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Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162180
- ISBN
- 9780231162180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.94
€ 86.94
Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718950
- ISBN
- 9780804718950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300230321
- ISBN
- 9780300230321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.40
€ 18.99
€ 15.40
Hardback. The first full account of British policy towards China, Japan and Korea from the final stages of the Second World War to the outbreak of the Korean War, set against the backdrop of the Anglo-American relationship, broader Far Eastern developments, the beginnings of the Cold War, and Britain's relationship with the Commonwealth. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBTW; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202979
- ISBN
- 9780230202979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. This new political history of the Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire explains why Orthodoxy became the subject of acute political competition between the Great Powers during the mid 19th century. It also explores how such rivalries led, paradoxically, both to secularizing reforms and to Europe's last great war of religion - the Crimean War. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDT; 3JH; HBLL; HBWL; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137508454
- ISBN
- 9781137508454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.30
€ 117.30
Hardback. The first series of essays focuses on the evolution of American policy. American historians examine the workings of the the Department of State and the Pentagon, and an American and a Chinese analyze the foreign economic policy of the Eisenhower administration in East Asia. The second series of essays is Japan-centered. Series: U.S. and Pacific Asia: Studies in Social, Economic and Political Interaction. Num Pages: 331 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071741
- ISBN
- 9780231071741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.52
€ 135.52
Hardcover. This is a study of great power relations -- China, India, and Russia -- among themselves and with the hegemon -- United States. Ahrari argues that the next decade may witness the emergence of a bipolar order where China's dominance in economics is certain; however, China will not seriously challenge the military dominance of the U.S. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278912
- ISBN
- 9780230278912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. The Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the Delhi Mail from Jaipur; the Golden Arrow of Kuala; the Trans-Siberian Express; these are just some of the trains steaming through author's epic rail journey from London across Europe through India and Asia. This title tells the trip of discovery made in the mid-seventies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038841
- ISBN
- 9780141038841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Gives an account of the author's journey by rail through Asia. This work describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. It also shows how he is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189147
- ISBN
- 9780141189147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Drawing on his experience as a linguistic anthropologist, this author parses how political leaders have used historical references, religious associations, and the mythology of evil to inflame their own citizens against the foreign country and proposes a way out of this debacle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041476
- ISBN
- 9780226041476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.17
€ 32.99
€ 26.17
Paperback. Provides a history and a thematic analysis of the empire's institutions and aspects of life in the Seljuk world This book examines the political, administrative, military, economic and social organisation of the Great Seljuk Empire using a wide variety of historical and literary sources. It features images, maps, charts and family trees. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638260
- ISBN
- 9780748638260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.20
€ 41.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638253
- ISBN
- 9780748638253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 158.90
€ 158.90
Paperback. China's Great Wall north of Beijing is one of the world's most famous sights. For 2,000 years, the Wall marked the border between China and nomadic peoples to the north and west. The author covers two millennia of history, from the country's first unification onwards, when the Great Wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war. Num Pages: 464 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553817683
- ISBN
- 9780553817683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Helleiner, Eric; Kirshner, Jonathan. Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13, 2 tables, 11 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479595
- ISBN
- 9780801479595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.19
€ 35.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Tells the history of Palestine during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire, which reveals the nation emerging as a cultural entity. Through autobiographies, and unpublished maps and photos, this book discerns a particular bourgeois Palestinian public sphere, self-consciously modern and inexorably secular. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291263
- ISBN
- 9780520291263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Robert Fisk's bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 63. Weight in Grams: 946. Like new.
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- 9781841150086
- ISBN
- 9781841150086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 20.32
€ 31.99
€ 20.32
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500252130
- ISBN
- 9780500252130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.62
€ 42.99
€ 30.62
Hardback. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCM; KJJ; KJV; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166089
- ISBN
- 9780231166089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. The Growth of Chinese Electronics Firms outlines the way firms grow in China at an organizational level. Kimura uses China's electronics industry as a case study for measuring technology-fuelled growth and provides a way to understand diversified the growth process systematically. Num Pages: 174 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCD; KJV; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391407
- ISBN
- 9781137391407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. A complete fortune-telling guide to your character and your destiny, based on Chinese animal signs - covering relationships, money, career, and health and well-being, with superb artworks of the twelve signs and plenty of helpful, attractive graphics Num Pages: 224 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; VXFA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Watkins Media Limited
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780283951
- ISBN
- 9781780283951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover. In his timely and exhaustive analysis of the political economies of the GCC states since the 1970s to the present, Dr Yousef Khalifa Al-Yousef examines the factors responsible for the failure of the states to achieve lasting change in development and security. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPH; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863561474
- ISBN
- 9780863561474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.22€ 52.70
€ 58.22
€ 52.70
Paperback. Luomi reveals how the Gulf's most dynamic rentier monarchies, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, have begun responding to new, multidimensional natural resource-related pressures, particularly climate change Series: Power and Politics in the Gulf. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; 1FBXU; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042673
- ISBN
- 9781849042673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.64
€ 52.99
€ 47.64
hardcover. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen documents the startling rise of the Arab Gulf States as regional powers with international reach and provides a definitive account of how they have become embedded in the global system of power, politics, and policy-making. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFS; JPR; JPSL; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385604
- ISBN
- 9781137385604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.05
€ 139.05
Paperback. This study analyzes different aspects of British policy and its repercussions for Gulf security. Contributors examine both immediate and potential threats to Gulf security and underline the need for the Gulf countries to develop a greater range of consultative mechanisms. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; JPQB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 62
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850433828
- ISBN
- 9781850433828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.96
€ 31.99
€ 26.96