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hardcover. Brings together a broad community of scholars to explore the history of illicit and alternative sexualities in Latin America's colonial and early national periods. This title examines how "the unnatural" came to inscribe certain sexual acts and desires as criminal and sinful, and more. Editor(s): Tortorici, Zeb. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b/w, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
California University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288140
ISBN
9780520288140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.78

Paperback. Brings together a broad community of scholars to explore the history of illicit and alternative sexualities in Latin America's colonial and early national periods. This title examines how "the unnatural" came to inscribe certain sexual acts and desires as criminal and sinful, including acts officially deemed to be "against nature" and more. Editor(s): Tortorici, Zeb. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b/w, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288157
ISBN
9780520288157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.40

paperback. Long described as lost, this report was the result of Mao Zedong's investigation in 1930 of the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. Translator(s): Thompson, Roger R. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804721820
ISBN
9780804721820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.95

Hardback. Long described as lost, this report was the result of Mao Zedong's investigation in 1930 of the people, economy, society, and history of the obscure rural county of Xunwu in South China. Translator(s): Thompson, Roger R. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804716789
ISBN
9780804716789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.64

Paperback. Advances an interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. This book demonstrates how socialist principles were subverted in practice by the nationalist goals to which socialist Zionism was committed. It provides a historical background to Israel's struggle to mobilize its citizenry to support a shared vision of nationhood. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009674
ISBN
9780691009674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.80

hardcover. After World War I, Hungarian society became focused on revising the terms of the Peace Treaty of Trianon. This title examines the thinking behind the renegotiation of post-treaty boundaries. Editor(s): Szechenyi, Agnes. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336154
ISBN
9780880336154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.17

Hardback. In this book Zeina G. Halabi examines the figure of the intellectual as profet national icon, and exile in contemporary Arabic literature and film. Staging a comparative dialogue with writers and critics such as Elias Khoury, Edward Said, Jurji Zaidan, and Mahmoud Darwish, Halabi focuses on new articulations of loss, displacement, and memory. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421393
ISBN
9781474421393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.84
€ 107.54

Paperback. From 1975 to 1990, different factions in Lebanon's civil conflict flooded the streets with posters to mobilize their constituencies, undermine their enemies, and create public sympathy for their cause. This book tells the tumultuous story of the struggle for Lebanon through the poster wars which raged on its streets. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 b/w integrated illustrations; 65 colour illustrations in plates. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJP; AKLP; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845119515
ISBN
9781845119515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBW; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231170628
ISBN
9780231170628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.53

Paperback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275539
ISBN
9780520275539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.40

Hardback. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the centuries. It depicts forms of subaltern discontent against "imagined empires" that failed in achieving their professed goals and brought about environmental crises to Qina province. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275522
ISBN
9780520275522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.73

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813585215
ISBN
9780813585215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Zempel, Solveig. Translator(s): Zempel, Solveig. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618590
ISBN
9780816618590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894865227
ISBN
9781894865227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.20

Hardback. Reading Rio de Janeiro is an experiment in literary and social history, which combines literary analysis and the tools of close and distant reading with quantitative evidence from archival sources in order to reveal new insights regarding the integration of individuals into a complex and changing society. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757447
ISBN
9780804757447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.09

Hardcover. When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Zephyr Teachout shows that Citizens United was both bad law and bad history. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050402
ISBN
9780674050402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824817213
ISBN
9780824817213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGBA; HBJF; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595588807
ISBN
9781595588807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.11

Hardback. "Explores intimate accounts of lower-class women's struggles with poverty, deprivation, and marital strife in wartime Beijing between 1936 and 1945, revealing an urban underworld built on an informal economy and conducted primarily through neighborhood networks"-- Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 36. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088382
ISBN
9780674088382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.86

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148917
ISBN
9780231148917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562. Historical Memory in Chinese Politics and Foreign Relations. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. 312 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148900
ISBN
9780231148900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Sym, T.P. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JHBT; JPFC; JPVR; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813326160
ISBN
9780813326160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Hardback. Editor(s): Saussy, Haun; Handler-Spitz, Rebecca; Lee, Pauline. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166126
ISBN
9780231166126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Saussy, Haun; Handler-Spitz, Rebecca; Lee, Pauline. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166133
ISBN
9780231166133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804774093
ISBN
9780804774093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.53

Paperback. This assessment of the struggle for Pakistan s identity, from its birth to the present day, provides a political and cultural understanding of the role and use of Islam in its evolution." Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817910853
ISBN
9780817910853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.76

paperback. Kuala Lumpur is the postmodern city writ large, a city that has been transformed from a sleepy capital into a technological marvel with a thriving and affluent cultural life. In this book, the author traces Kuala Lumpur's origins and charts the changes experienced by the city and its people. Series: Topographics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 colour and 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890573
ISBN
9781861890573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 x 16pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408835609
ISBN
9781408835609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.17

Paperback. A quarterly magazine of ideas and issues showcasing ground breaking thinking on Islam and what it means to be a Muslim in a rapidly changing, interconnected world. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 12. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042215
ISBN
9781849042215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. Collection of writings about Syria written from the Islamic perspective Editor(s): Sardar, Ziauddin; Yassin-Kassab, Robin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044516
ISBN
9781849044516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. Gall presents new information on government workers and their recent battles to defend workplace rights. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX; KNXB2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
4 Rev ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413433
ISBN
9781421413433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.39

Hardback. A history of perceptions of the blind and of their integration or lack thereof in French society, this book introduces us to a host of fictional and real individuals and paints a moving picture of their advances and disappointments, concluding with the triumphant invention of Louis Braille. Translator(s): Cohen, Emily-Jane. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757683
ISBN
9780804757683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Zinn, Howard. Series: American Heritage S. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
431
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206854
ISBN
9780872206854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Editor(s): Zinn, Howard. Series: American Heritage S. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206861
ISBN
9780872206861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.87
€ 46.08

Hardcover. A niece of Jane Austen and a novelist herself, Catherine Hubback wrote regularly to her eldest son John and his wife Mary. Her letters offer an articulate, detailed commentary on life in California by a gentlewoman managing a household and finding her place in a new world Editor(s): Klippert, Zoe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; 3JH; BGL; BJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243440
ISBN
9781851243440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.96

Paperback. A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when the Catholic Church waged war against heretics in its own ranks Num Pages: 448 pages, 19, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRCC7; HRK; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Phoenix Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842124284
ISBN
9781842124284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.27

Hardcover. After the coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948, the Communists tried to "reprogramme" the teachers and student body at the University and Medical School in Bratislava by intimidation, "re-education" and social engineering. This book documents the consequences on the university and Czech society. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335140
ISBN
9780880335140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99

Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDU; HBJD1; JFCV; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019387
ISBN
9780253019387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.52

Paperback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 6 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDU; HBJD1; JFCV; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019462
ISBN
9780253019462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.59

Paperback. A kaleidoscopic view of Afghanistan and the global networks of power, influence, and representation in which it is immersed Editor(s): Jalalzai, Zubeda; Jefferess, David. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350149
ISBN
9780822350149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.30