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Paperback. This book is a critical analysis of India, Indology and related issues from a historical point of view with a clear and bold indication towards the current problems and issues. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRA; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761826521
ISBN
9780761826521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.44

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most extraordinary martial artist of all time Bruce Lee. Num Pages: 200 pages, 176 colour and black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; APB; APFB; BGF; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 281 x 17. Weight in Grams: 932.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804847810
ISBN
9780804847810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993) is widely regarded as Thailand's most influential Buddhist philosopher. His thought had a profound impact in Thailand in the second half of the 20th century. This book examines Buddhadasa's life work and thought, in the context of the political, economic, and intellectual changes that transformed Thailand. Num Pages: 392 pages, glossary, notes, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551914
ISBN
9789747551914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.41

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611822
ISBN
9780691611822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.98
€ 58.41

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HRAM2; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639796
ISBN
9780691639796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.98

paperback. This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka--given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy--are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226789507
ISBN
9780226789507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1959
Publisher
Stanford University Press London
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804705486
ISBN
9780804705486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. First published in French in 1956, this classic work integrates the study of Buddhist doctrine with that of Chinese society from the fifth to the tenth centuries. Translator(s): Verellen, Franciscus. Num Pages: 441 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3F; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; HRE; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
441
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114110
ISBN
9780231114110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Num Pages: 235 pages, 37 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 49. Religious Revival and Cultural Identity. 235 pages, 37 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211315
ISBN
9780520211315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardcover. Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, and Japan. Editor(s): Kawanami, Hiroko; Samuel, Geoffrey. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; 1FP; HRE; JFSR; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137380227
ISBN
9781137380227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.57

Hardback. In the late 1800s, Japanese leaders invited Unitarian missionaries to Japan to further modernization. Mohr looks at the debates sparked by the encounter between Unitarianism and Buddhism and considers how the idea of "universal truth" was used by both missionaries and by Japanese intellectuals and religious leaders to promote their own agendas. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HRAF; HRCC9; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066946
ISBN
9780674066946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16 color illus. 111 halftones. 8 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRE; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168548
ISBN
9780691168548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, this book examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, and the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities". Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JF; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070445
ISBN
9780691070445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.66
€ 77.19

Paperback. "Commissioning organisation: Paul F. Schmidt. 64 p. ill. 25 cm. Hardback. Very good, clean and tight copy. 1st ed." Keywords: "Subjects - Travel & Holiday - Countries & Regions - Asia - China - General,Travel - Travel Guides & Books - Countries & Regions - Asia - China - General"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hummingbird Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st
SKU
KEX0069408
ISBN
9780912998060
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. Taking the lives of three key Sangha activists as the modern framework of a Sinhala Buddhist worldview, this book examines the limitations of Western theories of peacebuilding and such solutions as federalism and multinationalism. Series: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 1569.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781790786
ISBN
9781781790786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.13

Paperback. This volume is the first to examine a vibrant sub-school of painting from the rural heartland of the North-Eastern Region, also known as Isan. Series: Mekong Press. Num Pages: 96 pages, color illus., 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; ACBP; AFC; AGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 256 x 255 x 7. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9786169005315
ISBN
9786169005315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150941
ISBN
9780231150941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.22
€ 79.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150958
ISBN
9780231150958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Series: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wisdom Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861715664
ISBN
9780861715664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415571791
ISBN
9780415571791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.05

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