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Hardback. The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterised late Safavid Iran. This book challenges this view. It takes a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722, which brought down the dynasty. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 maps, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845117450
ISBN
9781845117450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.17
€ 63.70

Hardback. Suitable for researchers of Iranian and economic history, this title presents a study of Iran's monetary history from the advent of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the end of Qajar rule in 1925. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24pp bw plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760797
ISBN
9781780760797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.19

Spiral bound. Num Pages: 128 pages, 151 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Spiralbound
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764346804
ISBN
9780764346804
Spiralbound
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; BGH; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1171.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
526
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277132
ISBN
9780877277132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.90

Paperback. Based on close reading of historical documents - poetry as much as statistics - and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East Indies (today Indonesia). It invents a way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMN; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691091624
ISBN
9780691091624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.24

Paperback. An unconventional, evocative work of history and a series of moving reflections on memory, modernity, space, and time, all based on the author s interviews with elderly Indonesian intellectuals. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346975
ISBN
9780822346975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardcover. Compares industrial management in two late-industrializers Japan and Russia as a basis for an original theory of institution-building" Series: Interests, Identities & Institutions in Comparative Politics S. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; JFC; JFF; JP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472112227
ISBN
9780472112227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.56

Hardback. A collection of Rudyard Kipling's articles describing Sikh soldiers' experiences of the First World War. Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's birth. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Unicorn Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9781910500118
ISBN
9781910500118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover. This book details the political history of Timor-Leste, both preceding and following its declaration of independence. Series: Emerging Asia. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF; JPA; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 305 x 23. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089648044
ISBN
9789089648044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.17

Hardcover. This is the first English publication that is a reference book to introduce the essential literature of the Chinese imperial examination system, an important guide for any reader who wishes to better understand China. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBCR; JNKD; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810887022
ISBN
9780810887022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Clarke & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227174869
ISBN
9780227174869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.75

Hardcover. Editor(s): Runeberg, Elias. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 260 x 15. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628087802
ISBN
9781628087802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 295.86
€ 197.07

Hardback. A study of the television dramas about government corruption that became hugely popular in the mid-1990s and their reflection of China's post-Socialist anxieties. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFDT; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826310
ISBN
9780774826310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Hardback. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGP; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163064
ISBN
9780231163064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.47

Paperback. A study that upsets the popular assumption that human relations in small-scale societies are based on shared experience. It presents an account of the lives of the Korowai of West Papua, Indonesia, and shows that in this society, people organize their connections to each another around otherness. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256866
ISBN
9780520256866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606923665
ISBN
9781606923665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.39
€ 68.31

Paperback. An account of incredible bravery, telling what it is like to have 200 Paras depending on you constantly, to make decisions which can and do cost lives, to see men under your command killed and injured and being under the most intense pressure imaginable every minute of every day for six long months. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753540312
ISBN
9780753540312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. This collection focuses on the role of entrepreneurship - both private and state - in propelling Asian economic growth in the five decades since the end of the Second World War. Editor(s): Vicziany, Marika. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924539
ISBN
9781876924539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.70

Hardcover. Editor(s): Blaine, Russell V. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; KCLT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600219542
ISBN
9781600219542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.78
€ 128.85

Paperback. Series: Oxford India Paperbacks. Num Pages: 260 pages, 8 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198062813
ISBN
9780198062813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.98

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jeffreys, Mr Alan; Sheppard, Ruth. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 120. .
Publisher
The Pool of London Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910860212
ISBN
9781910860212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Taplin, Ruth. Num Pages: 252 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 23 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; KJ; LNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138657168
ISBN
9781138657168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.44

paperback. Queering India provides an understanding of same-sex love and eroticism in Indian culture and society. The essays focus on gay and lesbian life in India to provide a comprehensive look at a much neglected area. Editor(s): Vanita, Ruth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 photosgraphs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415929509
ISBN
9780415929509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486654
ISBN
9780801486654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Hardback. Offering a distinctive and subtle analysis of tensions between government policies on religious matters and feminism, Halperin-Kaddari shows how women in Israel indeed have a state of their own-in the sense not of liberating refuge but of unfair marginalization. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237528
ISBN
9780812237528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.85

Hardback. States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 halftones; 9 line art; 37 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
396
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056022
ISBN
9780674056022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Paperback. Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, this title reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 420 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283824
ISBN
9780520283824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.12

Hardback. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBH; 1FBP; HRAM2; JHMC; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 284 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993146
ISBN
9781784993146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; FA; FQ; HRG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408881590
ISBN
9781408881590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Arguing for the importance of the first-century historian Josephus to the study of classical and Hellenistic literature, this title investigates letters in Josephus' texts. It analyzes classical, Hellenistic, and Jewish texts' use of letters, comparing those texts to Josephus' narratives, a virtual archive containing hundreds of letters. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 225 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDAR; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053373
ISBN
9780674053373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryder, Gustavo D. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
GAZELLE BOOK SERVICES
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629484785
ISBN
9781629484785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 295.86
€ 197.07

Paperback. By making a comparison between Japanese policy reaction to the financial and monetary crisis, American policymakers' reactions to the US Savings and Loan crisis and to earlier monetary challenges, this study puts the Japanese economic problems of the 1990s in perspective. Editor(s): Posen, Adam S.; Mikitani, Ryoichi. Series: Special Report Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPR; KCBM; KCLF; KCP; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 223 x 8. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881322897
ISBN
9780881322897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568363561
ISBN
9781568363561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188041
ISBN
9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Fraleigh, Matthew. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BJ; DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Edition
paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947518
ISBN
9781933947518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. Examines the Buddhist priest Kukai's influence on Japanese culture. This book contends that the importance of Kukai's transmission of esoteric Buddhism to Japan lay in his creation of a general theory of language grounded in the ritual speech of mantra. It explores the rhetorical strategies Kukai employed in his works. Num Pages: 620 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAX; HRE; HRLP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231112871
ISBN
9780231112871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AFC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Number of pages
98
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804832601
ISBN
9780804832601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. The fifth volume of the Eye series, dedicated to contemporary art from the Far East, focuses on a unique and exciting selection of emerging Malaysian artists. The book provides a wide-ranging survey of contemporary art in Malaysia, showcasing 75 of the most cutting-edge Malaysian contemporary artists and their works. Editor(s): Ciclitira, Serenella. Num Pages: 376 pages, 528 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 247 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1894.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857222509
ISBN
9788857222509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.56

Paperback. An in depth look at Israeli Air Force operations during the Suez War. The text is supported by numerous photographs and colour profiles. Series: Middle East @ War. Num Pages: 72 pages, c 150 colour & b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HBE; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBJH; HBWS; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294123
ISBN
9781910294123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.88

paperback. An accessible, analytical survey of the rise and fall of Imperial Japan in the context of its grand strategy to transform itself into a great power. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 b/w illus. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781107676169
ISBN
9781107676169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.52