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Paperback. The gripping true story of the hunt for a man-eating tiger across the forbidding landscape of Russia's Far East.. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 x 8pp colour + maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 3JJPR; BT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340962589
ISBN
9780340962589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Wu Song gets drunk at the tavern, ascends the pass in late evening and kills a notorious man-eating tiger with his bare hands. His subsequent encounter with his midget brother's flirtatious wife, Jinlian or Golden Lotus, and her vain attempt to seduce him lead into a tale of adultery, callous murder and bloody vengeance. Translator(s): Dent-Young, John; Dent-Young, Alex. Series: Marshes of Mount Liang. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622017511
ISBN
9789622017511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.41

paperback. Presents the prototype of the etymological thesaurus that has been the goal of the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus project (STEDT) since 1987. This book provides nearly 170 Proto-Tibeto-Burman etymologies in the semantic area of the reproductive system, along with discussions of possible Chinese cognates. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; CF; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098718
ISBN
9780520098718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.76

Hardback. This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. * A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture and history. * Responds to current interest in Tibet due to continuing publicity about Chinese rule and growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631225744
ISBN
9780631225744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Tuttle, Gray; Schaeffer, Kurtis R. Num Pages: 752 pages, 3 maps, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144698
ISBN
9780231144698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Paperback. This text speaks of the quintessence of the Supreme Path, or Mahayana, and reveals the yogic method of attaining Enlightenment. Such attainment can happen, as shown here, by means of knowing the One Mind, the cosmic All-Consciousness, without the postures and other techniques of the lower yogas. Editor(s): Evans-Wentz, W. Y.; Jung, C. G. Num Pages: 358 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLC; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195133158
ISBN
9780195133158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.21

Paperback. * A book that will change the course of modern history, and specifically our attitudes to China. * Three of the top four China scholars in America have said this is the most important book on China published in decades. Editor(s): Nathan, Andrew J.; Link, Perry; Zhang, Liang. Num Pages: 736 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; JPH; JPVR; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Abacus Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114699
ISBN
9780349114699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Leading historian G.W. Bowersock provides a narrative account of a fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history - the holy war between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs in the sixth century AD. Series: Emblems of Antiquity. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; HBJF1; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199739325
ISBN
9780199739325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.15

Hardback. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a fresh perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 2 charts, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520249516
ISBN
9780520249516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.40

Paperback. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 2 charts, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534. Might, Money, and Minds. 384 pages, illustrations. Investigates the military, economic, and intellectual dimensions of China's influence. This book provides a different perspective from which to assess China - how its strengths are changing, where vulnerabilities and uncertainties lie, and how the rest of the world, not least the United States, should view it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254428
ISBN
9780520254428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855579
ISBN
9781611855579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.75

paperback. Illustrates how the quixotic status of Filipinos played a significant role in transforming race, immigration and nationality in the US Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814791097
ISBN
9780814791097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardcover. "Includes bibliography. 272 p. illus. 23 cm. Original cloth. Fine copy, with brightly gilt titled spine, in crisp dw with very slightly sunned spine."
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1962
SKU
KEX0048294
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The village existed before capitalism and before the state. It has its own culture which owes little to urban influence. It took the Buddhism that came from outside and subordinated it to local beliefs. This book states that the Thai rural economy was a subsistence economy and remained so much longer than is commonly thought. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 205.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551099
ISBN
9789747551099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. There are a great deal of memorials to the Holocaust that occurred during the World War II. This book examines Holocaust monuments and museums in Europe, Israel and America, exploring how every nation remembers the Holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals and experiences. Num Pages: 416 pages, 121 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FBH; 1KBB; GM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300059915
ISBN
9780300059915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.78

Paperback. A detailed study of the Teutonic Knights in the Holy Land, covering both their military and administrative affairs. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBLC; HBWC; HRC; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271818
ISBN
9781783271818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128414
ISBN
9780231128414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. In the Tet Offensive of 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a massive countrywide attack on South Vietnam. This work claims Hanoi won a strategic victory. It begins with a historical overview of the events leading up to the offensive, the attack itself, and the consequent battles of Saigon, Hue, and Khe Sahn. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128407
ISBN
9780231128407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553819144
ISBN
9780553819144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardback. Translator(s): Appleton, Naomi; Shaw, Sarah. Num Pages: 698 pages, 2 vols., 163 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; HBJF; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 253 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
698
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162151125
ISBN
9786162151125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.73

Paperback. Moving, fascinating and full of the sights, smells and tastes of Iran,this is a heart-warming tale of love against the odds. Num Pages: 288 pages, No illustration. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088249
ISBN
9781844088249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 per cent of the villagers are surnamed Kong and believe themselves to be descendants of Confucius and looks at their struggle to preserve their identity under the Chinese Communist regime. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727570
ISBN
9780804727570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

hardcover. This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 per cent of the villagers are surnamed Kong and believe themselves to be descendants of Confucius and looks at their struggle to preserve their identity under the Chinese Communist regime. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3538 x 19. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727563
ISBN
9780804727563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Hardback. Although we may be aware that China and Japan were not nation-states until relatively recently, we still speak and write about Han dynasty China or Jomon Japan. And almost all historians refer to prehistoric China or Japan. Thus imposing the national story on the local, the authors contend, harms the historical record. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812238204
ISBN
9780812238204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.25

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