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Paperback. The first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBJF1; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333564
ISBN
9780745333564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679781264
ISBN
9780679781264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.34

Paperback. In the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin Laden, there is a clear need to look further than the simple image of a failed state so often portrayed in the media. This title offers an understanding of this remarkable and highly contradictory country. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16 pp. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038247
ISBN
9780141038247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. World War II marked a pivotal point in the history of Cyprus, yet surprisingly, this period of the island's history has been little studied to date. In this title, the author provides the major study of the impact of World War II on the political development of Cyprus. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780761336
ISBN
9781780761336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.25

Paperback. Combining archival sources with life histories, this work aims to clarify the contentious debate over ethnic identities and nationalist ideologies in Greek Macedonia. It demonstrates that, contrary to official rhetoric, the people of Macedonia derive from profoundly diverse ethnic backgrounds. Num Pages: 354 pages, 14 halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW3; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226424941
ISBN
9780226424941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.60

Hardcover. Focusing on the return of the diasporic second generation to Greece, primarily in the first decade of the twenty-first century, Counter-Diaspora examines migration experiences of Greek-Americans and Greek-Germans growing up in the Greek diasporic setting, motivations for the counter-diasporic return, and evolving notions of the "homeland." Series: Cultural Politics, Socioaesthetics, Beginnings. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674420069
ISBN
9780674420069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.47
€ 67.60

paperback. Covering themes that include the Supreme Court of Canada, changing policies towards human rights, First Nations, as well as the legendary battles between Mitchell Hepburn and W.L. Mackenzie King, this collection illustrates the central role that federalism continues to play in the Canadian polity. Editor(s): Anastakis, Dimitry; Bryden, P. E. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094360
ISBN
9780802094360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

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

Paperback. How can court testimony be used to rebuild a cohesive national identity for the Hutus and Tutsis? And how is it that dance and theater help to move forward the cause of justice and reconciliation? This title provides a satisfying analysis of the interplay between justice, performance, narrative, and memorialization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AN; HBTZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421081
ISBN
9780857421081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.31

Hardback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359579
ISBN
9780822359579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.55

Paperback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360001
ISBN
9780822360001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a US-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain personal wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Picador USA
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250069269
ISBN
9781250069269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.52

Hardcover. A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Imagine that a terrorist tried to kill you. If you could face him again, on your terms, what would you do? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; BTP; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239508
ISBN
9780393239508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.77

Paperback. Focuses on the role of markets in linking local communities to larger networks of commerce, culture, and political power. This book uses bazaars in the northeast Indian state of Bihar during the colonial period as the site of its investigation. Num Pages: 311 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; KC; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley, U.S.A.
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211001
ISBN
9780520211001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. This collection presents twelve photographic journeys through Iran in the twenty-first century. The participating photographers have each chosen a different aspect of daily life in their country; a cafe, a bus trip, a shopping centre, a "living martyr", the clerics etc. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120photos(100 colour ). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; AJC; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 220 x 9. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850437192
ISBN
9781850437192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.80

Hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 278. An excellent, clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
KPI London
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
94
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRS0018095
ISBN
9780710301192
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 278. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
KPI London
Number of pages
94
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRS0018094
ISBN
9780710301192
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

paperback. In 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803217126
ISBN
9780803217126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273089
ISBN
9780823273089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273072
ISBN
9780823273072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.15

Hardback. This book uses the histories of the city art museums in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester to reveal, examine, and follow the consequences of the underlying logic of the Victorian art museum movement: the attempt to contain the moral and physical ugliness of industrial capitalism through the experience of beauty. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804778046
ISBN
9780804778046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. A historical account of the Women Strike for Peace movement. Amy Swerdlow, a founding member of WSP, restores to the record a chapter on American politics and women's studies. She traces WSP's triumphs, its problems, and its legacy for the women's movement and American society. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226786360
ISBN
9780226786360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Hardback. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 282 pages, Illustrations. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270909
ISBN
9780520270909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.99

Hardback. The first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJF; HBWN; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774815932
ISBN
9780774815932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

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