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Hardback. This ethnography focuses on the romantic experiences of women from adolescence to maturity in a rural village in North Bali. It delves into the intensity of passion that exists below the harmonious veneer of traditional patterns of courtship and marriage, motherhood, and connubial fidelity. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518636
- ISBN
- 9780742518636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.86
€ 190.86
Paperback. This ethnography focuses on the romantic experiences of women from adolescence to maturity in a rural village in North Bali. It delves into the intensity of passion that exists below the harmonious veneer of traditional patterns of courtship and marriage, motherhood, and connubial fidelity. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518643
- ISBN
- 9780742518643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. In Shanghai, China's largest industrial centre prior to 1949, cotton was king and the majority of mill workers were women. This book presents detailed information on all aspects of the life of this group of urban workers. Num Pages: 316 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720120
- ISBN
- 9780804720120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. Tells the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth century - an early copy of the gospels which lay hidden in the Sinai desert. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HDDH; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099546542
- ISBN
- 9780099546542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. The way we sit simultaneously defines privileges, social status, power, and taboos. Parallel to the presentation of China as the guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt presents a panorama of Chinese sitting culture through a period of five centuries. Num Pages: 96 pages, 185 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AKR; JFCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 309 x 253 x 12. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783936681369
- ISBN
- 9783936681369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.69
€ 47.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. The act of translation is a political action. This title draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among people, races, and languages. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFP; CJ; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520074514
- ISBN
- 9780520074514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
Hardcover. This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects of Sri Aurobindo's work as a poet, literary critic, political leader, social reformer, philosopher, and spiritual thinker. Bringing together essays by scholars across disciplines, it situates and evaluates his work and contribution within a larger framework. Editor(s): Heehs, Peter. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSC; HBJF; HPDF; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198092124
- ISBN
- 9780198092124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.66
€ 85.66
Paperback. This work offers an account, from the perspective of a young lieutenant, of the trials and tribulations of a soldier in the Third Turkish Brigade in Korea in 1952-53. Turkey was one of the first countries to support United Nations action against Communist aggression in Korea. Num Pages: 160 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FPK; 3JJPG; DNF; HBJF; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arba Yayinlari
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789759481841
- ISBN
- 9789759481841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.48
€ 38.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. Translator(s): Roghair, Gene H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBLC1; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633886
- ISBN
- 9780691633886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.17
€ 182.17
Paperback. A history of the 1967 Six-Day War, by the BBC's distinguished former Middle East correspondent. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743449694
- ISBN
- 9780743449694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The million-selling Japanese crime sensation, now in paperback. Translator(s): Lloyd-Davies, Jonathan. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- riverrun
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848665286
- ISBN
- 9781848665286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. Translator(s): Pratt, Leonard; Su-hui, Chiang. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. Good clean copy. Showing light shelfwear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0021764
- ISBN
- 9780140444292
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. Translator(s): Pratt, Leonard; Su-hui, Chiang. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140444292
- ISBN
- 9780140444292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841986
- ISBN
- 9781603841986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.17
€ 21.99
€ 17.17
A memoir of a life in the Qing dynasty. It reveals a sensitive and artistic man, who failed at the civil service examinations that were the gateway to official employment and had to settle for becoming an itinerant private secretary, dabbling unsuccessfully in making a living as an artist and a merchant. Translator(s): Sanders, Graham. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841993
- ISBN
- 9781603841993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.52€ 42.56
€ 53.52
€ 42.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; BGH; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1171.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277132
- ISBN
- 9780877277132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Paperback. In March 1958, a Chinese woman learns that her husband, an idealistic army doctor, has died whilst serving in Tibet. Determined to know what has happened to him, she sets off to join his regiment. To her horror, she walks into a bloody conflict, with the Chinese subject to terrifying attacks from Tibetan guerrillas. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGA; BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Number of pages
- 176
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099461937
- ISBN
- 9780099461937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16-page colour insert. BIC Classification: 1FPM; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583946343
- ISBN
- 9781583946343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.94
€ 31.99
€ 22.94
Paperback. Contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. This book uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and spiritual strength in the face of the loss and hardship since the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950. Num Pages: 278 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTD; JFSJ1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989532
- ISBN
- 9780295989532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.42
€ 44.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FMM; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Media Masters Singapore
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789810813031
- ISBN
- 9789810813031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. This work offers insights into Ottoman life and thought. It also examines female harem slaves, and slave dealers, and slave owners. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976426
- ISBN
- 9780295976426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Despite its pervasive presence in the South Asian past, slavery is overlooked in the region's historiography. This work contributes to a rethinking of slavery in world history. It describes a range of sites and contexts covering more than a thousand years, foregrounding the life stories of individual slaves. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Indrani; Eaton, Richard Maxwell. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218735
- ISBN
- 9780253218735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, 135 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881774255
- ISBN
- 9789881774255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.94
€ 8.99
€ 7.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248373
- ISBN
- 9781909248373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.79
€ 24.99
€ 21.79