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Paperback. In January 2006, Hamas, an organisation classified by Western governments as terrorist, was democratically elected to govern the Palestinian territories. This book explores what Hamas' political practice says about its attitude towards democracy, religion and violence. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HRAM2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040297
- ISBN
- 9781849040297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.44
€ 46.99
€ 41.44
Paperback. Based on author's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, this title shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159676
- ISBN
- 9780691159676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.95
€ 36.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. Tim Mackintosh-Smith continues in the footsteps of Moroccan traveller Ibn Battutah, revealing the rich tales of an India far off the beaten path of Taj and Raj Illustrator(s): Yeoman, Martin. Num Pages: 352 pages, line drawings and maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719565878
- ISBN
- 9780719565878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Hardcover. The first book in any language devoted entirely to Japanese sculpture of the Hakuho period (c. 650-710 CE) Series: Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Series. Num Pages: 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; ACBP; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991306
- ISBN
- 9780295991306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.78
€ 58.78
Paperback. Founded by South Asian immigrants in California, Ghadar - the Indian anticolonial movement that attempted overthrow of the British Empire - quickly became a global presence in East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and East Africa. This title tells the dramatic story of Ghadar. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBG; JPFN; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269552
- ISBN
- 9780520269552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.86
€ 40.99
€ 28.86
Hardcover. The Hairy Bikers celebrate the nation's favourite dish - the curry. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FK; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 190 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1426.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780297867333
- ISBN
- 9780297867333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.50
€ 33.99
€ 22.50
Hardcover. In this BBC TV tie-in book, bestselling, big-hearted and down-to-earth chefs, The Hairy Bikers, tour Asia to find the best authentic recipes. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1286.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780297867357
- ISBN
- 9780297867357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.42
€ 12.42
Hardcover. Composed of 17 syllables, haiku can convey the essence of an emotion, a fleeting moment in nature, or a throwaway comment. This is a selection of 60 classic haiku by masters such as Basho and features an explanatory introduction to the form and brief biographical notes of major authors. Editor(s): Cobb, David. Series: Gift Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, 38 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DC; DSC; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714124018
- ISBN
- 9780714124018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Lewisohn, Leonard. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HRHX; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532123
- ISBN
- 9781784532123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.15
€ 33.99
€ 28.15
Hardcover. Examines the enduring influence of the Hadrami diaspora, who have historically migrated to the Indian Ocean, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 black and white integrated illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; HBJF1; JFFN; JFSR2; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538682
- ISBN
- 9781784538682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.71€ 125.03
€ 140.71
€ 125.03
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, telling the story of how American Jewish women played a leading role in achieving Zionist goals and shaping the state of Israel. This book also traces Hadassah's involvement in the child rescue movement, which saved thousands of children from Nazi-occupied Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBT; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549388
- ISBN
- 9780742549388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.36
€ 59.36
Paperback. In 'Habitations of modernity' Dipesh Chakrabarty explores the complexities of modernism in India and seeks principles of humaneness grounded in everyday life that may elude grand political theories. These issues are pursued in a series of closely linked cultural essays. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100395
- ISBN
- 9780226100395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
Paperback. Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native', Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553816723
- ISBN
- 9780553816723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Gutenberg in Shanghai demonstrates how Western technology and evolving traditional values resulted in the birth of a unique form of print capitalism whose influence on Chinese culture was far-reaching and irreversible. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810418
- ISBN
- 9780774810418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.94
€ 40.99
€ 35.94
Paperback. Examine Gutai, Japan's best-known modern art movement, a circle of postwar artists whose avant-garde paintings, performances, and installations foreshadowed many key developments in American and European experimental art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 colour plates, 69 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226801667
- ISBN
- 9780226801667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.72
€ 51.99
€ 40.72
Paperback. Analyzes writers and gurus, literary texts and religious movements, and the political uses of religion alongside the literary expressions of religious teachers, showing the cosmopolitan interconnections between the Indian subcontinent, the British Empire, and the American New Age. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; 1QDB; CFB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118284
- ISBN
- 9780691118284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. In Gurkha we hear, for the first time in two hundred years of service to the British crown, the authentic voice of a Gurkha soldier. Never before has a serving Gurkha written an account of his own life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; BGHA; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349140100
- ISBN
- 9780349140100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JKV; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747100754
- ISBN
- 9789747100754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.21
€ 26.21
Paperback. An exploration of the history of Christian missionary work in China, and its often ambiguous and uneasy relationship with European imperialism. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRAM9; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227176252
- ISBN
- 9780227176252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.89
€ 51.89
Hardcover. As more countries develop nuclear weapons, the effectiveness of the bomb as a deterrent reduces. The author discusses this proliferation with regard to the options open to the USA naval forces. Using scenarios, the author discusses whether these countries are immune to superpower intervention. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; 1HBL; 1KBB; JPSD; JWMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405. Clean copy lacking dust jacket with minor shelf wear. Stamp to page edges
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Praeger Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0001687
- ISBN
- 9780275933456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. With comprehensive text and detailed illustrations, this guide includes some familiar seabirds as well as some little-known and globally threatened species. Illustrator(s): Larsson, Hans. Series: Helm Identification Guides. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KB; GBC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 181 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1666.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713670875
- ISBN
- 9780713670875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 53.87
€ 58.63
€ 53.87
Gulliver Unbound: America's Imperial Temptation and the War in Iraq
Hoffmann, Stanley, Bozo, Frederic
Hardcover. Reflects the place of the US in a world it has defined by 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the invasion of Iraq. This analysis considers the events and actions that have led America down the path of imperialism. Tracing the significance of September 11 in the course of American history, it explains the consequences for international order. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742536005
- ISBN
- 9780742536005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.59
€ 21.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. Reflects the place of the US in a world it has defined by 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the invasion of Iraq. This analysis considers the events and actions that have led America down the path of imperialism. Tracing the significance of September 11 in the course of American history, it explains the consequences for international order. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JPS; JPWL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742536012
- ISBN
- 9780742536012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.20
€ 28.20
Translator(s): Thackston, W. M. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140586
- ISBN
- 9781588140586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.26€ 88.69
€ 117.26
€ 88.69