving the study of dreaming from the margins to the mainstream of anthropological thought. Editor(s): Tedlock, Barbara. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
School for Advanced Research Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780933452817
ISBN
9780933452817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. Deemed by Heinrich Heine a city of merchants where poets go to die, Hamburg was an improbable setting for a major intellectual movement. This book considers not just the men but also the historical significance of the time and place where their ideas took form. Num Pages: 464 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226272467
ISBN
9780226272467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.81

Hardcover. Called by Heinrich Heine a city of dull and culturally limited merchants where poets only go to die, Hamburg would seem an improbable setting for a major new intellectual movement. This title clarifies the social, political, and economic pressures faced by German-Jewish scholars on the periphery of Germany's intellectual world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226061689
ISBN
9780226061689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.53
€ 78.29

paperback. A comprehensive compilation of Jung's work on dreams, this book is without parallel and provides the perfect introduction to his concepts to those unfamiliar with Jung's work. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: JMTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415267410
ISBN
9780415267410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.94

Paperback. Takes a look at the challenges and dilemmas of immigration policy and practice in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform. This book shows how these policies and practices offer a means of prioritizing immigration enforcement in ways that alleviate harm to children, and why they remain controversial and vulnerable to political challenges. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 Table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283060
ISBN
9780520283060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.88

Hardback. From original German text entitled GegenSpieler (Fischer Verlag, 2001) with parts rewritten for an American audience; large parts of the introduction and the final chapter are completely new--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 215 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 214 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813037233
ISBN
9780813037233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.80

Hardback. Editor(s): Nelson, Cary. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253025166
ISBN
9780253025166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.20

paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Cary. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253025173
ISBN
9780253025173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.12

Paperback. Barack Obama's number one bestseller in a new edition to tie in with the end of his landmark presidency. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGHA; JFSL1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 33. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782119258
ISBN
9781782119258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195382938
ISBN
9780195382938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.59

Paperback. Presents an exploration of lucid dreaming theory and practice within both Western and Tibetan Buddhist contexts. This book explores lucid dreaming practices, and also the techniques of Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep, the holistic approach to lucidity training which the author co-created. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMTD; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Hay House UK Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781802021
ISBN
9781781802021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.34

Hardcover. Traces the ideological and material support provided to the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan in the far east of the Soviet Union by two American Jewish Communist-led organisations, the ICOR and the American Birobidjan Committee. This title provides an historical examination of the political work of these two groups. Series: Jewish Identity in Post Modern Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 32. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235117
ISBN
9781936235117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.50

Paperback. Explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. This title guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss various forms of divination as superstition, and ordinary believers who speak of moving encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination. 328 pages, illustrations. Explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. This title guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss various forms of divination as superstition, and ordinary believers who speak of moving encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHMC. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight: 460.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258518
ISBN
9780520258518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

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