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Paperback. Examines the aspects of Hannah Arendt's life and thought including: her complex identity as a German Jew; her commitment to and critique of Zionism and the state of Israel; her works on "totalitarianism", Nazism, and the Eichmann trial; and, her intimate and tense connections to German culture. Editor(s): Aschheim, Steven E. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220577
ISBN
9780520220577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Hardback. Taiwan's relationship with China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations. This book explores the roots of the conflict in the post-war period and examines how the Nationalists consolidated their rule. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1FPCW; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744577
ISBN
9780804744577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.17

Paperback. Explores the anxious and emotional events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, showing how the president and the American public responded in the pivotal hours that followed the attack. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465031795
ISBN
9780465031795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJP; HBJF1; JPA; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801429323
ISBN
9780801429323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.10

Hardback. Assesses the factors that contribute to regime resilience in Syria and Iran, exploring their flexibility and their constraints as they confront unprecedented challenges. Editor(s): Heydemann, Steven; Leenders, Reinoud. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBS; JPHC; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804783019
ISBN
9780804783019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.70

Paperback. This volume examines the social history of the Korean War and includes material on the newly racially integrated US fighting forces, war and disease, women and war and life in the Prisoner of War camps. The book carries the story through to the Geneva Conference in the spring of 1954. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Pearson
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582319882
ISBN
9780582319882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.47

Hardback. Provides a comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and places the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627677
ISBN
9780748627677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.70
€ 116.52

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and places the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context. Num Pages: 280 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627684
ISBN
9780748627684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.63

Paperback. Presents a selection of Lao folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations. This book features the legendary trickster Xieng Mieng, a quick-witted toad that terrifies tigers, a turtle that flies, a cadre of snails that race a rabbit, and a mynah bird that speaks five languages. It reflects a Buddhist culture in a Marxist state. Num Pages: 124 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575871
ISBN
9789749575871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 tables, 4 line drawings, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473715
ISBN
9780801473715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardcover. Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka's turbulent history. Following Dharmapala on his travels between East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and North America, the author traces his project of creating a unified Buddhist world, recovering the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment, and imitating the Buddha's life course. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 480 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRE; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226199078
ISBN
9780226199078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.09

Paperback. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted over 30 years, the author to this text examines the Sri Lankan advertising industry to show how executives draw on their skills as folk ethnographers to "Sri Lankanize" commodities and practices to make them locally desirable, essentially creating new culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFD; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226430416
ISBN
9780226430416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769622
ISBN
9780226769622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.73
€ 44.54

Paperback. Relations between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China have oscillated between outright hostility and wary detente ever since the Archipelago seceded from the Communist mainland over six decades ago. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPS; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745660004
ISBN
9780745660004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.86

Hardback. Relations between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China have oscillated between outright hostility and wary detente ever since the Archipelago seceded from the Communist mainland over six decades ago. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPS; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745659992
ISBN
9780745659992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.77

Paperback. Explores the interrelationship of mind, self, emotion and the development of moral consciousness in the Nepalese city of Bhaktapur. The author investigates how the citizens have developed moral awareness in the context of cultural life. Num Pages: 342 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HRG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231084390
ISBN
9780231084390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.97

hardcover. Today the U.S. military is more nimble, mobile, and focused on rapid responses against smaller powers than ever before. One could argue that the Gulf War and the postwar standoff with Saddam Hussein hastened needed military transformation and strategic reassessments in the post-Cold War era. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971966
ISBN
9781597971966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPH; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784535063
ISBN
9781784535063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.91

Hardback. An English-language survey of Iran's military history. It shows that Iran's soldiers, from the famed "Immortals" of ancient Persia to today's Revolutionary Guard, have demonstrated through the centuries that they should not be underestimated. It also provides background on the nationalist, tribal, and religious heritages of the country. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589012585
ISBN
9781589012585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.51

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241298763
ISBN
9780241298763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.49

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