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Paperback. Phoolan Devi was born into a poor, low-caste family in Uttar Pradesh, living in a world that gave more respect to a stray dog than to a woman. This is the story of a life characterized by beatings, rapes and humiliation, and the "Bandit Queen's" road to freedom. Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751519648
- ISBN
- 9780751519648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. India's economic resurgence has been the subject of many extravagant predictions and hopes. In this powerful and wide-ranging book, distinguished economist Vijay Joshi lays out a penetrating analysis of the shaky foundations of the country's performance, and charts the course that it should follow to achieve widely-shared prosperity. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190610135
- ISBN
- 9780190610135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardcover. A comprehensive catalogue of the important collection of Indian art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a celebration of the diverse cultures that coexist in India. The art objects are presented in four sections: sculpture, painting, decorative arts and textiles. Num Pages: 599 pages, 320 colour and 160 b&w illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 312 x 242 x 49. Weight in Grams: 3444.
- Publisher
- Philip Wilson Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856675393
- ISBN
- 9780856675393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.06
€ 84.06
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743228
- ISBN
- 9780804743228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.23
€ 56.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784535803
- ISBN
- 9781784535803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.15€ 123.67
€ 140.15
€ 123.67
Hardback. The theory of perspective, which allowed Florentine artists to depict the world from a spectator's point of view, originated in Baghdad with an eleventh-century mathematician. Using the metaphor of the mutual gaze, Belting narrates the encounter between science and art, Arab Baghdad and Renaissance Florence, that revolutionized Western culture. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Num Pages: 312 pages, 40 color illustrations, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FBQ; 3J; ACND; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050044
- ISBN
- 9780674050044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.59
€ 44.99
€ 37.59
Hardcover. Originally created by the artists of the ukiyo-e school of the floating world to advertise brothels in 17th-century Yoshiwara, this book includes spring pictures (shunga) that transcended class and gender in Japan the years. This book focuses on this art form within Japanese social and cultural history. Editor(s): Clark, Timothy; Gerstle, C.Andrew; Ishigami, Aki. Num Pages: 566 pages, 420 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFC; AFH; AGHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 297 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3076.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 566
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714124766
- ISBN
- 9780714124766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 49.38
€ 58.40
€ 49.38
Paperback. A practical guide on how to work out your Chinese horoscope. Series: Plain and Simple. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409169598
- ISBN
- 9781409169598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Hardback. Herbalicious charts a new path to contemporary cooking with Chinese herbs for the modern table, conceptualised by Herbal Cuisine Specialist, Joanna Wong Num Pages: 168 pages, full colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBN; WBTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 351 x 16. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814751261
- ISBN
- 9789814751261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.22
€ 25.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. An intrepid journalist's quest to trace the origins of the Asian arowana or "dragon fish"-the world's most sought-after aquarium fish. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; WNCS; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139. .
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451678956
- ISBN
- 9781451678956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KRA0012713
- ISBN
- 9780330431392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 276 pages, over 300 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMB; AJB; AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1780.
- Publisher
- Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814385701
- ISBN
- 9789814385701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. A study of the Russo-Japanese War. It explains the background and outbreak of the war, then follows the course of the fighting at Yalu River, Sha-ho, and finally Mukden, the largest battle anywhere before World War I. It also demonstrates how Japan emerged from this conflict as a Great Power. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour & 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 168 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764467
- ISBN
- 9781841764467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. 'Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a window into an enchanting piece of history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367887
- ISBN
- 9780007367887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.76
€ 17.99
€ 12.76
Hardback. Koreans and Burakumin, two of the largest minority groups in modern Japan, share a history of discrimination that spans the decades of Japan's modernization and imperial expansion. Bayliss explores the historical processes that cast them as "others" on the margins of the Japanese empire and that also influenced their views of themselves. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066687
- ISBN
- 9780674066687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.33
€ 49.99
€ 41.33
Hardback. This book gathers contributors from a range of disciplines to look at how people in China's borderland areas are actively engaging in making relationships across the border, and how those interactions are shaping life in the region. Editor(s): Zhang, Juan; Saxer, Martin. Series: Asian Borderlands. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0 black and white; 14 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JHB; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789462982581
- ISBN
- 9789462982581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.17
€ 140.17
Paperback. Of all the Victorian travelogues, this book offers an account of some eight years' travel across the entire Malay world - from Singapore to the western edges of New Guinea - and as the record of a great mind. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394404
- ISBN
- 9780141394404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Hardback. The richly illustrated bookk carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 252 pages, 0 black and white; 99 full color. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; 3JM; ACX; AMVD; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789462981119
- ISBN
- 9789462981119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.31
€ 149.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521178723
- ISBN
- 9780521178723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.10
€ 30.99
€ 30.10
Paperback. Bangladesh Travel Guide - Travel advice and expert tips on everything from Dhaka highlights, day trips and national parks to Bengal silk and archaeological sites. This guide also includes suggested itineraries, religious history, politics, birdwatching and whalewatching, Sylhet, Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal, Bhawal National Park, Rangpur, Rajshahi. Series: Bradt Travel Guides. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp colour photos +34 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470. Series: Bradt Travel Guides. 400 pages, 16pp colour photos +34 maps. Focuses on responsible tourism. This book offers coverage of the Chittagong Hill Tracts where 13 different ethnic groups live, and to the mangrove forest at the Sundarbans. It presents trailblazing travellers to those aspects of country that are unknown to visitors such as dolphin and whale watching, and winter bird-watching in northern wetlands. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKB; WTH. Dimension: 218 x 134 x 19. Weight: 458.
- Publisher
- Bradt Travel Guides
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841624099
- ISBN
- 9781841624099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.90
€ 29.99
€ 22.90