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Paperback. Offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. This title conducts a library tour that extends from the author's childhood bookshelves to the 'complete' libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. Num Pages: 384 pages, 76 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press London
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151305
- ISBN
- 9780300151305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.14
€ 19.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. Jeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles reflect on what libraries have been in order to speculate about what they will become: hybrid places that intermingle books and ebooks, analog and digital formats, paper and pixels. They combine the cultural history of libraries with innovations at metaLAB, a research group at the forefront of digital humanities. Series: metaLABprojects. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: GLC; JFD; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725034
- ISBN
- 9780674725034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.74
€ 34.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. An introduction to this ancient library that describes the difficult history of attempts to unwind the damaged rolls. This book discusses the texts that have been deciphered and puts them in the context of literacy and Roman society of the time. It also describes the form of books in antiquity and the papyrus sheets on which they were written. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 b & w illustrations, 42 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; GLM; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892367993
- ISBN
- 9780892367993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Focuses on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. This work provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West. Editor(s): Reynolds, Frank E.; Carbine, Jason A. Series: The Life of Religion S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRE; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338. Series: The Life of Religion S. 240 pages, 15 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Reynolds, Frank E.; Carbine, Jason A. Focuses on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. This work provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRE; HRLM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223370
- ISBN
- 9780520223370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Themselves: E...
. Ed(S): Sollors, Werner; Holt, Hamilton
paperback. Contains autobiographies of ordinary people - new immigrants and sharecroppers, cooks and fishermen, women and men working in sweatshops, in the city, and on the land. Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Holt, Hamilton. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; GBCB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415925105
- ISBN
- 9780415925105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.61
€ 59.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629147239
- ISBN
- 9781629147239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.84
€ 16.99
€ 13.84
Hardback. Series: Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory. Num Pages: 312 pages, 61 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC; GPFC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823272990
- ISBN
- 9780823272990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Paperback. The apparently excellent safety record with nuclear weapons has led scholars, policy-makers, and the public alike to believe that nuclear arsenals can serve as a secure deterrent for the foreseeable future. This book challenges such optimism. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 302 pages, 8 figs. 5 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JWMN; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691021010
- ISBN
- 9780691021010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.23
€ 53.48
€ 42.23
Paperback. Brings thinking about semantics to bear on the question of how, and how much, language corresponds to thought. This title argues that lying is a function not of words but of sentences; it belongs to the semantic aspect of language. It forges links between linguistic and literary categories on the one hand and ethics and good manners on the other. Translator(s): Churchill, Larry R.; Brown, Jane K.; Brown, Marshall. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985497
- ISBN
- 9780295985497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JNT; JNU; YQCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781929024964
- ISBN
- 9781929024964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. This fascinating compendium of hundreds of lists providing thousands of interesting and entertaining facts, terms and trivia about literature, related to genres, literary periods, themes, authors, characters and awards. Editor(s): Strouf, Judie L.H. Num Pages: 432 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780735201217
- ISBN
- 9780735201217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. Series: Jossey-Bass higher & adult education series. Num Pages: 441 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCR; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555424701
- ISBN
- 9781555424701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.96
€ 61.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493029136
- ISBN
- 9781493029136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.49
€ 17.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVA; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780711978249
- ISBN
- 9780711978249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.01
€ 12.01
Hardback. Being a dad is one of the oldest professions around. Marcus Jacob.. Editor(s): Lyons, Nick; Lyons, Tony. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GBCQ; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616082444
- ISBN
- 9781616082444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
€ 17.99
€ 17.65
Hardcover. This book offers a complete information-theoretic framework to quantify distributed computation in complex systems operations on information, particularly their dynamics in space and time. structure. Includes applications to random Boolean networks and more. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; TB; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642329517
- ISBN
- 9783642329517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.74
€ 185.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199937875
- ISBN
- 9780199937875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.85
€ 33.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. The Logic Model Guidebook offers clear, step-by-step support for creating logic models and the modeling process in a range of contexts. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; KJMV1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 253 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452216751
- ISBN
- 9781452216751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.23
€ 98.23
Paperback. This study examines the disparities between the two dominant American political-military approaches to the use of force as an instrument of foreign policy. Case studies illustrate how the basic disagreements between the two approaches influence policy-making and military decisions. Num Pages: 485 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096577
- ISBN
- 9780231096577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardcover. This is a day-by-day calendar of plays produced at the major London theatres from January 1, 1950 to December 31, 1959. Covering dozens of west-end theatres and including production details of thousands of plays, operas, and ballets, this revised edition provides expanded or new information about authors, actors, plots, reviews, and more. Series: The London Stage. Num Pages: 1004 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; AN; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 288 x 56. Weight in Grams: 2582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810893078
- ISBN
- 9780810893078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 349.75
€ 349.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067266
- ISBN
- 9780252067266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.62
€ 33.99
€ 30.62
Paperback. Jonathan Hansen tells the story of a group of American intellectuals who believed the solution to the crisis of American identity leading up to World War I lay in rethinking the meaning of liberalism. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315843
- ISBN
- 9780226315843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. aeo This book is a classic work in the sociology of culture, by a world leader in the field. aeo The book is one of the first systematic, comparative studies of European art museums and their publics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; GM; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619149
- ISBN
- 9780745619149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.67
€ 22.67
Paperback. This new edition marks the 35th anniversary of Marx's classic text on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. It features a new afterword by the author on the process of writing this pioneering book, a work that all but founded the discipline now called American Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195133516
- ISBN
- 9780195133516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.08
€ 33.08