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Indian sub-continent

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150422
ISBN
9780231150422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.13
€ 50.79

Paperback. Portrayed either as a land of ruthless guerrillas or exotic natives, Nagaland is in fact a complex and divided region, with an incredible history. This title intends to reconcile the author's childhood idealism with the reality he finds there, and explores his family ties to the region. It tells the true story of this forgotten land. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221493
ISBN
9780571221493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. The values of traditionalist Islam are often portrayed as inherently hostile to those of a modern, pluralistic society. This book shatters many of these stereotypes. Jonah Blank provides a first-hand account of the Daudi Bohra to show how a premodern clerical elite has embraced modernity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRH; JFC; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226056777
ISBN
9780226056777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. 40 eyewitness accounts from the first attempts on the summit in the 1920s to the disasters of 2014 Num Pages: 512 pages, no plate section/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472120182
ISBN
9781472120182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Yiannis Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954788780
ISBN
9780954788780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A thorough and compelling account of the rivalry between China and India over 50 years. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: maps, tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; HBJF; HBJM; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295980744
ISBN
9780295980744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. This collection explores 12 different Hindu goddesses, all of whom are in some way related to Devi, the Great Goddess. They range from the liquid goddess-energy of the River Ganges to the possessing, entrancing heat of Bhagavati and Seranvali. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 373 pages, 33 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
373
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520200586
ISBN
9780520200586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Grand Prize Winner - Banff Mountain Book Festival. One Day As A Tiger is John Porter's poignant memoir of Alex MacIntyre, one of British mountaineering's leading figures before his death in 1982. It shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst and draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant legend. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2x 24pp colour photograph sections. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFHA; 1FKAH; 1KLSX; BGS; RGBS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910240519
ISBN
9781910240519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.53

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mayor, John N. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590332993
ISBN
9781590332993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.88
€ 64.06

Paperback. The first of John Master's evocative memoirs about life in the Gurkhas in India on the cusp of WWII Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BGA; JWLF; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304361564
ISBN
9780304361564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest. Num Pages: 226 pages, 16 b/w plates (16pp), (+ maps & diagrams). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; PDZ; TNCB; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001852
ISBN
9780006531234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. During 200 years the East India Company grew from an association of Elizabethan tradesmen into a powerful organization. As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world's trade and as a political entity it administered an empire. This book looks at the history of the Company. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8pp illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006380726
ISBN
9780006380726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. A new edition of the most authoritative and highly-regarded single-volume history of India. Fully revised to include the most recent research and to cover events from partition to the present day. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 b/w, 16 col plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 44. Weight in Grams: 530.
Edition
Revised edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007307753
ISBN
9780007307753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.43

Hardcover. A study of the politics of representation which explores the construction of a city of intensities. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781856494076
ISBN
9781856494076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.65
€ 90.71

Paperback. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 they caught the imagination of the world in a way that was to be unmatched until man stood on the surface of the Moon. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; WSBX; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444760897
ISBN
9781444760897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Along with fifty-four images of paintings, sculptures, and architecture, this includes more than ninety classic and contemporary texts written by Sri Lankans and foreigners Editor(s): Holt, John. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 816 pages, 54 illustrations, including 13 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1118. History, Culture, Politics. Series: The World Readers. 816 pages, 54 illustrations, including 13 in colour. Editor(s): Holt, John. Along with fifty-four images of paintings, sculptures, and architecture, this includes more than ninety classic and contemporary texts written by Sri Lankans and foreigners. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 49. Weight: 1104.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349822
ISBN
9780822349822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. A Spectator Book of the Year 2015. From Ceylon to the Tamil Tigers, the first in-depth account of Sri Lanka by an award-winning travel writer. Num Pages: 528 pages, 2x8pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1FKS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
riverrun
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067993
ISBN
9781782067993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. A survey of textiles from every region of the Indian subcontinent that runs the gamut of commercial, tribal and folk textiles. It first places them in cultural context by examining the history, materials and various techniques weaving, dyeing, printing and painting. It then gives a region-by-region account of traditional textile production. Num Pages: 224 pages, 475 illustrations, 450 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AKTX; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1242.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500291184
ISBN
9780500291184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.87

Hardcover. Num Pages: 310 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors India
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9788173046209
ISBN
9788173046209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.65

Hardback. Features contemporary artists who mine the uneasy history of photography in India as a means to challenge outmoded narratives, share hidden stories, and make personal connections with tradition. Num Pages: 160 pages, 107 color. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AGC; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1268.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285699
ISBN
9780520285699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.74

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