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Paperback. How we die reveals much about how we live. This book traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. It shows how over time, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133904
ISBN
9780691133904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FC; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144919
ISBN
9780231144919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Mage Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823812
ISBN
9781933823812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.35

Hardback. In this first-person memoir, Shahla Talebi remembers her years as a political prisoner in Iran. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772013
ISBN
9780804772013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226372570
ISBN
9780226372570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.79

Paperback. Taking Gandhi's statements about civil disobedience to heart, in February 1922 residents from the villages around the north Indian market town of Chauri Chaura attacked the local police station. This title explores the ways it has been remembered, interpreted, and used as a metaphor for the Indian struggle for independence. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 207 x 10. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520087804
ISBN
9780520087804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3H; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226372600
ISBN
9780226372600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 34. Weight in Grams: 610. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
OTHER PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTJ0042717
ISBN
9781590515051
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9788173048005
ISBN
9788173048005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. This work examines the British Indian colonial impact on the economy and society of nineteenth-century Afghanistan, with particular interest in the relationships among Kabul, Qandahar, and Peshawar. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804774116
ISBN
9780804774116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

paperback. Insightful commentary from thirteen Middle Eastern scholars who argue that economic liberalization has helped to promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813338736
ISBN
9780813338736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.56

Paperback. People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch. The author traces this complex notion of self from Plato's Greece to Seneca's Rome as she unveils divided selves, moral hypocrisy, and lustful Stoics - and offers fresh insights about seminal works. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226211725
ISBN
9780226211725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.21

Hardcover. People in the ancient world thought of vision as an ethical tool and a tactile sense. Gazing upon someone was treated as a path to philosophical self-knowledge, but the question of tactility also introduced an erotic element. This title asserts that these links among vision, sexuality, and self-knowledge are key to the understanding of the self. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038353
ISBN
9780226038353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. A prominent activist's guide to settlement in Canada "for the information of colored immigrants."

Editor(s): Antwi, Phanuel. Series: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFFN; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554813216
ISBN
9781554813216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Weinberg, Bill. Num Pages: 397 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813101842
ISBN
9780813101842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.34

Hardback. Drawing upon uncovered classified documents and interviews with key players, this text recounts the Lavon affair in Israel in 1963. It tells how the affair, which toppled the government of David Ben-Gurion, the nation's founding father, rocked the corridors of power in Israel. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104647
ISBN
9780231104647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.65

Hardcover. Hardback in good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
SKU
KRF0039910
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Tracing the social, political, and the intellectual genealogies of the concepts of secularism and communalism from the late nineteenth century until the ratification of the Indian constitution in 1950, the author shows how secularism came to be bound up with ideas about nationalism and national identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 383.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220448
ISBN
9780253220448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345464880
ISBN
9780345464880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.11

Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: by Count Carlo Sforza. 278, [1] p. 23 cm. Original cloth. Good copy in edge chipped and dulled dw. Minor pencil scoring throughout. Text bright in a strong binding." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1936
SKU
KEX0049501
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 51.99
€ 4.99

paperback. Edward II (1284-1327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since it. This biography does not present Edward II as a heroic or successful king: his deposition after a turbulent reign of nearly twenty years is proof enough that it went terribly wrong. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 704 pages, 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300178029
ISBN
9780300178029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463027
ISBN
9781580463027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.30

Paperback. Sex, the Kennedys, Monroe and the Mafia; the controversial American bestseller - 'Hersh has found more muck in this particular Augean stable than most people want to acknowledge' Gore Vidal Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 b/w illus, 8 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006530770
ISBN
9780006530770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.62

Hardcover. "Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 279-295). xvii, 309 p. diagrs. 22 cm. Original cloth. Near-fine copy. Tipp-ex spot on t.p. not affecting the text." Keywords: Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1948
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0145795
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 8vo Cloth. A good clean copy. Jacket condition is described as - Fair. First Printing. Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Collier-Macmillan Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1967
SKU
KON0514365
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 80.89
€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844678617
ISBN
9781844678617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.18

Hardcover. Clean copy with dust wrapper. DW well worn with tears to spine and front. Remains a good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Praeger
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0004008
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Scholars have described the eighteenth century in China as a time of "state activism" and often associate the Taiping Rebellion and postbellum restoration efforts with the origins of elite activism. Seunghyun Han, however, argues that the ascendance of elite activism can be traced to the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns in the early nineteenth century. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737174
ISBN
9780674737174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Hardback. This book project is a cultural history of rice consumption in the city of Canton (now Guangzhou), China's southernmost metropolis. Special emphasis is placed on the qualitative dimension of the local food culture and the dynamic interactions between the local society and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; JPRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772266
ISBN
9780804772266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.21

Hardback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442630345
ISBN
9781442630345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.57

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pearson United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780321333056
ISBN
9780321333056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.11

Paperback. Presents the history of Palestinian Jewish society in antiquity. This book probes more than eight centuries of Persian, Greek, and Roman rule, and argues that the Christianization of the Roman Empire generated the most fundamental features of medieval and modern Jewish life. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 336 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117812
ISBN
9780691117812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 458 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652115
ISBN
9780691652115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.53

Hardback. Examining figures from Thomas More to Stephen Greenblatt, from George Hickes to Seamus Heaney, from George Eliot to Paul de Man, this book illuminates the wanderings of exiles, emigres, dissenters, and the socially estranged as they helped form the modern university disciplines of philology and rhetoric, literary criticism and literary theory. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSA; HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123723
ISBN
9780231123723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158501
ISBN
9780691158501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.55

Paperback. Paints a portrait of the practitioners of slumming and their world: who they were, why they went, what they claimed to have found, how it changed them, and how slumming, in turn, shaped both Victorian and twentieth-century understandings of poverty and social welfare, gender relations, and sexuality. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006, Third Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128009
ISBN
9780691128009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171319
ISBN
9780691171319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.76

hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JD; 3JF; DSB; HBJD; HBLL; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226278285
ISBN
9780226278285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.19

Paperback. Argues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334408
ISBN
9780822334408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.69

Paperback. For almost a decade, the tyrannical Ngo Dinh Diem governed South Vietnam as a one-party police state while the US financed his tyranny. This book traces the tragic history of the so-called Diem experiment from his first appearance in Washington as a penniless expatriate in 1950 to his murder by South Vietnamese soldiers in 1963. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742544482
ISBN
9780742544482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.56