Slight fading to the spine. The "Co-op", one of the world's most successful businesses, has been a common experience for millions of working-class people in Britain since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. This work celebrates, in words and pictures, the history of a social movement which began with shopkeeping and grew into a large-scale international business, completely owned and controlled by its customers. This title tells how this British invention spread across the world - from the 28 "Rochdale Pioneers" of 1844 to the 700 million members of today's International Co-operative Alliance - and how it was adapted to meet a variety of human needs, including worker, housing, fishing, agricultural and credit co-ops. It shows how, as a third way between capitalism and state control, co-operative businesses continue to transform the lives of the poorer people in the "Third World" and in the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe. 217pp.
Manchester University Press, 1994, Paperback, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Edition. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

ISBN: 0719038618

Inventory #19838

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 23.70 approx. - € 18.12 approx.)

In its rich evolution from antiquity to present times, Chinese religion has encompassed manifold religious expressions. Taoism is one facet of Chinese religion, and exemplifies particularly well the variety of beliefs and practices that humankind has adopted and experienced in the search for answers to both ultimate and proximate questions about life and death. This book explores the different pathways Taoism took in that search, touching at many points on the other interrelated facets of Chinese religion in Confucianism, Buddhism and popular religion. The mystical, philosophical traditions of Taoism are analysed, as well as the more colourful and overtly religious strands of Taoism.342pp.N.B.Slight crease to rear cover corner.
Sussex Academic Press, 2005, Paperback, Book Condition: As New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. First Paperback Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 1845190866

Inventory #18632

Price: £ 18.00 GBP ($ 28.44 approx. - € 21.74 approx.)

Diane Bell weaves written texts with voices of women and men, whose struggle to protect their sacred sites has been argued in the courts, Parliament and media. Here is a context for a deeper understanding of Ngarrindjeri lives affected by two centuries of colonisation. 688pp.Slightly rubbed base of spine.
Spinifex Press, 1998, Paperback, Book Condition: Fine, Jacket Condition: . First Paperback Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 187555971X

Inventory #6151

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.85 approx. - € 9.06 approx.)

N.B. Previous owners bookplate on front paste down. Inch long closed tear to top corner of rear D/J. Spine of D/J faded. Slight mark to rear free end paper. 308pp.
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Good. First U.S. Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0684168642

Inventory #23591

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 11.85 approx. - € 9.06 approx.)

N.B. Head and tail of spine and D/J spine bumped. Previous owners bookplate on front paste down. 191pp.
Elisabeth Sifton Books - Viking, 1987, Cloth, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: Very Good/Price Clipped. First American Edition. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0670810576

Inventory #23520

Price: £ 12.50 GBP ($ 19.75 approx. - € 15.10 approx.)