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hardcover. A significant contribution to our understanding of the varied experience of women in the Islamic Middle East, Tournaments of Value gives a careful description of a world of female socializing, and the velocity, energy, and elaborateness of this remarkable female social world. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 20th Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487501341
- ISBN
- 9781487501341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
Paperback. In Tourist Distractions Youngmin Choe uses Korean hallyu cinema as a lens to examine the importance of tourist films and film tourism in creating transnational bonds throughout East Asia and how they help Korea negotiate its twentieth-century history with the neoliberal present. Num Pages: 264 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361305
- ISBN
- 9780822361305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. In Tourist Distractions Youngmin Choe uses Korean hallyu cinema as a lens to examine the importance of tourist films and film tourism in creating transnational bonds throughout East Asia and how they help Korea negotiate its twentieth-century history with the neoliberal present. Num Pages: 264 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361114
- ISBN
- 9780822361114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.11
€ 111.11
paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780789012821
- ISBN
- 9780789012821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.11
€ 40.11
Hardback. "Tough Sell: Fighting the Media War in Iraq" takes readers on the behind-the-scenes rollercoaster ride of Tom Basile's time as a civilian adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq during the War or Terror. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JFD; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612349008
- ISBN
- 9781612349008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.27
€ 34.99
€ 31.27
hardcover. As is the case in Western industrialized countries, Japan is seeing a rise in the number of unmarried couples, later marriages, and divorces. What sets Japan apart, however, is that the percentage of children born out of wedlock has hardly changed in the years. This book provides a study of single motherhood in contemporary Japan. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 tables, 4 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761291
- ISBN
- 9780804761291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.63
€ 76.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WSZG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062516886
- ISBN
- 9780062516886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.78
€ 19.99
€ 17.78
Hardcover. Focuses on short-story small scrolls (ko-e), one of the most complex but visually appealing forms of early Japanese painting. This book offers an examination of Tosa Mitsunobu's extensive and underappreciated body of artistic achievements. Num Pages: 320 pages, 180 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AGB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 285 x 261 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989020
- ISBN
- 9780295989020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBA; 3JJP; 3JM; JKVP; JPVH; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 195 x 2. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173481
- ISBN
- 9780691173481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814423465
- ISBN
- 9789814423465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.01
€ 11.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Lippit offers the first book-length study in English of Japanese modernist fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement-Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi-Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125314
- ISBN
- 9780231125314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13, 12 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702488
- ISBN
- 9781501702488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.31
€ 60.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 155 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFFE; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 183 x 261 x 14. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 155
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620817544
- ISBN
- 9781620817544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.81€ 161.00
€ 236.81
€ 161.00
Hardcover. Editor(s): Shek, Daniel T. L.; Siu, Andrew M. H.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JNH; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633218802
- ISBN
- 9781633218802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.21€ 188.06
€ 252.21
€ 188.06
Paperback. More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in China, this title draws on the author's privileged access to official and unofficial sources to uncover the full human cost of the tragedy, and create an unprecedented work of historical reckoning. Editor(s): Friedman, Edward. Translator(s): Mosher, Stacy; Jian, Guo. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241956984
- ISBN
- 9780241956984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03
Hardcover. This is an investigation into what remains of the old city of Tokyo. The author explored the streets on foot using old maps, and found that, despite an almost completely new cityscape, present day inhabitants divide Tokyo's space in much the same way that their ancestors did 200 years earlier. Translator(s): Nishimura, Kimiko. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black-and-white photographs; 70 black-and-white line drawings, maps, and wood. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMVD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071353
- ISBN
- 9780520071353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76€ 49.43
€ 62.76
€ 49.43
Paperback. A page turning insider's account of reporting on crime in Japan. Does for Tokyo what Homicide did for Baltimore. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324. 384 pages. From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight: 300.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849014649
- ISBN
- 9781849014649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Moving from the politics of the public square to the invention of neighborhood community, to oddities found and appropriated in the streets, to the consecration of everyday scenes and artifacts as heritage in museums, this title traces the rediscovery of the past - sometimes in unlikely forms - in a city with few traditional landmarks. Num Pages: 224 pages, baseline scatter. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280373
- ISBN
- 9780520280373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. An insider's view of Japan's underworld of organized crime. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780330679
- ISBN
- 9781780330679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Full-Colour Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Shokai Inc Japan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Paperback with Flaps
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805311370
- ISBN
- 9784805311370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.81
€ 25.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Over 400 colour photographs and 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 191. .
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805313855
- ISBN
- 9784805313855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Hardback. The third book in the Cult Recipes series, following New York and Venice, Tokyo Cult Recipes demystifies Japanese food, making the city's classic recipes easy to try at home. There are over 100 rrecipes for miso, sushi, soba noodles, bentos, sushi, fried rice, Japanese tapas, desserts, cakes and sweets. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 268 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1322.
- Publisher
- Murdoch Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743365953
- ISBN
- 9781743365953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.60
€ 33.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. Tokyo is a vibrant city where the cultures of the East and the West are remixed into perceptibly Japanese forms. The book traces the cultural and literary history of Tokyo from an obscure fishing village to one of the largest metropolises in the world. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955511
- ISBN
- 9781904955511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.77
€ 19.99
€ 19.77
Hardback. Series: U.S. & Pacific Asia S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072045
- ISBN
- 9780231072045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.73
€ 104.11
€ 79.73