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Hardback. Will new technologies, especially the Internet, bring freedom and democracy to authoritarian China? This book argues that the internet has brought new dynamics of sociopolitical change in China, not always supportive of democracy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHX; JPWJ; UBJ; UDB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757379
ISBN
9780804757379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Paperback. Enka, a sentimental ballad genre, epitomizes for many the nihonjin no kokoro (heart/soul of Japanese), and to older members of the Japanese public this music evokes a direct connection to the traditional roots of "Japaneseness". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 halftones, 8 musical examples, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGJ; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012769
ISBN
9780674012769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.78

Hardback. The massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides a window through which to study the social side of a nation's tragedy. This book presents the history of a horrific famine that took place and focuses on cultural responses to trauma. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253025
ISBN
9780520253025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTV; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474996
ISBN
9780801474996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

hardcover. Taking you to the classrooms of Japanese preschools, this book explores the everyday, implicit behaviors that form a crucially important - but grossly understudied-aspect of educational practice. It focusses on how teachers embody their lessons: how they use their hands to gesture, comfort, or discipline; and more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 189 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226263076
ISBN
9780226263076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.37
€ 82.90

Paperback. Taking you inside the classrooms of Japanese preschools, this book explores the everyday, implicit behaviors that form a crucially important but grossly understudied-aspect of educational practice. It examines how teachers act, think, and talk. And how they use the tone of their voice to communicate empathy, frustration, or enthusiasm. Num Pages: 224 pages, 189 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226263106
ISBN
9780226263106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723596
ISBN
9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 330+ color photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 219 x 12. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764316791
ISBN
9780764316791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 432 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 63. Weight in Grams: 930. 160 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AFY. Dimension: 278 x 215 x 63. Weight: 928.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764321238
ISBN
9780764321238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.38

Hardcover. Taste of Persia is an adventure of discover - not only of a fascinating region, rich with history and variety, but of a wealth of culinary traditions and innovations as well. Num Pages: 400 pages, 160 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; WBN; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 326 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Publisher
Artisan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781579655488
ISBN
9781579655488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 470 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKN; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
470
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781813099
ISBN
9780781813099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. * The real story of Britain's war in Iraq has never been told - until now .. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BTM; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Abacus Software
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123554
ISBN
9780349123554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Series: Asia@War. Num Pages: 104 pages, 150 photos, 5 maps & 18 profiles. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Helion & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911512349
ISBN
9781911512349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. This title examines the 76-hour battle to take Tarawa by the Americans in 1943. It recounts how a garrison of 3700 Japanese soldiers withstood the onslaught of some 3000 US marines in a pioneering amphibious invasion. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Editor(s): Chandler, David. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 75 b&w and 13 colour illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841761022
ISBN
9781841761022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. Looks at how changes made when medieval Chinese manuscripts were copied influenced a writer's literary reputation Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991344
ISBN
9780295991344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Tracing the complex genealogy of Tantra as a category within the history of religions, this work shows how it has been formed through the interplay of popular and scholarly imaginations. Num Pages: 388 pages, 16 b/w illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HRE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236561
ISBN
9780520236561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. Translator(s): Tweed, Michael. Num Pages: 112 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACXJ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 287 x 17. Weight in Grams: 688. 112 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACXJ; AFC; AGC. Dimension: 212 x 287 x 17. Weight: 688. Translator(s): Tweed, Michael.
Publisher
Siglio Press
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979956270
ISBN
9780979956270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Tantra is an Asian body of beliefs and practices that seeks to channel the divine energy in creative and liberating ways. This book looks at the wide geographical scope of Tantra by examining thirty-six texts from China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Tibet, since the seventh century and representing Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Islamic experiences. Editor(s): White, David Gordon. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 664 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; 1FPCT; 1FPJ; DQ; DSB; GTB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 938.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
664
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057798
ISBN
9780691057798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.97

Paperback. Tantra is a set of beliefs and practices that originates in India and combines eroticism, magic and metaphysics. This book provides an account of a much-misunderstood ancient mystical tradition that has long aroused spiritual and artistic curiosity in the West. Series: Art & Imagination. Num Pages: 128 pages, 186 illustrations, 37 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP; HRE; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500810484
ISBN
9780500810484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Joost van den Bergh Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956682406
ISBN
9780956682406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 102 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJD; HBWN; HRCV; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9789059111066
ISBN
9789059111066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.53

Hardcover. This title serves a source of data for those involved in marine law and insurance, historians of the region and naval warfare specialists. It focuses on the hundreds of merchant vessels which were attacked during the Iran-Iraq war. Series: Library of International Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, tables, indexes. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTM; JPS; JWL; LBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860640322
ISBN
9781860640322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; AGN; DSB; HBJF; HPDF; HRKN5; JFFZ; WNGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181266
ISBN
9780231181266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.35
€ 57.11

hardcover. Through a study of Malaysia, Taming Babel examines how empires and postcolonial nation-states struggle to govern multilingual and polyglot subjects. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
Edition
First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107148536
ISBN
9781107148536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.24

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