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Hardcover. This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians belief in the afterlife. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA; HBTB; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405120890
ISBN
9781405120890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.77

Hardback. Drawing on information shared by Indigenous botanical experts and collaborators, the ethnographic and historical record, and from linguistics, palaeobotany, archaeology, phytogeography, and other fields, this book weaves together a complex understanding of the traditions of use and management of plant resources in this vast region. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 95 b&w images. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JHMC; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 176 x 84. Weight in Grams: 2196.
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773543805
ISBN
9780773543805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Hardcover. A comprehensive and scholarly exploration of the personal and philosophical origins of Andre Gorz's work, this book includes a unique analysis of his early untranslated texts, as well as critical discussion of his relationship to the work of Husserl, Satre, Merleau Ponty, Marx and Habermas. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333771051
ISBN
9780333771051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Hardback. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 220 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823234196
ISBN
9780823234196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Reimer, Vanessa. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Demeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772580228
ISBN
9781772580228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.89

Hardback. A remarkable memoir of our age by a public servant, innovative developer, and leader in the world Jewish community. "Intensely interesting."-Publishers Weekly. Num Pages: 405 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929587646
ISBN
9780929587646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.75

Paperback. Rethinks the criteria governing agency and receptivity, health and toxicity, productivity and stillness Series: Perverse Modernities. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352723
ISBN
9780822352723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Many disasters are approached by researchers, managers and policymakers as if they have a clear beginning, middle and end. But often the experience of being in a disaster is not like this. This book offers non-linear, non-prescriptive ways of thinking about disasters and allows the people affected by disaster the chance to speak. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPP; RNR; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349353286
ISBN
9781349353286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151894
ISBN
9780231151894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.39

Hardback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151887
ISBN
9780231151887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.64
€ 80.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFZ; JHMC; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199827039
ISBN
9780199827039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.98

Paperback. Exploring how animal suffering is made meaningful within Western ramifications, the book investigates themes such as skepticism concerning non-human experience, cultural roots of compassion, and contemporary approaches to animal ethics. At its center is the pivotal question: What is the moral significance of animal suffering? Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329120
ISBN
9781349329120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.81

Hardback. "No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for other species. Taken together, they may offer a prospect for saner human-animal relations." -- From the book Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; JHM; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774807241
ISBN
9780774807241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.72

Paperback. Highlights nearly 100 species of plants and animals that were significant to the ancient Maya and that continue to inhabit the Maya region. Illustrator(s): Chab-Medina, Juan C. Num Pages: 400 pages, 123 line drawings, 3 maps, 5 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; JHM; PST; PSV; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292777606
ISBN
9780292777606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.58

Paperback. A compelling argument of how human health is adversely affected by our poor treatment of non-human animals. The author contents that in order to successfully confront the 21st Century's health challenges, we need to broaden the definition of the word 'public' in public health to include non-human animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JPQB; MBN; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349320912
ISBN
9781349320912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Paperback. Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology. Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society.Kay Peggs explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of human relations with other animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230292581
ISBN
9780230292581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.13

Hardcover. Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology. Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society.Kay Peggs explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of human relations with other animals. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230292574
ISBN
9780230292574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Paperback. This sourcebook presents nearly 200 specially-translated Greek and Roman texts from Homer to Plutarch, revealing the place of the animal in the moral consciousness of the Classical era. Philosophical, historical, dramatic and poetic texts explore how animals were regarded in all aspects of ancient life, from philosophy to farming. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; HPCA; HPN; HPQ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349325269
ISBN
9781349325269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. "Animals, Equality and Democracy examines the structure of animal protection legislation and finds that it is deeply inequitable, with a tendency to favor those animals the community is most likely to see and engage with. Siobhan O'Sullivan argues that these inequities violate fundamental principle of justice and transparency"-- Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349318636
ISBN
9781349318636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCF; KCP; KJWB; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137558794
ISBN
9781137558794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.20

Paperback. Kath Weston addresses the emergence of a new animism in the context of food, energy, water, and climate to trace how new intimacies between humans, animals, and the environment are emerging as people attempt to understand how the high-tech ecologically damaged world they have made is remaking them. Series: Anima. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362326
ISBN
9780822362326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.75

Hardback. Kath Weston addresses the emergence of a new animism in the context of food, energy, water, and climate to trace how new intimacies between humans, animals, and the environment are emerging as people attempt to understand how the high-tech ecologically damaged world they have made is remaking them. Series: Anima. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362104
ISBN
9780822362104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.62
€ 111.46

Hardcover. This volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of Siberia and Amazonia. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of their lived environments, such as the depletion of natural resources and migration to urban centers. Editor(s): Brightman, Marc; Grotti, Vanessa Elisa; Ulturgasheva, Olga. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 1KLSBZ; HRKT; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 174 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466. Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia. 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Brightman, Marc; Grotti, Vanessa Elisa; Ulturgasheva, Olga. This volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of Siberia and Amazonia. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of their lived environments, such as the depletion of natural resources and migration to urban centers. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 1KLSBZ; HRKT; JHM. Dimension: 174 x 236 x 16. Weight: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454683
ISBN
9780857454683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.47

Paperback. The team coalition has become an increasingly common part of the practicing anthropologist's lexicon. This title examines factors influencing coalition participation, dispelling the notion that the coalition process itself ensures diversity, and offers examples of how participatory diversity might be achieved. Series: NAPA Bulletin. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
Volume 35, Issue 2
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118306963
ISBN
9781118306963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.18

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