Afro-Asiatic languages
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Afro-Asiatic languages
Paperback. Undertaking a sustained interpretation of Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih's novels and short stories, this study focuses primarily on the ways in which his work depicts the clashing of Arab ideologies - that is, questions of tradition, modernity, imperialism, gender and political authority. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630371
- ISBN
- 9780815630371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69
Saud al-Sanousi's Saaq al-Bambuu: The Authorized Abridged Edition for ...
Al-Sanousi, Saud. Ed(S): Familiar, Laila; Ass...
hardcover. Provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This novel is a coming-of-age story of a half-Filippino, half-Kuwaiti teen who returns to his father's Kuwait. Editor(s): Familiar, Laila; Assaf, Tanit. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white halftones, 3 b&w photos, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 693.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626163973
- ISBN
- 9781626163973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.69
€ 105.69
hardcover. How choosing a language created a people Series: Traditions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 photographs; 2 tables. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFF; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252032844
- ISBN
- 9780252032844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.51
€ 122.51
Paperback. First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Translator(s): Colville, Professor Jim. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 589.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138982116
- ISBN
- 9781138982116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.64
€ 59.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Wright, W. Series: Dover Language Guides. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 816.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Edition
- 3rd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486441290
- ISBN
- 9780486441290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.45
€ 34.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Kautzsch, The late E. Translator(s): Cowley, A. E. Series: Dover Language Guides. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CBG; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486443447
- ISBN
- 9780486443447
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.90
€ 36.99
€ 32.90
Hardcover. Assesses fixed notions of Arab womanhood by exploring the complexities of Arab women's lives as portrayed in literature. Covering women writers and critics from Arab, French, and English traditions, this book aims to create a transnational Arab feminist consciousness. It examines the significance of memory rituals in women's writings. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2CSR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631354
- ISBN
- 9780815631354
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Condition: New
€ 62.04
€ 62.04
Hardcover. Offers an exploration of masculinity in the literature of the Arab East (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq) in the context of a specific set of anxieties about gender roles and sexuality in Arab societies. This work reveals the volatile nature of masculinity and its inextricability from femininity. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632375
- ISBN
- 9780815632375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.15
€ 49.15
Hardcover. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSK; JFFG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633655
- ISBN
- 9780815633655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.35
€ 42.35
Paperback. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 2CSJ; CFDM; DSBH; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Mul
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634096
- ISBN
- 9780815634096
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Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Hardcover. One of the most important surviving works from the golden age of Ancient Egyptian literature, a searching exploration of human motivation and divine justice, is discussed and translated in this major literary study. Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HDDG; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264331
- ISBN
- 9780197264331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.26
€ 143.26
Hardcover. A critical text edition of the Hebrew manuscripts, 4Q521-8, and 49576-9, which were found in Cave 4 at Qumran, and originally allotted to Pere Jean Starcky. This is volume 25 in the DISCOVERIES IN THE JUDAEAN DESERT series and mainly comprises of parabiblical and pseudepigraphic compositions reflecting the interests of the Second Temple period. Series: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 2CSA; 2CSJ; DNF; HDD; HRJ; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 320 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1247.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198269489
- ISBN
- 9780198269489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 476.28
€ 476.28
paperback. The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature. This volume presents the poems alongside English translations and explanatory notes on context. Num Pages: 216 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195129878
- ISBN
- 9780195129878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.98
€ 48.98
paperback. From the tenth century to the 13th, Spanish Jews belonged to a vibrant and relatively tolerant Arabic-speaking society that had a marked effect on Jewish life, thought, artistic tastes, and literary expression. The Hebrew poems here, with English translations and explanatory essays, exemplify this. Num Pages: 288 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195129885
- ISBN
- 9780195129885
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Condition: New
€ 81.19
€ 81.19
Represents one of the earliest complete works on Islamic law, one that is centrally important for the formation of Islamic legal thought and the Islamic legal tradition Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814769980
- ISBN
- 9780814769980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.46
€ 58.46
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Milet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Brdbk Blg
- Number of pages
- 24
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840597165
- ISBN
- 9781840597165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.41
€ 10.41
Israel: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companion...
Gluzman, Michael; Seidman, Naomi. Ed(S): Gluz...
paperback. "A perfect way of looking into a country, inside its houses and apartment buildings, at its weddings and feuds and even wars".--"Na'amat Woman". "Collectively, the pieces present a view of Israeli life seldom encountered by tourists or other outsiders".--"Library Journal. Map. Editor(s): Gluzman, Michael; Seidman, Naomi. Series: Traveler's Literary Companion. Num Pages: 256 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 2CS; DQ; JFSR1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Whereabouts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883513030
- ISBN
- 9781883513030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.34
€ 15.99
€ 15.34
Paperback. Describes how the parable or mashal - the most distinctive type of midrash narrative - was composed, how its symbolism works, and how it conveys the ideological convictions of the rabbis. The relation to similar tales in other literatures, including Christian and kabbalistic parables, is covered. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674654488
- ISBN
- 9780674654488
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Condition: New
€ 51.61€ 48.42
€ 51.61
€ 48.42
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2CSJ; CFF; HRCG; HRQC1; VXQ; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034593
- ISBN
- 9781578631100
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. A scholarly edition of the twelfth century Qur'anic commentary by Mu.hammad b. 'Abd al-Karim al- Shahrastani. Dr Toby Mayer presents the Arabic text with English translation, introduction and contextual notes. Shahrastani uses a form of linguistic analysis to unearth the esoteric meanings of the Qur'anic verses. Translator(s): Mayer, Toby. Series: Qur'Anic Studies. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white tables, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; 3H; HRHS; HRHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 38. Weight in Grams: 630. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034724
- ISBN
- 9780199533657
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Series: Collins Big Cat Arabic. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 4KM; YQFL. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 170. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 16
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008156398
- ISBN
- 9780008156398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.88
€ 5.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008131760
- ISBN
- 9780008131760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.03
€ 8.03
Paperback. Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Series: Collins Big Cat Arabic Readers. Num Pages: 16 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 4KM; YQFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 171 x 5. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008185626
- ISBN
- 9780008185626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.19
€ 6.19
Paperback. Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows children to build up their reading knowledge of Arabic step by step. Series: Collins Big Cat Arabic. Num Pages: 24 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 4KM; YQFL. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 170. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 24
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008156527
- ISBN
- 9780008156527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 6.56
€ 6.99
€ 6.56