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Hardback. Gathering all of Claude Levi-Strauss's writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one's own culture, one must see it from another's point of view. For Levi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France's most public figures at his most personal. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072923
ISBN
9780674072923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

Hardback. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759922
ISBN
9780804759922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

Paperback. Chronicling the rise of the Iraqi public sphere from 1921 to 1958, The Other Iraq reveals Iraqi intellectuals' democratic and pluralistic ideals, deconstructing the notion that Iraq has always been a totalitarian, artificial state, torn by sectarian violence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773669
ISBN
9780804773669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardcover. 8vo Good/Fine in original dustwrapper. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.Publishers archive copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Victor Gollancz for Readers Union
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0311126
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Paperback. Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the 'other side of Zen', by examining the movement's growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the Japanese religious landscape during the era. Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 line illus. 7 halftones. 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144290
ISBN
9780691144290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBX; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637068
ISBN
9780691637068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.22
€ 94.60

Hardback. As the bloodshed in Iraq intensified in 2005, Afghanistan quickly faded from the nation's front pages to become the "other war," supposedly going well and largely ignored. In fact, the insurgency in Afghanistan was about to break out with renewed force, the drug problem was worsening, and international coordination was losing focus. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974271
ISBN
9781597974271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.93

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sipahi, Ali; Derderian, Dzovinar; Cora, Yasar Tolga. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784533885
ISBN
9781784533885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.79
€ 137.06

Hardback. Daniel Goffman's lucid and accessible book examines Ottoman relations with Europe in the Early Modern period. Series Editor(s): Beik, William; Blanning, T. C. W.; Simms, Brendan. Series: New Approaches to European History. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 b/w illus. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 1QDT; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 61.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521452809
ISBN
9780521452809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.68

Hardback. Editor(s): Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 736 pages, 86 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 257 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1264.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199765607
ISBN
9780199765607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.10

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199683758
ISBN
9780199683758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.62

hardcover. The killing of Osama bin Laden spotlighted Pakistan's unpredictable political dynamics, which are often driven by conspiracy theory, paranoia, and a sense of betrayal. In Pakistan, the late prime minister Benazir Bhutto famously declared, there is "always the story behind the story." In The Pakistan Cauldron, James P. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b map; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597979825
ISBN
9781597979825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.45

Paperback. Presents an analysis of Pakistan that features five players: the people, the army, the Islamists, the politicians and the Americans. This book explains how a series of alliances borne of political and strategic expediency between the US and the military have continually undermined the state to the extent that its very existence is in jeopardy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 1KBB; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849040105
ISBN
9781849040105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3H; HBJF; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780877277699
ISBN
9780877277699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 530 colour & bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1QDAP; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 242 x 53. Weight in Grams: 3556.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848856219
ISBN
9781848856219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.62
€ 141.01

Paperback. The book explores ways of remembering and commemorating the Nakba, dealing with the issue within the context of Palestinian oral history, 'social history from below', narratives of memory and the formation of collective identity. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848139701
ISBN
9781848139701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.69

Paperback. A balanced and accessible introduction to the Palestine-Israel conflict. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JPS; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Fourth
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745399263
ISBN
9780745399263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.77

paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608460724
ISBN
9781608460724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.79

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903900468
ISBN
9781903900468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.71

Paperback.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011298
ISBN
9780674011298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.12

Hardcover. There has been little progress on the refugee problem because of official Palestinian public positions, other Arab countries' approach to the 'right of return' of all Palestinian refugees, and the contrasting Israeli public policy of not allowing any refugees to return to Israel. This work develops a chessboard of proposed solutions. Editor(s): Ginat, Joseph; Perkins, Edward J. Series: Studies in Peace Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 341 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JFFD; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902210872
ISBN
9781902210872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 64.02

Paperback. The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles in history. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton clearly explains the history of the problem, reducing it to its very essence - a modern territorial contest between two nations and one geographical territory. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199603930
ISBN
9780199603930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842779637
ISBN
9781842779637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.74

Paperback. Interweaves the stories of George Forrest and Joseph Francis Charles Rock, two early twentieth-century botanists and explores the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Num Pages: 376 pages, 45 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JJC; JHMC; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538. Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet. 376 pages, illustrations. Interweaves the stories of George Forrest and Joseph Francis Charles Rock, two early twentieth-century botanists and explores the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JJC; JHMC; PST. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight: 520.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269033
ISBN
9780520269033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

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