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hardcover. Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRKJ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035455
- ISBN
- 9780802035455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.65
€ 99.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Rademacher, Anne M.; Sivaramakrishnan, K. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKA; RNK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888139774
- ISBN
- 9789888139774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.76
€ 35.76
Paperback. Illuminates the complexities of river restoration in Kathmandu - one of the fastest-growing cities in South Asia Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; RBKF; RNF; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350804
- ISBN
- 9780822350804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Hardcover. Focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827-1911) to examine Buddhist life under foreign rule. This work reveals that during Sri Lanka's crucial decades of deepening colonial control and modernization, there was a surprising stability in the religious activities of Hikkaduve and the Buddhists among whom he worked. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055077
- ISBN
- 9780226055077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.06€ 49.62
€ 58.06
€ 49.62
Hardback. Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, this book examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, and the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities". Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JF; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070445
- ISBN
- 9780691070445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.22€ 73.37
€ 95.22
€ 73.37
Hardback. Series: Religion/Culture/Critique. Num Pages: 322 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; HRLF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403963239
- ISBN
- 9781403963239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.28
€ 123.28
Hardcover. Hybrid Knowledge in the Early East India Company World presents a new reading of the English East India Company 1660-1720. It shows how innovative works - covering natural history, ethnography, theology, linguistics, medicine, and agriculture - were created amid early modern struggles for supremacy in Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 3 tables, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBTQ; KCZ; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 333
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380197
- ISBN
- 9781137380197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.93
€ 154.93
Hardback. A modern history of India's female and transgender dancers and the forces of in- clusion/exclusion that have shaped Indian performing arts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ASDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042789
- ISBN
- 9781849042789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.06€ 57.31
€ 58.06
€ 57.31
Hardcover. The V&A has the world's most important collection of nineteenth-century temple hangings from South India, but only one of the smaller pieces has ever been published. For the first time these amazing objects have been documented and made public. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFWH; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1252.
- Publisher
- V & A Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851778676
- ISBN
- 9781851778676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.37
€ 45.99
€ 38.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403983909
- ISBN
- 9781403983909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Writing Indians and Jews examines discursive practices surrounding the representation of Jews and Jewishness in Indian literature in English. These investigations make an important contribution to the study of contemporary South Asian and diasporic literature, and understandings of anti-Semitism, religious fundamentalism, and globalization. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339676
- ISBN
- 9781137339676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFD; JFFS; JHBL; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939432
- ISBN
- 9781403939432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
paperback. Showcases peasants' memories of everyday life in North India under royal rule before Indian Independence and their musings on the contrast between the old days and the unprecedented shifts that a half century has wrought. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 b&w photos, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328209
- ISBN
- 9780822328209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
€ 36.99
€ 33.49
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: 12 illustrations, 6 tables, 5 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 1FPCT; JFFD; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811578
- ISBN
- 9781571811578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.31
€ 157.31
Paperback. A contribution to the debate on the impact of international assistance on migrant communities, this text explores the ways in which Tibetan exiles in Nepal negotiate their norms and values as they interact with the many international organizations that assist them. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: 220 pages, 12 ill., 6 tabs, 5 figs., 3 maps., bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 1FPCT; JFFD; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816863
- ISBN
- 9781571816863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.82
€ 44.82
The Call of Everest: The History, Science, and Future of the World's T...
Anker, Conrad, McDonald, Bernadette, Breashea...
Hardcover. In 1963, the American Mount Everest Expedition made history as first American venture to successfully scale the legendary peak, and also as the first successful climb up the hazardous West Ridge. This title explores the history, culture, and science of the world's tallest peak - its ancient meaning, and its future in a world of disappearing ice. Num Pages: 304 pages, 180 Colour Photographs, 20 Maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426210167
- ISBN
- 9781426210167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.58
€ 36.99
€ 36.58
Paperback. Includes recipes from the TV series with chapters on Light snacks, Seafood, Meat and Poultry, Vegetables, Lentils and Beans, Rice and Breads, Chutneys and Raitas, and Desserts and Drinks. This book features tips and techniques as well as expert secrets from some of the country's top Indian chefs. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 201 x 15. Weight in Grams: 698. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Quadrille Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KSS0002579
- ISBN
- 9781844005710
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. 100 dishes which show you how to combine the secret herbs and spices integral to authentic Indian cooking. Num Pages: 192 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1FK; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 195 x 22. .
- Publisher
- Clearview
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908337375
- ISBN
- 9781908337375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.41
€ 33.99
€ 23.41
Hardback. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book not only describes a contemporary understanding of the Gaddi's engagement with the environment but also analyzes religious practices and performances of social relations, as well as media practices and notions of aesthetics. Num Pages: 220 pages, 13 ills, 6 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459299
- ISBN
- 9780857459299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.00
€ 158.00
Hardcover. This book analyzes how different constituencies within Pakistan are grappling with interpreting and redefining Muslim women's rights in contemporary society. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 black & white tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388995
- ISBN
- 9781137388995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89