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Paperback. This book offers an original approach to Salafism taking into account the internal dynamics of the Yemeni branch of the movement as well as its relationship to its complex and evolving context. Laurent Bonnefoy focuses on the allegedly apolitical Salafi doctrine but most importantly references the everyday practices of its followers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; HRAM2; HRAM9; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041317
- ISBN
- 9781849041317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.40
€ 45.99
€ 40.40
Paperback. Reborn from the ashes of a Pakistan rubbish heap, this volume tells of a friendship between a writer and an artist, forged on an impecunious, life-enhancing journey from Serbia to Afghanistan in the 1950s. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 1FCA; 3JJPG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418. 320 pages. Reborn from the ashes of a Pakistan rubbish heap, this volume tells of a friendship between a writer and an artist, forged on an impecunious, life-enhancing journey from Serbia to Afghanistan in the 1950s. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 1FCA; 3JJPG; WTL. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight: 416.
- Publisher
- Eland & Sickle Moon Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871538
- ISBN
- 9780907871538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Hardcover. Helps to bring the tastes, textures and traditions of this classic Chinese style of dining to your own home. This title features recipes such as Yam Cake, steamed Jicama Dumplings, crispy Sesame-coated Chicken, world-famous Roast Pork Dumplings or irresistible Deep-fried Wontons. Num Pages: 64 pages, over 100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBN; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754828402
- ISBN
- 9780754828402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.08
€ 8.99
€ 8.08
Paperback. This is the first history of the cult of Mao that was used to ensure the loyalty of the people. Num Pages: 324 pages, 15 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521152228
- ISBN
- 9780521152228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.11
€ 41.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408868737
- ISBN
- 9781408868737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 22.68
€ 34.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. A history of Central Eurasia since ancient times. It presents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. It describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150345
- ISBN
- 9780691150345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.01
€ 21.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. This book tells the memorable story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408806340
- ISBN
- 9781408806340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175760
- ISBN
- 9780231175760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Paperback. Includes material on the Taliban insurgency, the Musharraf years, the return and subsequent assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and the unlikely election as president of Asif Ali Zardari. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations + 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300154757
- ISBN
- 9780300154757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.70
€ 24.70
Paperback. In Gurkha we hear, for the first time in two hundred years of service to the British crown, the authentic voice of a Gurkha soldier. Never before has a serving Gurkha written an account of his own life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; BGHA; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349140100
- ISBN
- 9780349140100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Comprehensive survey of Japan's economic history and current situation. Concise description of Japanese economic institutions and events, integrated with cogent explanations rooted in economic logic. Extensive annotation to the scholarly literature. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 Figures and 63 Tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCS; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 190 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198702405
- ISBN
- 9780198702405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.88
€ 92.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; JPSD; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594038433
- ISBN
- 9781594038433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.32
€ 19.32
Paperback. Based on years of careful ethnographic fieldwork in Hanoi, this book offers an account of the moral quandaries that accompany innovations in biomedical technology. Arguing for more sustained anthropological attention to human quests for belonging, it addresses existential questions of love and loss that concern us all. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278431
- ISBN
- 9780520278431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.31
€ 41.31
Hardback. Jurists of the nascent Maliki, Hanafi, and Shafi'i legal schools frequently compared marriage to purchase and divorce to manumission. This title presents an analysis of how these jurists conceptualized marriage - its rights and obligations - using the same rhetoric of ownership used to describe slavery. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRH; JFSJ; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050594
- ISBN
- 9780674050594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.93
€ 73.93
Hardback. Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet tells the story of the evolution of Iranian contemporary art by examining the work of 30 artists. What unites the disparate works into a coherent theme is the artists' coping mechanisms, which consist of subversive critique, quiet rebellion, humour, mysticism and poetry, hence the publication's title. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1FBN; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Publisher
- Blackdog Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911164319
- ISBN
- 9781911164319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.74
€ 35.99
€ 32.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 309 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Southeast Asia Program Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277330
- ISBN
- 9780877277330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.33
€ 40.33
Paperback. Chinese Chess, or Elephant Chess, has intrigued game lovers for centuries. The Chinese game requires players to master subtle variations of strategy. This guide introduces Chinese chess to Westerners, discussing the board, and the movement and value of the pieces. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804835084
- ISBN
- 9780804835084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.20
€ 15.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. Had the pacifist International Solidarity Movement not been in Gaza at the time, the world would have been deprived of a detailed account from the inside, having instead to rely on the generalised accounts of news agencies reporting from outside the Strip. This volume contains a direct eye-witness account of Gaza's last bloodbath. Translator(s): Filippin, Daniela. Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Stay Human. 178 pages, Illustrations. Had the pacifist International Solidarity Movement not been in Gaza at the time, the world would have been deprived of a detailed account from the inside, having instead to rely on the generalised accounts of news agencies reporting from outside the Strip. This volume contains a direct eye-witness account of Gaza's last bloodbath. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight: 170. Translator(s): Filippin, Daniela.
- Publisher
- Kube Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 178
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847740199
- ISBN
- 9781847740199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.03
€ 13.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. Assesses the historical development and societal impact of the motorcycle industry, from the influence of motor sports on vehicle sales in the early 1900s to the postwar developments that led to the massive wave of motorization sweeping the Asia-Pacific region. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814546
- ISBN
- 9780774814546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.97
€ 41.99
€ 33.97
Hardcover. A selection of outstanding Japanese products of this century, from gadgets and furnishings to office supplies and decorative objects. Features a comprehensive introduction to the history and traditions of Japanese product design and includes biographies of the leading designers, including Naoto Fukasawa, Tokujin Yoshioka and Toyo Ito. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 257 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1194.
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858945620
- ISBN
- 9781858945620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.70
€ 40.99
€ 30.70