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Hardback. For centuries, readers of Tao Qian have felt directly addressed by his poetic voice. This book revisits Tao's approach to his readers by attempting to situate it within the particular poetics of address that characterized the Six Dynasties classicist tradition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053212
- ISBN
- 9780674053212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.59
€ 44.99
€ 37.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881326642
- ISBN
- 9780881326642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. The author was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. This book offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions, customs and societies. Translator(s): Cliff, Nigel. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; BTH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241253052
- ISBN
- 9780241253052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. Marco Polo voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. This translation gives an account of his travels and offers a glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions, customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; and wild beasts of faraway. Translator(s): Cliff, Nigel. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; BTH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198774
- ISBN
- 9780141198774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 16.33
€ 22.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. Offers an account of life in late eighteenth-century India. This book presents an Indian's view of the British conquest of India and conveys the vital role taken by Indians in the colonial process, especially as they negotiated relations with Britons both in the colonial periphery and the imperial metropole. Num Pages: 214 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 1FKA; 3JF; BG; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207172
- ISBN
- 9780520207172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. Ostensibly written by an English knight, the Travels purport to relate his experiences in the Holy Land, Egypt, India and China. Mandeville claims to have served in the Great Khan's army, and to have travelled in the lands beyond' countries populated by dog-headed men, cannibals, Amazons and Pygmies. Translator(s): Moseley, C. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441436
- ISBN
- 9780141441436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 11 maps, 39 colour & 185 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Impact Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570232039
- ISBN
- 9781570232039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.01
€ 21.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, texts translated, index. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAX; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300022919
- ISBN
- 9780300022919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. A body is found on a remote Philippines beach and Maximo Bonga - cantankerous World War Two veteran and owner of the weirdest guesthouse in town - is the perfect fall guy. But one of Maximo's boarders sets out to defend the old soldier in a kangaroo court set up at the local cockpit. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849537230
- ISBN
- 9781849537230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.83
€ 11.99
€ 9.83
Paperback. "A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062208323
- ISBN
- 9780062208323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.91
€ 18.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. This final volume to Patricia E. Roy's pivotal trilogy exploring racial discrimination against Chinese- and Japanese-Canadians examines the removal of all Japanese-Canadians from the BC coast during WWII, while Chinese-Canadians gained the right to vote in 1947. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 b/w photos, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; GTB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813815
- ISBN
- 9780774813815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.12
€ 40.99
€ 40.12
Paperback. Examines Israel's shift to the right at the hands of Menachem Begin, the supposed 'disciple' of Vladimir Jabotinsky. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that Begin was the natural heir to Jabotinsky. It demonstrates how Israel drifted away from Jabotinsky's ideas towards a maximalist Zionism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JPFN; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848850248
- ISBN
- 9781848850248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Paperback. Considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. This book draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; GTB; RGC; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993836
- ISBN
- 9780295993836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. An ethnography of lawyer-free family courts and mediations of rape and domestic violence charges in India, in which, the author depicts everyday life in legal sites of marital trouble, reevaluating feminist theories of law, marriage, violence, property, and the state. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 scattered b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282452
- ISBN
- 9780520282452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. The Mongol takeover in the 1270s changed the course of Chinese history. The Confucian empire - a millennium and a half in the making - was suddenly thrust under foreign occupation. This title explores what happened to China between these two dramatic invasions. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072534
- ISBN
- 9780674072534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.24
€ 29.99
€ 25.24
Paperback. 132pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Australia and New Zealand Book Co
- Publication date
- 1975
- SKU
- KHS1005713
- ISBN
- 9780855520342
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A fascinating look at Middle Eastern and North African football, a key battleground for political control, social justice, identity and gender rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043311
- ISBN
- 9781849043311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.50
€ 33.99
€ 30.50
Paperback. A vivid history of the men who risked censures, stigma, even imprisonment for a cause they believed to be "an extended tour of duty." Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBTB; HBWS2; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736357
- ISBN
- 9780814736357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. "8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Paperback. A good clean Copy. Jacket condition is described as - Fair. First Edition".
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- China Welfare Institute
- Publication date
- 1958
- SKU
- KON0527584
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 5.12
€ 20.99
€ 5.12
Paperback. Examines how and why the East India Company was transformed from a commercial trading company to an institution of government, and then abolished. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838227
- ISBN
- 9781843838227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.58
€ 33.99
€ 28.58