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Paperback. In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This book traces the fortunes of distinctive and resilient culture of the Hijazis, from the golden age of Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its resurgence. Num Pages: 248 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845118242
- ISBN
- 9781845118242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.55
€ 34.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. Founded by South Asian immigrants in California, Ghadar - the Indian anticolonial movement that attempted overthrow of the British Empire - quickly became a global presence in East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and East Africa. This title tells the dramatic story of Ghadar. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBG; JPFN; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269552
- ISBN
- 9780520269552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.86
€ 40.99
€ 28.86
Paperback. Operation Iraqi Freedom was one of the most confusing conflicts in US history. The high command could not be sure who to fight, who was attacking Coalition troops, or who among the different Iraqi groups were fighting each other. Yet there were a few astute officers like Lt. Col. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 pages of colour. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 298 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Casemate Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004310
- ISBN
- 9781612004310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.46
€ 23.99
€ 22.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461222
- ISBN
- 9781909461222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.34
€ 16.99
€ 15.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461260
- ISBN
- 9781909461260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.23
€ 16.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. In 1936 an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi in the Garhwal Himalaya. At over 25,000 feet, it was the highest mountain to be climbed until 1950. The Ascent of Nanda Devi is Tilman's well-observed and humorous record of the climb. One of the earliest climbing expedition books to be published, it is regarded as a classic. Series: Tilman: The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 212 pages, black and white photographs and maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKAH; BGA; RGBS; WSZG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Crescent House United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461185
- ISBN
- 9781909461185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.27
€ 16.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. H.W. Tilman's Two Mountains and a River picks up where Mount Everest 1938 left off. Tilman and various accomplices-including pioneering mountaineer and regular partner Eric Shipton-trek and climb across Nepal, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other areas of Asia, including Ishkashim, where the author was arrested on suspicion of being a spy .. Series: H.W. Tilman - The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and white photographs and maps. BIC Classification: 1F; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461307
- ISBN
- 9781909461307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.22
€ 16.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. H.W. 'Bill' Tilman travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to a crumbling British Empire with a crossing of the Karakoram to the new nation of Pakistan. China to Chitral is full of understatement and laconic humour, with descriptions of disastrous attempts on unclimbed mountains with Shipton. Series: H.W. Tilman - The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 184 pages, Black and white maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 1FPC; WSZC; WSZG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461345
- ISBN
- 9781909461345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.28
€ 16.99
€ 15.28
Paperback. Explores the relation between histories of violence and their contemporary commemoration. Editor(s): Makdisi, Ussama; Silverstein, Paul A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217981
- ISBN
- 9780253217981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN; HBJF; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995106
- ISBN
- 9780295995106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Kodansha America, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568363936
- ISBN
- 9781568363936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.06
€ 19.99
€ 19.06
paperback. This intimate and richly informative diary kept in 1910 by the young wife of a bustling merchant household in Kyoto is an engaging, unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in early twentieth-century Japan. Includes 53 illustrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; BGHA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724418
- ISBN
- 9780804724418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Using the declassified Japanese documents, memoirs, and diaries, this book presents a comprehensive overview of Japan's international relations from the end of the Pacific War to the present day. Editor(s): Iokibe, Makoto. Translator(s): Eldridge, Robert D. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415498487
- ISBN
- 9780415498487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. Written by Malala for her peers, this is the story of the girl behind the Nobel Prize-winning icon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; BGA; JN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Hachette Children´s Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780622163
- ISBN
- 9781780622163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
paperback. The bestselling memoir of NOBEL PRIZE winner, Malala Yousafzai, the school girl who stood up to the Taliban. I AM MALALA inspired the BAFTA-nominated film HE NAMED ME MALALA, directed by Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JM; BGHA; JFSJ1; JN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0018607
- ISBN
- 9781474602112
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.59
€ 4.59
Paperback. This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to the disasters of Hattin in 1187 and the loss of Acre in 1291. Series Editor(s): Barber, Professor Malcolm; Edbury, Professor Peter W.; Hamilton, Professor Bernard; Housley, Professor Norman; Jackson, Professor Peter. Series: Crusade Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 206 pages, Includes 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; BJ; HBJF; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472413932
- ISBN
- 9781472413932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from control of the Fatimids of Egypt in 1099, they believed their victory was an evident sign of God's favour. This book is devoted to the resulting settlements, that developed around the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and survived until Richard the Lionheart's departure in 1192. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15 b/w illustrations, 2 figs, 21 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208887
- ISBN
- 9780300208887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.40
€ 26.99
€ 20.40
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810854635
- ISBN
- 9780810854635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.66
€ 164.66
Hardcover. Editor(s): Miller, Malcolm E. Num Pages: 107 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 107
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626185500
- ISBN
- 9781626185500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.37€ 134.56
€ 197.37
€ 134.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1FMNB; BTC; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books Singapore
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814358712
- ISBN
- 9789814358712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Primarily a political history, but also containing summaries of economic and social change in the region since World War I, this excellent survey of the Middle East also covers Turkey, Iran and Arabia. Series: A History of the Near East. Num Pages: 616 pages, maps, list of rulers, bibliography, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582256514
- ISBN
- 9780582256514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.83
€ 70.83
Hardcover. Takes a gendered approach to labor conflicts, anticolonial struggles, and citizenship in modern Lebanon. Challenging the assumptions about culturally inscribed roles for Middle Eastern women, this book highlights traditions of public activism and militancy among rural women that are in turn adapted to the spaces of the French Tobacco Monopoly. Series: Beyond Dominant Paradigms in the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632122
- ISBN
- 9780815632122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.32
€ 61.32
Paperback. This study seeks to penetrate the roots of the Taliban movement on Afghanistan, the factors which contributed to its sudden rise to prominence, and the implications of Taliban mobilization for the stability of Afghanistan and the region. Editor(s): Maley, William. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTV; JFSR2; JPH; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850653608
- ISBN
- 9781850653608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.50
€ 33.99
€ 30.50
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8, 3 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1HBL; JPSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702785
- ISBN
- 9781501702785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.12
€ 55.12