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Paperback. The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City were remarkable for the convergence of trends in world history. Mexican leaders were hoping to showcase a newly modernized Mexico, both modern and cosmopolitan, cultured and imbued with tradition. This book narrates the engaging tale, from the initial aspirations of the Mexicans to the end of the games. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806969
- ISBN
- 9780875806969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. For the first time, using recently declassified materials and extensive interviews with those involved, Looking Down the Corridors provides a detailed account and analysis of these operations and their unique contribution to the Cold War. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750979474
- ISBN
- 9780750979474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.41
€ 23.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549982
- ISBN
- 9780742549982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95
Paperback. Plains Indian Rock Art is the ultimate guide to the art form. It covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology, and dating; and offers interpretations of images and compositions. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 692 pages, Over 300 illustrations, 50 in colour; 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; ACC; ACG; HBJK; HBLC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 692
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295980942
- ISBN
- 9780295980942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.40
€ 35.99
€ 31.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384989
- ISBN
- 9781909384989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Hardcover. This book presents a critical edition of the twelfth/eighteenth century manuscript on the subject of legal maxims 'Umdat al-Nazir 'ala al-Ashbah wa'l-Naza'ir'. Series: Monographs in Arabic and Islamic Texts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Critical
- SKU
- V9781781793992
- ISBN
- 9781781793992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
Paperback. The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. This work aims to engage the reader in a discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. Editor(s): Cohen, Joshua; Chasman, Deborah. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119380
- ISBN
- 9780691119380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 31. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550933
- ISBN
- 9780742550933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.78
€ 174.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Anatolios, Khaled. Series: Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCC8; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801048975
- ISBN
- 9780801048975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.38
€ 32.99
€ 23.38
Paperback. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 49267th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226729893
- ISBN
- 9780226729893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
hardcover. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226729886
- ISBN
- 9780226729886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.07€ 45.82
€ 53.07
€ 45.82
Paperback. New media flows have sparked a boom of Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious channels in the Middle East. This is a close content analysis of the impact on religious broadcasting in the Middle East. It examines how the highly charged political and religious ferment in the Middle East plays out in the media Editor(s): Hroub, Khaled. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; APT; HRA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041331
- ISBN
- 9781849041331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.50
€ 33.99
€ 30.50
Hardback. New media flows have sparked a boom of Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious channels in the Middle East. This is a close content analysis of the impact on religious broadcasting in the Middle East. It examines how the highly charged political and religious ferment in the Middle East plays out in the media. Editor(s): Hroub, Khaled. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; APT; HRA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041324
- ISBN
- 9781849041324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.70
€ 41.99
€ 35.70
Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221987
- ISBN
- 9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.50€ 135.48
€ 141.50
€ 135.48
Paperback. "A lucid and riveting account of the recent violent upheaval in Algeria."-Publishers Weekly Translator(s): Vila, Anne C. Series: Critical Authors and Issues. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216578
- ISBN
- 9780812216578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Contributors, including C. Ernest Dawn, Mahmoud Haddad, Reeva Simon, and Beth Baron, provide a broad survey of the Arab world at the turn of the century, permitting a comparison of developments in a variety of settings from Syria and Egypt to the Hijaz, Libya, and Iraq. Editor(s): Khalidi, Rashid; Anderson, Lisa; Muslih, Muhammad Y.; Simon, Reeva S. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074353
- ISBN
- 9780231074353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166690
- ISBN
- 9780231166690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.08
€ 40.99
€ 29.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807033241
- ISBN
- 9780807033241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.03
€ 19.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel in a series of divine revelations. This title features Adam, Moses, Abraham, Jesus and John the Baptist, among others, who are regarded, like Muhammad, to be prophets of the Muslim faith. Translator(s): Khalidi, Tarif. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455441
- ISBN
- 9780140455441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Presents the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to Muslims - the key Islamic values of prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and absolute faith in God, with spiritual guidance on matters of kinship, marriage and family, crime and punishment, rituals, food, warfare and charity. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105886
- ISBN
- 9780143105886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95