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East Asia, Far East

Paperback. The writing of history used to concentrate on narrative, analysis or theory. The historian stayed out of sight. This book is part of a more recent trend. Here, Susanna Hoe discusses her relationship to her material, the processes of research and writing, and her characters. Num Pages: 376 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1FPCM; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500. Exploring Women's History in China, Hong Kong and Macau. 376 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. The writing of history used to concentrate on narrative, analysis or theory. The historian stayed out of sight. This book is part of a more recent trend. Here, Susanna Hoe discusses her relationship to her material, the processes of research and writing, and her characters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1FPCM; HBAH; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight: 500.
Publisher
Insomniac Pr
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9789627992035
ISBN
9789627992035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 b&w illustrations and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JWXK; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179225
ISBN
9780231179225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.25
€ 59.49

Paperback. Did you know Chinese don't eat soup, they drink it? That their surnames come before their first names? That their good sense is to be found not in their heads but in their hearts? Or that white is their colour of mourning? This title provides a guide to China's sociable and friendly people and their complex and often contradictory society. Translator(s): Tobler, Stefan. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907973178
ISBN
9781907973178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.41

Paperback. In Japan, people live longer than anywhere else on Earth; obesity is virtually unknown, and 40-year-old women look like they're 20. Filled with healthy recipes and evocative reminiscences, this book is suitable for those who are tired of counting calories and carbs, and finding themselves on diets that don't work. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; VFMD; WBH; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vermilion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091907105
ISBN
9780091907105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. In North Korea, citizens found humming South Korean pop songs risk being sent to a gulag for six months of hard labour. Jail sentences are handed out if portraits of the late Kim Jong-il are not properly dusted. Shoot-to-kill orders are in effect for anyone caught trying to cross the Yalu or Tumen Rivers into China. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578659
ISBN
9780099578659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Ross, Robert S.; Tunsjo, Oystein. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FP; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501709197
ISBN
9781501709197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.13

Paperback. Written from the perspective of a foreign student who has just arrived in China, this title provides the lessons and learning materials about the changing face of China. It includes lessons on daily life, such as doing laundry and getting a haircut, as well as visiting the zoo, night markets, and the Great Wall. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CJBR; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 277 x 219 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1236.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised, Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148366
ISBN
9780691148366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.35
€ 54.68

Paperback. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542. Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590-1800. 344 pages, 23 figures, 4 maps, 3 tables. A monograph that places Ainu - the native people living in Ezo, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago - at the center of an exploration of Japanese expansion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the height of the Tokugawa shogunal era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight: 486.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248342
ISBN
9780520248342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.53

Paperback. A 2004 overview of the Jomon period in Japan (circa 14,500-300 BC) within the context of recent complex hunter-gatherer studies. Series: Case Studies in Early Societies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 79 b/w illus. 30 maps 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521776707
ISBN
9780521776707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.61

Paperback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175753
ISBN
9780231175753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. A translation of the Mengzi (Mencius). Accompanied by selected passages from the classic commentary of Zhu Xi - one of the insightful interpreters of Confucianism - it provides readers with a parallel to the Chinese practice of reading a classic text alongside traditional commentaries. Translator(s): Norden, Bryan W. Van. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
207
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209138
ISBN
9780872209138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.96

Paperback. An account of the favourable depiction of Western culture and its negative characterization of Chinese culture in post-Mao China since 1978. This revised and expanded edition of Occidentalism in post-Mao China includes a new preface, foreword, and chapter on Chinese diaspora writings. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Revised & Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847698752
ISBN
9780847698752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.81

Paperback. The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations (black and white), map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJH; BTM; BTP; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007580576
ISBN
9780007580576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 10 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999180
ISBN
9780295999180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.75

Hardback. The third book in the Cult Recipes series, following New York and Venice, Tokyo Cult Recipes demystifies Japanese food, making the city's classic recipes easy to try at home. There are over 100 rrecipes for miso, sushi, soba noodles, bentos, sushi, fried rice, Japanese tapas, desserts, cakes and sweets. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 268 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1322.
Publisher
Murdoch Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781743365953
ISBN
9781743365953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814346443
ISBN
9789814346443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.16

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Yamaguchi, Akira. Num Pages: 208 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144414
ISBN
9780231144414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.44

Paperback. A lively and absorbing narrative of China's ascent from imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse. Num Pages: 496 pages, Integrated photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139647
ISBN
9780349139647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.99

Hardback. Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169387
ISBN
9780231169387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.16

Paperback. The second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author's expert assessment of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, including the political and environmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor meltdown. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 324 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118315071
ISBN
9781118315071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.74

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