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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

Paperback. .
Publisher
DRA Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955781339
ISBN
9780955781339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hardcover. Under the Ancestors' Eyes elucidates the role of Neo-Confucianism as an ideological and political device by which the elite in Korea regained and maintained dominance during the Choson period. Using historical and social anthropological methodology, Martina Deuchler highlights Korea's distinctive elevation of the social over the political. Num Pages: 629 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HPDF; HRAM2; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
629
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504301
ISBN
9780674504301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.58
€ 71.46

Paperback. A rich and sensitive novel about loss and alienation, about life lived in exile, and about the search for home, shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Translator(s): Peate, John. Series: Hoopoe Fiction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; 1KBBEY; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 23. .
Publisher
Hoopoe Fiction
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168192
ISBN
9789774168192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Leftist observers of China's political economy, whether they are adulatory or dismissive, have fundamentally misunderstood the role of the market Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFF; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780997575
ISBN
9781780997575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 450 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBWS2; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 313 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1828.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311833
ISBN
9780764311833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 45.69

Paperback. Enslavement, trafficking, sexual starvation. Abuse of workers in the Gulf Arab Region. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785351006
ISBN
9781785351006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. A follow-up to Losing Small Wars, this book analyses the cost - both financial and human - of Britain's involvement in the Afghanistan war. It pieces together the enormous burden the Afghan intervention has placed on the shoulders of British soldiers and their families, UK taxpayers and - by far the greatest sufferers - Afghan civilians. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS5; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205268
ISBN
9780300205268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.64

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