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paperback. Weapons of Mass Persuasion chronicles the making of a Hollywood war: fast-paced and heroic, pitting the forces of good against the forces of evil to achieve a triumphant, sanitized, and commodified outcome. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780802086518
ISBN
9780802086518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764341168
ISBN
9780764341168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.19
€ 102.32

Paperback. In this extended elegey for her mother, each poem written in couplets and contained within the space of sixteen lines, Mimi Khalvati takes the weather, the seasons and the passage of night and day as the ground on which she draws her emblems of human life and love. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772589
ISBN
9781847772589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. In this narrative history from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurion and the Mufti, Mr. Idinopulos describes the extraordinary transformation of modern Palestine. "Elegant, readable..refreshingly unmarred by the partisanship that has so marked much writing about the subject."-New York Times Book Review. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566632690
ISBN
9781566632690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.47

Hardback. The Asian tsunami in December 2004 was reported on exhaustively all around the world. But this is the first full-length examination of the disaster. Providing an in-depth ethnography of the tsunami and its effects on a fishing village on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, the author shows how disaster survivors have dealt with the tsunami.. Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology & Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFC; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451996
ISBN
9780857451996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.68

Paperback.
Publisher
Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. United States
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977834495
ISBN
9780977834495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Estevez-Abe explores the egalitarian capitalism of postwar Japan and the political mechanisms that sustained it. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521856935
ISBN
9780521856935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.77

Hardback. Editor(s): Holliday, Ian; Wilding, Professor Paul. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKS; KCC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403900319
ISBN
9781403900319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardcover. This edited volume provides new empirical evidence of far-reaching changes to welfare states globally, which have changed the boundaries of the 'public' and 'private' domain within the mixed economies of welfare. Various modes of policy intervention are investigated, providing a nuanced account of reforms in the past decade. Editor(s): Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230205789
ISBN
9780230205789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.77

Hardback. Everyone has taken and given offence; anyone who claims they haven't is either lying or uniquely tolerant. Yet in recent years, offence has become more than an expression of annoyance - it's now a form of political currency. This book explores how the politics of offence is poisoning public debate. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BM; HBWS2; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921844942
ISBN
9781921844942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.67

Hardcover. Wellington Koo (1887-1985) achieved notoriety at the Paris Peace Conference where he sternly resisted Japanese attempts to hold onto seized German colonial territory in mainland China. Koo was China's first representative to the League of Nations, and ended up as acting president of Republican China during the unrest of the period 1926-7. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 tables, 2 maps, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791699
ISBN
9781905791699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. This book follows Thomas Jones, the first Welsh missionary from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, now one of the most Christianised parts of India. It foregrounds broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099977
ISBN
9780719099977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.51

Hardback. This book follows Thomas Jones, the first Welsh missionary from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, now one of the most Christianised parts of India. It foregrounds broader political, scientific, racial and military ideologies that mobilised the Khasi Hills into an interconnected network of imperial control. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 maps, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080357
ISBN
9780719080357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; HBJF; JPA; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649504
ISBN
9780691649504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.54

Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight sunning and minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Law Book Co of Australasia
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KSS0009699
ISBN
9780710001726
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Vahman, F.; Asatrian, G.S. (both of Department of Oriental Philology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2B; CFFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772891514
ISBN
9788772891514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 148 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 37 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319267357
ISBN
9783319267357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.37

Hardback. These papers examine the interests which shape the attitudes of the European Community and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations concerning mutual relations, dialogue with trade partners and joint approaches to issues within the United Nations and other international fora. Editor(s): Schiavone, Giuseppe. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1FM; JPSN2; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333467039
ISBN
9780333467039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.19

Hardback. Editor(s): Shah, Dr. Prakash; Jalki, Dunkin; Pathan, Sufiya; Farek, Martin. Num Pages: 250 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319387604
ISBN
9783319387604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.05

Hardcover. This book studies the reception history of Western literature in China from the 1840s to the present. Qi explores the socio-historical contexts and the contours of how Western literature was introduced, mostly through translation and assesses its transformative impact in the cultural, literary as well as sociopolitical life of modern China. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120877
ISBN
9780230120877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

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