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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€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. A compilation of case studies about Japanese intellectuals' relationships to modernity in three majors arenas of art (art and aesthetics, theater, and literature) beginning in the 1850s to the 1970s. It discusses how inevitable wave of modernity was responded to, discussed, assimilated, changed by some practitioners of art and intellectuals. Editor(s): Nara, Hiroshi. Num Pages: 284 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739118429
- ISBN
- 9780739118429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.86
€ 55.86
Paperback. Tracing Japan's religions from the Hein Period through the middle ages and into modernity, this book explores the unique establishment of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism in Japan, as well as the later influence of Roman Catholicism, and the problem of Restoration--both spiritual and material--following World War II. Num Pages: 475 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231028387
- ISBN
- 9780231028387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.20
€ 46.99
€ 33.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 382. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007580
- ISBN
- 9780486468761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear, minor tears to top and bottom of spine, book otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Goodyear Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007364
- ISBN
- 9780876206195
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0007361
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Taking up personal narratives of slaves and slave owners, Tell This in My Memory offers a new window into the study of slavery in modern Middle Eastern. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HFG; 3JH; HBJF1; HBJH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788649
- ISBN
- 9780804788649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.39
€ 29.99
€ 29.39
Hardcover. Real Indian food is fresh, simple and packed with flavour. In this title, the author introduces serves up a feast of over 130 delicious recipes collected from three generations of her family: there's everything from hot chappatis to street food, fragrant curries, to colourful side dishes, and puddings (mango, lime and saffron kulfi). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fig Tree
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241146330
- ISBN
- 9780241146330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 20.54
€ 32.99
€ 20.54
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
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. This volume collects together Salam Pax's writings to tell the story of the war in Iraq from inside that besieged country. It provides a gripping perspective on the conflict and its aftermath. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; DNF; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KNW0008816
- ISBN
- 9781843542629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Aims to use the Mongolian question to illuminate much larger issues of twentieth-century Asian history: how war, revolution, and great-power rivalries induced or restrained the formation of nationhood and territoriality. This book focuses on the Mongolian question, which ran through Chinese politics in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 506 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754262
- ISBN
- 9780804754262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.54
€ 90.54
Paperback. Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. This book offers hope and a way forward for all those committed to the struggle to liberate Palestine. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241973523
- ISBN
- 9780241973523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. More people died in Mao's Great Famine than in the entire First World War, yet this story has remained largely untold, until now. Still banned in China, this title draws on the author's privileged access to official and unofficial sources to uncover the full human cost of the tragedy, and create an unprecedented work of historical reckoning. Editor(s): Friedman, Edward. Translator(s): Mosher, Stacy; Jian, Guo. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241956984
- ISBN
- 9780241956984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Depicting the final years of the Shah in Iran, this book offers a meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear. It describes the tyrannical monarch, who, despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people, sees himself as the father of a nation, who can turn a backward country into a great power. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141188041
- ISBN
- 9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRS0019537
- ISBN
- 9780801488108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Presents a narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, this title unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099448785
- ISBN
- 9780099448785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Focusing on the responses of writers in Shanghai to the Japanese occupation, this book corrects the postwar conception of occupied China as a field of conflict between selfless resisters and shameless collaborators by showing a complexity and ambiguity of moral choices that defies such stereotyping. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804727969
- ISBN
- 9780804727969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. This book explores a historical moment in which a Middle Eastern Jewish community not only adopted a new nation, Iraq, but a new ethnicity, Arabism--and its ultimate demise. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778756
- ISBN
- 9780804778756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. This book explores the realities behind the Palestinian exodus of 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war. Series Editor(s): Tripp, Charles; Clancy-Smith, Julia A.; Gershoni, Israel; Owen, Roger; Sayigh, Yezid; Tucker, Judith E. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 666 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBWN; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 918. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies. 666 pages, 3 maps. Morris explores the realities behind the Palestinian exodus of 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBWN; JFFD. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight: 902. Series Editor(s) :Tripp, Charles; Clancy-Smith, Julia A.; Gershoni, Israel; Owen, Roger; Yezid, Sayigh; Tucker, Judith E.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 666
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521009676
- ISBN
- 9780521009676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74
Paperback. This study-bridging contemporary theory, Chinese history, comparative literature, and culture studies-analyzes the historical interactions among China, Japan, and the West in terms of "translingual practice." Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780804725354
- ISBN
- 9780804725354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.50
€ 56.50