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Hardback. Argues that the US is not concerned about waging a war on drugs, and that alleged concerns about narco-terrorism mostly act to justify occupation. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; JKVG; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745332338
ISBN
9780745332338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.96
€ 81.97

Paperback. Argues that the US is not concerned about waging a war on drugs, and that alleged concerns about narco-terrorism mostly act to justify occupation. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; JKVG; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780745332321
ISBN
9780745332321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. An ethnographic account of the logics and regimes of value propelling desires for transnational mobility-largely via human smuggling networks-throughout Fuzhou, China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348061
ISBN
9780822348061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. The rise of China and its status as a leading global factory are altering the way people live and consume. This book probes Chinese, European, and American eco-desire and eco-technological dreams, and examines the solutions they offer to environmental degradation in this age of global economic change. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 201 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284487
ISBN
9780520284487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. Features the story of the man who was really in charge of the construction of the infamous bridge on the river Kwai, by his granddaughter. This book owed more to fiction than fact, as the man who actually commanded the POWs ordered to build the infamous bridges - there were in fact two: one wooden, one concrete - was cut from very different cloth. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743495738
ISBN
9780743495738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. This study explores the role of politically active Palestinian women in the Lebanese Resistance Movement. The author describes the types of work involved, the organizations these women have founded, and the changing nature of gender roles set against an intense and sustained crisis. Num Pages: 245 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1FBP; JFSJ1; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231074476
ISBN
9780231074476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Hardback. Animal Kingdoms reveals the far-reaching cultural, political, and environmental importance of hunting in colonial India. Julie E. Hughes explores how Indian princes relied on their prowess as hunters of prized game to advance personal status, solidify power, and establish links with the historic battlefields and legendary deeds of their ancestors. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 color illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072800
ISBN
9780674072800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.92
€ 54.40

Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork in Israel during the second intifada, this ethnographic study explores how Israeli Jews experience security in their everyday lives. When Israeli security imprints itself on individual lives, the book argues, security propagates the very fears it claims to prevent. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JHM; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222661
ISBN
9780812222661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. The Fourteenth Army in Burma became one of the largest and most diverse armies of the Second World War. British, West African, Ghurkha and Indian regiments fought alongside one another and became comrades. Taken from Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive - this title tells stories of this epic conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091932374
ISBN
9780091932374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. An epic true story of treachery, revenge and courage Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JWXT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753824023
ISBN
9780753824023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. For almost three centuries the kingdom of Assyria dominated the Middle East. The story of those years were recorded in stone on walls of a succession of royal palaces. This illustrated text describes how the sculptures were found and what they meant to those who created them. Series: Introductory Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; AFK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 247 x 7. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714121413
ISBN
9780714121413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. In the years before Indian Independence in 1947, the Nagas of Northeast India came to exemplify an exotic society. This title offers an examination of how the notion of tribes came to be applied to the Nagas"is linked to its subsequent importance in the development of contemporary Naga nationalism. Num Pages: 396 pages, 760 illustrations, 310 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL9; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 246 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1870.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970294
ISBN
9780500970294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.00

Hardback. With Deng Xiaoping s blessing, Mao s successors scoured the globe for fresh ideas to launch domestic prosperity and global economic power. Yet China s government did not publicize its engagement with Western-style innovations, claiming instead that economic reinvention was the Party s achievement alone. Julian Gewirtz sets forth the truer story." Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPQB; KCM; KCP; KCZ; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971134
ISBN
9780674971134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.28

Hardback. Swan & Maclaren were the most prominent and prestigious architectural practice working in Singapore during the later part of the British era. This book offers a history of Singapore through its Architecture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 300 colour. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JH; 3JJ; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 228. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Oro Editions United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935935476
ISBN
9781935935476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.20

Paperback. Deconstructs Japanese rock music and reveals what happened when East met West after World War Two. This book explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, and tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour Inserts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284. 304 pages, Colour Inserts. Deconstructs Japanese rock music and reveals what happened when East met West after World War Two. This book explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, and tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGP. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight: 230.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paper Back
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747593034
ISBN
9780747593034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Hardback. Immigrant Ambassadors explores transformations in Tibetan identity as increasing numbers of Tibetans move from being stateless refugees in India and Nepal to citizens of the United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 tables, 2 figures, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1KBB; JFFN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760171
ISBN
9780804760171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.97

Paperback. 'Lively, erudite and meticulously researched' Literary Review Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 390.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330457484
ISBN
9780330457484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; HBWS5; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
13154th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141918
ISBN
9780231141918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.88

Hardback. The Qashqa'i nomads are migrant pastoralists. This book documents their difficult livelihoods and lifestyles, their society and culture, and explains how this Turkic-speaking group relates to the wider Iranian society and the Islamic Republic. Focusing on a group of women, it shows how they adapt to a changing world while retaining tribal values. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 in 8pp colour plates, 25 black and white integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845118327
ISBN
9781845118327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89
€ 135.20

Paperback. Fourteen true stories from Jewish believers and Arab/Palestinian Christians living in Israel and the Palestinian Areas. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRAF; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857216854
ISBN
9780857216854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.60

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