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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
€ 9.93

Paperback. The First Crusade is one of the best-known and most written-about events in history. This book intends to address the history of the First Crusade from the perspective of the east, examining the role of the Byzantine Empire and its ruler, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099555032
ISBN
9780099555032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.60

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

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
€ 9.93

Hardcover. In 1952 in the North-West Palace at Nimrud, Max Mallowan excavated an archive room containing royal correspondence from the reigns of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II of Assyria. Here, 243 texts are published here; most are in New Assyrian script and the remainder in New Babylonian. Editor(s): Saggs, H.W.F. Series: Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud. Num Pages: 327 pages, 327 pages, plus 64 b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 288 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The British School of Archaeology in Iraq United Kingdom
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903472203
ISBN
9780903472203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.81

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

€ 36.99
€ 33.65

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

€ 31.99
€ 29.16

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

€ 57.12
€ 56.55

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532394
ISBN
9780226532394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Discuss the Islamic Scriptures that form the basis for its political language, looks at the changes in modern Islamic politics, and analyzes the transformation of political terms. Series: Exon Lecture Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226476933
ISBN
9780226476933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.15

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
€ 9.61

Paperback. Isolated Command Post Keating - one of the most vulnerable US army bases in Afghanistan. Located at the bottom of a deep valley, soliders are exposed. The Taliban can see every move and attack is imminent. This is a true story of the platoon's brutal struggle for survival, told by the man who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF; HBWS4; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
9781784751814
ISBN
9781784751814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 8.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 308 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Condition
New
SKU
V9783775739696
ISBN
9783775739696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. The Lost Voices of our 'Forgotten Army' in the war with Japan 1941-45. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
paperback / softback
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827147
ISBN
9780753827147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Behind-the-scenes story of the three Navy SEALs who captured the "Butcher of Fallujah" and were then accused of "prisoner abuse" Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBW; HBWS5; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 37. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306823527
ISBN
9780306823527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history. * A ground-breaking book written by the eminent Lacanian psychoanalyst Moustapha Safouan. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; CFB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161718
ISBN
9781405161718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.87

Paperback. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706276
ISBN
9780226706276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.28

Paperback. Engagingly written, with lay readers as much as specialists in mind, this book is fascinating reading for historians and social scientists as well as those involved in Asian studies or economic history. Series: Asia's Transformations. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; JFM; JKV; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415215008
ISBN
9780415215008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.72

Paperback. Narrates the history of the conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine since the 1880s, from the arrival of the first Zionist pioneers. This updated edition of Hirst's classic work explains why the history of Palestine is still relevant to what is happening in the region now. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLW; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 214 x 46. Weight in Grams: 764. Light shelf wear, else as new.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTG0021202
ISBN
9780571219452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The author recounts his command of the 7th Armoured Brigade Group - the Desert Rats - during the Gulf War; from preparation and training, to coping with the pressures of a ground war on unfamiliar terrain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&w Photographs, 8pp Colour Photographs, Maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJPR; BGHA; HB; JWD; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Hodder Paperbacks
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0021030
ISBN
9780340682463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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