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Paperback. Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. Translator(s): Pratt, Leonard; Su-hui, Chiang. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444292
ISBN
9780140444292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

A memoir of a life in the Qing dynasty. It reveals a sensitive and artistic man, who failed at the civil service examinations that were the gateway to official employment and had to settle for becoming an itinerant private secretary, dabbling unsuccessfully in making a living as an artist and a merchant. Translator(s): Sanders, Graham. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841993
ISBN
9781603841993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.96
€ 41.88

Paperback. The status of Taiwan has been one of the most complex and politically-loaded issues facing China since the end of the Cold War. This study enquires how this most important of international relations issues has developed, and how the web of US-Chinese-Taiwanese relations might disentangle itself. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367. Fine copy
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0010466
ISBN
9781860647321
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. The status of Taiwan has been one of the most complex and politically-loaded issues facing China since the end of the Cold War. This study enquires how this most important of international relations issues has developed, and how the web of US-Chinese-Taiwanese relations might disentangle itself. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367. Fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KST0010465
ISBN
9781860647321
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Contrary to the widespread view that women exercised economic autonomy only in widowhood, Hutton argues that marital status was not the chief determinant of women's economic activities in the mid-fourteenth century andthat women managed their own wealth to a far greater extent than previously recognized." Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349289400
ISBN
9781349289400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. "A good story and first-rate social science."-New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLC; JFSL9; JHM; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321005
ISBN
9780393321005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.43

Hardcover. Discusses the omnipresence of birds in Native American life. This book examines the complex and changeable influences of birds on the Native American world view. Series: Wormsloe Foundation Publication. Num Pages: 264 pages, 149 colour & 32 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1461.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820328157
ISBN
9780820328157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 50.02

paperback. York Minster: A Living Legacy will tell this story in words and colour images to appeal to every reader, bringing the past to life, and revealing the many hidden corners of the Minster today as well as the beauties of its structure and glass. Illustrator(s): Wilson, Matt. Editor(s): Hartshorne, Pam. Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 colour and mono. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBTB; HRCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Third Millennium Information United Kingdom
Edition
Main
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906507176
ISBN
9781906507176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.42

Paperback. This volume is the first major account for nearly fifty years to critically re-assess Labour's first period in office in terms of domestic, foreign and imperial policy. It draws on a wide range of private papers and official sources and reconstructs the history of this forgotten government in the broader social and political context of the 1920s. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311863
ISBN
9781137311863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.95

Hardback. Editor(s): Shepherd, Verene; Brereton, Bridget; Bailey, Barbara. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 805.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312127657
ISBN
9780312127657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.89

Paperback. Men of Capital reveals how Palestinian businessmen and British colonial officials used economy to shape territory, the nation, the home, and the body. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796613
ISBN
9780804796613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.23

Hardcover. Should modern Chinese history be approached from the center looking out or from the margins looking in? The contributors to this book have explored a variety of relationships between the center (or centers) and the margins in China under the Qing dynasty, the Republic, and the People's Republic. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell East Asia Series
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947167
ISBN
9781933947167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.57

Paperback. Should modern Chinese history be approached from the center looking out or from the margins looking in? The contributors to this book have explored a variety of relationships between the center (or centers) and the margins in China under the Qing dynasty, the Republic, and the People's Republic. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell East Asia Series
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947464
ISBN
9781933947464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.21

Hardback. The text studies how various Western, Japanese, and Chinese businesses struggled with the persistent dilemma in China of how to retain control over corporate hierachies while adapting to dramatic changes in Chinese society, politics and foreign affairs from 1880-1937. Num Pages: 269 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216259
ISBN
9780520216259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.68
€ 44.86

Hardback. "Deeply researched and beautifully crafted, this book is an original contribution to the history of American reform, family, and working-class culture."-Barbara Melosh, George Mason University Num Pages: 272 pages, illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236545
ISBN
9780812236545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.52

Paperback. A new look at cookbooks as a valuable tool for understanding constructions of race, class, and ethnicity in the United States Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349531646
ISBN
9781349531646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403970084
ISBN
9781403970084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70

Hardcover. Which college was the first in the world to award a degree in jazz? Which state had the most drive-in movie theaters? Who was the first person to push a peanut up Pike's Peak with his nose? Who invented Frito Pie? This book describes achievements of Texans and their state. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 photos, bib. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653853
ISBN
9780875653853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.50

Paperback. The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women's swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of "League of their Own" for jazz. Num Pages: 424 pages, 45 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AVGF; AVH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328179
ISBN
9780822328179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBT; WBN; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 24.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762797547
ISBN
9780762797547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.50

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