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Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674821521
- ISBN
- 9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the environment - in this case: minerals, gems, metals but also geological formations such as mountains and the earth itself. Editor(s): Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791295
- ISBN
- 9781781791295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.18
€ 43.18
Hardback. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the environment - in this case: minerals, gems, metals but also geological formations such as mountains and the earth itself. Editor(s): Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 73.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791288
- ISBN
- 9781781791288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.27
€ 44.27
mass_market. Offers a firsthand account of the exploits and accomplishments of the first African American special operations LRRP team in Vietnam, and describes their perilous missions amid the vast Viet Cong tunnel complexes of Cu Chi. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations , ports. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BTM; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Presidio Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780891418177
- ISBN
- 9780891418177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.77
€ 10.99
€ 10.77
Hardcover. Soul of the Samurai contains modern translations of three classic works of Zen and BushidoIn Soul of the Samurai bestselling author and respected translator Thomas Cleary reveals the true essence of the Bushido code or Zen warrior teachings Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804848954
- ISBN
- 9780804848954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.30
€ 10.99
€ 9.30
This new release is a spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal. For more info go to souloftherhino.com Editor(s): Ottaway, Jim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8-page b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FKN; RNKH1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599211466
- ISBN
- 9781599211466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.88
€ 26.99
€ 20.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Hu, Fang; Xiaoyu, Wang. Num Pages: illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMB; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vitamin Creative Space
- Edition
- Pap/Pmplt
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863357726
- ISBN
- 9783863357726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.84
€ 42.99
€ 41.84
Paperback. Tells the story of a family of rich feudal landlords - the proud descendents of a warrior caste - who became powerbrokers in Karachi, Pakistan. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKP; BM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532668
- ISBN
- 9780099532668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.58
€ 16.99
€ 12.58
Hardback. This exploration of the life and times of a poet in late medieval Japan is a companion volume to the author's translation of "The Journal of Socho", the travel diary and poetic memoir of Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532), the preeminent linked-verse (renga) poet of his generation. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732840
- ISBN
- 9780804732840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.31
€ 96.31
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641321
- ISBN
- 9780748641321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99
Paperback. This book provides an introduction not only to the works of Sun'Allah Ibrahim, but also, more generally, to the modern literature of Egypt (and elsewhere in the Arab world) over a 40-year period, in its social, historical and political setting. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; DQ; DSB; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426442
- ISBN
- 9781474426442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 257. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Nippan IPS
- Edition
- Adr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784865050653
- ISBN
- 9784865050653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.10
€ 47.99
€ 39.10
Hardback. One linchpin of China's expansion has been township and village enterprises (TVEs), a vast group of firms with diverse modes of ownership and structure. This book explores the emergence and success of rural enterprises. It also examines how ordinary rural residents have made sense of and participated in the industrialization engulfing them. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KN; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027831
- ISBN
- 9780674027831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Hardcover. Includes bibliography. 508 p. 23 cm. Original boards. A good copy. Some worn at the edges. Library marked internally. Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Ranjit Printers & Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- SKU
- KEX0121156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 85.77€ 4.99
€ 85.77
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AMN; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119000587
- ISBN
- 9781119000587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.62
€ 64.62
Paperback. An ethnography of contemporary Java. It analyzes how language operates to organize and to order an Indonesian people. It exposes the ways a culture reconstitutes itself. It leads to insights into the 'accidents' that precede the formulations of culture as such. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FMN; CFB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000855
- ISBN
- 9780691000855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.63
€ 65.36
€ 50.63
Hardcover. On the declining female-child sex ratio and commercial surrogacy practices. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tulika Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381518
- ISBN
- 9789382381518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Num Pages: 208 pages, over 500 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 288 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1364. The Chinese Army at War 1931-1949. illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBWQ. Dimension: 227 x 288 x 23. Weight: 1364.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339561
- ISBN
- 9780764339561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.44€ 46.30
€ 56.44
€ 46.30
Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive oral history of the Iraq War. It presents the raw and vivid testimonies and recollections from combat veterans, family members, conscientious objectors, Bush administration officials, Iraqi leaders, and many others, forming a gripping and moving portrait of the war. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTD; HBWS5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601550
- ISBN
- 9780230601550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 59.86
€ 95.06
€ 59.86
Hardback. Often, violent behavior or harassment from a soldier is dismissed by the military as unacceptable acts by individuals termed, "rotten apples." In this study, the author argues that this dismissal is unsatisfactory and that there is an urgent need to look at the (mis)behavior of soldiers from a structural point of view. Num Pages: 172 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTJ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459565
- ISBN
- 9780857459565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.54
€ 154.54
Paperback. Drawing extensively on the men's diaries, journals and letters, this text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848547162
- ISBN
- 9781848547162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Series: Association of the United States Army Foreign Military Studies. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBWS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813150802
- ISBN
- 9780813150802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.63
€ 50.63
Paperback. The ill-fated Brave Two Zero mission of the Gulf War has become one of the most notorious episodes in military history. Several accounts of the story have already appeared in books, films and articles, but in this book the author now seeks to set the record straight and honour the memory of his three comrades who were killed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BG; BTM; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840189070
- ISBN
- 9781840189070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. A brave account of a soldier who refused to return to Afghanistan Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BM; HBWS4; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781680926
- ISBN
- 9781781680926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.75
€ 20.99
€ 17.75