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Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718950
ISBN
9780804718950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745598
ISBN
9780804745598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784719
ISBN
9780804784719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. The Internet and social media are pervasive and transformative forces in contemporary China. The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China explores the changing relationship between China's Internet and social media and its society, politics, legal system, and foreign relations. Editor(s): DeLisle, Jacques; Goldstein, Avery; Yang, Guobin. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223514
ISBN
9780812223514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 64.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Lunning, Frenchy. Series: Mechademia. Num Pages: 296 pages, 53 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AKLC; HBW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816667499
ISBN
9780816667499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.25

Paperback. Admiral Stockdale looks back at his ten years in Vietnam. Ranging in subject from methods of communication in prison to military ethics to the principles of leadership, the thirty-four selections contained in this volume are a unique record of what their author calls a "melting experience," a pressure-packed existence that forces one to grow. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BGH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817981525
ISBN
9780817981525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.30

Paperback. Globalization is usually thought of as the worldwide spread of Western - particularly American - popular culture. Yet if one nation stands out in the dissemination of pop culture in East and Southeast Asia, it is Japan. This title explores how Japanese popular culture circulates in Asia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328919
ISBN
9780822328919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. This cultural history of the evolution of modern marriage practices in colonial Bengal shows that arranged marriage as it is practiced today is a modern practice from the colonial era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 42 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344780
ISBN
9780822344780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. An ethnographic account of the logics and regimes of value propelling desires for transnational mobility-largely via human smuggling networks-throughout Fuzhou, China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348061
ISBN
9780822348061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. Offers sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853232384
ISBN
9780853232384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381613
ISBN
9780857381613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. A self-proclaimed guerrilla fighter for ideas, Baruch Kimmerling was an outspoken critic, prolific writer, and "public" sociologist. While he lived at the center of the Israeli society in which he was involved both as a scientist and a concerned citizen, at the same time, he felt marginal in it because his unconventional worldview.. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 ills. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374. A Guerilla Fighter for Ideas: the Life Story of a Public Sociologist. 280 pages, 13 ills. A self-proclaimed guerrilla fighter for ideas, Baruch Kimmerling was an outspoken critic, prolific writer, and "public" sociologist. While he lived at the center of the Israeli society in which he was involved both as a scientist and a concerned citizen, at the same time, he felt marginal in it because his unconventional worldview. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JHB. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 13. Weight: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457202
ISBN
9780857457202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages, 1, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277255
ISBN
9780877277255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. Isolated in their struggle and condemned by world opinion, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) nonetheless proved capable of withstanding all external forces, drawing large numbers of Tamils to support its cause. This book provides an insider's look at the motivations, issues and complexities of this largely secret civil war. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFSL3; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Clarity Press, Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984525546
ISBN
9780984525546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.38

Hardback. This volume examines how the Kurdish issue has acted as both an impediment and impetus to democratization in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSL; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137409980
ISBN
9781137409980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.74
€ 71.14

Paperback. A powerful and moving account of the treatment of Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger sentenced to 1000 lashes, as well as the story of his wife and their family's struggle. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJPN; BGHA; JPVH1; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408707937
ISBN
9781408707937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. A young refugee's story of terror, love and survival Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; BTP; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 290 x 2. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408708446
ISBN
9781408708446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.71

Paperback. The inside story of today's Dambusters, 617 Squadron RAF, at war in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409129882
ISBN
9781409129882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Hardback. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442204904
ISBN
9781442204904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.48

Paperback. Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a balanced account of one of the most tragic and controversial situations in the modern world. Series: Teach Yourself Educational. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444105247
ISBN
9781444105247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.01

CD-ROM. "Combining all the learning from the popular Get talking Korean in ten days and Keep talking Korean -- ten days to confidence, this beginner audio course will give you the skills and confidence to speak and understand [Korean]."--Container. Num Pages: 2 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GK; CFH; CJB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 191 x 30. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
CD
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471801273
ISBN
9781471801273
CD
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nation Books
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568584980
ISBN
9781568584980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570628993
ISBN
9781570628993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 Full-Colour Photos. BIC Classification: 1F; WBHS; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Celestial Arts
Edition
Original
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587611353
ISBN
9781587611353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.08

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