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Hardcover. Muhammad b. Hatim's chronicle is the fullest historical source on Yemen for the period it covers, from the conquest of Yemen by Saladin's brother Turanshah to when the Rasulids, who had come to the country as followers of the Ayyubids, had replaced their old masters as its rulers. Editor(s): Smith, G.R. Series: New. Num Pages: 786 pages, and 188pp. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3H; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 174 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094297
- ISBN
- 9780906094297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.74€ 145.91
€ 147.74
€ 145.91
Paperback. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he returned to southern India after a treacherous 1,700-mile journey by rail, boat, bullock cart, and foot. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012500
- ISBN
- 9780253012500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.97
€ 25.99
€ 25.97
Hardcover. This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; MBP; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284555
- ISBN
- 9780230284555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardback. Although segments of the Ayl to Ras an-Naqab territory have been investigated for the past one hundred years, this is the first comprehensive and systematic survey of the area. Two volumes, with DVD. Series: ASOR Archaeological Reports. Num Pages: 552 pages, 74 figures, 24 tables & 100+ lithic drawings. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 216 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Schools of Oriental Research United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897570855
- ISBN
- 9780897570855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Hardcover. By mid-1944 the Axis missile guidance systems were systematically interfered by the Allies superior technology. As an emergency measure, Germany was forced to use the Soviet tactics of fighter-taran against the American bombers, while Japan used the terminal dive bomber ritual against the invasion fleets and designed new airplanes to that purpose. Num Pages: 288 pages, 128 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555651
- ISBN
- 9781781555651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.52
€ 40.99
€ 27.52
hardcover. Two of the most prominent trends in world affairs over the past decade-the projection of American power abroad and high energy prices-have made for some strange bedfellows. Flush with oil revenues, autocratic governments in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia have tried to counter U.S. influence not only in Latin America but around the world. Num Pages: 234 pages, figures; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 1KLSV; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612340159
- ISBN
- 9781612340159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; KCL; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AEI Press United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780844772356
- ISBN
- 9780844772356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.91€ 59.42
€ 69.91
€ 59.42
Hardback. With unprecedented access to a closed culture, Lacroix offers an account of Islamism in Saudi Arabia. Tracing the last half-century of the Sahwa, or "Islamic Awakening," he explains the brand of Islam that gave birth to Osama bin Laden--one that has been exported, and dangerously misunderstood, around the world. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049642
- ISBN
- 9780674049642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.68
€ 47.99
€ 39.68
Paperback. This work analyzes the link between the awakening of China as a historical narrative and the awakening of the Chinese people as a political technique for building a sovereign and independent state. In sum, it asks what we mean when we say that China woke up in the last century. Num Pages: 480 pages, 12 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 27. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733373
- ISBN
- 9780804733373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.00
€ 37.99
€ 36.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGX; HRGC; HRLK; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 262 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Self-Realization Fellowship
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876126233
- ISBN
- 9780876126233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.91€ 56.75
€ 57.91
€ 56.75
Hardback. The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; MBX; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594774324
- ISBN
- 9781594774324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.72
€ 35.99
€ 25.72
Hardback. 'Autumn of the Matriarch' is the first book to focus on Indira Gandhi's last years in power, offering a revealing political history that sheds light on the successes and failures of her last four years in office and highlighting the legacy of Gandhi's leadership in today's India. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPN; BGH; HBJF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044301
- ISBN
- 9781849044301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.34
€ 33.99
€ 30.34
Paperback. Stephen R. Platt's Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom tells the dramatic and disastrous story of the Taiping Rebellion: the bloodiest civil war in history. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w plates plus 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857897688
- ISBN
- 9780857897688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.33
€ 24.99
€ 18.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403984463
- ISBN
- 9781403984463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardback. The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years onconcepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables, 20 figs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; GTF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819031
- ISBN
- 9781571819031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.52
€ 163.52
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBN; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; HBWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636818
- ISBN
- 9780691636818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.77
€ 124.77
Hardback. In this text, the authors argue that Chairman Mao can best be compared to a specific imperial predecessor, Ming Taizu, the 14th century peasant rebel who founded the Ming dynasty. They examine imperial predecessors and the elements linking Mao and Taizu. Editor(s): Andrew, Anita M.; Rapp, John A. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695799
- ISBN
- 9780847695799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.69
€ 166.69
Hardback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403985958
- ISBN
- 9781403985958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Paperback. Chronicles a harsh world in which young women faced the realities of sex for sale and were deprived of their freedom and identity. This work also tells of the author's life after leaving the geisha house, painting a panorama of the grinding poverty of rural life in wartime Japan. Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KOC0012729
- ISBN
- 9780099462040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This is the first investigation of the roles of autobiography in teacher education to be informed by concepts and examples from China, Europe, and North and South America. Unique and timely, this volume addresses multiple movements of teacher education reform worldwide. Editor(s): Pinar, William F.; Zhang, Hua. Series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNA; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382399
- ISBN
- 9781137382399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.58€ 82.44
€ 98.58
€ 82.44
Hardcover. Focuses on the changes undergone by Mapai, Israel's first ruling party, during Israel's first years of Independence, and then analyses the effects of these changes in relation to Israeli political culture. Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235278
- ISBN
- 9781936235278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.26
€ 146.26
Hardcover. Through a unique collection of essays drawn from rich case studies, Authoritarianism in the Middle East provides important insights into the ongoing instabilities of the Middle East, and the authoritarianism and democratisation processes that have led to dramatic socio-political transformations. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPFQ; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137445544
- ISBN
- 9781137445544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardback. A study of Malaysian socio-economic and political issues within a chronological historical framework, spanning the period from 1940 to 1995. The state is examined from the perspective of social class as well as communism, so as to explain the dominance of the ruling coalition since independence. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333644911
- ISBN
- 9780333644911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.99
€ 118.99
Hardback. Series: Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137511669
- ISBN
- 9781137511669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54