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paperback. This volume contains an introduction to the thought and spirituality of Jacob Boehme (1575-1624), a German Lutheran and one of the greatest Christian mystics. The Way to Christ is a collection of nine treatises intended to serve as a meditation guide. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCM; HRQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
PAULIST PRESS
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033995
ISBN
9780809121021
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. Num Pages: 640 pages, 52. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 149 x 39. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Phoenix
Condition
New
SKU
9780753826614
ISBN
9780753826614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 7.79

paperback. Written by a former student of Heidegger, this book examines the relationship between the philosophy and the politics of a celebrated teacher and the allure that Nazism held out for scholars committed to revolutionary nihilism. Editor(s): Wolin, Richard. Translator(s): Steiner, Gary. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; BGH; HPCF; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034330
ISBN
9780231084079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Illuminates the Laozi (Lao-tzu) story and its force in shaping traditional Chinese religion Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 406 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HB; HRA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034255
ISBN
9780892641284
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Engaging in style and substantive in analysis, Barbour's John Selden will add considerably to the limited body of work on this important seventeenth-century savant. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 776. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034242
ISBN
9780802087768
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. The second of two volumes, this is the first complete collection of letters by the political theorist Thomas Hobbes. The letters reflect his many interests, touching on theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. Num Pages: 510 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034143
ISBN
9780198237488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. One of two volumes, this is the first complete collection of letters by the political theorist Thomas Hobbes. The letters reflect his many interests, touching on theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. Num Pages: 588 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 834. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034142
ISBN
9780198237471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. The Sunday Times top ten bestselling memoir of Tracey Thorn's 30-year pop career with Marine Girls and Everything But The Girl, and her collaborations with Paul Weller, Massive Attack and Todd Terry. Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9781844088683
ISBN
9781844088683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 7.79

hardcover. Sayo Masuda was a geisha at a hot springs resort, where the realities of sex for sale are unadorned by the trappings of wealth and power. Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese society -- in the words of the translator, "the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated." Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129503
ISBN
9780231129503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.42

hardcover. Series: Acta Historica Scientiarum Naturalum et Medicinalium. Num Pages: 519 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. In illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034092
ISBN
9788772898179
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Demystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. This book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-century Vienna, his early medical career and his encounter with cocaine, to the gradual evolution of his theories on the unconscious, dreams and sexuality. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 119 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781840468519
ISBN
9781840468519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.28

hardcover. A celebration of much-loved cricket star Andrew Flintoff's twenty years in cricket. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781473616578
ISBN
9781473616578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 7.79

paperback. Tells the history of the city, from the first refugees arriving in the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century to the rise of a great mercantile state and a trading empire, the wars against Napoleon and the tourist invasions of today. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 402. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033707
ISBN
9780099422563
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. The Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism is one of the strongest Buddhist sects in Japan, with three and a half million followers. In this book, the author provides a detailed, objective account in English of the life and thought of its founder, Honenbo Genku (1133-1212), known as Honen. Editor(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Translator(s): Mentzas, Ioannis. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLC; HPD; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033506
ISBN
9780520211797
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. The definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention-from the preeminent Edison scholar "Israel's meticulous research and refusal to shy away from the dodgier aspects of Edison's personality offers a fresh glimpse into the life of the inventor. "-New Scientist "Remarkable. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; TBX; THRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1010. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wiley
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033505
ISBN
9780471529422
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Eric Gill, who died in 1940, was among the greatest English artist-craftsmen of the 20th century: a typographer and lettercutter of genius, and a master in the art of sculpture and wood-engraving. In this biography, the problems and contradictions of Gill the man and Gill the artist are examined. Num Pages: 416 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033339
ISBN
9780571143023
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. A biography of Lord Kelvin, that includes Kelvin's personal recollections and data. It lets the documents and letters speak as far as possible for themselves. Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing. Num Pages: 732 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 1148.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821837443
ISBN
9780821837443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.41

hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BGSA; HBJK; WSBX; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813035765
ISBN
9780813035765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.76

Hardback. When Florida governor Lawton Chiles died unexpectedly on December 12, 1998, less than one month before Jeb Bush was to assume the office, it was left to Chiles' lieutenant governor, Buddy MacKay, to step in for twenty-three days and run the state. This memoir of Kenneth 'Buddy' MacKay focuses on three decades of his public life in Florida. Series Editor(s): Colburn, David R.; MacManus, Susan. Series: Florida Government and Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 27 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813034843
ISBN
9780813034843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.12

hardcover. From 1885 until his death in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison and his family wintered in the sleepy Gulf Coast town of Fort Myers, south of Tampa. This book presents the story of his professional and leisure time while on holiday. It reveals how the Edisons' legacy influenced women's history, environmental history, black history, and Florida history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 44 b/w illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813032597
ISBN
9780813032597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.07

hardcover. Drawing on manuscript sources, including the voluminous Rodgers family papers, and the articles, essays, and monographs on American naval history, this book provides a candid appraisal of Rodgers' personal strengths and weaknesses, professional successes and failures. It offers a fresh perspective on the dramatic events of Rodgers' long career. Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, 14 b&w photos, chronology, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813029634
ISBN
9780813029634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.22

Paperback. Gerald and Sara Murphy were at the centre of a literary group that included Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and many others. This book shows, through a sequential interweaving of letters, that they were the nucleus without which the group as we know it would not have stayed together Editor(s): Miller, Linda Patterson. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813025360
ISBN
9780813025360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.81

paperback. Chronicles the author's decade in Cuba from 1969 to 1980. This work gives readers an inside look at her children's education, the process through which new law was enacted, the ins and outs of healthcare, employment, internationalism, culture, and ordinary people's lives. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
None ed.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813544328
ISBN
9780813544328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813049328
ISBN
9780813049328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.15