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Paperback. Hindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled, this text recounts and compares a vast range of these tales from ancient Greece and India. The comparisons show that differences in gender are more significant than differences in culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDAG; HRG; JFC; JFHF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226156415
ISBN
9780226156415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. China's plans to expand exponentially its exploitation of Tibet's natural resources will have terrifying consequences for land and people. This book is an entirely unique, authoritative guide through the torrent of online posts, official propaganda and exile speculation. Series: Asian Arguments. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; JP; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780324357
ISBN
9781780324357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPR; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451003
ISBN
9780801451003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.39

Paperback. Contains the story of the Afghan Campaign, told in the words of the servicemen and women who have been fighting there. This book provides a chronological narrative of various events in Helmand during the British Army's time there. It presents a 360-degree picture of guerrilla warfare. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552160803
ISBN
9780552160803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

paperback. This book explores the casting of China s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824828
ISBN
9780774824828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Explores the rise of female athletes in China in the early twentieth century. It shows how female athletes coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame, arguing that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSJ1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824811
ISBN
9780774824811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.04

Hardback. Editor(s): Wu, Jiang; Chia, Lucille. Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171601
ISBN
9780231171601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 64.07

Hardcover. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, 12 b/w images from oroiginal docs, 6 b/w tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBWS2; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910777947
ISBN
9781910777947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.00

Paperback. Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099448471
ISBN
9780099448471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. The most feared man in China, Dai Li, was chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret service during WWII. This work traces Dai's rise from obscurity as a rural hooligan and Green Gang blood-brother to commander of the paramilitary units of the Blue Shirts and of the Military Statistics Bureau: the world's largest spy and counterespionage organization. Num Pages: 672 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234079
ISBN
9780520234079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.99

Paperback. Series: Eye Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; WTL. Dimension: 201 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Eye Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903070918
ISBN
9781903070918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590335734
ISBN
9781590335734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.80
€ 63.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 294 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New Dawn Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845575304
ISBN
9781845575304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.83

Paperback. Concise history of the Sri Lankan people. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044462
ISBN
9781849044462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, Frontispiece, 17 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226789521
ISBN
9780226789521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 90 colour photographs plus 1 map artwork. BIC Classification: 1FMN; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Publisher
Pavilion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910496718
ISBN
9781910496718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606923665
ISBN
9781606923665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.54
€ 70.08

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Booth-Clibborn Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
illustrated ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873968277
ISBN
9781873968277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; AN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166386
ISBN
9780231166386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.97

Hardback. A study of the television dramas about government corruption that became hugely popular in the mid-1990s and their reflection of China's post-Socialist anxieties. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFDT; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826310
ISBN
9780774826310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94

Hardback. Focusing on the politics of Asia and Africa, this book analyses how power presents itself in dramatic performance in these two increasingly economically and politically important continents. Series: International Library of Political Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845113674
ISBN
9781845113674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.79
€ 137.06

Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328674
ISBN
9780822328674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Since the mid-1970s, Lebanon has been at the center of the worldwide rise in sectarian extremism. Its cultural output has both mediated and resisted this rise. This book reviews the role of culture in supporting sectarianism, yet argues for the emergence of a distinctive aesthetic of resistance to it. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 color, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823234837
ISBN
9780823234837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Since the mid-1970s, Lebanon has been at the center of the worldwide rise in sectarian extremism. Its cultural output has both mediated and resisted this rise. This book reviews the role of culture in supporting sectarianism, yet argues for the emergence of a distinctive aesthetic of resistance to it. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 color, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823234820
ISBN
9780823234820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.15

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