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Paperback. That parents in China greatly value higher education for their children is a well-known aspect of contemporary Chinese culture, but the intensity and effects of their desire to achieve this goal have largely gone unexamined. This title explores this universal desire for a college education and its vast consequences. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226437552
- ISBN
- 9780226437552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished village of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. This is a portrait of the rapid change of Zouping, its environs, and more. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 b/w, 7 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289710
- ISBN
- 9780520289710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardback. A subtle and reflective essay on whether the Lebanese will ever transcend their internal divisions and external challenges. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047005
- ISBN
- 9781849047005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.06
€ 51.06
Hardcover. Stressing the relationship between tsarism's service-state ethos and its utilization of subjects, this study argues that economic and political, rather than judicial or penological, factors primarily conditioned Siberian exile's growth and development. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FCS; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230536937
- ISBN
- 9780230536937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.99
€ 62.99
Paperback. Describes the authors' story of their experience with the Naadi Palm Leaf Readers of India. This book provides a look into one of the greatest mystical secrets of India - the hidden oracle. It also tells readers how to find the Naadis for themselves. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; VXA; VXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846940743
- ISBN
- 9781846940743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.38
€ 18.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Salazar, Andres. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FMN; 1FPKS; 1KLCM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 60
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626188631
- ISBN
- 9781626188631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.45€ 68.88
€ 100.45
€ 68.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 72. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801436314
- ISBN
- 9780801436314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.46
€ 76.46
Hardback. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; JPF; JPS; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199964291
- ISBN
- 9780199964291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.03
€ 31.99
€ 29.03
Paperback. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; HBJF; HBLX; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199390038
- ISBN
- 9780199390038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.99
€ 18.99
€ 14.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835608916
- ISBN
- 9780835608916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.22
€ 18.99
€ 18.22
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 240. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AJCR; RNP; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Publisher
- Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037782958
- ISBN
- 9783037782958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.51
€ 49.99
€ 41.51
Hardcover. Celebrates Japanese woodblock prints with a collection of ten original essays by an international team of scholars Editor(s): Marks, Andreas; Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie. Num Pages: 216 pages, 180 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- San Diego Museum of Art United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780937108475
- ISBN
- 9780937108475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.25
€ 49.99
€ 47.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, 200 woodblock prints. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Hardcover with Jacket
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805313107
- ISBN
- 9784805313107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.93
€ 24.99
€ 16.93
Paperback. Explores social upheaveal in Iran and how real social change is possible -- and the danger of invasion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBTV; JPS; JPWQ; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745326030
- ISBN
- 9780745326030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.59
€ 40.99
€ 26.59
Hardcover. This book focuses on the question of whether and how civil society may contribute to policy innovation. As the focus of civil society research is often more on the constraints on civil society by the state and less on the agency and effects of civil society organisations the authors provide a fresh and fruitful perspective. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 black & white tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518637
- ISBN
- 9781137518637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.69
€ 119.69
Paperback. This volume assesses the institutions of Japanese official development assistance (ODA). Based on an analysis of reasons for the deficiencies, possible solutions are discussed. They include a restructuring of new project-management techniques. Series: Contributions to Economics. Num Pages: 234 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCM; KFFD; KJMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 387.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783790808537
- ISBN
- 9783790808537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardback. In Thailand, infertility remains a source of stigma for those couples that combine a range of religious, traditional and high-tech interventions in their quest for a child. This book explores this experience of infertility and the pursuit and use of assisted reproductive technologies by Thai couples. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 276 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JHMC; MBNH; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387329
- ISBN
- 9781782387329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.94
€ 152.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Lerner Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781467783477
- ISBN
- 9781467783477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.26
€ 10.26
Hardback. Andrea Wiley contrasts the practices of the world's leading milk producers, India and the United States. In both countries, milk is considered to have special qualities. Drawing on ethnographic and scientific studies, popular media, and government reports, she shows that the cultural significance of milk goes well beyond its nutritive value. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; JFCV; JHMC; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729056
- ISBN
- 9780674729056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.13€ 48.38
€ 53.13
€ 48.38
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 75 full-color photos and line drawings, 75 recipes. BIC Classification: 1F; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1045.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580089753
- ISBN
- 9781580089753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.18
€ 33.99
€ 22.18