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Paperback. Examine life in Myanmar post-military rule Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045803
ISBN
9781849045803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. Arguing that the life and work of Sun Yat-sen have been distorted by both myth and demythification, the author provides a fresh overall evaluation of the man and the events that turned an adventurer into the founder of the Chinese Republic and the leader of a great nationalist movement. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 492 pages, 12 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740111
ISBN
9780804740111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Hardback. Details Shanghai's beginnings as a treaty port in the mid-nineteenth century; its capitalist boom following the 1911 Revolution; the fifteen years of economic and social decline initiated by the Japanese invasion in 1937 and attempts at resistance; and the city's disgraced years under Communism. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 520 pages, 2 tables, 40 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749046
ISBN
9780804749046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.79

Paperback. Details Shanghai's beginnings as a treaty port in the mid-nineteenth century; its capitalist boom following the 1911 Revolution; the fifteen years of economic and social decline initiated by the Japanese invasion in 1937 and attempts at resistance; and the city's disgraced years under Communism. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 520 pages, 2 tables, 40 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749053
ISBN
9780804749053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Series: Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1H; DSB; JFC; JFHF; JMAF; JMTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Inner City Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780919123779
ISBN
9780919123779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Over 50 colour photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 191 x 17. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Collins & Brown
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909397408
ISBN
9781909397408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the harem as it was imagined, represented, and experienced in Middle Eastern and North African societies, and by visitors to those societies. Editor(s): Booth, Marilyn. Num Pages: 424 pages, 39 illustrations, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348696
ISBN
9780822348696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Anxieties about the potential loss of national identity and continuity disturb many in Japan, despite widespread insistence that it has remained culturally intact. This ethnographic, historical and cultural study examines marginalized events, sites and cultural practices in Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226388335
ISBN
9780226388335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Music and dance play a central role in the 'healing arts' of the Senoi Temiar, a group of hunters and horticulturalists dwelling in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. This title shows how the sounds and gestures of music and dance acquire a potency that can transform thoughts, emotions, and bodies. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 278 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFSL9; JHM; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082816
ISBN
9780520082816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 472 pages, 14, 12 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRAX; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456503
ISBN
9780801456503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.05
€ 51.66

paperback. What are corporations, and to whom are they responsible? This book draws on two years of research at Newmont Mining Corporation's Denver headquarters and its Batu Hijau copper and gold mine in Sumbawa, Indonesia, to address these questions. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JHB; JHMC; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436. Clean copy with minor warping to covers and pages. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0021703
ISBN
9780520282315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism is a collection of 26 original and outstanding contributions, tracing key historical trajectories and examining the growth of diverse traditions. It features a broad range of viewpoints and methods adopted by foremost experts working in the field of Buddhist studies. Editor(s): Poceski, Mario. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FP; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 990.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118610336
ISBN
9781118610336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.11

Paperback. The history of the Shantivanam ashram and the five figures of Christian-Hindu dialogue in India is the backdrop for this exploration of dialogue and collaboration between the two faiths. The lives of these men, and their situation within both religions, is used by the author to propose a continuation and development of this dialogue today. Series: Studies in Religion and Theology. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; HRAF; HRCX8; HRGP; HRLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785920868
ISBN
9781785920868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.66

Paperback. Presents the history of Israel through the evaluation of textual and literary critiques as well as archaeological and epigraphic findings. This book reconstructs the temporal evolution of political and religious ideologies. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Acumen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845533410
ISBN
9781845533410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.23

Paperback. Features a whirlwind tour of the religions of China. Series: World Religions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415434065
ISBN
9780415434065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162661
ISBN
9780231162661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.35
€ 57.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 24 pages, 8col.ill. BIC Classification: 1FB; YFB; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 202 x 4. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Hood Hood Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900251068
ISBN
9781900251068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.79

Paperback. This book examines how a community of urban Chinese Muslims-residents of the old Muslim district in the ancient Chinese capital of Xi'an-uses consumption to position its members more favorably within the Chinese government's official paradigm for development. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746854
ISBN
9780804746854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. An account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to 2000. This book analyzes the making of the modern state, a time which saw three periods of major social change: the imposition of hegemonic order on feudal society; the opening of Japanese ports; and defeat in World War II. Num Pages: 936 pages, 53 halftones, 9 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
936
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009912
ISBN
9780674009912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. Exploring a tumultuous time in Japanese 19th-century history, when the country began to emerge from self-imposed exile, this study profiles activists such as Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro, who played an important role in the development of a unified nation state. Num Pages: 423 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGHA; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101738
ISBN
9780231101738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool presents the unexpected face of Syria. Based on five journeys, undertaken over as many years, Kociejowski's book is entirely concerned with the slow journey towards friendship Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780600727
ISBN
9781780600727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. A useful companion for those travelling to Syria, this work is part of a series that is a collection of writing, aiming to invest the traveller with a cultural and historical background to Syria. Editor(s): Kociejowski, Marius. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366. Through Writers' Eyes. 306 pages, Illustrations, map. Editor(s): Kociejowski, Marius. A useful companion for those travelling to Syria, this work is part of a series that is a collection of writing, aiming to invest the traveller with a cultural and historical background to Syria. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBS; DQ; WTL. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight: 360.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871842
ISBN
9780907871842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Series: Top Drawings. Num Pages: 24 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788364596964
ISBN
9788364596964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.35

Hardcover. Tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. This title paints a portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First U.K. Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224064408
ISBN
9780224064408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

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