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Paperback. A rich ethnography of men in a low-income neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, this book gives the reader a vivid sense of the meaning of masculinity and the multiple agents who contribute to the making of men in the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783293
- ISBN
- 9780804783293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Hardcover. A study of themes relating to memory, memorization, memorializing or commemorating in a variety of historical, legal, literary and architectural contexts, this text examines lists and maps as memory aids, the transmission of knowledge and traditions from medieval to early modern times and the application of medieval notions of law and statecraft. Editor(s): Daftary, Farhad; Meri, Josef W. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBG; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 144 x 44. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860648595
- ISBN
- 9781860648595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.53€ 49.18
€ 52.53
€ 49.18
Paperback. Daftary traces the origins and early development of the legends of the Assassins of Northern Iran and Syria - as well as investigating the historical context in which they were fabricated and transmitted, culminating in Marco Polo's reports of the "Old Man of the Mountain". Num Pages: 220 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850439509
- ISBN
- 9781850439509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.85
€ 32.85
Hardback. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JM; HRAM9; JKVP1; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620972687
- ISBN
- 9781620972687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.11
€ 27.99
€ 24.11
Paperback. What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This remarkable book, already a bestseller in Europe, provides some answers. Translator(s): Macey, David. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745322834
- ISBN
- 9780745322834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.43
€ 36.99
€ 29.43
Hardcover. In film studies, Iranian films are kept at a distance, as 'other,' different, and exotic. In reponse, this book takes these films as philosophically relevant and innovative. Each chapter of this book is devoted to analyzing a single film, and each chapter focuses on one philosopher and one particular aesthetic question. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; APFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339118
- ISBN
- 9780230339118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. "In film studies, Iranian films are kept at a distance, as "other," different, and exotic. In reponse, this book takes these films as philosophically relevant and innovative. Each chapter of this book is devoted to analyzing a single film, and each chapter focuses on one philosopher and one particular aesthetic question"-- Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AP; DS; HRH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349342150
- ISBN
- 9781349342150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
hardcover. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739112588
- ISBN
- 9780739112588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.88
€ 144.88
Paperback. The aim of this book is to capture, the international thought and practice of Kenneth W. Thompson. His career embodied three roles in which he revealed his thoughts and practice: as a facilitator of space for encouraging debates, scholarship and practice; as an educator; and most importantly as a theorist of international relations. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349453672
- ISBN
- 9781349453672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Paperback. Offers a look inside a country torn apart - from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides - while revisiting the author's own family's deep roots to the land. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061934704
- ISBN
- 9780061934704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.00
€ 19.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. This book offers an innovative collaborative approach to the study of a particular region of the Ottoman empire, the southwestern Peloponnese (or Morea), Greece. Num Pages: 310 pages, 93 b/w illus, 19 tbs, CD-Rom. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JF; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 282 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876615348
- ISBN
- 9780876615348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.51
€ 102.51
Hardback. A major work of Islamic mysticism by the thirteenth-century Persian poet which is translated by A J Arberr. Translator(s): Arberry, Arthur J. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780415442565
- ISBN
- 9780415442565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 267.65
€ 267.65
Paperback. "Mantiq al-tayr" (the conference of the birds) is an elaborate allegory with many digressions. It describes how all the birds (human souls) set out in search of the Simurgh (the godhead). All but 30 die and the survivors realize that they themselves are the Simurgh. Editor(s): Darbandi, Afkham; Davis, Dick. Translator(s): Darbandi, Afkham; Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444346
- ISBN
- 9780140444346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132. A Seeker's Journey to God. 96 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRH. Dimension: 164 x 216 x 8. Weight: 138.
- Publisher
- Weiser Books
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578632466
- ISBN
- 9781578632466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.57
€ 14.99
€ 13.57
Paperback. The Qur'an has spoken to Muslims for over one thousand years; it is seen as law-maker, moral code, and the word of God. This work outlines the key themes and explains the historical and cultural context of this work whilst examining its content, language and style, and the variety of approaches that have been used to interpret it. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686247
- ISBN
- 9781851686247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.41
€ 14.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. Trampling over the boundaries between the religious and the secular in order to tackle some of the key questions facing Muslims in the contemporary age, this text presents an account of modern Islam. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686919
- ISBN
- 9781851686919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.41
€ 14.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. Addresses the HIV/AIDS pandemic from an Islam perspective. This work provides an insight into fresh possibilities of critical and progressive Islamic approaches, in both law and ethics, to one of the urgent crises facing humankind. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLP5; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686339
- ISBN
- 9781851686339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Hardback. Postcolonial Counterpoint is a critical study of Orientalism and the state of Francophone and postcolonial studies, examined through the lens of the historical and cross-cultural relations between France and North Africa. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSB; HBJD; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648913
- ISBN
- 9781442648913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Paperback. August 2014, Farida Khalaf was just a normal Yazidi girl, living in northern Iraq. Then her village was attacked by ISIS fighters who murdered the men and the boys of her village, including her father and brothers, before taking Farida prisoner along with the rest of the women. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BM; BTP; HRAM2; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702755
- ISBN
- 9781784702755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 327 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925377026
- ISBN
- 9781925377026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52