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hardcover. An exploration of how the Middle Ages are manipulated ideologically in today's communication. Series: Medievalism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844631
ISBN
9781843844631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.73

Hardback. Islamic law is often misrepresented as a single monolithic concept, rather than a collection of different interpretations and practices. This book explores what conditions sustain the most liberal interpretation of Islamic law on gender issues. It examines the various interpretations, histories and practices of Islamic law in different countries. Series: Library of Islamic Law. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSJ1; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845113865
ISBN
9781845113865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.13

Paperback. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, 127 duotone halftones. BIC Classification: AJ; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 302 x 269 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1156. Male Images from Durieu/ Delacroix to Mapplethorpe. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. 230 pages, 127 duotone halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AJ; JFSK2. Dimension: 302 x 269 x 12. Weight: 1156.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075374
ISBN
9780231075374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.06

Paperback. Thanks to an onslaught of information from print media, trailers, internet discussion, merchandising, podcasts, and guerrilla marketing, we generally know something about upcoming movies and TV shows well before they are even released or aired. This book examines the world of film and television that exists before and after the show. Num Pages: 264 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFDV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814731956
ISBN
9780814731956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. Humanitarian, philanthropist, and campaigner for Jewish emancipation on a grand scale, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was the preeminent Jewish figure of the nineteenth century - and one of the first truly global celebrities. This title presents his portrait. Num Pages: 560 pages, 46 halftones, 4 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064195
ISBN
9780674064195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Uses the ideas of western philosophy's most significant thinkers to trace the history of political theory in international relations. This book challenges conceptions both of how relations between communities, nations, and states is transformed, and of the history of thought in international relations. Num Pages: 456 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX; JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198780540
ISBN
9780198780540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.31

Paperback. Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BM; CF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846680403
ISBN
9781846680403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.80

Paperback. This is a history of the environment of England, Wales and Scotland, and of the interactions of people, place and nature since the last ice sheet withdrew some ten thousand years ago. Num Pages: 432 pages, 50 photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612833
ISBN
9780748612833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.05

Paperback. Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. This title defines what this hybrid area aims to do, exploring our language for dealing with the qualities and modes of contemporary media. Editor(s): Mitchell, W. J. T.; Hansen, Mark B. N. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: GBC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532554
ISBN
9780226532554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Offers a provocative historical and philosophical treatment of the religious life of African Americans. Glaude argues that the phrase "African American religion" is meaningful only insofar as it singles out the distinctive ways religion has been leveraged by African Americans to respond to different racial regimes in the United States. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195182897
ISBN
9780195182897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRAM2; JFSR2; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250135131
ISBN
9781250135131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 214 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143109792
ISBN
9780143109792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.98

Paperback. What happens when there is almost unlimited choice? When everything becomes available to everyone? This book shows that the future of business does not lie in hits - the high-volume end of a traditional demand curve - but in what used to be regarded as misses - the endlessly long tail of that same curve. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; KJE; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847940360
ISBN
9781847940360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 line illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170015
ISBN
9780691170015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.18

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tangerine Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910691175
ISBN
9781910691175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.33

Hardcover. Keywords: "Humour - Love, Sex & Marriage,Humour - Political,Humour - Satire, General,Subjects - Humour - General,Su"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Sanctuary Publishing Ltd London
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KHS0047909
ISBN
9781860746147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Sanctuary Publishing Ltd London
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KNW0010222
ISBN
9781860746147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JFH; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062282750
ISBN
9780062282750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.80

Paperback. After two and a half millennia, it's rare to come across a genuinely new idea on the nature of morality, but in this book Josh Greene advances not one but several.. Moral Tribes is a landmark in our understanding of morality and the moral sense.' Steven Pinker Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393399
ISBN
9781782393399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, sets out his vision of 'an ethical Republic' in a collection of his speeches. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNS; JFM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786691255
ISBN
9781786691255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Chiappari, Christopher L.; Lopez, Silvia L. Num Pages: 328 pages, 59ill. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646685
ISBN
9780816646685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Hardback. Editor(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth. Translator(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 2 tables in the interior. BIC Classification: HPDF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1500. A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China, by Liu An, King of Huainan. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 1016 pages, 2 tables in the interior. Editor(s): Roth, Harold D. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPDF; JF. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 54. Weight: 1476. Translator(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
1016
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142045
ISBN
9780231142045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.67
€ 76.07

Hardcover. Wartime civilian life had to go on despite black-outs, road-blocks and austerity, households had to feed & clothe themselves, to travel, and furnish their homes. In this lavishly illustrated account, contemporary sources provide an authoritative, entertaining account of life in the time of air-raid sirens and rationing. Num Pages: 216 pages, heavily illustrated with colour & monochrome throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 966.
Publisher
Sabrestorm Publishing
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955272363
ISBN
9780955272363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.61

Paperback. Gives a rare glimpse of what other people feel like: a reflection on the experience of being. Num Pages: 266 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846943621
ISBN
9781846943621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.84

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