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Hardback. Examines some of the myriad ways in which Islam is being expressed in contemporary Indonesian life and politics. This book gives insights into such topics as the marketisation of Islam, contemporary pilgrimage, the rise of mass preachers, gender and Islamic politics, online fatwa, and trends among Islamist vigilante and criminal groups. Editor(s): Fealy, Greg; White, Sally A. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRHP; JFSR2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812308511
- ISBN
- 9789812308511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.04€ 46.80
€ 50.04
€ 46.80
Paperback. Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. It tells how moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. It tells the story of that promise and its outcome. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034263
- ISBN
- 9780141034263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDT; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 311 x 222 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1915.
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570624162
- ISBN
- 9781570624162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.23€ 58.65
€ 79.23
€ 58.65
Paperback. A title, in which, the millennia of mercantile and cultural exchange along the Silk Route are celebrated by travellers and writers from Marco Polo to Sven Hedin, from William of Rubrick to Ella Maillart Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011840
- ISBN
- 9781906011840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2013. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Nation Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568589510
- ISBN
- 9781568589510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.69
€ 27.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Williams, Tony. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2,200 color photos and maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 1HB; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 127. Weight in Grams: 2200.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172439
- ISBN
- 9780691172439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.33
€ 36.99
€ 30.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF; HBTP; RGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975423
- ISBN
- 9781403975423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.70
€ 100.70
Paperback. When the author finds a photo among her father's possessions shortly after his death, she recognises the child in the veil and bride's clothes as her mother, but the groom is unfamiliar. Who had her mother married all those years before? This title presents the story of the insufferable mother-daughter bond. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099525486
- ISBN
- 9780099525486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.53
€ 20.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. An ethnography that focuses on Meratus Dayaks, a marginal and marginalized group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It looks not for consensus and coherence in Meratus culture but rather allows individual Meratus men and women to return our gaze. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFFK; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000510
- ISBN
- 9780691000510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.68
€ 42.99
€ 28.68
Hardback. A comprehensive discussion of how countries embrace branding as a crucial element in their pursuit of soft power and why certain nation-branding efforts succeed while others fail through the example of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 223 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBC; JPA; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137361714
- ISBN
- 9781137361714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.80€ 44.92
€ 50.80
€ 44.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; JFFD; JFFN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Steidl Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783958291676
- ISBN
- 9783958291676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.32
€ 31.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. A top-secret CIA analysis in October 1978 concluded that the Shah of Iran would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future. 100 days later he was overthrown by a popular and largely peaceful revolution. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018433
- ISBN
- 9780674018433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.30
€ 36.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Murder, human-rights abuse, drugs, blackmail, extortion, extreme violence, medical maltreatment and unjustifiable death penalties feature as everyday occurrences in the living hells that are Bangkwang and Klong Prem jails. The author has graphically revealed this shocking reality through the eyes of a long-term inmate from the West. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BTP; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845965815
- ISBN
- 9781845965815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, 'Illegal' Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border politics, and rituals and performances of border-crossing. Interjecting personal experiences into ethnographic writing it is 'a form of self-narrative that places the self within a social context'. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFFD; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230336742
- ISBN
- 9780230336742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.41
€ 52.41
Paperback. The all-female Takarazuka Revue was founded in 1913 as a novel counterpart to the all-male Kabuki theater. This book traces the contradictory meanings of Takarazuka productions over time, with special attention to the World War II period. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486. Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan. 320 pages, 29 b&w photographs. The all-female Takarazuka Revue was founded in 1913 as a novel counterpart to the all-male Kabuki theater. This book traces the contradictory meanings of Takarazuka productions over time, with special attention to the World War II period. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 488.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211513
- ISBN
- 9780520211513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Helps the reader comprehend Iraq, its diversities and contradictions, namely Arab and Kurd, Shia and Sunni, traditionalist and modern, secular and religious, pragmatic and radical. This book culminates in an indictment of the US for failing to learn the lessons of history in Iraq. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111236
- ISBN
- 9781845111236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.26
€ 23.99
€ 21.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, More than 100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FM; WSSC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Periplus Editions (HK) ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804845946
- ISBN
- 9780804845946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.13
€ 21.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; JPH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780980510874
- ISBN
- 9780980510874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. A biography of Lawrence of Arabia in the years that formed him. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 206 x 28. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549111
- ISBN
- 9781848549111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: by George Babcock Cressey. xvii, 436 p. ill., maps (folded) 24 cm. Original black cloth, with gilt titled spine. Near good copy in edge bumped and rubbed black boards. With illustrated lining papers. Biro scoring throughout, o/w text bright." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1934
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- SKU
- KEX0119972
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 54.00
€ 54.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Bolton, Christopher; Csicsery-Ronay, Istvan. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; APFV; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649747
- ISBN
- 9780816649747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.94
€ 26.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. An anatomy of the increasing sectarianisation of conflicts in the Middle East, by some of the leading scholars writing on the region. Editor(s): Hasheemi, Nader; Postel, Danny. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAM2; JFSR2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047029
- ISBN
- 9781849047029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.41
€ 33.99
€ 30.41
Paperback. Sashiko, the traditional Japanese technique of needlework quilting, uses simple running stitch to create beautifully decorative patterns ideal for patchwork, quilting and embroidery. Num Pages: 128 pages, 225 colour photos, 120 colour artworks. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WFBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 532. Patterns, Projects and Inspirations. 128 pages, 225 colour photos, 120 colour artworks. Sashiko, the traditional Japanese technique of needlework quilting, uses simple running stitch to create beautifully decorative patterns ideal for patchwork, quilting and embroidery. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WFBQ. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 11. Weight: 554.
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715318478
- ISBN
- 9780715318478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.13
€ 21.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. Sir Mark Tully is one of the world's leading writers and broadcasters on India, and the presenter of the much loved radio programme 'Something Understood'. This work reveals the profound impact India has had on his life and beliefs. Through interviews and anecdotes, it embarks on a journey that takes in the various faces of India. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KIN0032281
- ISBN
- 9781846040184
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99