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paperback. For students of politics, history and peace studies, this classic work is important reading for anyone interested in the history - and future - of peace and war. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JPS; JWMN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780745309477
ISBN
9780745309477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. Israel's victory in the June 1967 Six Day War provided a unique opportunity for resolving the decades-old Arab-Zionist conflict. It could trade land for peace. Yet the political deadlock persisted after the guns fell silent. This book sets to find out why. It places Israel's conduct under an uncompromising lens. Num Pages: 480 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBJ; 1FBP; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198508
ISBN
9780300198508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. This study attempts to cross the boundaries between anthropology, folklore and history in order to cast new light on the relation between songs and stories, reality and realism, and rhythm and rhetoric in the expressive traditions of South Asia. Editor(s): Appadurai, Arjun; etc.; Korom, Frank J. (Department of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA); Mills, Margaret A. (Associate Professor of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania, USA). Series: South Asia Seminar. Num Pages: 464 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFHF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213379
ISBN
9780812213379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

Paperback. The first introduction to the classical Chinese theater of Ming drama contains highlights from six of the best plays of the period and lively commentary on each, providing the context necessary for Western readers to grasp the scope of the genre. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 262 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Edition
Edition Unstated
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102636
ISBN
9780231102636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Cramer, Jane K.; Thrall, A. Trevor. Series: Routledge Global Security Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBJK; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415782135
ISBN
9780415782135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

paperback. "Gripping, intense.. Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air]."-Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of illustrations; 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JMC; BTP; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton
Condition
New
SKU
9780393345414
ISBN
9780393345414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.00

paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, 17, diagrames. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 249 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277385
ISBN
9780877277385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277316
ISBN
9780877277316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

hardcover. Xiaoyuan Liu shows how the history of the Chinese Communist Party was, from the Yan'an period onward, intertwined with the ethnopolitics of the Chinese "periphery." As a Han-dominated party, the CCP had to adapt to an inhospitable political environment, particularly among the Hui (Muslims) of northwest China and the Mongols of Inner Mongolia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBT; JPFC; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749602
ISBN
9780804749602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.84

Paperback. Making environmental history accessible to scholars of the Middle East and the history of the region accessible to environmental historians, Water on Sand opens up new fields of scholarly inquiry. Editor(s): Mikhail, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 hts. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBL; HBTP; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199768660
ISBN
9780199768660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.15

Paperback. This is a detailed study of the most consistently successful troops in the Vietnam War - the Australians and New Zealanders. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 b&w illustrations, 8 colour. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1MBF; 1MBN; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJM; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWD; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 248 x 5. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841767024
ISBN
9781841767024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Paperback. This definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, the revered and controversial Indian nationalist who struggled to liberate his country from British rule before and during World War II, moves beyond the legend to reveal the impassioned life and times of the private and public man. Num Pages: 448 pages, 68 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBTR; JPFN; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 319. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065963
ISBN
9780674065963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. An important contribution to the expanding literature on "everyday politics" Editor(s): White, Adam. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FB; 1HB; GTB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992563
ISBN
9780295992563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

paperback. In this revisionist account of U.S.-Iran relations during the Cold War, Roham Alvandi provides a detailed historical study of the partnership that Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran forged with U.S. President Richard Nixon and his adviser Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBJK; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780190610685
ISBN
9780190610685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.07

Hardcover. Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of color and 83 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBT; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404336
ISBN
9780871404336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. Highly informed inside account of the prospects for democracy in Saudi Arabia which challenges the West's alliance with the Saudi royal family. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1QFM; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; HRAM2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332697
ISBN
9780745332697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 22.78

Paperback. Reveals the true human costs of war in Iraq, an unfolding tragedy that has yielded millions of dead and displaced Iraqis since the first Gulf War. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328973
ISBN
9780745328973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328812
ISBN
9780745328812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.84

Paperback. A history of colonial interference in Palestine and the East Mediterranean that constructs a valuable and original historical and cultural narrative Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328300
ISBN
9780745328300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. A controversial polemic countering modern revisionist narratives demonising the Mao regime. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327808
ISBN
9780745327808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.72

Paperback. Analyses the myths -- religious and cultural -- that are used to justify the aggressive expansionist policies of Israel. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745320557
ISBN
9780745320557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.71

hardcover. Destined to become the classic introduction to the wonderful world of Japanese cooking. Num Pages: 240 pages, Full colour photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Absolute Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781906650575
ISBN
9781906650575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.40

hardcover. This book breaks new ground by systematically examining China's capitalist transformation through several comparative lenses. Editor(s): Kennedy, Scott. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804769570
ISBN
9780804769570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.36

hardcover. This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism from a sociohistorical perspective. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754071
ISBN
9780804754071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

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