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Hardcover. During the revolution in Iran, a small, fanatical group called the Forqan used targeted assassinations of religious leaders to fight the Ayatollah Khomeini's plan to establish a theocratic Islamic state. Ronen A. Cohen examines what really happened behind the fog of revolution. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; JPFR; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502490
- ISBN
- 9781137502490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. This account of the PLO's ideology, strategy, tactics, its relationship to other Arab states, and its confrontations with Israel, documents how the PLO was transformed from revolutionary organization into the administrator of its own territory. Series: A selection of the History Book Club. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674768048
- ISBN
- 9780674768048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.51
€ 44.99
€ 37.51
Hardcover. "8vo. With chapters such as Family Background and Education in Transitional China; Adventures in the Northwest; and Transfer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With an index. 431p. Hardback. Very good, clean and bright text. Front board loose. Worn and dulled d.w. First Printing". Keywords: China
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press, New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- SKU
- KON0774064
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 31.99€ 5.12
€ 31.99
€ 5.12
Hardcover. A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378736
- ISBN
- 9781137378736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.02
€ 112.02
Hardcover. Examines how revolutionary ideologies function, and applies these insights to the Quran and its interpreters in the vanguard of the Iranian revolution. This book delineates the different ways in which the Quran was used to mobilise action in 1979, and in so doing provides a context for understanding Islamist movements. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Tauris Academic Studies
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845110635
- ISBN
- 9781845110635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.95€ 133.93
€ 150.95
€ 133.93
Paperback. Maggie Clinton traces the history and cultural politics of the fascist organizations operating under the umbrella of the Chinese Nationalist Party (GMD) in the 1920s and 1930s, showing how the GMD's rightward shift was based on a nativist discourse that emphasized Confucianism's compatibility with industrial modernism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363774
- ISBN
- 9780822363774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.40
€ 31.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Maggie Clinton traces the history and cultural politics of the fascist organizations operating under the umbrella of the Chinese Nationalist Party (GMD) in the 1920s and 1930s, showing how the GMD's rightward shift was based on a nativist discourse that emphasized Confucianism's compatibility with industrial modernism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363620
- ISBN
- 9780822363620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
paperback. This broad comparative survey focuses on five big case studies, starting with the English Revolutions in the Seventeenth century, and going on to the Mexican, Russian, Vietnamese and Iranian Revolutions. Series: Themes in World History. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1FBN; 1FMV; 1KLCM; HBG; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415224987
- ISBN
- 9780415224987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.70
€ 50.70
Hardcover. Based on a theorization of the building of revolutionary movements, this study assesses communist strategy and tactics using three key cases, China, India and Brazil, drawing out implications for possible future developments in less-developed countries. Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KLSB; 3JJF; 3JJG; GTF; HBTV; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- St Martins Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333717660
- ISBN
- 9780333717660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715997
- ISBN
- 9780804715997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.39
€ 103.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616686833
- ISBN
- 9781616686833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.89€ 41.28
€ 56.89
€ 41.28
Hardback. Approaches Chinese art and literature from a novel perspective with special interest and influence in Chinese theory since the 1990s. This monograph focuses on important literary texts from the 1950s onward, analyses Zhang Yimou's acclaimed early films, and proposes how to understand that much vaunted and maligned of attributes: Chinese creativity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; ACBP; ACX; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Bridge21 Publications, LLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626430402
- ISBN
- 9781626430402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.89€ 84.21
€ 92.89
€ 84.21
Hardcover. Rhetorics of Belonging describes the formation and operation of a category of Palestinian and Israeli "world literature" whose authors actively respond to the expectation that their work will "narrate" the nation, invigorating critical debates about the political and artistic value of national narration as a literary practice. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319433
- ISBN
- 9781846319433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.98
€ 43.99
€ 43.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FKS; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 194 x 13. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781812733
- ISBN
- 9780781812733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Hardback. Drawing on archaeological evidence and a wealth of oral and written history, this book reveals the journey Vietnamese food has traversed through history to become a much-loved cuisine today. Series: Foods and Nations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 110 illustrations, 60 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FMV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780236575
- ISBN
- 9781780236575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.83
€ 35.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Are we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? And why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? This title examines how people use the metaphor of a principal food in conceptualizing themselves in relation to other people. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 halftones 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691021102
- ISBN
- 9780691021102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.13
€ 45.99
€ 33.13
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786496235
- ISBN
- 9780786496235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.59
€ 47.59
Paperback. Details the culinary life of a Vietnamese town Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFCV; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223708
- ISBN
- 9780253223708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.96
€ 29.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. Waves of modernizing forces, such as the commercialization of new technology, have been pressing major change upon rural communities in the Third World. But has modernization created greater poverty and inequality? The authors present the results of 30 years of empirical research. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; KCM; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333726174
- ISBN
- 9780333726174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.18
€ 123.18
Paperback. Featuring 150 mouth-watering photographs, Ricelands explores the origins and defining characteristics of the cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and the Philippines, and considers how the informal nature of South-east Asian eating fits into the rhythms of modern-day living. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893789
- ISBN
- 9781861893789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.68
€ 49.68
Hardcover. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 186 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442227095
- ISBN
- 9781442227095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.36
€ 75.36
Hardback. When the British Labour party announced the withdrawal of British forces from the Persian Gulf in January 1968, the United States faced a potential power vacuum in the area. The incoming Nixon administration, preoccupied with the Soviet Union and China, and the war in Vietnam, had no intention of replacing the British in the Gulf. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBN; JPS; JWXF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192778
- ISBN
- 9781845192778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Hardcover. A guide to the authentic food of Southeast Asia. It helps readers learns how to make Samlor kako, a stir-fried pork and vegetable soup flavoured with an array of spices. It includes the recipe for Pho Bo, a Vietnamese beef noodle soup. It features over 150 recipes from Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Bali. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 200 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846077166
- ISBN
- 9781846077166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.27
€ 34.99
€ 23.27
Hardback. Packed with fresh photographs of the food and locations, this book offers a collection of inspiring recipes to evoke the magic of the Eastern Mediterranean at home. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 200 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1235.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849908603
- ISBN
- 9781849908603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.02
€ 35.99
€ 24.02