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Paperback. In this study of sexuality, desire, the body and women, Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in monastic life, they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist hagiographic literature. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HRE; HRLB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226900544
- ISBN
- 9780226900544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Soviet tricksters present survival in a cynical, contradictory and inadequate world, not as a necessity, but as field for creativity, play, and freedom. Through an analysis of the representation of tricksters in soviet and post-soviet culture, this title attempts to draw a virtual map of the soviet and post-soviet cynical reason. Series: Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843451
- ISBN
- 9781934843451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.49
€ 148.49
Hardback. Dean Duncan provides a critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between high art and commercial culture, he examines how directors quote themes and classical passages in genres ranging from the Soviet avant garde to Hollywood romances. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 211 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; AVGC4; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222797
- ISBN
- 9780823222797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20
€ 108.20
Paperback. Dean Duncan provides a critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between high art and commercial culture, he examines how directors quote themes and classical passages in genres ranging from the Soviet avant garde to Hollywood romances. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 211 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; AVGC4; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222803
- ISBN
- 9780823222803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.32
€ 42.99
€ 38.32
Hardback. How does an ethnographer write about violence? How can he remain a scholarly observer when the country of his birth is engulfed by terror? How does an anthropologist write an ethnography without transforming it into a pornography of violence? This book discusses such questions. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFC; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691027739
- ISBN
- 9780691027739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.07€ 42.15
€ 53.07
€ 42.15
Paperback. Provides information about all of the dimensions a director needs to understand in order to operate a school. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810846029
- ISBN
- 9780810846029
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Condition: New
€ 96.28
€ 96.28
Paperback. The Charter of the United Nations was signed in 1945 by 51 countries representing all continents, paving the way for the creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice forms part of the Charter. The Charter is the foundation of international peace and security. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: GB; JPSN; JPSN1; LBBR; LBHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 102. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- United Nations
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Arabic ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789216000356
- ISBN
- 9789216000356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.60
€ 11.60
Paperback. A text in the Yale University Press Series on Basic Documents in World Politics Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian; Lampert, Joseph. Series: Basic Documents in World Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN1; LBBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300180435
- ISBN
- 9780300180435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.68
€ 25.99
€ 19.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590331965
- ISBN
- 9781590331965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.00€ 60.45
€ 79.00
€ 60.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Prisser, Oliver M. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613246627
- ISBN
- 9781613246627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 334.89€ 226.86
€ 334.89
€ 226.86
Hardcover. The expert contributors to this volume tell how state laws and policies have stacked the deck against charter schools. They explain how these policies can be amended to level the playing field and give charter schools a fairer chance to succeed. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817947613
- ISBN
- 9780817947613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.04
€ 32.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817947620
- ISBN
- 9780817947620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.04
€ 21.04
Paperback. Examining school data going back more than a decade, this book measures how charter schools perform compared to traditional public schools. It argues that while charter schools may meet the most basic test of sound public policy, the evidence suggests they all too often fall short of advocates' claims. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 halftones. 22 line illus. 45 tables. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143194
- ISBN
- 9780691143194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.39
€ 42.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. This is a collection essays written by F.H. Cardoso during his tenure as President of Brazil. They document the transformation of Cardoso's economic and political approach and span Cardoso's early theoretical work through his pragmatic agenda for Brazil in a rapidly changing world economy. Editor(s): Font, Mauricio A. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508934
- ISBN
- 9780742508934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.55
€ 90.55
Paperback. As the time approaches for what could well be a presidential decision to deploy a national missile defense (NMD), this report reviews where the current program and policies are taking the nation. It is as important to avoid a premature deployment that would embarrass proponents as it is to move expeditiously to a useful defense. Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892063710
- ISBN
- 9780892063710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
paperback. No British social movement captured contemporary imaginations as Chartism did. This unique book is the only history to offer complete, in-depth coverage of the full chronological spread of its activities (1838-58), based throughout on detailed research. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Pre
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719060878
- ISBN
- 9780719060878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.85
€ 26.99
€ 26.85
Hardcover. Provides an illustrated account of the role that charts have played in planning, preventing, conducting and recording war on water. An introduction discusses the major themes with regard to naval warfare, navigation, and chart-making. The first chapter covers the period from earliest recorded history to the fifteenth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; JWF; TRLN; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 290 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Conway
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844860319
- ISBN
- 9781844860319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 8.87
€ 23.99
€ 8.87
paperback. Originally published in 2007 by Pearson. Series Editor(s): Pontell, Henry N. Num Pages: 104 pages, 4. BIC Classification: JKV; LAFC; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 144 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP USA United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190215248
- ISBN
- 9780190215248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.66
€ 49.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750960335
- ISBN
- 9780750960335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. In this study, the authors explore what is known about the scale and characteristics of money laundering, describe the current anti-money laundering regime, develop a framework for assessing the effectiveness of the regime, and use that framework to assess how well the current system works and make proposals for its improvement. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323702
- ISBN
- 9780881323702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43