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Paperback. "Unflinchingly illustrates the reality of life during this extraordinary moment in American history."-Dinitia Smith, The New York Times Editor(s): Gordon, Linda; Okihiro, Gary Y. Num Pages: 224 pages, 104 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; AJCR; HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330908
- ISBN
- 9780393330908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.60
€ 20.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. Between Two Rivers is an honest, funny and moving memoir of Baghdad life from the perspective of a young woman from England transplanted into another culture by love. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946874
- ISBN
- 9781908946874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Hardback. Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231047388
- ISBN
- 9780231047388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 86.12
€ 112.39
€ 86.12
Paperback. The Taj may look like a palace but it's actually a tomb and a lasting testament to one of the world's great love stories. In 1612, Mogul emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz Mahal. When she died suddenly giving birth to their fourteenth child, the emperor set about building a magnificent memorial to his wife. Illustrator(s): Groff, David; Hinderliter, John. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 136 x 193 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780399542145
- ISBN
- 9780399542145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.80
€ 7.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 10 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999180
- ISBN
- 9780295999180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.91
€ 81.91
Paperback. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596. A Revisionist History of Footbinding. 360 pages, Illustrations, map. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight: 566.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253902
- ISBN
- 9780520253902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723596
- ISBN
- 9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. This volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The book reveals Confucianism as a modern construct that does not reflect the social and cultural histories of East Asia before the 19th century. Editor(s): Ko, Dorothy; Haboush, JaHyun Kim; Piggott, Joan R. Num Pages: 350 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 14 tables, 3 music examples, 4 charts, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; HRKN1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520231382
- ISBN
- 9780520231382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. An outstandingly written, action-packed memoir of a decorated British soldier's experience of fighting Taliban forces in Afghanistan in summer 2006. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pocket Books London
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847393999
- ISBN
- 9781847393999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Hardcover. This beautifully photographed volume provides the reader with a survey of Japanese motorcycles which have become an integral part of the American cycling habit since the late-1950s. Examples of first models, last models, and the most unusual Japanese machines to hit the American shores are covered in detail. Num Pages: 152 pages, 450+ color photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; TRC; WGCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764302350
- ISBN
- 9780764302350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.47
€ 42.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. One of the great untold stories of the war in Afghanistan: how a small band of Special Forces rode out on horseback and defeated the Taliban. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp b-w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847398239
- ISBN
- 9781847398239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Provides technical descriptions of the two types and their improved variants, complete with a fighter pilot's assessment of these aircraft, also chronicles the entire scope of their aerial duel in MiG Alley by employing the recollections of the surviving combatants - including Russian, Chinese, and North Korean pilots - who participated. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim; Luijken, Wiek. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS1; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780963198
- ISBN
- 9781780963198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.54
€ 20.99
€ 15.54
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454621
- ISBN
- 9781137454621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.12€ 20.56
€ 130.12
€ 20.56
Hardcover. The question: can - or should - the United States try to promote reform in client states in the Third World is at the heart of this book. The book focuses on three case studies of reformist intervention in Asia: China 1946-1948; the Philippines 1950-1953; and Vietnam 1961-1963. Num Pages: 374 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FMV; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005778
- ISBN
- 9780674005778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 48.52
€ 51.99
€ 48.52
Hardback. One of the most troubling but least studied features of mass political violence is why violence often recurs in the same place over long periods of time. Douglas Kammen explores this pattern in Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor, studying that region's tragic past. Series: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 photographs, 10 figures, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574103
- ISBN
- 9780813574103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.64
€ 72.64
Paperback. By 1885, India may have become the jewel in the British crown, but already a series of changes had occurred within Indian society that would set the foundations for the modern states of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Providing an introduction to these dramatic changes, this volume introduces the major historical developments and debates. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582317383
- ISBN
- 9780582317383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.92
€ 49.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 47. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488917
- ISBN
- 9780801488917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Hardcover. Examining the American discourse over war and torture, the authors investigate the opinion pages of American newspapers, television commentary, and online discussion groups to offer the first empirical study of the national conversation about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib a year later. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; HPQ; JFD; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062495
- ISBN
- 9780226062495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.03
€ 54.99
€ 43.03
Paperback. The author here looks at the fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate based in Iraq, and the Fatimids, Buwayhids, Ghaznawids and other principalities that emerged from the wrecked Abbasid state. More advanced than any other medieval military power, the Caliphal armies were a potent force. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3F; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 173 x 5. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855327702
- ISBN
- 9781855327702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Offers an alternative perspective on Britain's late imperial period by looking at the lives and the writings of the men who chose to defy the conventional social and political attitudes of the British ruling classes towards the Near East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780764078
- ISBN
- 9781780764078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. There has never been a guide to the birds of Mongolia before and this new field guide will provide full details of every species to be found in the country. The guide will follow traditional field guide design with plates arranged opposite the text and maps. Series: Helm Field Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages, 83 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPM; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713687040
- ISBN
- 9780713687040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.87
€ 40.99
€ 28.87
Hardback. Series: Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509902538
- ISBN
- 9781509902538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 101.01
€ 112.39
€ 101.01
Paperback. This book provides an introduction to theological thought on the Asian continent. It is ecumenical in scope with emphasis on the contemporary concerns within Asian theology and some attention to the development of these theologies. The book uses accessible, non-technical language. Editor(s): Rajkumar, Peniel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281064694
- ISBN
- 9780281064694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. The US sees itself as being locked into a confrontation with Iran, its number one enemy since the invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. This book argues that by attempting to isolate Iran, the US may in fact be undermining its own power. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845112493
- ISBN
- 9781845112493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 49.51
€ 53.24
€ 49.51