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Paperback. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 they caught the imagination of the world in a way that was to be unmatched until man stood on the surface of the Moon. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; WSBX; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444760897
- ISBN
- 9781444760897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. This book is the story of the lives and work of the prominent intellectuals who taught or studied at Lianda University under extraordinary wartime conditions. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729291
- ISBN
- 9780804729291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Paperback. The variety of ways in which Jews in Israel responded to and appropriated Greek culture is the subject of this volume. The contributors provide corroborating evidence of the influence of Greek culture in Judea and Galilee, from before the Maccabean revolt on into the rabbinic period. Editor(s): Collins, John J.; Sterling, Gregory E. Series: Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1QDA; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRAX; HRJ; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030520
- ISBN
- 9780268030520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. A new edition of the most authoritative and highly-regarded single-volume history of India. Fully revised to include the most recent research and to cover events from partition to the present day. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 b/w, 16 col plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 44. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007307753
- ISBN
- 9780007307753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.28
€ 19.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. An epic narrative history that compares and contrasts the fortunes of all the countries that make up South Asia. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007326587
- ISBN
- 9780007326587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
paperback. During 200 years the East India Company grew from an association of Elizabethan tradesmen into a powerful organization. As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world's trade and as a political entity it administered an empire. This book looks at the history of the Company. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8pp illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006380726
- ISBN
- 9780006380726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.93
€ 17.99
€ 12.93
Paperback. Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007221783
- ISBN
- 9780007221783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.76
€ 23.99
€ 15.76
Paperback. A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest. Num Pages: 226 pages, 16 b/w plates (16pp), (+ maps & diagrams). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; PDZ; TNCB; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001852
- ISBN
- 9780006531234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. John King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilisation. It remains a masterwork without parallel. Num Pages: 640 pages, 60 halftones, 25 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Revised & enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018280
- ISBN
- 9780674018280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.08
€ 37.99
€ 32.08
Paperback. Using sources composed by late medieval Meccan scholars alongside the more well-known Mamluk material, this study presents the history of late medieval Mecca and the Sharifs who ruled the city by examining their relations with local and global forces. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1HBE; HBJF1; HBJH; HBTM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Edition
- 2nd With a New Preface ed.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780991573202
- ISBN
- 9780991573202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.34
€ 45.34
Paperback. Seeks at once to describe and explain the emergence of export-oriented South Korean popular music and to make sense of larger South Korean economic and cultural transformations. This book delves into the broader background of South Korea in this wonderfully informed history and analysis of a pop culture phenomenon sweeping the globe. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AVGN; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283121
- ISBN
- 9780520283121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Hardback. This is an account of how South Korea was transformed from one of the poorest and most agrarian countries in the world in the 1950s to one of the richest and most industrialized states by the late 1980s. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; HBJF; HBLW3; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730556
- ISBN
- 9780804730556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.82
€ 132.82
Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most extraordinary martial artist of all time Bruce Lee. Num Pages: 200 pages, 176 colour and black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; APB; APFB; BGF; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 281 x 17. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804847810
- ISBN
- 9780804847810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.13
€ 20.13
Paperback. Explores the history of Hong Kong from the early 1800s through the post-1997 handover, when this former colony became a Special Administrative Region of China. This book concludes by exploring the legacies of colonial rule, the consequences of Hong Kong's reintegration with China, and significant developments and challenges since 1997. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742534223
- ISBN
- 9780742534223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 48.01
€ 50.99
€ 48.01
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HPDF; HR; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205168989
- ISBN
- 9780205168989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.99
€ 127.99
Hardback. A biography of diplomat William Smith Clark, an exponent of the modernization of Japan in the nineteenth century and founder of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Series: Studies of Modern Japan. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739104170
- ISBN
- 9780739104170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.10
€ 168.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 line illus. 6 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFH; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173108
- ISBN
- 9780691173108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.65
€ 26.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; ACBP; AGR; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163970
- ISBN
- 9780691163970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.38€ 60.01
€ 77.38
€ 60.01
Hardback. When American and South Vietnamese forces attacked Cambodia in 1970, the invasion ignited a firestorm of violent anti-war protests in the US. Based on research and analysis of the Cambodian invasion's objectives, planning, organization, and operations, this study encourages respect for one of America's genuine military successes during the war. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614059
- ISBN
- 9780700614059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Hardback. Since the mid-1980s, Taiwan and mainland China have witnessed a resurgence of academic and intellectual interest in ruxue - "Confucianism" - variously conceived as a form of culture, a system of learning, and a tradition of normative values. This study intends to examine the relationship between these activities and cultural nationalism. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 475 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028111
- ISBN
- 9780674028111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.56
€ 54.99
€ 46.56