East Asia, Far East
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East Asia, Far East
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: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007580576
- ISBN
- 9780007580576
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Hardback. Examines the energy resources, naval forces, and national strategies of the nations of Asia, set against the priorities and resources of the US. This book reveals that the nations of the region - of which the United States must be counted - are in fact working together in striving to ensure the security of scarce energy resources they all require. Series: Praeger Security International. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 illustrations (b&w), 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FP; JW; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275996451
- ISBN
- 9780275996451
€ 83.56
€ 83.56
Hardcover. The first comprehensive history of China's most luxurious textile and its enduring influence on Chinese civilization and art Editor(s): Kuhn, Dieter; Zhao, Feng; Wenying, Li; Juanjuan, Chen; Watt, James C. Y. Series: The Culture & Civilization of China. Num Pages: 624 pages, 600 colour images + 50 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 236 x 49. Weight in Grams: 3082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300111033
- ISBN
- 9780300111033
€ 80.83
€ 80.83
Hardcover. A study in English on Mavo, provides a critical evaluation of this often outrageous and iconoclastic movement, tracing Mavo's relationship to broader developments in modernism worldwide. It offers a look into Japanese popular culture by showing how Mavo artists sought to transform Japanese art in response to the rise of industrialism. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 379 pages, 16 color illustrations, 131 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; HBJF; HBLW; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223387
- ISBN
- 9780520223387
€ 79.89€ 75.74
€ 79.89
€ 75.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Shoemaker & Hoard, Div of Avalon Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593760793
- ISBN
- 9781593760793
€ 17.99€ 14.68
€ 17.99
€ 14.68
Hardback. Tony Kosuge answer many questions about the states of East Asia. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPA; JPF; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Focalpoint Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957199101
- ISBN
- 9780957199101
€ 38.99€ 32.92
€ 38.99
€ 32.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859738153
- ISBN
- 9781859738153
€ 34.27
€ 34.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 34 b/w & 16 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FP; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195159318
- ISBN
- 9780195159318
€ 30.99€ 22.10
€ 30.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Centering on five life stories by Chinese women activists, this history of Chinese May Fourth feminism disrupts the Chinese Communist Party's master narrative of Chinese women's liberation, reconfigures the history of the Chinese Enlightenment from a gender perspective, and addresses the question of how feminism engendered social change Num Pages: 417 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218741
- ISBN
- 9780520218741
€ 35.99€ 32.21
€ 35.99
€ 32.21
Hardcover. This work presents a European view of Central Asia before the large-scale influx of Russian peasant settlers that followed the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Translator(s): Thomas, Colin; Whebler, Marcus; Gilmour, Liudmila. Series: Hakluyt Society Second. Num Pages: 320 pages, Includes 15 colour plates and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FPC; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904180602
- ISBN
- 9780904180602
€ 149.63
€ 149.63
Paperback. This book seeks to bring order and coherence to the chaotic state of affairs in the intelligence community of North Korea-watchers, as well as to disprove the much-echoed stance that there is little to fear from the DPRK by providing information on a plethora of never-before described weapons systems and modernisation programmes. Num Pages: 144 pages, 110 colour & 15 b/w photos, c 46 colour profiles, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777145
- ISBN
- 9781910777145
€ 51.39€ 40.01
€ 51.39
€ 40.01
Anime, Religion and Spirituality: Profane and Sacred Worlds in Contemp...
Buljan, Katharine, Cusack, Carole M
Hardcover. The mutual imbrication of the profane and sacred worlds in anime, along with the profound reciprocal relationship between 'Eastern' (Japanese) and 'Western' (chiefly American) culture in the development of the anime artistic form, form the twin narrative arcs of the book. Num Pages: 258 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFV; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791097
- ISBN
- 9781781791097
€ 90.03
€ 90.03
Hardback. Offers a sociophonetic exploration of voice pitch characteristics of speakers across the cultures of Japan and America. This volume makes an argument for the socio-cultural role of voice pitch in the expression of emotion and politeness and how culture and gender can intersect with each other. Num Pages: 160 pages, 28 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; CFB; CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533502
- ISBN
- 9781845533502
€ 72.66
€ 72.66
Hardcover. Japanese Buddhist Pilgrimage explores the ritual practice of "circulatory pilgrimages" - the visiting of many temples in a numbered sequence. Num Pages: 332 pages, 42 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HREP; HRLF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539160
- ISBN
- 9781845539160
€ 90.03
€ 90.03
Hardback. In this book, which draws on classic articles first published in The Eastern Buddhist, major historic proponents and masters of the nenbutsu are introduced, in particular Shinran, Shoku, Ippen and Rennyo. Series: Eastern Buddhist Voices. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HREP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539184
- ISBN
- 9781845539184
€ 90.03
€ 90.03
Paperback. In this book, which draws on classic articles first published in The Eastern Buddhist, major historic proponents and masters of the nenbutsu are introduced, in particular Shinran, Shoku, Ippen and Rennyo. Editor(s): Pye, Michael. Series: Eastern Buddhist Voices. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HREP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539191
- ISBN
- 9781845539191
€ 32.12
€ 32.12
Paperback. Buddhist Temples of Kyoto and Kamakura brings together some of Suzuki's writings from The Eastern Buddhist. The collection preserves valuable information from Suzuki's own times and the charm of her personal discovery of the temples described here. Further information is also provided to place them in their current context. Editor(s): Pye, Michael. Series: Eastern Buddhist Voices. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539214
- ISBN
- 9781845539214
€ 49.50
€ 49.50
Hardcover. The book brings together a wide range of authors who have significantly influenced subsequent Buddhist-Christian dialogue and the interaction between east and west. Editor(s): Pye, Michael. Series: Eastern Buddhist Voices. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAF; HRC; HREP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908049186
- ISBN
- 9781908049186
€ 90.03
€ 90.03
Paperback. This book brings together a range of authors who have significantly influenced subsequent Buddhist-Christian dialogue and the interaction between east and west. It is a companion volume to Listening to Shin Buddhism: Starting Points of Modern Dialogue. Editor(s): Pye, Michael. Series: Eastern Buddhist Voices. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAF; HRC; HREP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908049193
- ISBN
- 9781908049193
€ 29.74
€ 29.74
Paperback. Series: SEDA Specials. Num Pages: 46 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 296 x 212 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- SEDA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902435428
- ISBN
- 9781902435428
€ 18.22
€ 18.22
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vertical Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939130075
- ISBN
- 9781939130075
€ 22.32
€ 22.32
Paperback. The first in-depth study of the puzzling relationship between Japan and the Republic of Korea and the influence of the United States on it from the Cold War to the present. It draws on recently declassified U.S. documents, internal Korean government documents, and interviews with former policy makers in the United States, Japan, and Korea. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 tables 3 figures 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731928
- ISBN
- 9780804731928
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Hardcover. Series: Routledge Studies in Transport, Environment and Development. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; RNU; RPT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138934511
- ISBN
- 9781138934511
€ 149.63
€ 149.63
Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work (Cambridge ...
Liu, Sida, Halliday, Terence C.
Hardcover. This book studies the struggles for basic legal freedoms in the work and political mobilization of defense lawyers in China's criminal justice system. Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society. Num Pages: 220 pages, 4 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; LNA; LNFB; LNFX; LNT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107162419
- ISBN
- 9781107162419
€ 91.03
€ 91.03