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Paperback. Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, geneal tables, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007463404
- ISBN
- 9780007463404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.87
€ 17.99
€ 12.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532392
- ISBN
- 9780099532392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJC; HRCS; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349950409
- ISBN
- 9781349950409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. The author argues that Korea's rapid industrial growth is neither miracle nor cultural mystery, but the outcome of a previously misunderstood political economy. Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 280 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPK; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071475
- ISBN
- 9780231071475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.19
€ 42.99
€ 31.19
Hardback. Jung-Sun N. Han examines the role of liberal intellectuals in reshaping transnational ideas and internationalist aspirations into national values and imperial ambitions in early twentieth-century Japan. Han's focus is on the ideas and activities of Yoshino Sakuzo (1878--1933), who was a champion of prewar Japanese liberalism and Taisho democracy. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065710
- ISBN
- 9780674065710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.32
€ 44.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. The book examines how the Chinese made use of raw material imported from India and added some seasoningsA" peculiar to China and developed their own recipesA" about how to construct the ideas of Buddhism. Series: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539979
- ISBN
- 9781845539979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.26
€ 51.26
Hardcover. The book examines how the Chinese made use of raw material imported from India and added some seasoningsA" peculiar to China and developed their own recipesA" about how to construct the ideas of Buddhism. Series: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528. Series: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. 272 pages. The book examines how the Chinese made use of raw material imported from India and added some seasoningsA" peculiar to China and developed their own recipesA" about how to construct the ideas of Buddhism. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HRE. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 24. Weight: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539962
- ISBN
- 9781845539962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.43
€ 51.43
Hardback. In striving to become cosmopolitan, global cities aim to attract highly-skilled workers while relying on a vast underbelly of low-waged, low status migrants. This book tells the story of one such city, and shows how cosmopolitanism is an aspirational construct created through global and national development strategies, migration and identity. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JFFM; JFFN; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436146
- ISBN
- 9781137436146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.65
€ 105.65
Paperback. Since the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFH; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142050
- ISBN
- 9780691142050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.85
€ 42.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. "Issued also in English. Commissioning organisation: Liu Junwen. 210 p., [56] p. of plates ill. (some col.), maps 19 cm. Paperback. Very good copy in dulled and slightly worn covers. Text bright in a strong binding. First reprint (= Erster Nachdruck)."
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Verlag für Fremdsprachige Litera
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- SKU
- KEX0080019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.99€ 4.99
€ 18.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 48 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771642903
- ISBN
- 9781771642903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.08
€ 19.08
Hardback. The Historical Dictionary of Singapore relates this history of this country through a chronology, an introductory essay, an expansive bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Singapore history from the earliest times to the present. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; GBC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810871847
- ISBN
- 9780810871847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.28
€ 160.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Tse, Justin K. H.; Tan, Jonathan Y. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HRCM; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349948451
- ISBN
- 9781349948451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.35
€ 139.35
Paperback. Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. This new history of Baghdad brings to life the story of what was once the greatest capital on earth. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047102
- ISBN
- 9780141047102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. A history of American prejudice towards Turks in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Series: Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Studies (Paperback). Num Pages: 499 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607810131
- ISBN
- 9781607810131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HREP; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153775
- ISBN
- 9780231153775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.63
€ 36.99
€ 27.63
paperback. Examines modern and pre-modern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, this work traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values. Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1FML; 1FMT; HREP; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988498
- ISBN
- 9780295988498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476792
- ISBN
- 9780801476792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801448898
- ISBN
- 9780801448898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi is an iconic figure, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, at great personal cost she has steadfastly opposed Burma's brutal military regime since 1988. This biography makes it plain that inside Burma itself little has changed. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099491156
- ISBN
- 9780099491156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. An account of what Justin Wintle found in post-war Vietnam, and how for three months he played cat and mouse, with those charged with keeping him in line, while developing a profound love for more ordinary Vietnamese and the astonishing landscapes they inhabit. This book describes a heaven and hell country, full of the pain of war. Num Pages: 440 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955153
- ISBN
- 9781904955153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
Hardback. The issue of defining and redefining enmity has been at the heart of constitutional justice since South Korea's change of regime. This book explores how the Constitutional Court of Korea has addressed this challenge, carving the contours of who is included in or excluded from the body politic throughout its jurisprudence. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPHC; JPHV; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137575074
- ISBN
- 9781137575074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470454039
- ISBN
- 9780470454039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.69
€ 29.99
€ 25.69
Hardcover. By mid-1944 the Axis missile guidance systems were systematically interfered by the Allies superior technology. As an emergency measure, Germany was forced to use the Soviet tactics of fighter-taran against the American bombers, while Japan used the terminal dive bomber ritual against the invasion fleets and designed new airplanes to that purpose. Num Pages: 288 pages, 128 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555651
- ISBN
- 9781781555651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96