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Paperback. In the Taiwanese film industry, the dichotomy between art house and commercially viable films is heavily emphasised by both scholars and the local media. This book provides a nuanced picture of the Taiwanese film industry since democratisation and isolation from the Peoples Republic of China. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405577
ISBN
9781474405577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Hardcover. In the Taiwanese film industry, the dichotomy between arthouse and commercially viable films is heavily emphasized by both scholars and the local media. This book provides a nuanced picture of the Taiwanese film industry since democratization and isolation from the Peoples Republic of China. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748682010
ISBN
9780748682010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.83

Paperback. A study of contemporary Arab political poetry, this book provides a wide range of insights into the ways that modern media aesthetics are shaped by language and culture. It investigates the audio-recording industry in southern Yemen, showing how various forms of political activism emerge through sensory engagements with Arabic poetry and song. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 512 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JFD; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932885326
ISBN
9780932885326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137569660
ISBN
9781137569660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.29
€ 18.96

Hardcover. The way we sit simultaneously defines privileges, social status, power, and taboos. Parallel to the presentation of China as the guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt presents a panorama of Chinese sitting culture through a period of five centuries. Num Pages: 96 pages, 185 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AKR; JFCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 309 x 253 x 12. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783936681369
ISBN
9783936681369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.48

paperback. "Tiger Moon" is the powerful, poetic story of the Sunquists' two years studying tigers in Nepal. A new afterword tells the story of promising efforts to reconnect fractured Nepalese tiger habitats. Num Pages: 187 pages, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; RNKH; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226779973
ISBN
9780226779973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846944444
ISBN
9781846944444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The pagodas of Burma, the temples of Angkor, the great Buddhist monuments of Borobudur - these achievements of powerful courts and rulers were part of a broad artistic tradition including textiles, applied arts, vernacular architecture and village crafts. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 183 illustrations, 102 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FM; AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500203811
ISBN
9780500203811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. An ethnographic study of the Izhavas in Kerala, India, highlighting the complexities and contradictions of modern identity. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780745316932
ISBN
9780745316932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.50

Paperback. In 2005 the World Bank released a gender assessment of the nation of Jordan, a country that, like many in the Middle East, has undergone dramatic social and gender transformations, in part by encouraging equal access to education for men and women. In this book, the author shows that assessment to be a fallacy. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226006918
ISBN
9780226006918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

hardcover. Num Pages: 552 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776004
ISBN
9780804776004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Hardback. Specialist manufacturers have existed in Japan from even before the start of industrialization in the late nineteenth century. Proliferating since but remaining steadfastly lean, many of them can be categorized as leading medium-sized enterprises. This book looks at how they are globalizing and assuming a role as East Asian specialists. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230218420
ISBN
9780230218420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.46
€ 67.23

paperback. Winner of the British Army Military Book of the Year 2011 The story of one of the most brutal battles in modern history - fought at a major turning point of the Second World War. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007132416
ISBN
9780007132416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Acontroversial history of the British in India, seen through the experiences of a single family, the Lows, ancestors of the author, Ferdinand Mount Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 x 8pp 4-4 plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471129469
ISBN
9781471129469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0000670
ISBN
9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0000668
ISBN
9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0000666
ISBN
9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Africa. 654 pp. Illustrated end papers, with map. Includes index
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Edition
1st
SKU
KNW0000669
ISBN
9780246106056
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 26 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757942
ISBN
9780804757942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.51

hardcover. A collection of stories that provides a vivid panorama of the bustling world of imperial China before the end of the Ming dynasty. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989037
ISBN
9780295989037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Hardcover. Inquires into modes of manuscript production, the purposes for which texts were produced, and the ways in which they were actually used Editor(s): Li, Feng; Branner, David Prager. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; CFC; GTC; JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991528
ISBN
9780295991528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Paperback. The first complete translation of Feng Menglong's collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Num Pages: 825 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
825
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295978444
ISBN
9780295978444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.36

Paperback. Provides an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993713
ISBN
9780295993713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.88
€ 62.86

Hardback. In this in-depth study, Felix Boecking challenges the widely accepted idea that the key to Communist seizure of power in China lay in the incompetence of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government. It argues instead that international trade, government tariff revenues, and hence China's fiscal policy and state-making project all collapsed. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 260 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229. .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970601
ISBN
9780674970601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

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