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Hardback. From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the royal hunt was a vital component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239263
ISBN
9780812239263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
944
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415692618
ISBN
9780415692618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 38 black & white tables, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CJB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 269 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415841337
ISBN
9780415841337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.86

Exhibitions of Chinese artifacts were a rare occurrence when the Chinese controlled their own representations in America. This title demonstrates that exhibitions of Chinese artifacts held great popular appeal. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130943
ISBN
9780231130943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.20

Paperback. This text provides an examination of the Roman Near East between 31 BC and 337 AD as it was forged into the Roman provinces of Judea, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Syria. The work discusses the history as well as the diversity of peoples, religions and languages that intermingled in the Roman Near East. Series: Carl Newell Jackson Lectures. Num Pages: 624 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674778863
ISBN
9780674778863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.01

Hardcover. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies. Num Pages: 1104 pages, 442 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 212 x 81. Weight in Grams: 3466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Number of pages
1104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884022985
ISBN
9780884022985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.76

This first of three projected volumes of the project's final report focuses on the regional environment and the regional survey. Analysis of the environment employs a wide range of evidence to analyse the physiography, geology, soils, seismic history, climate and natural resources. Series: ASOR Archaeological Reports. Num Pages: 400 pages, 114, colour & b/w. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 3D; HDDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 290 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1496.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
American Schools of Oriental Research United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897570428
ISBN
9780897570428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.05

Hardcover. "8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Original Black Cloth. A good clean copy. Jacket condition is described as - Fair. 1st Edition". Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Issued under the auspices of the
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1967
Edition
1st Ed.(U.K.)
SKU
KON0527651
ISBN
9780875030111
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Catalogs more than four hundred decorative objects in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, including painted enamels, snuffboxes, porcelain, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, cast metal, and textiles from throughout Europe and Asia, with the majority dating from the late seventh century to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, 478 color illus. 75 duotones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KBBEY; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 290 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154909
ISBN
9780691154909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286. Curry Cook and Curry Books. 200 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. Part of the "English Kitchen" series, this book traces the development of Anglo-Indian cookery in English and Scottish cookery books from its earliest appearance in the 18th century through to modern works by Camilla Punjabi and Marguerite Patten. It also looks at the various classes of cooks who produced popular and interesting recipes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; WBN. Dimension: 185 x 139 x 21. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018576
ISBN
9781903018576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. Of the journey by travel writer Robert Byron to the Middle East, this serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now innaccessible to most Western travellers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; 1QDAP; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195325607
ISBN
9780195325607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.25

Paperback. In 1933, the delightfully eccentric Robert Byron set out on a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Teheran to Oxiana. This title presents a record of his adventures and an account of the architectural treasures of a region. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523888
ISBN
9780099523888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. In 1933, the author began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. In this title, he presents a record of his adventures. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442099
ISBN
9780141442099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. What were the causes of the Iraq War? Who were the main players? How was the war sold to the decision makers? Despite all that has been written on the Iraq war - the myriad scholarly, journalistic and polemical works - the answers to these questions remain shrouded in an ideological mist. This is an empirical investigation that dispels this fog. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748693030
ISBN
9780748693030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.17

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748693023
ISBN
9780748693023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.32
€ 104.26

Paperback. A first-person narrative account of revolution, terrorism, and war during history's violent return to Lebanon after fifteen years of quiet. Michael J. Totten's version of events in one of the most volatile countries in the world's most volatile region is one part war correspondence, one part memoir, and one part road movie. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594036422
ISBN
9781594036422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.02

hardcover. Here, the author aims to show how the poet Su Shi's complex personality was embodied in his work and traces the evolution of his poems from juvenilia to the poems written in exile in Huangzhou, where Su settled on a farm at East Slope. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 629.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804715874
ISBN
9780804715874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.36

Hardcover. This first detailed account of the Denver Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 tells the complex story of how anti-Chinese nativism in the nineteenth century grew from a regional political issue to a full-fledged national concern. Provides a new way of understanding late nineteenth-century race relations, as well as American sectionalism. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619191
ISBN
9780700619191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.89

