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Hardcover. Chiang Ching-kuo, son and political heir of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, died in 1988 as the leader of Taiwan, a budding democracy. This book examines his role in the struggles of 20th century China as well as his integral part in Taiwan's transition from dictatorship to democracy. Num Pages: 544 pages, 20 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002876
- ISBN
- 9780674002876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.98€ 84.90
€ 92.98
€ 84.90
Paperback. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. This biography reveals aspects of Chiang's life. Num Pages: 736 pages, 41 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060494
- ISBN
- 9780674060494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.87
€ 31.99
€ 26.87
Hardback. An ethnography that describes life in the Uyghur suburbs of Yining, a city near the border with Kazakhstan, and situates that account in a broader examination of Uyghur culture. This book explores topics ranging from family life to market trading, from informal socializing to forms of religious devotion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032828
- ISBN
- 9780674032828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.42
€ 44.99
€ 38.42
Hardback. This book is a tale of loss: the loss of Iran as America's main ally and agent in the Middle East and the downfall of the short-lived Pahlavi monarchy and America's inability and unwillingness to prevent its demise. Khomeini's triumph altered America's perception of Islam and fundamentally changed its relationship with Iran. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137598714
- ISBN
- 9781137598714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
Hardcover. This book provides detailed empirical analysis of countries in Asia to examine various dynamic models that incorporate the impact of technology and innovations on the industry evolution and overall economic growth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCD; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368. 208 pages, 60 black & white tables, 4 figures. This book provides detailed empirical analysis of countries in Asia to examine various dynamic models that incorporate the impact of technology and innovations on the industry evolution and overall economic growth. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; KCD; KCG. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 17. Weight: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285507
- ISBN
- 9780230285507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403996176
- ISBN
- 9781403996176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. Jasvinder Sanghera, international bestselling author of SHAME, describes her life-changing journey to the rural Punjabi village of Kang Sabu - the village where her parents grew up. Num Pages: 304 pages, Integrated b&w pictures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGA; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340962091
- ISBN
- 9780340962091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.94
€ 14.99
€ 11.94
Hardcover. By 2010, 260 million citizens were living outside of their permanent hukou location, a major challenge to the constrictive Mao-era system of migration and settlement planning. Jason Young shows how these new forces have been received by the state and documents the process of change and the importance of China's hukou system. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFM; JHBD; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277305
- ISBN
- 9781137277305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 46 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Imprint unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881613875
- ISBN
- 9789881613875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ng, Lee Po. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881900319
- ISBN
- 9789881900319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Hardback. In March 2004, Capt. Jason Whiteley was appointed the governance officer for Al Dora, one of Baghdad's most violent districts. His job was to establish and oversee a council structure for Iraqis that would allow them to begin governing themselves. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 map, index. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975445
- ISBN
- 9781597975445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.78
€ 42.78
Hardback. What impact did the Persian Zoroastrian Empire, as both a real historical force and an imaginary interlocutor, have on rabbinic identity and authority as expressed in the Talmud? This book addresses this question by bringing into mutual fruition Talmudic studies and ancient Iranology, two historically distinct disciplines. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1QDA; HRAX; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286207
- ISBN
- 9780520286207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 73.24
€ 94.22
€ 73.24
Paperback. "A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062208323
- ISBN
- 9780062208323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.74
€ 19.99
€ 17.74
Hardcover. Mohaghegh tracks the idea of 'chaos' into the contemporary philosophical and cultural imagination of the postcolonial world, exploring its vital role in the formation of an emergent avant-garde literature in the Middle East, concentrating on the writings of the twentieth-century Iranian new wave. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. The Chaotic Imagination. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. 248 pages. Mohaghegh tracks the idea of 'chaos' into the contemporary philosophical and cultural imagination of the postcolonial world, exploring its vital role in the formation of an emergent avant-garde literature in the Middle East, concentrating on the writings of the twentieth-century Iranian new wave. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSBH5. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 18. Weight: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108127
- ISBN
- 9780230108127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758741
- ISBN
- 9780804758741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; VFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 157 x 5. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628082142
- ISBN
- 9781628082142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.43€ 58.90
€ 82.43
€ 58.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 43 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 4. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Number of pages
- 43
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628084528
- ISBN
- 9781628084528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.43€ 58.90
€ 82.43
€ 58.90
Paperback. The Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds and hearts. This book charts the history from the first campaigns to the Charge of the Light Brigade, from the Crusades to the Dardenelles, and brings to life innumerable aspects of Ottoman life. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 1HB; HBJD; HBJF1; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099994008
- ISBN
- 9780099994008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150. .
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652297136
- ISBN
- 9789652297136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.84
€ 19.99
€ 19.84
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Sivaramakrishnan, Arvind; Sivaramakrishnan, K.; Kaimal, Padma; Yang, Anand A. Series: Global South Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 2 maps, 9 illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995526
- ISBN
- 9780295995526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.53
€ 140.53
Hardcover. Through most of its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call "religion." In this book, the author reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HRAX; HRKN3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226412337
- ISBN
- 9780226412337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.86€ 77.93
€ 91.86
€ 77.93
Paperback. Through most of its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call "religion." In this book, the author reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HRAX; HRKN3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226412344
- ISBN
- 9780226412344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BM; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Seren
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781722527
- ISBN
- 9781781722527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.46
€ 27.99
€ 24.46
Hardback. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKB; 1FMP; GTF; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554611
- ISBN
- 9781137554611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.95
€ 148.95