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paperback. Neuhaus explores the roots of the long-standing European fascination with Tibet, from the Dalai Lama to the Abominable Snowman. Surveying a wide range of travel accounts, official documents, correspondence and fiction, he examines how different people thought about both Tibet and their home cultures. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349335282
- ISBN
- 9781349335282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Paperback. Tibet has long fascinated the West, but what really lies beyond our romantic image of a Buddhist mountain kingdom of peace and spirituality? Travelling through the country, the author meets warrior monks, nomads and a nun secretly fighting Chinese communist rule, but also young Tibetans with a more pragmatic attitude to their situation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950388
- ISBN
- 9780241950388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849043595
- ISBN
- 9781849043595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.90
€ 26.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. "The present edition, with minor revisions by the author, was first published by Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1972"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804709019
- ISBN
- 9780804709019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Hardback. Editor(s): Tuttle, Gray; Schaeffer, Kurtis R. Num Pages: 752 pages, Maps: 3,, Figures: 12,. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144681
- ISBN
- 9780231144681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.60
€ 175.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; BM; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062267412
- ISBN
- 9780062267412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.18
€ 19.99
€ 17.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742566859
- ISBN
- 9780742566859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.14
€ 78.14
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kadar Lynn, Katalin. Num Pages: 450 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335485
- ISBN
- 9780880335485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.20€ 45.72
€ 59.20
€ 45.72
Hardcover. A political biography of the Hungarian politician Tibor Eckhardt, with special emphasis on his years in the United States when he was the leader of the Hungarian National Committee. It is a study of Hungarian emigre politics and American policies before Word War II and during the Cold War, via-a-vis Hungary and the Hungarian National Committee. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336079
- ISBN
- 9780880336079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Paperback. A memoir of a very unconventional childhood, this work tells a tale of the fading innocence of childhood that is miles ahead of the competition. In the early Seventies, Dave Bennun's family transplanted themselves from Swindon to the wilds of Kenya. For Dave, Kenya was bemusingly new. In Kenya, the childhood memoir takes on a surreal tone. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Keywords: Africa/Memoir. 245pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNW0007019
- ISBN
- 9780091897437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595586209
- ISBN
- 9781595586209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.90
€ 25.99
€ 22.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGBA; HBJF; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588807
- ISBN
- 9781595588807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.33
€ 18.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Paperback, blue spine. Irish ports included are Sligo, Galway and Cork. 93pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Hydrographic Office
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1847
- SKU
- KON0819215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 275.00
€ 275.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 66 b/w photos54 illustrations & 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- Tidewater Pub
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870334634
- ISBN
- 9780870334634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.02
€ 37.99
€ 25.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 305 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Tidewater Pub
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870335112
- ISBN
- 9780870335112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 31.92
€ 48.99
€ 31.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 175 mono/24 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 286 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1456. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KTJ0042435
- ISBN
- 9781591144656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardcover. Living in Palestine as the wife of the British Attorney-General, Helen Bentwich was immersed in the politics and society of the early years of the British Mandate. This selection of her letters to her mother mixes political comment with details of personal life and gossip. Num Pages: 192 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJG; BG; HBG; HBJF1; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860643491
- ISBN
- 9781860643491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.20€ 53.95
€ 59.20
€ 53.95
Paperback. Shoe Boots, a famed Cherokee warrior and successful farmer, and Doll, an African slave he acquired in the late 1790s. Over the next thirty years, Shoe Boots and Doll lived together as master and slave and also as lifelong partners who, with their children and grandchildren, experienced key events in American history. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 416 pages, 45 h/t, 1 line, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285637
- ISBN
- 9780520285637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.71
€ 31.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. Using a wealth of fourtenth-century sources, including over 3000 coroners' reports, this is both a richly detailed account of everyday life in the middle ages, and a superb historical study of the medieval family unit - a unit which has survived, largely unchanged, to the present day. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195045642
- ISBN
- 9780195045642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.33
€ 32.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226147550
- ISBN
- 9780226147550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.94
€ 41.99
€ 31.94