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Paperback. In this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie's fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719070518
- ISBN
- 9780719070518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.93
€ 37.93
Hardback. Sakti Burman is one of Indias pioneering painters, who was born in 1935 in Kolkata and grew up in what is now Bangladesh. This illustrates the evolution of Sakti Burmans prolific paintings, drawings, and watercolors, contextualizing his lifelong exploration into alternative ways of seeing. Num Pages: 216 pages, 170 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 288 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1522.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857226194
- ISBN
- 9788857226194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.32€ 64.53
€ 71.32
€ 64.53
Hardcover. Editor(s): Liddle, Swapna. Translator(s): Jaffery, Nausheen. Num Pages: 152 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AMGD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Tulika Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381860
- ISBN
- 9789382381860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.49
€ 26.99
€ 20.49
Paperback. Presents a study of the songs of the Baul - a Bengali religious sect, widely beloved for its enchanting music. This title describes the role Baul song plays in the lives of the Bauls themselves and in the experience and imagination of their fellow Bengalis. Num Pages: 242 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420046
- ISBN
- 9780857420046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.19
€ 25.99
€ 21.19
Hardback. With more people than ever before turning to healthy home cooking, there has never been a better time for a fresh and lighter take on Indian food, one that Mira is creating with her vibrant and healthy cooking style. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WBH; WBJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 191. .
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911127185
- ISBN
- 9781911127185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.97
€ 30.99
€ 20.97
hardcover. A political biography of Gujarat and the chief minister who has run it for twelve years - the man now adopted as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Indian election. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2024
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044295
- ISBN
- 9781849044295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.38
€ 40.99
€ 36.38
Paperback. Surveys the myriad holy men, mystics and ascetics of India: their prehistoric origins; beliefs, gods and sects; initiation, training and daily lives; appearance, practices and belongings; sacred places and festivals; austerities, the inner fire and the quest for a higher plane of being. Num Pages: 176 pages, 120 illustrations, 116 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500291603
- ISBN
- 9780500291603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Hardback. This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFSJ1; JHMC; JPQB; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320759
- ISBN
- 9781137320759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71
Hardback. Editor(s): Harriss-White, Barbara; Janakarajan, S. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 540 pages, 200+ figures, graphs and charts. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843310877
- ISBN
- 9781843310877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.83
€ 132.83
Paperback.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780998534
- ISBN
- 9781780998534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. Rule by Aesthetics draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199385577
- ISBN
- 9780199385577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.40
€ 55.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861714858
- ISBN
- 9780861714858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.33
€ 17.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Routine Violence focuses on the violence of routine political practices - the drawing up of political categories and the writing of national histories. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752640
- ISBN
- 9780804752640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Routine Violence focuses on the violence of routine political practices - the drawing up of political categories and the writing of national histories. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752633
- ISBN
- 9780804752633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion: Plant Life in South Asian Tradi...
Dr. Fabrizio M. Ferrari (Ed.)
Paperback. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the botanical environment - the sacred nature of trees and flora, the significance of plants as food and medicine, agriculture and the use of plants in ritual and myth. Editor(s): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 256 pages, 48 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791202
- ISBN
- 9781781791202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.18
€ 43.18
Hardcover. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the botanical environment - the sacred nature of trees and flora, the significance of plants as food and medicine, agriculture and the use of plants in ritual and myth. Editor(s): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 326 pages, 48 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 73.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791196
- ISBN
- 9781781791196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.10
€ 44.10
Paperback. This publication explores the different yet corresponding architectural concepts of Umberto Riva and Bijoy Jain. Num Pages: 240 pages, 430. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; AMB; AMC; AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Lars Muller Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037784587
- ISBN
- 9783037784587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.46
€ 26.99
€ 18.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AJB; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 409 x 351 x 75. Weight in Grams: 5046.
- Publisher
- Steidl Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783958291119
- ISBN
- 9783958291119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.60€ 98.03
€ 104.60
€ 98.03
paperback. Winner of the British Army Military Book of the Year 2011 The story of one of the most brutal battles in modern history - fought at a major turning point of the Second World War. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007132416
- ISBN
- 9780007132416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.37
€ 19.99
€ 14.37
Hardback. Daniel Haines uncovers the history of one of the most important factors in relations between these two South Asian powers -- water Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS; RNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047166
- ISBN
- 9781849047166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.60
€ 46.99
€ 41.60
Hardcover. India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source to mouth, and from ancient times to the present day, to find that the battle to rescue what is arguably the world's most important river is far from lost. Num Pages: 336 pages, Approx. 20 colour illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJ; HBJF; HBTP; RNPG; RNT; WTL. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198786177
- ISBN
- 9780198786177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88
Hardback. The rivalry for trade in tea and textiles between the English and Dutch East India companies is very much a global history. This trade is strongly connected to emblematic events such as the opening of Western trade with China, the Boston Tea Party, the establishment of British Empire in Bengal and the Industrial Revolution. Series: Europe's Asian Centuries. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 images, 22 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1FKA; 3JF; HBTK; KCLT; KNAC; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486523
- ISBN
- 9781137486523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.52
€ 144.52
Hardcover. The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; JFSL; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812246834
- ISBN
- 9780812246834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.83
€ 91.83
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBLC1; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632490
- ISBN
- 9780691632490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.84
€ 109.84