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Paperback. Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage is a classic of mountaineering literature that has inspired thousands of climbers. In it, Buhl records his 1953 solo first ascent of Nanga Parbat - the ninth-highest mountain in the world, and the third 8,000-metre peak to be climbed, following Annapurna and Everest. It was one of the most incredible climbs ever made. Translator(s): Merrick, Hugh. Num Pages: 448 pages, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 1FKN; BGS; WSZG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Vertebrate Graphics Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- New, 2020
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910240588
- ISBN
- 9781910240588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.50
€ 16.50
Paperback. Explains how as a result of British efforts to eradicate opium, the Chinese turned from the relatively benign use of that drug to heroin, morphine, cocaine, and countless other psychoactive substances Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBT; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044721
- ISBN
- 9781849044721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. The contributors set out to examine the ways in which such conflicts in Palestine and Lebanon have been and are narrated, imagined and remembered in diverse spaces, including that of the media. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1FBP; JPWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780761039
- ISBN
- 9781780761039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.83
€ 32.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. Examines the historical formation of modern Japanese literature through a fundamental reassessment of its most characteristic form, the "I-novel," an autobiographical narrative thought to recount the details of the writer's personal life thinly veiled as fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731621
- ISBN
- 9780804731621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166112
- ISBN
- 9789774166112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.90
€ 34.90
Paperback. The extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth century Num Pages: 400 pages, Maps and integrated illustraions. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1FM; BGH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340696767
- ISBN
- 9780340696767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.76
€ 10.76
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164900
- ISBN
- 9780231164900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. This is the first detailed study in English of the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution, in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748209
- ISBN
- 9780804748209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
paperback. The term 'nation-building' has experienced a remarkable renaissance since the early 1990s. It has been used to describe and to justify the military interventions in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Editor(s): Hippler, Jochen. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1HFDN; 1HFGS; JFFS; JPHV; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745323350
- ISBN
- 9780745323350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.72
€ 40.99
€ 31.72
Paperback. Explores the fashioning and refashioning of modern Chinese subjectivity as it relates to the literal and figurative body of the nation. This book contains essays that reveal the particular temporality of the modern Chinese nation-state. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319696
- ISBN
- 9780822319696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 363 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBAH; HBTD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201019
- ISBN
- 9780520201019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673027
- ISBN
- 9780470673027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.03
€ 31.03
Hardcover. Using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism in Asia analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470673010
- ISBN
- 9780470673010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.65
€ 85.65
Hardcover. A singular account of life in Viet Nam during half a century of war Num Pages: 616 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 42. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356871
- ISBN
- 9780253356871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Paperback. When Naser al-Din Shah, who ruled Iran from 1848 to 1896, claimed the title Shadow of God on Earth, his authority rested on pre-modern conceptions of sacred kingship. Between roughly 1870 and 1940, Iran's traditional monarchy was forged into a modern nation-state. This book explores the changes that made possible this transformation of Iran. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988207
- ISBN
- 9780295988207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBLX; HBWS4; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691170879
- ISBN
- 9780691170879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Hardback. Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. This title explores how government structures and party politics in NATO countries shape how battles are waged in the field. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1QFN; HBWS4; JPSN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159386
- ISBN
- 9780691159386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.97
€ 52.99
€ 37.97
Paperback. This book is the first comprehensive and critical assessment of NATO's war in Afghanistan and its implications for the future of the Atlantic Alliance. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782388
- ISBN
- 9780804782388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HDD; TGXT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 175 x 12. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892818
- ISBN
- 9788772892818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.01
€ 51.99
€ 37.01
Paperback. This volume traces the emergence and development of social rank in our present day world. It looks at ideas of hierarchy in the light of the historical, anthropological and sociological evidence to generate understanding of present-day struggles in race and ethnic relations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1KBB; 1KJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSC; JFSL1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209492
- ISBN
- 9780631209492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Paperback. Offers a look at how nature has been culturally constructed in South and Southeast Asia. This book looks at how social and natural landscapes are created, maintained, and transformed by scientists, government administrators, monks, and farmers. It also analyzes campaigns to eradicate smallpox and save forests, waterways, and animal habitats. Editor(s): Greenough, Paul R.; Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt. Num Pages: 440 pages, 3 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822331490
- ISBN
- 9780822331490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. Reveals, from a non-Eurocentric perspective, how Indian states developed and implemented maritime strategies which posed a serious threat to British naval power in the region. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 222 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839484
- ISBN
- 9781843839484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Challinger, Nicki. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 287 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838207674
- ISBN
- 9783838207674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.10
€ 19.99
€ 16.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947075
- ISBN
- 9781933947075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.09
€ 48.09