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  • History of Modern Japan

    In Search of a Nation: 1850 to the Present

    by Christopher Harding ...
    "Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." —The Daily TelegraphIn A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history—from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in the 1890s.Though highly successful, and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Japanese

    A History in Twenty Lives

    by Christopher Harding ...
    A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals.The vivid and entertaining portraits in Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life of ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Light of Asia

    A History of Western Fascination with the East

    by Christopher Harding ...
    'A rich history… Harding writes with energy and insight, wearing a tremendous amount of learning lightly' - Rana Mitter, Financial TimesThis rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Punishment

    Rhetoric, Rule, and Practice

    by Christopher Harding, Richard W. Ireland ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1989, Punishment examines the practice of punishment, not simply as a typical sanction employed by the state but as a pervasive feature of social organisation in both past and contemporary societies. With depth and rigour, they consider penal practice in a variety of historical and cultural contexts, such as the family, kinship and tribal groupings, small communities, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Human Rights in the Market Place

    The Exploitation of Rights Protection by Economic Actors

    by Christopher Harding, Uta Kohl ...
    The ideology of human rights protection has gained considerable momentum during the second half of the twentieth century at both national and international level and appears to be an effective lever for bringing about legal change. This book analyzes this strategy in economic and commercial policy and considers the transportation of the 'public law' discourse of basic human rights protection into ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Imprisonment in England and Wales

    A Concise History

    by Christopher Harding, Bill Hines, Richard Ireland, Philip Rawlings ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Prison and Prisoners
    Originally published in 1985, Imprisonment in England and Wales is an account of the changing functions and conditions of imprisonment in England and Wales from the Medieval period to the present day. It is designed both as a text for students and teachers of history, law and social science and as an introduction to the subject for more general readers and is one of the few attempts to provide an ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Cartel Criminality

    The Mythology and Pathology of Business Collusion

    by Christopher Harding, Jennifer Edwards ...
    Anti-competitive business cartels, engaging in practices such as price fixing, market sharing, bid rigging and restrictions on output, are now subject to strong official censure and rigorous legal control in a large number of jurisdictions across the world. The longstanding condemnation under the US Sherman Act of 1890 has been taken up (although in a rather different form) during the last thirty ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Criminal Enterprise

    by Christopher Harding ...
    This is a study of agency in the field of criminal liability, considering the respective roles of individuals and organisations and the allocation of criminal responsibility to these different kinds of actor. The issue of criminal responsibility, which is informed by both the sociological analysis of conduct and by ethical considerations of responsibility, provides an important and revealing focus ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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    Japan

    A BBC documentary collection

    by Christopher Harding, Alex Bellos, Rana Mitter, David Peace, SF Said, Natasha Pulley, Matthew Sweet, Richard Lloyd Parry, Roy Jenkins, Philip Dodd ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 5 min

    A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique countryJapan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop culture. But it also has a rich, ancient heritage and a deep reverence for custom, ritual and tradition. This illuminating 2-part radio ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Meditations: with selected correspondence

    with selected correspondence

    by Robin Hard ...
    Translated by Christopher Gill ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to live ... while you have life in you, while you still can, make yourself good.' The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is a private notebook of philosophical reflections, written by a Roman emperor probably on military campaign in Germany. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront challenges that he felt ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Discourses, Fragments, Handbook

    by Epictetus, Christopher Gill ...
    Translated by Robin Hard ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'About things that are within our power and those that are not.' Epictetus's Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethical principles of Stoicism in a form designed to help people put them into practice and to use them as a basis for leading a good human life. Epictetus was a teacher, and a freed ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford Worlds Classics)

    by Christopher Gill, Epictetus ...
    Narrated by Peter Coates ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 22 min

    'About things that are within our power and those that are not.'Epictetus' Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethical principles of Stoicism in a form designed to help people put them into practice and to use them as a basis for leading a good human life. Epictetus was a teacher, and a freed ... Read more

    $24.99 USD