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Hardback. Explores the historical origins of Syria's religious sects and their dominance of the Syrian social scene. It identifies their distinct beliefs and relates how the actions of the religious authorities and political entrepreneurs acting on behalf of their sects expose them to sectarian violence, culminating in the dissolution of the nation-state. Series: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HRAM2; HRH; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137531490
- ISBN
- 9781137531490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.89
€ 105.89
Hardcover. Addressing issues related to the physical, cultural, ideological and psychological relocation of English, this volume provides a critical examination of current sociolinguistic study of English in the world and suggests a new approach which focuses more on ideological and psychological aspects of the phenomenon. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFG; JFFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230206656
- ISBN
- 9780230206656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship,the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 13 maps, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801865060
- ISBN
- 9780801865060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.61
€ 43.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: JMTD; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag Switzerland
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783856305192
- ISBN
- 9783856305192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.25
€ 31.99
€ 23.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, over 90 b/w photos, line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764307577
- ISBN
- 9780764307577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 25.45
€ 36.99
€ 25.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312172527
- ISBN
- 9780312172527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. Looking at the lives of women in the Bible, this title reveals refreshing models of faith for today. It provides nourishment from a woman's point of view and connects today's woman with the source of fulfillment that sustained her sisters in Bible times - a relationship with God. It is adapted from "Women Who Loved God". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCG; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Harvest House Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprinted
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736907385
- ISBN
- 9780736907385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Argues that although the last two decades of Korean history were a period of progress in political democratization, the country refused to part from a "masculine point of view" which is also mirrored in Korean cinema Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 66 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332671
- ISBN
- 9780822332671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.90
€ 36.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Sharman, Zena. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551526584
- ISBN
- 9781551526584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.45
€ 25.99
€ 19.45
Paperback. Describes and analyzes life in Rampura in the late 1940s. In addition to the rich detail of village life and of a number of individual villagers, the author gives us insights into the nature of ethnographic research. He relates how he came to study this particular village. He also discusses the factors that could and did bias his research. Series: Center for South & Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12ill.6M. BIC Classification: JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520039483
- ISBN
- 9780520039483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Paperback. Immigrants in the United States send more than $20 billion every year back to Mexico - one of the largest flows of such remittances in the world. The author offers the first extended look at what is done with that money, and in particular how the building boom that it has generated has changed Mexican towns and villages. Num Pages: 336 pages, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226202815
- ISBN
- 9780226202815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473876
- ISBN
- 9780801473876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. The first comprehensive portrait of the Roman Renaissance world. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212085
- ISBN
- 9780253212085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.19
€ 35.99
€ 33.19
The Renaissance of Islam. History, Culture and Society in the 10th Cen...
Mez, Adam. Ed(S): Kennedy, Hugh
hardcover. Editor(s): Kennedy, Hugh. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2024
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781784538910
- ISBN
- 9781784538910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.54€ 106.69
€ 117.54
€ 106.69
Hardcover. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015524
- ISBN
- 9780674015524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.46€ 124.23
€ 137.46
€ 124.23
Paperback. This book examines the manner by which the just war tradition has been invoked, engaged and developed in the context of the war on terror, paying particular attention to the questions of anticipatory war, humanitarian intervention, and punitive war. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349373185
- ISBN
- 9781349373185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This book examines the manner by which the just war tradition has been invoked, engaged and developed in the context of the war on terror, paying particular attention to the questions of anticipatory war, humanitarian intervention, and punitive war. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPS; JPWL; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605831
- ISBN
- 9780230605831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Frequently the site of crisis or turmoil, individual cities can be fragile environments. For the first time in history, however, the future of the entire urban system is being thrown into doubt. Catastrophic climate changes threaten the life support of hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, of urban dwellers around the world. Num Pages: 322 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470019269
- ISBN
- 9780470019269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Paperback. Translator(s): Everett, R. Series: Foundations of Waldorf Education. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880104555
- ISBN
- 9780880104555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.67
€ 20.99
€ 19.67
Paperback. Shows that traditionalism and modernity reinforce each other among the priests at the Minakshi Temple. This book also shows that the priests have become more 'professional' and modern-minded while also insisting on the legitimacy of tradition. It concludes by critiquing the analysis of modernity and tradition in social science. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLP1; HRLP7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116587
- ISBN
- 9780691116587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81