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Hardcover. Celebrating the 400th anniversary of traditional Japanese ceramic culture as interpreted by today's leading designers Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JM; ACBP; AFPC; AKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 300 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1900.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714871981
ISBN
9780714871981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.27
€ 45.67

Hardback. Presents the features of the Wasan tradition, which is the indigenous mathematics that developed in Japan during the Edo period (1600-1868). This work offers a description of the mathematical textbooks published in the 17th century, then shifts to the work of the two leading mathematicians of this tradition, Seki Takakazu and Takebe Katahiro. Translator(s): Wimmer-Zagier, Silke. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764387440
ISBN
9783764387440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 277.15

Paperback. Annette Yates' book is designed for the person who has to prepare individual meals for whatever reason Num Pages: 128 pages, 14ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Elliot Right Way Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
3Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716020448
ISBN
9780716020448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. In 1908, the American adventurer Robert Sterling Clark organized a scientific expedition to northern China to create a detailed geographical survey, photograph the region, and collect samples of the flora and fauna. This title showcases over 85 excavated objects from museums and archaeological institutes in cities along Clark's original route. Series: Clark Art Institute. Num Pages: 288 pages, 150 colour images + 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179675
ISBN
9780300179675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892515
ISBN
9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.89

Paperback. "Saladin" represents the best kind of biography a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age that made the man. The result is a unique view of the Crusades from an Arab perspective, and an erudite biography of a political figure whose image was layered in myth with the passage of time. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBAH; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674283978
ISBN
9780674283978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardcover. Intent on realising her late husband's vision, Dorothy de Rothschild first offered to provide funding for a new building housing the Supreme Court of Israel in the 1960s. In 1983 the offer was seriously considered and accepted. Num Pages: 56 pages, 60 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310 x 290 x 11. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
56
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565717
ISBN
9783932565717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501703058
ISBN
9781501703058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Hardcover. Explores Chinese artistic and stylistic influences on Modernist practice in early twentieth century Britain. This volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British modernism. It offers a coverage of literature, painting and poetry, as well as performance and visual media, and more. Editor(s): Witchard, Dr Anne Veronica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 b&w illustrations 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 2AB; AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748690954
ISBN
9780748690954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 102.03

Hardback. A collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029117
ISBN
9780842029117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.40

Paperback. Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226872346
ISBN
9780226872346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226872377
ISBN
9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.35

hardcover. Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802035455
ISBN
9780802035455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.96

Paperback. Illuminates the complexities of river restoration in Kathmandu - one of the fastest-growing cities in South Asia Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; RBKF; RNF; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350804
ISBN
9780822350804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

hardcover. A significant contribution to our understanding of the varied experience of women in the Islamic Middle East, Tournaments of Value gives a careful description of a world of female socializing, and the velocity, energy, and elaborateness of this remarkable female social world. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
20th Revised edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487501341
ISBN
9781487501341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCV; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158602
ISBN
9780231158602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816672868
ISBN
9780816672868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

paperback. Exploring identity-based organizations, welfare, and civil society Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages, 9 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221957
ISBN
9780253221957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Hardcover. Focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827-1911) to examine Buddhist life under foreign rule. This work reveals that during Sri Lanka's crucial decades of deepening colonial control and modernization, there was a surprising stability in the religious activities of Hikkaduve and the Buddhists among whom he worked. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226055077
ISBN
9780226055077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33
€ 50.37

Hardback. Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, this book examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, and the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities". Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JF; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070445
ISBN
9780691070445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.87
€ 77.19

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