Paperback. The second part of the bestselling novelist's autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world war Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; BGA; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304361571
ISBN
9780304361571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.46

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595580528
ISBN
9781595580528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Series: A Council on Foreign Relations Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476136
ISBN
9780801476136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.48

Paperback. Burma is ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. Drawing on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working with the UN, the author has written an illuminating account of how Burma's rich past informs its violent present, and of how the world might transform the country's future. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571217595
ISBN
9780571217595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Advocates bottom-up planning to bring about more balanced development and sounder natural resource management in the Mekong region Num Pages: 240 pages, 146 illus., 100 in color. BIC Classification: 1FM; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9786169005322
ISBN
9786169005322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812968583
ISBN
9780812968583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. A provocative history of Israeli society in the 1950s that demonstrates how a voluntarist collectivism gave way to an individualist ethos Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Brandeis University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611680812
ISBN
9781611680812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.33

Hardcover. The second and first centuries BC saw the birth and development of the new Chinese Empire. This work sheds light on the public and private lives of those who lived in the frontier regions. This study enables an understanding of the origins and development of the concepts of state, nation, nationalism, imperialism, ethnicity, and Chineseness. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 maps, 34 tables, 7 figures, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115341
ISBN
9780472115341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.60

Paperback. A long-dominant reading of American politics holds that public policy in the United States is easily captured by special interest groups. Countering this view, this title traces the development of government intervention in agriculture from its nineteenth-century origins to contemporary struggles over farm subsidies. Editor(s): Katznelson, Ira; Shefter, Martin; Skocpol, Theda. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 tables. 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPA; JPWD; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116280
ISBN
9780691116280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.24

Paperback. Charting the spectacular rise of a society which leapt in little more than a generation from late feudal to early industrial forms of organisation, this history of modern Japan examines the violent 1930s, an Empire won and lost, and the economic miracle. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415851527
ISBN
9780415851527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.38

Paperback.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
1082
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
6th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195125047
ISBN
9780195125047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 197.96

Paperback. Tracing the long historical encounter between Islamic and Indic civilizations, this work explores how and why such a large Muslim population emerged in Bengal. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 388 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205079
ISBN
9780520205079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Donner, Fred M. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691612973
ISBN
9780691612973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Hardback. Editor(s): Donner, Fred M. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSA; DSB; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640877
ISBN
9780691640877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.39

Hardback. This book presents a case study of the ascendancy of Gonpo Namgyel, a minor Tibetan chieftain in Kham who had a great impact on Sino-Tibetan relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture. Num Pages: 402 pages, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lexington Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739177921
ISBN
9780739177921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.56

Hardback. This pathbreaking work argues that the major intellectual trend in China from the 17th through the early 19th century was Confucian ritualism, as expressed in ethics, classical learning, and discourse on lineage. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721738
ISBN
9780804721738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Hutchins, Samantha. Num Pages: 82 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 8. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629489315
ISBN
9781629489315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.01
€ 58.21

Hardback. As the rest of the world worries about what a future might look like under Chinese supremacy, Luttwak worries about China's own future prospects. Applying the logic of strategy for which he is well known, he argues that the world's second largest economy may be headed for a fall unless China's leaders check their military ambitions. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS; JWK; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066427
ISBN
9780674066427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.87

Paperback. Examines the prospects for the world economic order as China rises to superpower status. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; KCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327723
ISBN
9780745327723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.71

Paperback. Examines the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, especially from 1953 to 1979, in the context of his regime's dependence on the United States and his dreams of transforming Iran into a world power. This book argues that, despite the Shah's early achievements, his goals and policies were full of inherent contradictions and weaknesses. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; HBJF; JFSR; JPFR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
With a New introduction and preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140407
ISBN
9780691140407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 175 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877271239
ISBN
9780877271239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801449321
ISBN
9780801449321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.85