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Hardback. Strict decrees on the observance of death were part of the myriad laws enacted under the Tokugawa shogunate to control nearly every aspect of Japanese life. Hirai explores how this class of legislation played an integrative part in Japanese society by codifying religious beliefs and customs the Japanese people had cherished for generations. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 black and white photos; 3 maps; 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHBZ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066823
ISBN
9780674066823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 500 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
East European Monographs
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880337090
ISBN
9780880337090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.44
€ 62.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336758
ISBN
9780880336758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.44
€ 62.34

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880337083
ISBN
9780880337083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.35
€ 57.15

Paperback. Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363446
ISBN
9780822363446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363330
ISBN
9780822363330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.75

Paperback. A complete history of the world's greatest stone circle. Britain's leading expert on stone circles turns his attention to the greatest example of them all - Stonehenge. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Robinson Publishing
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9781845295912
ISBN
9781845295912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. In 1966, the young Aude Yung-de Prevaux discovered that she was the daughter of the Resistance heroes Jacques and Lotka de Prevaux, of whom she had never heard. This title pieces together her parents' story. Translator(s): Wright, Barbara. Num Pages: 224 pages, Facsimiles, Portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747553052
ISBN
9780747553052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Arranged chronologically and thematically, the book highlights how ideas about the appropriate relationships among science, scientists, and the state changed over time. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTW; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407715
ISBN
9781421407715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 maps, 3 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173629
ISBN
9780231173629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.18

Hardback. Vol.2 contains chronologies of victories by air and ground fire, losses front and rear, and a list of all those men, Russian, Romanian and French who received the coveted St. George Awards. There are also chapters on Russian, Romanian and French orders and medals, as well as maps of the fronts. Num Pages: 2 pages, over 300 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 225 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2416. Victories, Losses, Awards. 2 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Dimension: 287 x 225 x 39. Weight: 2416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764333521
ISBN
9780764333521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.35
€ 64.95

Hardback. The Russian Military Air Fleet in World War I two volume set is a prodigious scholarly endeavor, offering for the first time in the English language a close up view of Air Fleet operations and personnel. Num Pages: 2 pages, over 300 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 226 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2096.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764333514
ISBN
9780764333514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.35
€ 64.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336116
ISBN
9780880336116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. This collection of essays features important Roman women who were active in politics, theatre, cultural life and religion from the 1st through the 4th centuries. The contributors draw on rare documents in an attempt to reconstruct the lives and accomplishments of these exceptional women. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260945
ISBN
9780226260945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Hardback. Augusto Fraschetti describes the legends surrounding the origins, foundation and early history of Rome, the significance the Romans attached to the legends of their origins, and the uses to which they put them. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621200
ISBN
9780748621200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.79
€ 147.36

Paperback. Augusto Fraschetti describes the legends surrounding the origins, foundation and early history of Rome, the significance the Romans attached to the legends of their origins, and the uses to which they put them. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621217
ISBN
9780748621217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.91

Hardback. Expanding both the geographical range and the diversity of sites considered in the study of ancient Greek housing, Ancient Greek Houses and Households views Greek houses and the archaeological artifacts found within them as a means of investigating the basic unit of Greek society: the household. Editor(s): Ault, Bradley A.; Nevett, Lisa. Num Pages: 200 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AMKD; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First American Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238754
ISBN
9780812238754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

paperback. Collects writings from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Bringing together her powerful speeches, letters and interviews, this collection gives a voice to Burma's 'woman of destiny', whose fate remains in the hands of her enemies. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 81. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141039497
ISBN
9780141039497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.86

Hardback. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, this book examines moderation in modern French political thought and focuses on the French Revolution and its legacy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146768
ISBN
9780691146768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.55

hardcover. Drawing on first-hand interviews with rank and file members of Hezbollah, the author illuminates the inner workings of this Islamist terrorist group. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046312
ISBN
9781849046312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.42

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