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Paperback. Provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. This very short introduction examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole - on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men and women, and youth. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, numerous halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 91 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192853950
- ISBN
- 9780192853950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. This book covers the use and design of the Russian T-34 battle tank. Num Pages: 48 pages, b/w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JWM; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 208 x 2. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887404054
- ISBN
- 9780887404054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.91
€ 10.91
paperback. In 1950s America, flag waving, martial pomp, and staged ceremony were presented and perceived as America's last best defence against the communist threat. In this volume, Fried explores the often absurd lengths the average citizen in McCarthyite America went to to help shore up patriotism and fend off the threat of the Red Menace. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780195134179
- ISBN
- 9780195134179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.02
€ 24.99
€ 8.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841767086
- ISBN
- 9781841767086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.19
€ 17.99
€ 17.19
Paperback. A collection of three classic incisive books that instruct how to survive and thrive in a business world of suspicion and envy, strategic alliances and brutal misinformation. Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, Alistair McAlpine's The Servant, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War comprise the three main texts. Editor(s): McAlpine, Alistair. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JP; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471372479
- ISBN
- 9780471372479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.14
€ 36.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Hobgood-Oster, Laura. Series: AAR Religions in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HRCC99; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788505386
- ISBN
- 9780788505386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.09
€ 50.09
Paperback. Explores the sacred and the feminine in art, architecture, literature, art history, music, philosophy, theology, critical theory and cultural studies. This book addresses key issues in feminist questions of creativity, the imaginary and the sacred as 'otherness', examining the ways in which visual practices have explored this territory. Series: New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845115210
- ISBN
- 9781845115210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.26
€ 34.99
€ 29.26
The Sacred and the Sovereign. Religion and International Politics.
. Ed(S): Carlson, John D.; Owens, Erik C.
paperback. This work considers the roles that religion should - and should not - play in a post-Cold War age distinguished by humanitarian intervention, terrorism, globalization, and challenges to state sovereignty. It shows that religious traditions are essential elements of the quest for human rights. Editor(s): Carlson, John D.; Owens, Erik C. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: HR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878409082
- ISBN
- 9780878409082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.65
€ 70.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486434940
- ISBN
- 9780486434940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Offers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. This title showcases a variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society's oral literature and traditions. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802568
- ISBN
- 9780896802568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.80
€ 24.99
€ 22.80
Paperback. Series: Sacred Activism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JMS; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583949436
- ISBN
- 9781583949436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.49
€ 23.99
€ 20.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRCR1; HRCS; HRCV; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310348276
- ISBN
- 9780310348276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485244
- ISBN
- 9780801485244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.97
€ 40.99
€ 39.97
Paperback. Why do we think that things happen in the way that they do? Why do we think that some things are true, and other things false? This book shows that reason and emotion work much more closely together in forming opinions and judgements than has previously been supposed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JM; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845113995
- ISBN
- 9781845113995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.44
€ 25.99
€ 22.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Blackmer, Joan D. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG9; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 219 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Inner City Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894574099
- ISBN
- 9781894574099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.40
€ 20.99
€ 15.40
Hardcover. For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAX; HRH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674598553
- ISBN
- 9780674598553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.33
€ 53.99
€ 44.33
Paperback. This study of the contemporary American faith healing movement, the Catholic Charismatic Revival, blends ethnographic details with case histories to provide a cultural analysis of the healing experience. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508. A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing. 344 pages, 10 b&w photographs. This study of the contemporary American faith healing movement, the Catholic Charismatic Revival, blends ethnographic details with case histories to provide a cultural analysis of the healing experience. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCM; JFC. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight: 496.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208841
- ISBN
- 9780520208841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.40
€ 35.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged ten, having been abused, victimised and rejected by her family. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007281046
- ISBN
- 9780007281046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. * Angela Carter's highly acclaimed polemic enlisting the Marquis de Sade in an argument about women's sexual freedom Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083770
- ISBN
- 9781844083770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
paperback. Analyzes Indian receptivity to the right-wing Hindu nationalist party and its political wing, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to create a polity based on "ancient" Hindu culture. This book offers insights into Indian politics and focuses on the links between democracy and ethnic majoritarianism. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JPFM; JPFN; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006710
- ISBN
- 9780691006710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.71
€ 52.92
€ 41.71