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Paperback. An as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. It illuminates one of the world's most tragic and dangerous ethnic conflicts at the same time that it relates the details of a stormy life spent in the quest for a new Tibet. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249929
ISBN
9780520249929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.58

Paperback. Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. This book revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome of Tibetan nationalist resistance against China. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267909
ISBN
9780520267909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

Hardback. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. This title examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957. Num Pages: 592 pages, 20 halftones and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
684
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276512
ISBN
9780520276512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.26
€ 63.58

Paperback. Although Israelis and Palestinians are adamant that they will not negotiate or compromise over the status of Jerusalem, agreements have been made and understandings reached between the two protagonists, as well as other Arab states. This text sheds light on the political history of Jerusalem. Num Pages: 369 pages, colour maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 475.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
369
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850655763
ISBN
9781850655763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.04

Paperback. Providing an on-the-ground account of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, Menchaem Klein argues that the aggressive Israeli settlement programme has shifted the Israeli-Palestine dispute from a border struggle to an ethnic conflict. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849040853
ISBN
9781849040853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.04

Hardback. In 2003, after two years of negotiations, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed a model peace treaty. The document, called the Geneva Initiative, contained detailed provisions resolving the outstanding issues between Israel and the Palestinian people. This book explains how and why these groups were able to achieve agreement. Translator(s): Watzman, Haim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139045
ISBN
9780231139045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 49.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297365
ISBN
9789652297365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Ivanhoe, Philip J. Translator(s): Bloom, Irene. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122054
ISBN
9780231122054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones, 17 line art, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644131
ISBN
9780816644131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.19

A translation of the Mengzi (Mencius). Accompanied by selected passages from the classic commentary of Zhu Xi - one of the insightful interpreters of Confucianism - it provides readers with a parallel to the Chinese practice of reading a classic text alongside traditional commentaries. Translator(s): Norden, Bryan W. Van. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209145
ISBN
9780872209145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.93
€ 42.50

Hardback. Mackinder argued that control of a 'pivot' or 'heartland' of Eurasia, including Central Asia, would prove key to the balance of global power. This idea has had profound effects on foreign policy debates, which are discussed in this timely volume Editor(s): Megoran, Nick; Sharapova, S. Sh. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042437
ISBN
9781849042437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.77
€ 52.08

Hardback. This study of Cold War history and Chinese foreign policy provides an interpretation of China's relations with Poland and its irreversible impact on the communist world. The book offers a threefold approach to the subject. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102350
ISBN
9780739102350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.91

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653839
ISBN
9780691653839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.89
€ 130.62

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691628189
ISBN
9780691628189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 50.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Weiss, Meredith L.; Aspinall, Edward. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; JHB; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679690
ISBN
9780816679690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10, 5 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700149
ISBN
9781501700149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.55

Paperback. Explains how an Arab landscape, physical and human, was transformed into an Israeli, Jewish state. This book discusses the process by which Hebrew nomenclature replaced the Arabic names of more than 9,000 natural features, villages, and ruins in Eretz Israel/Palestine (his name for the Holy Land, thereby defining it as a land of Jews and Arabs). Translator(s): Kaufman-Lacusta, Maxine. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234222
ISBN
9780520234222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606132
ISBN
9780691606132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day. This title shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 240 pages, illustrations. Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day. This title shows how coffee and coffee spaces have been central to the formation of Japanese notions about the uses of public space, social change, modernity, and pleasure. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight: 328.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition; 1st P
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271159
ISBN
9780520271159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Hardback. Part ethnography, part memoir, this book traces Japan's vibrant cafe society over one hundred and thirty years. It also traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Europe and America. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; JHBS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259331
ISBN
9780520259331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 72.17

Hardcover. The tranquil Buddhist kingdom of Laos became the centre of a major Cold War crisis in the early 1960s. This is an account of the experiences of the Deputy British Ambassador, which includes a battle going on in his garden and being held prisoner for a month by left-wing guerillas. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 colour and 22 b&w illustration, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FML; HBJF; HBLW3; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860647352
ISBN
9781860647352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.63
€ 53.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Kolimon, Mery; Wetangterah, Liliya; Campbell-Nelson, Karen. Translator(s): Lindsay, Jennifer. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBTB; JFFE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235909
ISBN
9781922235909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSF; JHMC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295994093
ISBN
9780295994093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. This comparative study of the Naxi and Tai minority groups in Southwestern China examines the implementation and reception of state minority education policy. Hansen (Center for Development and the Environment, U. of Oslo) argues that state policy is not uniformly successful among all minorities, n Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295977881
ISBN
9780295977881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

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