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Paperback. The Tang dynasty is often called China's golden age, a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. This title captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 illustrations, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064010
- ISBN
- 9780674064010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.81
€ 30.99
€ 25.81
Paperback. After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. This title traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, and the introduction of religions. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060357
- ISBN
- 9780674060357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.81
€ 30.99
€ 25.81
Paperback. In 221 bc the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. This book highlights the key challenges faced by the court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity of people. It illuminates many formative events in China's long history of imperialism. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 halftones, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057340
- ISBN
- 9780674057340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.77
€ 30.99
€ 25.77
Paperback. Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. This title shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. Num Pages: 305 pages, 25 images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290549
- ISBN
- 9780520290549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. This is an imaginative evocation and analysis-through the medium of translations (the author's own) of once popular but now forgotten literature-of the variety of "stories" in terms of which the Chinese have interpreted their lives since the early years of the 19th century. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730914
- ISBN
- 9780804730914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
hardcover. This is an imaginative evocation and analysis-through the medium of translations (the author's own) of once popular but now forgotten literature-of the variety of "stories" in terms of which the Chinese have interpreted their lives since the early years of the 19th century. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730907
- ISBN
- 9780804730907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.79
€ 148.79
Paperback. Surrounded, abandoned and fighting overwhelming odds in Afghanistan - one true man's story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF; HBWS4; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444784435
- ISBN
- 9781444784435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8pp b+w plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848845503
- ISBN
- 9781848845503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. An introduction to the representation of Afghanistan in film that examines the often surprising combination of propaganda and poetry in films made in Hollywood and the East. It incorporates incisive analysis of the market factors, funding sources, and political agendas that have shaped the films. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077128
- ISBN
- 9780252077128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Hardback. The intense piety of late T'ang essays on Buddhism by literati has helped earn the T'ang its title of the "golden age of Chinese Buddhism." This study shows that many literati participated in intra-Buddhist debates. It demonstrates that representations of Buddhism by lay people underwent a major change during the T'ang-Sung transition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRAX; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022652
- ISBN
- 9780674022652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. Major Mark Hammond was awarded the DFC, which ranks third after the VC, for remarkable feats in Afghanistan in his Chinook helicopter. Three times on the night of 6 September 2006 he flew into hostile zones to pick up injured soldiers. This title presents an account of the combat and provides readers with insights on the brutal realities of war. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour photographic inset. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141039046
- ISBN
- 9780141039046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Hardback. Providing an in-depth statistical study of military trends in the Middle East and a collection of essays analyzing the details and strategic significance of recent events in the region, this book offers a wealth of current, and hard-to-find information to scholars, policymakers, and analysts. Editor(s): Heller, Mark. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTJ; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 760. No dust jacket. Keywords: "Society, Politics & Philosophy - Government & Politics - International Relations,Society, Politics & Philosophy - Government & Politics"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- KT00002139
- ISBN
- 9780231108928
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 250 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPK; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Paperback with Flaps
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805313008
- ISBN
- 9784805313008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.95
€ 18.99
€ 13.95
Hardback. Examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053342
- ISBN
- 9780674053342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 41.87
€ 50.99
€ 41.87
Hardback. Beginning in 2003, this intimate narrative includes the experiential accounts of approximately 70 Iraqi civilians, politicians, former dissidents, and present insurgents, enhanced by Kukis's compelling individual portraits. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156929
- ISBN
- 9780231156929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226428949
- ISBN
- 9780226428949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.69
€ 41.99
€ 32.69
Paperback. Traces the growth of a middle class in Kathmandu as urban Nepalis harness the modern cultural resources of mass media and consumer goods to build modern identities and pioneer a new socio-cultural space in one of the world's 'least developed countries'. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; GTF; JFC; JFSC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095936
- ISBN
- 9780691095936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226428802
- ISBN
- 9780226428802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.14€ 89.47
€ 108.14
€ 89.47
Paperback. Was George Mallory the first man to reach the summit of Everest? Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding embark on a death-defying expedition to find out Num Pages: 272 pages, 2x8pp. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BT; WSZG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719524929
- ISBN
- 9780719524929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. This is the first book in English to examine, through material in the popular press, the radical changes that took place in Japanese ideas about sex, romance and male-female relations in the wake of Japan's defeat and occupation by Allied forces at the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; JFC; JHBK; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137565105
- ISBN
- 9781137565105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15