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Paperback. In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. This book tells their story. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565129337
- ISBN
- 9781565129337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Beautifully presented photobook, featuring 200 rarely seen photographs from the Palestinian Nakba (1947-50). Includes original text from the author. Num Pages: 256 pages, 214 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJPG; AJCR; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745331690
- ISBN
- 9780745331690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.01
€ 33.99
€ 23.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775922
- ISBN
- 9780804775922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. This study attempts to cross the boundaries between anthropology, folklore and history in order to cast new light on the relation between songs and stories, reality and realism, and rhythm and rhetoric in the expressive traditions of South Asia. Editor(s): Appadurai, Arjun; etc.; Korom, Frank J. (Department of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA); Mills, Margaret A. (Associate Professor of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA). Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 464 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFHF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812213379
- ISBN
- 9780812213379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.86
€ 46.99
€ 41.86
Hardback. This book presents a portrait of the social advantages and limitations of climate change related modeling in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. It addresses the implied but largely uncritiqued relationships between scientific modeling knowledge and local adaptation responses. It also presents theoretical perspectives on modeling and adaptation, Editor(s): Lamadrid, Armando; Kelman, Ilan. Series Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780524863
- ISBN
- 9781780524863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.28
€ 136.28
Hardcover. Proverbs, those sage sayings and goblets of wisdom, invariably injected with gentle humour, are common to virtually all peoples and cultures on Earth. The Chinese are no exception. Illustrator(s): Lamb, Kathryn. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stacey International United Kingdom
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905299676
- ISBN
- 9781905299676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. In Ghostly Desires Arnika Fuhrmann examines post-1997 Thai cinema and video art to show how vernacular Buddhist values, stories, and images combine with sexual politics in figuring in current struggles over gender, sexuality, personhood, and collective life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; APFA; HBJF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361558
- ISBN
- 9780822361558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. In Ghostly Desires Arnika Fuhrmann examines post-1997 Thai cinema and video art to show how vernacular Buddhist values, stories, and images combine with sexual politics in figuring in current struggles over gender, sexuality, personhood, and collective life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; APFA; HBJF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361190
- ISBN
- 9780822361190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Hardback. A study of the late Mongol empire in Northeast Asia during mid-fourteenth century. It focuses on the themes such as: the need for a regional perspective encompassing all states and ethnic groups in the area; the process and consequences of pan-Asian integration under the Mongols; and, the need to see Koryo Korea as part of the wider Mongol empire. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLC1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780674036086
- ISBN
- 9780674036086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Hardcover. Editor(s): Aronstam, Rafael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628086553
- ISBN
- 9781628086553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 299.29€ 202.83
€ 299.29
€ 202.83
paperback. This volume covers all aspects of Khomeini's life and critically examines Khomeini the politician, the philosopher and the spiritual leader. Editor(s): Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin. Num Pages: 340 pages, 21 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107670624
- ISBN
- 9781107670624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Paperback. A fast-paced memoir of Arsham Parsi, a queer Iranian activist who was forced to flee his country under threat of execution for his work in fighting human rights abuses against LGBT individuals in Iran. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGA; JFFJ; JFSK2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552667019
- ISBN
- 9781552667019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.61
€ 23.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. Offers insights in explaining the foreign relations and domestic politics of post-revolutionary Iran. The author guides readers from the nuclear issue, to the perpetual stand-off with the United States, from the future of Iranian democracy to Iranian-Arab relations, and from American neo-conservatism to Islamic utopian-romanticism. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659037
- ISBN
- 9781850659037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.34
€ 26.99
€ 25.34
Paperback. In Indonesia, since the coming of Islam, zakat has been a means of worship, and its collection has been voluntary and decentralized. This work argues that in the post-New Order regime zakat practice changed structurally and institutionally through the enactment of a law on zakat management, followed by the establishment of a national zakat agency. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTB; HBJF; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789749511084
- ISBN
- 9789749511084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Hardcover. An insight by a photographer and a scholar into the rainforests and their inhabitants, who make their homes in the most endangered environment on earth. Divided into four sections - 'Water', 'Fire', 'Earth' and 'Air' - the book explores the different ecological workings of the rainforest, home to half of the world's living species. Series: Harvill Nature S. Num Pages: 304 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; AJC; JFSL9; RGBL; RNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 235. Weight in Grams: 1830. Very good copy in dustwrapper. DW has some light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0005018
- ISBN
- 9781860465826
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Editor(s): Khakpour, Arta; Vatanabadi, Shouleh; Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBWS3; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479841585
- ISBN
- 9781479841585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
Hardback. A sweeping, erudite, and accessible cultural history of the lands of the Near East, from the Sumerians to beyond the end of World War II. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047968
- ISBN
- 9781849047968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. Presents an inside view of the rich array of characters, political and ideological tensions, and technological genius that defined the imperial cities of China. This book covers the First Emperor's obsessive - and fatal - attempts to engage the Immortals in 219-210 BC, to the creativity that produced the golden age of literature and art. Num Pages: 336 pages, b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845950101
- ISBN
- 9781845950101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press London
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804705486
- ISBN
- 9780804705486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. They remain enduring models of leadership in a democratic society. Yet the truth was Churchill and Gandhi were bitter enemies throughout their lives. This book reveals how that rivalry shaped the twentieth century and beyond. Num Pages: 736 pages, 3 maps, 24 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493440
- ISBN
- 9780099493440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Hardcover. The first scholarly account of the Royal Navy's participation in the Pacific War between 1942 and the Japanese surrender in 1945. It offers controversial accounts of the key personalities and events that shaped the outcome including the struggle of the Chiefs of Staff to overcome Churchill's opposition to sending a major fleet to the Pacific. Num Pages: 664 pages, 8 pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 44. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198201502
- ISBN
- 9780198201502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.40
€ 262.40
Paperback. This book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Watson, James L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; MBNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753142
- ISBN
- 9780804753142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Illustrated interviews with Israelis, offering a unique insight into the diversity and contradictions of Israeli identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 49 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; DN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745323657
- ISBN
- 9780745323657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.60
€ 35.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789059114364
- ISBN
- 9789059114364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.53
€ 16.99
€ 13.53