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Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of modernism, Chinese literature and history, film studies, and cultural studies, this book offers both a historical narrative and a critical analysis of the cultural visions and experiences of China's post-Mao era. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318460
- ISBN
- 9780822318460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Hardback. The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This title sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; Zhe, Sun. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: The Princeton-China Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148267
- ISBN
- 9780691148267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.04€ 39.92
€ 50.04
€ 39.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FHP; FYB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881774286
- ISBN
- 9789881774286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Hardback. Explores the Daoist encounter with modernity through the activities of Chen Yingning (1880-1969), a famous lay Daoist master, and his group in early twentieth-century Shanghai. This study tells a story of Daoist resilience, reinvigoration and revival. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HRKN5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033092
- ISBN
- 9780674033092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.97
€ 54.99
€ 45.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Translated and with an introduction by Eric L. Hut
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161044
- ISBN
- 9780691161044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.52€ 50.77
€ 65.52
€ 50.77
Paperback. Palestinian, Israeli, academic, and activist voices gather to humanize ongoing debates over Israel and Palestine. Editor(s): Ageel, Ghada. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 1. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120820
- ISBN
- 9781772120820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Hardback. The letters of Lance-Corporal George Timmins, who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, offer a rare glimpse into the life and relationships, at home and abroad, of an ordinary Canadian soldier. Editor(s): Bennett, Y. A. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJF; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816083
- ISBN
- 9780774816083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.09
€ 112.09
Paperback. The letters of Lance-Corporal George Timmins, who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, offer a rare glimpse into the life and relationships, at home and abroad, of an ordinary Canadian soldier. Editor(s): Bennett, Y. A. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJF; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816090
- ISBN
- 9780774816090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.71
€ 37.99
€ 33.71
Hardback. From its medieval beginnings as an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah spread throughout the early modern world and became a central feature of Jewish life. This book describes the debate between kabbalists and their critics on the nature of Judaism and the meaning of religious tradition. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145082
- ISBN
- 9780691145082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.57€ 46.02
€ 59.57
€ 46.02
Hardcover. This text provides a detailed historical study of Islam under post-war Soviet Communism. Yaacov Ro'i describes and analyzes all aspects of Islam which relate to the Soviet domestic scene, with the purpose of demonstrating how and why it survived in the face of Soviet repression and secularization. Num Pages: 775 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW3; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 1155.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 775
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850654032
- ISBN
- 9781850654032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.44€ 74.77
€ 77.44
€ 74.77
Hardback. Offers a fascinating, comprehensive analysis of the roots, manifestations, and consequences of evangelical Christians' interest in the Jews Series: Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770689
- ISBN
- 9780814770689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99
€ 46.99
Paperback. Series: Youth Specialties S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 203 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310525011
- ISBN
- 9780310525011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.87
€ 25.99
€ 22.87
Paperback. The Civil War thrust millions of men and women rich and poor, soldiers and civilians, enslaved and free onto the roads of the South. During four years of war, Southerners lived on the move. In the hands of Sternhell, movement becomes a radically new means to perceive the full trajectory of the Confederacy s rise, struggle, and ultimate defeat." Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088177
- ISBN
- 9780674088177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.74
€ 36.99
€ 30.74
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804777469
- ISBN
- 9780804777469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. Looks at the Turkish territory of Northern Cyprus, a self-defined state, which is actually imaginary (because it is only recognized by Turkey). This title examines the sense of haunted property and objects lost and gained in the partition, along with people's relation to the fictive remapping of places and history by this new state. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJF1; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352044
- ISBN
- 9780822352044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. A study of the production of a state-revering political culture in the public life of 1990s Turkey. It brings poststructuralist and psychoanalytic theory to bear on the study of the political. It focuses on the conflict over secularism in the aftermath of an Islamist victory in the city's municipalities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPR; HRQA; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088457
- ISBN
- 9780691088457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.57€ 46.93
€ 59.57
€ 46.93
Hardback. Explores the global dynamics and security implications of casualty sensitivity Series: Warfare and Culture Series. Num Pages: 269 pages, 5 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814753347
- ISBN
- 9780814753347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.77
€ 70.77
Paperback. Imam Nawawi composed "al-Maqasid" as a synopsis of the practical requirements of Islam for students to memorise. The handbook's clear and concise style will help anyone seeking to learn the essentials of Islamic practice and spirituality from a reliable, traditional source. Translator(s): Keller, Nuh Ha Mim. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621545
- ISBN
- 9780946621545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. This book provides an in-depth deliberation upon the now unsettled relationship between religion and politics in contemporary Britain, with some emphasis upon the case of Islam, which is now at the centre of the debate. Editor(s): Siddiqui, Ataullah; Birt, Yahya; Dilwar, Hussain. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HRAM2; HRH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Kube Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847740151
- ISBN
- 9781847740151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.47
€ 13.99
€ 9.47
Hardcover. The tenth century Syrian Orthodox scholar Yahya ibn Adi offered encouragement to the effort to promote moral perfection. The text now stands as an important Christian contribution to a strand of moral philosophy that is part of the world of Islam. Translator(s): Griffith, Sidney H. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934893695
- ISBN
- 9780934893695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.89
€ 32.99
€ 25.89