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Hardcover. 8vo Good/Fine in original dustwrapper. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.Publishers archive copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Victor Gollancz for Readers Union
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0311126
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Paperback. This work takes the reader behind the headlines of the confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians, examining its human dimension and setting it in a balanced historical context. Daniel Gavron talks to Israelis and Palestinians of all backgrounds and shades of opinion. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTB; JFSL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517523
ISBN
9780742517523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

Paperback. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773669
ISBN
9780804773669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Hardback. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759922
ISBN
9780804759922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.83

Hardback. Gathering all of Claude Levi-Strauss's writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one's own culture, one must see it from another's point of view. For Levi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France's most public figures at his most personal. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072923
ISBN
9780674072923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769622
ISBN
9780226769622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 44.89

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813577982
ISBN
9780813577982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.55

Hardback. Series: War Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813577999
ISBN
9780813577999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.11

Paperback. A short introduction to the origins of the Vietnam War. The book sets the context to the conflict from the end of the Indochina War in 1954 to the eruption of full scale war in 1965. It places events in their full international background. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Pearson
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582319189
ISBN
9780582319189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.92

Hardback. The author reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature, makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists; and rmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui's early history. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804723244
ISBN
9780804723244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.52

hardcover. Presents a narrative on the origins of the Lebanese national idea. This title reconsiders conventional accounts that locate the origins of Lebanese nationalism in a distant legendary past and then trace its evolution in a linear and gradual manner. It is suitable for those interested in the evolution of nationalism in the Middle East and beyond. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520273412
ISBN
9780520273412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.99
€ 60.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520064591
ISBN
9780520064591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. This history gives a balanced and judicious introduction to the immensely complex and controversial subject of Arab-Israel conflice, weaving different strands of the story into a single coherent narrative, thus making it essential reading for all students studying conflict in the Middle East. Series: Origins of Modern War. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HB; JW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pearson
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582823204
ISBN
9780582823204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.61

Paperback. This book provides the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Palestinian art to date while exploring in, the depth, the relationship between art and nationalism in the context of conflict. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, 97 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319532
ISBN
9781846319532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.27

Hardcover. This book provides the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Palestinian art to date while exploring in depth the relationship between art and nationalism in the context of conflict. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, 97 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319525
ISBN
9781846319525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Streeck, Wolfgang; Yamamura, Kozo. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489839
ISBN
9780801489839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Streeck, Wolfgang; Yamamura, Kozo. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 line drawings, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801439179
ISBN
9780801439179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.66

Paperback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804743792
ISBN
9780804743792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.17

Hardback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804728942
ISBN
9780804728942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536961
ISBN
9781784536961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Contributors, including C. Ernest Dawn, Mahmoud Haddad, Reeva Simon, and Beth Baron, provide a broad survey of the Arab world at the turn of the century, permitting a comparison of developments in a variety of settings from Syria and Egypt to the Hijaz, Libya, and Iraq. Editor(s): Khalidi, Rashid; Anderson, Lisa; Muslih, Muhammad Y.; Simon, Reeva S. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074353
ISBN
9780231074353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.49

Paperback. Offers an analytical account of the origins of the Arab-Zionist conflict and its development from early in the twentieth century until 1948, focusing on the period when Britain ruled Palestine under mandate from the League of Nations. Num Pages: 200 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 40.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520065987
ISBN
9780520065987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. This translation presents the Analects in a revolutionary new format that, for the first time in any language, distinguishes the original words of the Master from the later sayings of his disciples and their followers, enabling readers to experience China's most influential philosophical work in its true historical, social, and political context. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 342 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPD; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104319
ISBN
9780231104319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.57

Paperback. Six rollercoaster weeks that brought down America's top general by the ROLLING STONE journalist who broke the story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753829387
ISBN
9780753829387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

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