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Paperback. Music and dance play a central role in the 'healing arts' of the Senoi Temiar, a group of hunters and horticulturalists dwelling in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. This title shows how the sounds and gestures of music and dance acquire a potency that can transform thoughts, emotions, and bodies. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 278 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFSL9; JHM; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082816
- ISBN
- 9780520082816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become prominent in public affairs worldwide? The author uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394. The Politics of Community in French Mandate Syria. 256 pages. Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become prominent in public affairs worldwide? The author uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JFSL1. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight: 394.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685400
- ISBN
- 9780748685400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.94
€ 38.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this text features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It also covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the encounters of Japan and the West. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Gluck, Carol; Tiedemann, Arthur E. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 908. 1600 to 1868. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. 648 pages. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. A collection of English-language readings on Japan. Containing materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, this text features an introduction to Japanese civilization. It also covers the Tokugawa period to 1868 and addresses the spread of neo-Confucianism and Buddhism and the encounters of Japan and the West. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight: 902.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 648
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Abridged 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139175
- ISBN
- 9780231139175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.23
€ 49.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. The inside story of the Emperors of China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784290733
- ISBN
- 9781784290733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Hardback. From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the royal hunt was a vital component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239263
- ISBN
- 9780812239263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Hardback. The startling biography of a native Turkestani whose pursuit of self-determination for his country saw him serve the Nazis in World War II, the Red Army, and the CIA at the height of the Cold War. Translator(s): Barchard, David. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; HBWQ; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046978
- ISBN
- 9781849046978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.85
€ 33.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. "Dust cover, with minor scuffed on the cover, with minor foxing on the top of edges.Second edition." Keywords: "Subjects, English"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KHS0072921
- ISBN
- 9780552992930
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGB; KJE; KJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062413413
- ISBN
- 9780062413413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.42
€ 13.00
€ 11.42
Hardback. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site in Central Asia, this book explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 b/w images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1QDAG; 3D; HBJF; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281271
- ISBN
- 9780520281271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
€ 83.99
€ 64.94
Paperback. An anthology of Chinese philosophy that covers its entire historical development. It provides selections from various thinkers and schools in every period - ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary - and includes in their entirety some of the important classical texts. It deals with the fundamental, and technical aspects of Chinese thought. Translator(s): Chang, Wing-tsit. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 139 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 874
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691019642
- ISBN
- 9780691019642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Hardcover. Collisions between China and the rest of the world are among the most vexing challenges of history. This saga of mayhem and confusion, blunders and mistakes that brought the belligerents no credit, paints a coherent picture of China's rise from isolation to its emerging superpower position. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour /b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 43. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233002316
- ISBN
- 9780233002316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.24
€ 25.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. A timely look at American popular films made between 1973 and 2001 that use Arabs, their landscapes, and their cultures as villainsoand what these depictions of "evil" Arabs reveal about American fears and insecurities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713420
- ISBN
- 9780292713420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.91
€ 24.99
€ 22.91
Hardback. What India's founders derived from Western political traditions is widely understood. Less well-known is how India's own rich knowledge traditions of 2,500 years influenced these men. Vajpeyi furnishes this missing account, showing how five founders turned to classical texts to fashion an original sense of Indian selfhood. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; HBTR; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048959
- ISBN
- 9780674048959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.18€ 49.18
€ 53.18
€ 49.18
Paperback. aeo Provides a much--needed, accessible overview of the Japanese economic miracle. aeo Sets economic discussions against clear political and social background. aeo Draws on recent research to reexamine complex relationship with the US. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJF; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179016
- ISBN
- 9780631179016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Hardcover. A richly textured picture of the little-known culture of a Buddhist nunnery, this text offers moving narratives of nuns struggling with the Buddhist discipline of detachment. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HREX; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012875
- ISBN
- 9780674012875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
€ 35.99
€ 30.87
Hardcover. "8vo. Contains 3 maps, 25 illustrations, including coloured frontispiece, and index. Includes chapters on "The Honourable East India Company And China"; "Robert Fortune And His Period"; and "The Wilson Era". 230p. Hardback. Firm binding, clean text, dulled dust jacket with some open tearing to rubbed edges, clean text. Scare title. Very good copy. First edition". Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Collins, London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1945
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KON0774003
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 57.00
€ 57.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ5; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226707563
- ISBN
- 9780226707563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. "This volume publishes Yukio Lippit's lecture of the same title, held at the Getty Center on 23 September 2014." Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AGR; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 214 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606065129
- ISBN
- 9781606065129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.50
€ 17.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm. Illustrator(s): Vannithone, Soun. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFFC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141005171
- ISBN
- 9780141005171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Reviews the debate about industrial policy in East and Southeast Asia and chronicles the changing fortunes of these economies over the 1990s. This title extends the argument to explain the boom of the first half of the decade and the crash of the second, stressing the links between corporations, banks, governments, and others. Num Pages: 496 pages, 28 tables. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPA; KCA; KCP; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117294
- ISBN
- 9780691117294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.14
€ 53.24
€ 42.14
Paperback. A fully revised and updated edition of this popular Beginner's Guide, covering the complexities of the Arab Spring. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780749419
- ISBN
- 9781780749419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Sheet map, folded. Num Pages: 1 pages, , maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 1FKN; WTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 233 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Publisher
- National Geographic Maps United States
- Number of pages
- 1
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566955195
- ISBN
- 9781566955195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669349
- ISBN
- 9780199669349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Tells the world what it means to be a Saudi woman today. This book shows how with advances in education and access to work, Saudi women are breaking through the barriers; they are becoming doctors, social workers, business owners and are even managing to push at the boundaries of public life. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BGR; HBJF1; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857502865
- ISBN
- 9780857502865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29