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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999997090Author Andrew RussellFormat PaperbackImprint Somerville PressPublisher Somerville Press

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579583330Author Patrick HeenanFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579582203Author Thomas C. OdenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579582920Author Thomas C. OdenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, Sixth Edition,emphasizes writing for different audiences, explores the connection between reading and writing, and presents superior writing across the curriculum coverage while also providing all the...

Titles in the Class, Race and Social Structure set of the International Library of Sociology consider every problem of socio-political importance that affected society in the years following the Second World War.Book InformationISBN 9781138982161Author...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415864206Author M. AshdownFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 386g

This volume conveys that Indian philosophy has intricate and complex metaphysical and epistemological theories as other philosophies and that these disciplines - epistemology and metaphysics - are an essential part of Indian philosophy.Book...

Ths book is one of the most important to explore the formation of Islamic thought and civilisation. William Montgomery Watt made an outstanding contribution to Islamic scholarship.Book InformationISBN 9780415605557Author Prof. W. Montgomery WattFormat...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415864176Author Kathleen JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

The intention of this book is to explore the relationship between an ideological idiom and the changing social movement in which it operates. The basic question is that of what roles an Islamic symbol complex played in different phases of the Palestinian...

Egyptian education is a central, social and economic force in the Middle East. For hundreds of years Al Azhar University has been the centre of Islamic thinking and education. More recently Egypt became the leader in secular education as Mohammed Ali...

This title describes how best to use statistical data to produce professional reports on library activities. The authors cover data gathering, sampling, graphical representation of data and summary statistics from data, and also include a section on...

William Montgomery McGovern's Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism was one of the first books on Mahayana Buddhism written for a Western audience. It predates influential English language overviews of Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki, A. Watts, and W. Rahula. The...

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415845540Author Jean PiagetFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

John Rex is well known as one of Britain's leading sociologists and for his special interest in the sociology of race relations and the sociology of the city. In the present book these two related areas are brought together. Professor Rex discusses...

This is Volume IX of eighteen in a collection on the Sociology of Development. Originally published in 1956 and using language of the time, this monologue looks at the family system in Guianese families.Book InformationISBN 9780415863292Author Raymond T...

Originally published in 1973. The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926833194Author Phil CroucherFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint ElectrocutionPublisher ElectrocutionWeight(grams) 648gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm *...

Tony Seed, Gilbert Thompson, Jackie Downs and John MacDermot at the book's launch in LondonThis book brings together in one volume fifteen Nobel Prize-winning discoveries that have had the greatest impact upon medical science and the practice of...

A great classic of British anthropology, Primitive Polynesian Economy is structured as follows: * Problems of Primitive Economics * Food and Population in Tikopia * Knowledge, Technique and Economic Lore * The Labour Situation * Ritual in Productive...

From the lowest point on earth to the highest mountain and all places in between. From discovering why every map is distorted to why Rhode Island is called an island even though it's not, this comprehensive reference simplifies geography in an...

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579582234Author Jackie GowerFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Fitzroy Dearborn PublishersPublisher Taylor & Francis...

Understanding Art is a two-volume, fully illustrated work that strives to explain and discuss four important periods in the history of western art--the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. It aims to create a sense of understanding, recognition,...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579582623Author Alison ScammellFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is a unique twenty-eight-volume series encompassing all of Scripture and offering contemporary readers the opportunity to study for themselves the key writings of the early church fathers. Arranged by the...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579580704Author Thomas C. OdenFormat HardbackPage Count 348Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

Originally published in 1972, this anthology examines death through the eyes of great Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu and Western masters. Instructions and specific rites are set forth to enable people to guide the mind of the dying through death and the...

First Published in 1997. This is a book about the different ways in which crime and criminal behaviour has been explained in modern times. It will be seen that there are different explanations - or theories - which have been proposed at various times...

This is a subset of the Sacred Books of the East Series which includes translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions which have exercised a profound influence on the civilizations of the continent of Asia. The works...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415863926Author Professor Terence MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

This book gives a social anthropological account of whaling culture in Japan. When originally published this was the first comprehensive account in English of the history of Japanese whaling, showing how it has given rise to a particular culture. The...

The Oppositional Imagination draws together elements from Marxism, analytical philosophy, post-structuralism, and post-colonial criticism to analyse the elusive interplay of culture and power. It focuses its attention on cultural domination, opposition...

Originally published in 1962. This book discusses and interprets the main themes of Buddhist thought in India and is divided into three parts: Archaic Buddhism: Tacit assumptions, the problem of "original Buddhism", the three...

This book restores water, both fresh and salt, to its central position in human endeavour, ecology and environment. Water access and the environmental and social problems of development are major issues of concern in this century. Drawing on water's many...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579582845Author Stephen K. SandersonFormat HardbackPage Count 388Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781579580551Author Patrick HeenanFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

This comprehensive chronology of the automobile covers its engineering as well as the social, cultural and political impact of the car from the invention of the wheel to the O.J. Simpson car chase. It examines the auto industry, the road and roadside,...

Offering contemporary readers the opportunity to study the key writings of early Christian thinkers, many of them never translated into English, this unique volume is included in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series. Featuring...

A sensible and straightforward guide for students, teachers, and actors of Shakespeare. Based on the results of an extensive survey of 100 Shakespearean scholars and dramatists from the US, Canada, and the UK. Their recommendations on the pronunciation...