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paperback. Offers the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. This book examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. Series: Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HREP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780824867898
- ISBN
- 9780824867898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.27
€ 30.27
Hardcover. The first book-length study of the life and writings of Ohran Pamuk, the first Turkish writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809305
- ISBN
- 9780874809305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Examines the work of Ali Abd al-Raziq, considered the intellectual father of Islamic secularism, and his controversial idea that Islam is a religion, not a state; a message, not a government. " Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874809510
- ISBN
- 9780874809510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardback. A collection of anecdotes, conversations, and remarks concerning historic personalities of 150 to 420 A.D. China. Translator(s): Mather, Richard B. Series: Michigan Classics in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1131.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 776
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641550
- ISBN
- 9780892641550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.16
€ 89.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Sawa, Fumiya; Sanders, Mark; Tsuzuki, Kyoichi. Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour and 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AGH; AJC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Trolley Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954264864
- ISBN
- 9780954264864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.80
€ 40.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. The first collection to take critical look at the international movement to boycott Israel. Editor(s): Nelson, Cary; Brahm, Gabriel Noah. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990331605
- ISBN
- 9780990331605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Addressing Inequality in South Asia (South Asia Development Matters)
Rama, Martín, Béteille, Tara, Li, Yue, Mitr...
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitra, Pradeep; Newman, John. Series: South Asia Development Matters. Num Pages: 194 pages, colour illustrations, colour tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFFJ; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781464800221
- ISBN
- 9781464800221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. In this rich interdisciplinary study, Sujani Reddy examines the consequential lives of Indian nurses whose careers have unfolded in the contexts of empire, migration, familial relations, race, and gender. As Reddy shows, the nursing profession developed in India against a complex backdrop of British and US imperialism. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469625072
- ISBN
- 9781469625072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626802
- ISBN
- 9781469626802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardcover. Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574412925
- ISBN
- 9781574412925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Hardcover. Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574416176
- ISBN
- 9781574416176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.32
€ 39.32
Paperback. Marilyn Dell Brady introduces readers to the lives, languages, religions, and cultures of Chinese, Japanese, East Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Laotian, and Cambodian Texans. Series: Texans All S. Num Pages: 160 pages, 61 b&w photos, 3 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBBSX; GTB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585443123
- ISBN
- 9781585443123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.56
€ 15.56
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive examination of how the early eastern Mediterranean cultures took to the sea - and how they evolved as a result. The author surveys the blue-water ships of the Egyptians, Syro-Canaanites, Cypriots, Early Bronze Age Aegeans, Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Sea Peoples, and also discusses known Bronze Age shipwrecks. Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 170 b&w photos, 509 line art illustrations, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDA; HBTM; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603440806
- ISBN
- 9781603440806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Paperback. An analysis of the power struggles which took place within the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party between 1931, when the CCP left Shanghai for the Jiangxi Soviet, and 1945, by which time Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai had emerged as senior CCP leaders. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- NIAS Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788787062763
- ISBN
- 9788787062763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report: 2015: Supporting Participati...
United Nations Economic And Social Commission...
Paperback. Part I of this report assesses trends and developments in regional trade and investment flows and policies in an attempt to provide the insights and information necessary to separate the cyclical from the structural aspects. Part II analyses the participation of Asia-Pacific economies in global and regional value chains. Editor(s): United Nations Publications. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; KCB; KCLF; KCLT; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- United Nations (Un)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789211207019
- ISBN
- 9789211207019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814351195
- ISBN
- 9789814351195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.99
€ 10.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Scholars have given questions about the perpetrators of nameless violence in Southern Thailand little consideration, leaving the motives that drive Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) heavily cloaked in secrecy and speculation. This book offers a rare glimpse behind the veil that shrouds BRN-Coordinate. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814519625
- ISBN
- 9789814519625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
paperback. Based on a vast range of archival materials and spanning 60 years and 3 continents, Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia shows how pan-Asian sporting events helped shape anti-colonial sentiments, Asian nationalisms, and pan-Asian aspirations in places as diverse as Japan and Iran, and across the span of countries lying between them. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- National University of Singapore Press Singapore
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814722032
- ISBN
- 9789814722032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.56
€ 47.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; PST; WMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NUS Press Singapore
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814722223
- ISBN
- 9789814722223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.95
€ 39.95
paperback. Presents an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the government's initiatives to influence the course of fertility, and hence the rate of population growth in the island-state of Singapore since the 1960s. The varied population issues and consequences associated with the prolonged below-replacement fertility are discussed in detail. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; JFF; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814762199
- ISBN
- 9789814762199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67