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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€ 36.18
€ 36.99
€ 36.18
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
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
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
€ 46.99€ 39.21
€ 46.99
€ 39.21
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
€ 59.42€ 58.27
€ 59.42
€ 58.27
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
€ 101.01€ 77.19
€ 101.01
€ 77.19
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
€ 59.42€ 50.37
€ 59.42
€ 50.37
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
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
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
€ 96.96
€ 96.96
Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892515
- ISBN
- 9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.12
€ 46.99
€ 33.12
hardcover. Why Democracy Deepens explains how socio-economic changes in India are shaping its politics to promote grassroots democracy. Num Pages: 202 pages, 29 b/w illus. 3 maps 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPF; JPHC; JPHV; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107177512
- ISBN
- 9781107177512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.59
€ 116.59
Paperback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; DS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359913
- ISBN
- 9780822359913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; JFSK. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780199468188
- ISBN
- 9780199468188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.87
€ 64.87
Hardcover. The volume sets out to recreate the atmosphere and events of the Irish in India. It interweaves the outline of the life of John Henry Foley (1818-74), Queen Victoria's favourite sculptor, with that of some of his principal subjects - Hardinge, Montgomery and Lawrence. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; HBJF; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866360
- ISBN
- 9781901866360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Hardback. Examines the centrality of land in contemporary development discourse in India and the role of the state in the dispossession of land from peasants and tribal communities. It looks at land acquisition processes, their legal and ethical implications, and the regional diversity of acquisition experiences in India. Editor(s): D'Costa, Anthony P.; Chakraborty, Achin. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 Figures and 36 Tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPVH3; LNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198792444
- ISBN
- 9780198792444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.34
€ 158.34
Paperback. Examines how and why the East India Company was transformed from a commercial trading company to an institution of government, and then abolished. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838227
- ISBN
- 9781843838227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.68
€ 33.99
€ 32.68
hardcover. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British merchant in British India for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. This book presents an account of both of Palmer's business and personal life, showing how his personal relations and circumstances shaped his commercial strategies. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black and white,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; BGB; HBJF; HBLL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Boydell Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781843833031
- ISBN
- 9781843833031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.49
€ 128.49
Paperback. A thrilling and dangerous adventure though the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored regions Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Paperback Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471156564
- ISBN
- 9781471156564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558. Dalits and the Politics of Modern India. 416 pages, illustrations. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257610
- ISBN
- 9780520257610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Flexibound. Num Pages: 248 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FK; WBJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- Agate Surrey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572841307
- ISBN
- 9781572841307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FK; WBA; WBHS; WBJ; WBN; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- Agate Surrey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572841970
- ISBN
- 9781572841970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.10
€ 25.10
Hardback. The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years onconcepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables, 20 figs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; GTF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819031
- ISBN
- 9781571819031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.69
€ 166.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 294 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New Dawn Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845575304
- ISBN
- 9781845575304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.79
€ 40.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816654536
- ISBN
- 9780816654536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509806492
- ISBN
- 9781509806492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.19
€ 11.99
€ 10.19