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Hardback. Focusing on Indonesia and Malaysia, this book looks at how European colonial and Islamic modernising powers operated in the common and parallel domains of government and politics, law and education in the first half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMN; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRHP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474409209
- ISBN
- 9781474409209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.26
€ 171.26
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: 136.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188041
- ISBN
- 9780141188041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
paperback. Peace-broker, statesman, charismatic ruler and master of realpolitik, Hussein of Jordan was one of the dominant figures in Middle Eastern politics, its most continuous presence, and one of the most consistent proponents of peace with Israel. This title offers an account one of the most important figures in the turbulent history of the Middle East. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 3JJP; BGR; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 32. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141017280
- ISBN
- 9780141017280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.10
€ 25.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. A shocking expose of an extraordinary Siberian criminal underworld Translator(s): Hunt, Jonathan. Num Pages: 464 pages, No Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCS; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328. 384 pages, Illustrations. A shocking expose of an extraordinary Siberian criminal underworld. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FCS; BM; BTC. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight: 326.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847679338
- ISBN
- 9781847679338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.08
€ 17.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. 'Beware of Small States' wrote Mikhail Bukanin in 1870. He could have meant Lebanon: a sectarian state no bigger than Wales that has become battleground for one of the defining conflicts of twentieth-century history. This title gives a history of the country and its conflicts, culminating with the war in Gaza and its fallout in Lebanon. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571237425
- ISBN
- 9780571237425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684517
- ISBN
- 9781846684517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Phoolan Devi was born into a poor, low-caste family in Uttar Pradesh, living in a world that gave more respect to a stray dog than to a woman. This is the story of a life characterized by beatings, rapes and humiliation, and the "Bandit Queen's" road to freedom. Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751519648
- ISBN
- 9780751519648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. India's economic resurgence has been the subject of many extravagant predictions and hopes. In this powerful and wide-ranging book, distinguished economist Vijay Joshi lays out a penetrating analysis of the shaky foundations of the country's performance, and charts the course that it should follow to achieve widely-shared prosperity. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190610135
- ISBN
- 9780190610135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.53
€ 71.53
Hardcover. A comprehensive catalogue of the important collection of Indian art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a celebration of the diverse cultures that coexist in India. The art objects are presented in four sections: sculpture, painting, decorative arts and textiles. Num Pages: 599 pages, 320 colour and 160 b&w illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 312 x 242 x 49. Weight in Grams: 3444.
- Publisher
- Philip Wilson Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856675393
- ISBN
- 9780856675393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.24
€ 85.24
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743228
- ISBN
- 9780804743228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 53.18
€ 53.57
€ 53.18
Hardback. The theory of perspective, which allowed Florentine artists to depict the world from a spectator's point of view, originated in Baghdad with an eleventh-century mathematician. Using the metaphor of the mutual gaze, Belting narrates the encounter between science and art, Arab Baghdad and Renaissance Florence, that revolutionized Western culture. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Num Pages: 312 pages, 40 color illustrations, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FBQ; 3J; ACND; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050044
- ISBN
- 9780674050044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.21
€ 45.99
€ 38.21
Hardcover. Originally created by the artists of the ukiyo-e school of the floating world to advertise brothels in 17th-century Yoshiwara, this book includes spring pictures (shunga) that transcended class and gender in Japan the years. This book focuses on this art form within Japanese social and cultural history. Editor(s): Clark, Timothy; Gerstle, C.Andrew; Ishigami, Aki. Num Pages: 566 pages, 420 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFC; AFH; AGHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 297 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3076.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 566
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714124766
- ISBN
- 9780714124766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.52€ 50.18
€ 59.52
€ 50.18
Paperback. A practical guide on how to work out your Chinese horoscope. Series: Plain and Simple. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409169598
- ISBN
- 9781409169598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Hardback. Scholars often refer to the "peaceful coexistence" of various religious and ethnic groups under the Ottoman Empire before ethnonationalist conflicts dissolved that shared space and created legacies of division. Post-Ottoman Coexistence interrogates this "coexistence". Editor(s): Bryant, Rebecca. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 276 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 1FB; 1QDT; GTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331244
- ISBN
- 9781785331244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.54
€ 164.54
Paperback. An intrepid journalist's quest to trace the origins of the Asian arowana or "dragon fish"-the world's most sought-after aquarium fish. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; WNCS; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139. .
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451678956
- ISBN
- 9781451678956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.44
€ 20.99
€ 18.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Full colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FMT; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 191. .
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Paperback with Flaps
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804844482
- ISBN
- 9780804844482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.66
€ 21.66
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KRA0012713
- ISBN
- 9780330431392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Electronic book text. Investigating the core questions about Arab identity and history, this book tackles the time-honoured stereotypes that depict Arabs as ancient Arabian Bedouin, and reveals the stories to be a myth: tales told by Muslims to recreate the past to explain the meaning of Islam and its origins. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FBQ; HBJF1; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426435
- ISBN
- 9781474426435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.69
€ 43.99
€ 38.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 276 pages, over 300 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMB; AJB; AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1780.
- Publisher
- Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814385701
- ISBN
- 9789814385701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. A study of the Russo-Japanese War. It explains the background and outbreak of the war, then follows the course of the fighting at Yalu River, Sha-ho, and finally Mukden, the largest battle anywhere before World War I. It also demonstrates how Japan emerged from this conflict as a Great Power. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour & 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 168 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841764467
- ISBN
- 9781841764467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71