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Paperback. A culinary guide to the old city of Damascus with many recipes Translator(s): Marmour, Deborah; Danner, Herbert. Num Pages: 309 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBS; WBN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 115 x 28. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906598297
ISBN
9781906598297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPP; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170116
ISBN
9780231170116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.04

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, B&W Illus.: 5,, Maps: 3,, Graphs: 1,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPP; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231170109
ISBN
9780231170109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.64
€ 80.95

Paperback. Features such characters as: High-class call girls billed to Mastercard; a psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads; a hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers; and, a one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448761
ISBN
9780099448761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; ASD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Edition
Third Printing
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204546
ISBN
9780889204546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.77

Hardback. Recounts the tale of a career UN official caught in the turmoil of international and domestic politics swirling around Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. Putting a human face on international operations, this book is suitable for those interested in Southeast Asia, and the role of international peacekeeping. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BT; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742555525
ISBN
9780742555525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1FMN; ASD; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198183
ISBN
9781845198183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.75

Paperback. Jordan has long served as a pivot between moderate pro-Western states and radical anti-American states in the Middle East. This volume explores the international relations between the West, Middle East and Jordan. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 1FBQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739106495
ISBN
9780739106495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.63

Paperback. Memory, Performance and Everyday Life in Postwar Okinawa. Series: Asia-Pacific. 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs. Examines how Okinawans have contested, appropriated, and transformed the burdens and possibilities of the past. This title analyzes the practices of specific performers, showing how memories are recalled, bodies remade, and actions rethought as Okinawans work through the fragments of the past in order to reconstruct the fabric of everyday life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; AN; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343714
ISBN
9780822343714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. A compelling and human portrait of modern war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848542587
ISBN
9781848542587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Hardback. Does the proliferation of nuclear weapons cause conflicts to diminish or to intensify? This book argues that nuclear weapons have destabilized the subcontinent, principally because of their interaction with India and Pakistan's territorial preferences and relative military capabilities. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FK; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755498
ISBN
9780804755498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.68

Paperback. Does the proliferation of nuclear weapons cause conflicts to diminish or to intensify? This book argues that nuclear weapons have destabilized the subcontinent, principally because of their interaction with India and Pakistan's territorial preferences and relative military capabilities. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FK; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755504
ISBN
9780804755504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
603
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204393
ISBN
9780520204393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, and public health initiatives that provide only marginal protection of sex workers' rights. This book asks how we might understand sex workers' demands that they be treated as workers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. 1 table. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFMX; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142517
ISBN
9780691142517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.73

Hardback. Features essays by scholars and practitioners in the arena of US-Taiwan-Chinese relations. This book clarifies historical developments, examines myths about past and present policies, and assesses issues facing policymakers. It examines a variety of issues, including the movement for independence and its place in Taiwanese domestic politics. Editor(s): Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 Tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135641
ISBN
9780231135641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.64
€ 80.88

Paperback. Features essays by scholars and practitioners in the arena of US-Taiwan-Chinese relations. This book clarifies historical developments, examines myths about past and present policies, and assesses issues facing policymakers. It examines a variety of issues, including the movement for independence and its place in Taiwanese domestic politics. Editor(s): Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 Tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1KBB; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135658
ISBN
9780231135658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1FPC; 3J; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883489
ISBN
9788772883489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.61

Hardcover. Introduces the central themes in and the main figures of Japanese Buddhist philosophy. This title has two sections, one that discusses general topics relevant to Japanese Buddhist philosophy and one that reads the work of the main Japanese Buddhist philosophers in the context of comparative philosophy. Editor(s): Kopf, Gereon. Series: Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy. Num Pages: 575 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HPDF; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. 2019
Number of pages
575
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048129232
ISBN
9789048129232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 276.38

Hardcover. Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy Editor(s): Huang, Chun-Chieh; Tucker, John Allen. Series: Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy. Num Pages: 429 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HPDF; HRAB; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048129201
ISBN
9789048129201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.78

Hardback. Editor(s): Hutton, Eric L. Series: Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy. Num Pages: 565 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1045.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
565
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401777438
ISBN
9789401777438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.98

Paperback. Focusing on the evolution of traditional forms of practice and community, as well as modern reforms and reinventions both within China and on the global stage, this book explores the social history and anthropology of Daoism from the late nineteenth century. Editor(s): Palmer, David A; Liu, Xun. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HRKN5; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289864
ISBN
9780520289864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.32
€ 42.12

Hardback. Explores the Daoist encounter with modernity through the activities of Chen Yingning (1880-1969), a famous lay Daoist master, and his group in early twentieth-century Shanghai. This study tells a story of Daoist resilience, reinvigoration and revival. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HRKN5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033092
ISBN
9780674033092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.04

Hardback. A gripping memoir about a young woman from Saudi Arabia who becomes the accidental leader of a wildly subversive movement to put women behind the steering wheel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BGHA; HRHP; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Export
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471164392
ISBN
9781471164392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.85

Paperback. This book contains a collection of British diplomatic documents, Royal Navy reports, and US naval intelligence reports pertaining to the Nanjing Massacre. These newly unearthed documents enhance our knowledge and understanding of the scope and depth of the tragedy. Editor(s): Lu, Suping. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761865520
ISBN
9780761865520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 43.35

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