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Paperback. A Personal History of the Britten-Pears School. 224 pages, 120, 120 black and white. An insider's perspective on forty years of the Britten-Pears School, generously illustrated and with quotations from the eminent staff and their students - many of whom are now internationally famous. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JNL; WQH. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 15. Weight: 642.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bittern Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957167209
- ISBN
- 9780957167209
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€ 19.99€ 18.68
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Hardcover. An examination of the ideas of space and place as manifested in medieval texts, art, and architecture. Editor(s): Weiss, Julian; Salih, Sarah. Series: King's College London Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23, 20 colour, 3 black and white. BIC Classification: HBLC1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- King's College London, Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953983872
- ISBN
- 9780953983872
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€ 62.88
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Paperback. In this volume, prominent Buddhist scholar Donald Swearer posits that the future requires a radical shift toward living in recognition of the interdependence of all life forms and the consequent ethic of communality and a life style of moderation or "enoughness" that flows from that recognition, which he calls "an ecology of human flourishing." Editor(s): Swearer, Donald K.; McGarry, Susan Lloyd. Series: Religions of the World and Ecology. Num Pages: 230 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945454458
- ISBN
- 9780945454458
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
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Paperback. In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologistFrancois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi--meaningdisposition or circumstance, power or potential--as a touchstone toexplore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate structureunderlying Chinese modes of thinking. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299953
- ISBN
- 9780942299953
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
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Paperback. Caroline Walker Bynum examines diverse medieval texts to show how women were able to appropriate dominant social symbols in ways that allowed for the emergence of their own creative voices. Num Pages: 432 pages, 46. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCC1; HRCC2; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299625
- ISBN
- 9780942299625
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
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Hardcover. This text is an account of the changing roles of images in German medieval monasticism from the 12th-century to the Reformation. The author explores the interrelationships between the visual arts and female spirituality in the context of the "cura monialium", the pastoral care of nuns. Num Pages: 580 pages, 246 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACK; AGR; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 282 x 190 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1611.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299458
- ISBN
- 9780942299458
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Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Paperback. A collection of essays that span the career of a prominent anthropologist and address the fundamental questions of the field. Num Pages: 648 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 49. Weight in Grams: 896.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299380
- ISBN
- 9780942299380
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
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Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 528 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- New ed of 2 Revised ed
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299199
- ISBN
- 9780942299199
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.76
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Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299175
- ISBN
- 9780942299175
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
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Paperback. In these two essays, two of the most important French thinkers of our time reflect on each other's work. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey; Massumi, Brian. Num Pages: 112 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299038
- ISBN
- 9780942299038
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939657551
- ISBN
- 9780939657551
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.76
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Paperback. Translator(s): Tyler, Royall. Series: Cornell East Asia Series,. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939657179
- ISBN
- 9780939657179
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Condition: New
€ 12.06
€ 12.06
Paperback. A study of contemporary Arab political poetry, this book provides a wide range of insights into the ways that modern media aesthetics are shaped by language and culture. It investigates the audio-recording industry in southern Yemen, showing how various forms of political activism emerge through sensory engagements with Arabic poetry and song. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JFD; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932885326
- ISBN
- 9780932885326
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€ 33.99€ 28.99
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Paperback. Ranging from medieval times to the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1992, this volume concentrates on the internal development of the Muslim community in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its relations with various suzerains. Editor(s): Pinson, Mark. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932885128
- ISBN
- 9780932885128
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.61
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780931050480
- ISBN
- 9780931050480
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Condition: New
€ 38.82
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Independent Belarus: Domestic Determinants, Regional Dynamics, and Imp...
Margarita M. Balmaceda (Ed.)
Paperback. To discuss developments in Belarus, an international group of scholars and policymakers gathered at Harvard University in 1999. The broad spectum of issues covered is examined in this volume, providing an understanding of Belarus and its prospects for the future. Editor(s): Balmaceda, Margarita; Clem, James I.; Tarlow, Lisbeteh. Series: Harvard Slavic studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458942
- ISBN
- 9780916458942
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€ 30.99€ 26.92
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Paperback. Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi Y.; etc. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25ill.22tabs. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1110.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458935
- ISBN
- 9780916458935
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.92
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Paperback. This work accesses the period during which Ukraine rose to become an important part of the European geo-strategic posture. The collection treats Ukraine's relations with the US and Israel; the Chornobyl aftermath; the status of Sevastapol; NATO enlargement; and Ukrainian-Jewish relations. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458850
- ISBN
- 9780916458850
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.50
€ 14.99
€ 14.50
Hardcover. Kistiakovsky's life was devoted to the development of a government based on respect for national minorities, human rights and constitutional federalism. This study shows a fresh urgency of Kistiakovsky's ideas as Russia and other former Soviet countries seek to establish values he put forth. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458614
- ISBN
- 9780916458614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.13
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Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPFC; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458072
- ISBN
- 9780916458072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.68
€ 20.99
€ 19.68