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Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJD; HBJF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166362
- ISBN
- 9780231166362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.11€ 41.44
€ 52.11
€ 41.44
Hardcover. This book examines the challenges of modernity to the development, understanding and practice of the traditions of architecture, sculpture, textiles and paintings of South Asia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Branfoot, Crispin. Series: Saffron Asian Art & Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 275. BIC Classification: 1FK; 2B; 3J; 4K; 4P; 5AX; AB; AC; AF; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- EAPGROUP United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781872843322
- ISBN
- 9781872843322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.11€ 48.21
€ 52.11
€ 48.21
Paperback. The author explains the truth behind odd tales of horses that sweat blood, defaced statues and missing frescoes, and Marco Polo's stories of black gold that seeps from the earth. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FPC; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909961371
- ISBN
- 9781909961371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. * Magisterial history of the Japanese prisoner-of-war experience, a gut-wrenching narrative that resonates to this day. Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119373
- ISBN
- 9780349119373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBW; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956185
- ISBN
- 9780750956185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.23
€ 17.99
€ 16.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 28 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 241. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 28
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Gftwp
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804845489
- ISBN
- 9780804845489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Traces the shift in the Japanese national psyche - from the civil and reasoned treatment of captured German prisoners in the First World War to the rejection of Western values and brutalization of the armed forces in the years that followed. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849901673
- ISBN
- 9781849901673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Hardback. A comprehensive English-language biography of Emperor Huizong that corrects the prevailing view of this ruler as a decadent political failure who lost the throne to invaders. It recasts the artistically gifted emperor as passionate and paradoxical, yet genuinely ambitious - if too much so - in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725256
- ISBN
- 9780674725256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 54.45
€ 59.00
€ 54.45
Hardback. A sweeping new work exploring Iran's cultural import and influence on each of the world's major religions Num Pages: 400 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780743073
- ISBN
- 9781780743073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.88
€ 58.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704635
- ISBN
- 9781501704635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.19
€ 55.19
Hardcover. Retraces the history of Iran's nuclear project from the 1970s. This work examines the period when the programme was resumed, during Iran's war with Iraq (1985-90), and also sets out the various possible solutions in terms of their feasibility, practically and politically such as: dismantling by force, supervised third party reprocessing, and more. Series: CERI. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850658443
- ISBN
- 9781850658443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.11
€ 32.99
€ 30.11
Hardcover. This book explores the relationships between nature and environment and the contested politics of nationhood in contemporary Sri Lanka. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 204 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRA; JFSL; JHMC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318863
- ISBN
- 9781846318863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Hardback. This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indian professionals presents a rare social history of an important political minority. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJH; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440525
- ISBN
- 9781137440525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.84€ 54.88
€ 86.84
€ 54.88
Paperback. How has rapid economic development and the aging of the population affected the expression of filial piety in East Asia? Eleven experienced fieldworkers take a fresh look at an old idea, analyzing contemporary behavior, not norms, among both rural and urban families in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Ikels, Charlotte. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747912
- ISBN
- 9780804747912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.67
€ 38.99
€ 35.67
Paperback. Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy. Editor(s): Soeya, Yoshihide; Welch, David A.; Tadokoro, Masayaki. Series: Japan and Global Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611405
- ISBN
- 9781442611405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Paperback. Examines three films concerned with the issues of developing globalization and the defence of local identity and culture. This book explores the visuality of these films, taking account of the film makers' reliance on the metaphoric image in skirting Chinese film censorship. It includes a DVD, containing key scenes from each film. Num Pages: 160 pages, DVD. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; GTB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Washington
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227960
- ISBN
- 9780295984179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
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
€ 13.99
€ 10.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; BGH; HBLX; HBWS5; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062290793
- ISBN
- 9780062290793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.88
€ 26.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. This is the true story of 450 US soldiers, early in the Vietnam War, who found themselves surrounded by 2000 North Vietnamese regulars in the Ia Dang Valley, in what became the first major battle of the extended conflict. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552150262
- ISBN
- 9780552150262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan "Brahman" (d c1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 394 pages, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FKA; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286467
- ISBN
- 9780520286467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.58
€ 38.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour photos & fold-out map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 107 x 8. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- JPM Publications SA,Switzerland Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782884526494
- ISBN
- 9782884526494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.00
€ 7.00
Hardback. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples raised only two or three children. As villages shrank and headcounts dwindled, posters of child-murdering she-devils began to appear, and governments offered to pay their subjects to have more children. This book focuses on Eastern Japan, where population growth resumed in the nineteenth century. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 439 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 21 line illustrations, 17 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272439
- ISBN
- 9780520272439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.22€ 63.57
€ 82.22
€ 63.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 155 pages, 70 plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Publisher
- Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskab Denmark
- Number of pages
- 155
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788788415070
- ISBN
- 9788788415070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.63
€ 34.63
Hardback. Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HREC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162708
- ISBN
- 9780231162708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.80€ 55.91
€ 71.80
€ 55.91