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East Asia, Far East
Paperback. 'Head and shoulders above almost all other new books about China' Simon Winchester Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330447362
- ISBN
- 9780330447362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. China is poised to take a key role on the world stage, but in the early twentieth century the situation could not have been more different. This book goes back to this pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the painful transition from a premodern past into a modern world. Series: Making of the Modern World. Num Pages: 384 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192806055
- ISBN
- 9780192806055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.53
€ 21.99
€ 17.53
Hardback. Uses examination records from the Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing dynasties, 1315-1904, to explore the social, political, and cultural dimensions of the civil examination system, one of the most important institutions in Chinese history. This book considers the intersections between elite social life, popular culture, and religion. Num Pages: 889 pages, 1 color illustration, 31 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 82 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 889
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215092
- ISBN
- 9780520215092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.50€ 74.53
€ 98.50
€ 74.53
Hardback. In this clear-eyed and incisive book, one of the world's leading authorities on China's relationship with Africa exposes the myths and realities of the so-called "Chinese land grab". Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; JPS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199396856
- ISBN
- 9780199396856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.46
€ 31.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700624621
- ISBN
- 9780700624621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.17
€ 39.17
Paperback. Takes a look at the development of a Chinese design culture within the context of China's history of industrialisation, consumer revolution and rapid urbanisation. This book explores how China's design culture began, what its driving forces are, and how it is developing. Editor(s): Hongxing, Zhang; Parker, Lauren. Num Pages: 192 pages, 180 colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Publisher
- V&A Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851775316
- ISBN
- 9781851775316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.23
€ 33.99
€ 23.23
Hardback. After a meteoric rise, China's growth has come to a screeching halt. Salvatore Babones provides an up-to-date assessment of how China's economic problems are undermining its challenge to the Western-dominated world order. He tells how liberal individualism has become the leitmotif of American Tianxia. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447336808
- ISBN
- 9781447336808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.67
€ 29.99
€ 28.67
Sheet map, folded. Num Pages: 2 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 97 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Publisher
- Lonely Planet Global Limited
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786575050
- ISBN
- 9781786575050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.32
€ 7.32
Paperback. Xiaomei Martell was born on the borders of the Mongolian steppes just two years before Mao launched the Cultural Revolution that was to change China forever. The youngest of four daughters - her name translates as 'Little Sister' - her family had few material goods. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; JFC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532095
- ISBN
- 9780099532095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859791175
- ISBN
- 9780859791175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.04
€ 26.99
€ 20.04
Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166584
- ISBN
- 9780231166584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.70€ 55.84
€ 72.70
€ 55.84
Hardcover. Originally published: Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2008. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 201 x 20. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- Kodansha America, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568364322
- ISBN
- 9781568364322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.78
€ 25.99
€ 24.78
Paperback. From ABDUL to ZEKE, this handbook covers all Allied designations for Japanese Navy/Army aircraft of WWII. Each aircraft is presented alphabetically according to its code name, and is also cross-referenced to its official (long) designations and project (short) designations. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 170 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JWG; TBX; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887404474
- ISBN
- 9780887404474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.00
€ 25.99
€ 18.00
Hardback. A biographical dictionary which offers short, information-packed entries for approximately 1,800 Chinese artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Num Pages: 274 pages, 80 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AGB; GBCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244498
- ISBN
- 9780520244498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.26€ 63.55
€ 83.26
€ 63.55
Paperback. Presents an introduction to the religions of China, and places it in the wider context of Chinese history and philosophy. This book brings together the studies of Jeaneane Fowler in Taoism, Chinese popular religion and the broader canvas of Chinese cosmogony, and those of Merv Fowler in Confucianism, Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRE; HRKN1; HRKN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191726
- ISBN
- 9781845191726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.04
€ 31.99
€ 29.04
Hardcover. The Xi'an Stele, erected in Tang China's capital in 781, describes in both Syriac and Chinese the existence of Christian communities in northern China. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FPC; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCC1; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784538804
- ISBN
- 9781784538804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.15€ 125.03
€ 140.15
€ 125.03
Paperback. Seeks to understand why, with its seemingly unrivaled power, the Tokugawa shogunate of early modern Japan tried so hard to regulate the ostensibly unimportant popular culture of Edo (present-day Tokyo) - including fashion, leisure activities, prints, and theater. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226060569
- ISBN
- 9780226060569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.45
€ 33.99
€ 26.45
Paperback. Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire that ran across much of Asia. This book provides an account of the Mongol Empire. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552168809
- ISBN
- 9780552168809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. A study of the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy and its relation to the Taoist traditions of the early medieval period. Series: Asian Religions & Culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; 3F; HRKN; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751773
- ISBN
- 9780804751773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Paperback. *Fascinating insight into the mind of one of the greatest contemporary spiritual leaders. *In depth knowledge of secret political deals involving CIA, Chairman Mao and President Nehru. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGA; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349111117
- ISBN
- 9780349111117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31