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Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194918
- ISBN
- 9781845194918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTB; JF; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335377
- ISBN
- 9780745335377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.03€ 83.19
€ 101.03
€ 83.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HF; 3JJG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008112967
- ISBN
- 9780008112967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276550
- ISBN
- 9780520276550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. This astonishing biography has sold more than 750,000 copies in English since 2002 and has been translated into over 30 languages. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854245977
- ISBN
- 9781854245977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Hardback. Beginning in her grandmother's kitchen in California, the author travels to her family's home in China, and from there fans out to embrace Hakka cooking across the globe. She likens Hakka cooking to a nomadic type of 'soul food', or a hearty cooking tradition that responds to a shared history of hardship and oppression. Illustrator(s): Lau, Alan Chong. Num Pages: 312 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 770. Chinese Soul Food from Around the World. 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. Beginning in her grandmother's kitchen in California, the author travels to her family's home in China, and from there fans out to embrace Hakka cooking across the globe. She likens Hakka cooking to a nomadic type of 'soul food', or a hearty cooking tradition that responds to a shared history of hardship and oppression. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; WBN. Dimension: 238 x 178 x 25. Weight: 806.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273283
- ISBN
- 9780520273283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.62
€ 45.99
€ 32.62
Paperback. It took three weeks for the second Gulf War to shake the world, despite public protest and international negotiation. Here, Guardian journalists - some of them in the heat of battle, some of them at a more reflective distance around the world - tell the story of this controversial war. Editor(s): Ramesh, Randeep. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrationsmap,ports. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 225.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KNW0009756
- ISBN
- 9780571221103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FC; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144919
- ISBN
- 9780231144919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Includes essays that explore the meanings of manhood in Japan from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. This title examines a range of attitudes regarding properly masculine pursuits and modes of behavior. It charts breakdowns in traditional and conventional societal roles and the resulting crises of masculinity. Editor(s): Fruhstuck, Sabine; Walthall, Anne. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267381
- ISBN
- 9780520267381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, B&W Illus.: 8,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164528
- ISBN
- 9780231164528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.83€ 62.27
€ 80.83
€ 62.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 33 projects; 56 colour photographs; 123 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1FPJ; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 299 x 9. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804847506
- ISBN
- 9780804847506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.73
€ 11.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- DRA Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955781339
- ISBN
- 9780955781339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Paperback. An argument that the fantasy of an inscrutable East has functioned as a kernel of otherness that has shaped Hollywood cinema at its core. Num Pages: 216 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314. Orientalism, Cinema, and the Enigmatic Signifier. 216 pages, 30 illustrations. An examination of how the fantasy of an inscrutable East has functioned in Hollywood cinema. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FP; APFN. Dimension: 147 x 230 x 14. Weight: 310.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347590
- ISBN
- 9780822347590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. An introduction to the subject of Arab journalism, drawing on Arabic as well as English language sources. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFD; JFSR2; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748634118
- ISBN
- 9780748634118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.31
€ 38.99
€ 35.31
Paperback. First published in 1988, this book offers an impassioned account of what the author observed on the West Bank in early 1987: not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the Israelis, but also the moral cost of occupation for both occupier and occupied. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099583691
- ISBN
- 9780099583691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardback. In the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iranian society and culture underwent massive changes. The author presents a comparative analysis of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema as an offshoot of Iranian modernity, and explains its connections with the themes present in traditional Persian poetry and conventional visual arts. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APFA; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848857414
- ISBN
- 9781848857414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.64€ 125.57
€ 142.64
€ 125.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300228304
- ISBN
- 9780300228304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.59
€ 30.99
€ 22.59
Paperback. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w, 2 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286238
- ISBN
- 9780520286238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this book explores the "nonobject" - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA; ACBP; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226415314
- ISBN
- 9780226415314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. Determined to understand the day-to-day complexities of being a Palestian-Arab in modern-day Israel, the author discovers the hidden stories of the ordinary people who must live out their lives in the shadow of a brutal conflict, and asks the vital question - how does humanity endure under such great oppression? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552774475
- ISBN
- 9780552774475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardback. In Japan, as elsewhere, cities became the staging ground for wide ranging social, cultural, economic, and political transformations. This title looks at the emergence of urbanism in the interwar period, a global moment when the material and ideological structures that constitute "the city" took their characteristic modern shape. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 326 pages, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275201
- ISBN
- 9780520275201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.39€ 64.66
€ 84.39
€ 64.66
Paperback. Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). This book explains how those who first purchased these prints would have read them. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 630. Ukiyo-E in Edo, 1700-1900. 144 pages, 100 colour illustrations. Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). This book explains how those who first purchased these prints would have read them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFH. Dimension: 229 x 228 x 17. Weight: 620.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714124537
- ISBN
- 9780714124537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062339416
- ISBN
- 9780062339416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.90
€ 17.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-American arena. Interned by the Japanese in Java, he helped his fellow prisoners in awful conditions. His life was literally saved by the dropping of the Nagasaki atom bomb. This title presents his account. Num Pages: 260 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904943402
- ISBN
- 9781904943402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86